Midsommar (A24), Nope (Universal Pictures), Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s Hewitt house (Shutterstock), Pearl (A24)Graphic: The A.V. Club
There’s an old adage in horror: The less you show a monster, the scarier it is. Horror filmmakers are, by necessity, skilled at using darkness and shadows to creep out audiences.
There’s an old adage in horror: The less you show a monster, the scarier it is. Horror filmmakers are, by necessity, skilled at using darkness and shadows to creep out audiences.
- 5/7/2024
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
Next to nursey rhymes and small girls in frilly dresses, one of the things horror filmmakers are most keen to ‘subvert’ are fairy tales. From The Company Of Wolves and Deep In The Woods to Hunted and Final Girl, there are more Red Riding Hoods than you can shake a stick at, Hansel And Gretel feature in both US and South Korean versions, and The Curse Of Sleeping Beauty also makes its mark. Andy Edwards’ Cinderella’s Revenge is another offering in this tradition, mixing an appreciation of its story’s bloody roots with a gory modern twist.
Although Edwards directs, he didn’t write the script, and that shows in what is probably his weakest effort to date. It’s a film that doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. For the first 45 minutes it plays it very straight, the only intentional squirm moment involving mutilations...
Although Edwards directs, he didn’t write the script, and that shows in what is probably his weakest effort to date. It’s a film that doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be. For the first 45 minutes it plays it very straight, the only intentional squirm moment involving mutilations...
- 4/26/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Lauren Lavera, Claudia Gerini, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Linda Zampaglione, Yassine Fadel, Melanie Gaydos, Gianluigi Galvani, Courage Osabohine | Written by Federico Zampaglione, Stefano Masi | Directed by Federico Zampaglione
Lisa Gray, a budding art restorer who travels to the small Italian village of Sambuci just outside Rome to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory for a wealthy and titled client. Little does she know she is placing her life in danger from an evil curse and a monster born of myth and brutal pain.
I have been a fan of Federico Zampaglione’s genre work since I saw his film Shadow in 2009. Then came the original cut of Tulpa back at Frighfest 2012. It’s safe to say I was one of the Only people who reviewed that screening and that cut positively (and then went on to review the recut just as glowingly) and saw what Zampaglione was trying to achieve.
Lisa Gray, a budding art restorer who travels to the small Italian village of Sambuci just outside Rome to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory for a wealthy and titled client. Little does she know she is placing her life in danger from an evil curse and a monster born of myth and brutal pain.
I have been a fan of Federico Zampaglione’s genre work since I saw his film Shadow in 2009. Then came the original cut of Tulpa back at Frighfest 2012. It’s safe to say I was one of the Only people who reviewed that screening and that cut positively (and then went on to review the recut just as glowingly) and saw what Zampaglione was trying to achieve.
- 3/14/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With “Cuckoo,” German director Tilman Singer expands on the scope of his impressive 2018 debut (the demonic-possession-meets-therapeutic-improv exercise “Luz”) while retaining that film’s bird-flipping attitude toward unnecessary niceties like coherent plotting or narrative logic. Singer makes what ought to be his breakthrough with “Cuckoo,” an energetically outlandish fusion of stylish atmospherics, old-school reproductive horror and pro-switchblade advertorial. The profile of this highly enjoyable, unashamedly convoluted creepfest will be further raised by “Euphoria” star Hunter Schafer’s terrific Final Girl performance and by Dan Stevens’ hilariously eccentric villain, the second recent showcase for Stevens’ excellent spoken German after Maria Schrader’s “I’m Your Man.” Few are the films and fewer are the actors who can get such sinister mileage out of a character’s insistently Teutonic, semi-sibilant mispronunciation of the name “Gretchen.”
Gretchen (Schafer), appears, initially, to be the cuckoo. She is sent to live with her estranged father Luis (Marton Csokas...
Gretchen (Schafer), appears, initially, to be the cuckoo. She is sent to live with her estranged father Luis (Marton Csokas...
- 2/16/2024
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Everyone knows that hotels — preferably isolated, ideally with very few guests — make the best settings for horror films. All that sad anonymity, all that provisional space ready to be filled with something really nasty. In Cuckoo, Alpenplatz, run by the excessively friendly Mr. Konig (Dan Stevens) totally fits the bill.
You never get a clear idea of its geography, apart from an enormous foyer fronted by a sort of supermarket where the odd, disoriented guest wanders in to vomit into the freezer unit. “Oh yes, that happens sometimes,” says the flirty receptionist Trixie (Greta Fernandez), who apparently has just stepped out of one of Brigitte Bardot’s lesser movies. There also are some bungalows — how close to the main building is not clear either — including one painted pink that Konig calls “the love nest.” In horror, that has to be a bad sign.
So a hotel is a good start.
You never get a clear idea of its geography, apart from an enormous foyer fronted by a sort of supermarket where the odd, disoriented guest wanders in to vomit into the freezer unit. “Oh yes, that happens sometimes,” says the flirty receptionist Trixie (Greta Fernandez), who apparently has just stepped out of one of Brigitte Bardot’s lesser movies. There also are some bungalows — how close to the main building is not clear either — including one painted pink that Konig calls “the love nest.” In horror, that has to be a bad sign.
So a hotel is a good start.
- 2/16/2024
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
A generally accepted truth amongst filmmakers is that making a horror movie is typically a light-hearted affair behind the scenes, given all the gore and traumatic mayhem happening while cameras are rolling. While that may be true, there's no doubt that making horror happen in front of those cameras requires a lot of blood, sweat and tears — and not always of the special-effects variety. Some of those substances can end up being very real, even unintentionally so.
Star Skeet Ulrich, director Wes Craven, and the rest of the cast and crew of 1996's "Scream" discovered this the hard way during the filming of one of the climactic scenes of the movie. When Ulrich's character, Billy Loomis (one half of the murderous duo known as Ghostface) is stabbed twice with an umbrella wielded by his girlfriend and the film's Final Girl, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), one of the stabbings didn't quite hit the proper mark,...
Star Skeet Ulrich, director Wes Craven, and the rest of the cast and crew of 1996's "Scream" discovered this the hard way during the filming of one of the climactic scenes of the movie. When Ulrich's character, Billy Loomis (one half of the murderous duo known as Ghostface) is stabbed twice with an umbrella wielded by his girlfriend and the film's Final Girl, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), one of the stabbings didn't quite hit the proper mark,...
- 2/11/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Happy New Year! ‘Terror Train’ Dares to Ask Whether Dying Is Preferable to Watching a Bad Magic Show
On Friday nights — and special occasions!— IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: You Know, Getting Murdered on a Train Might Still Be Better Than Going to Times Square
The underwhelming New Year’s Eve party is a universal human experience if there ever was one. The holiday is ostensibly the biggest night of the year for debauchery, but burnout, outlandish expectations, and rowdy crowds often turn it into a letdown that makes it a little easier to trade our holiday cheer in for January discipline. But no matter what disappointing experience comes your way tonight, you can take comfort...
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: You Know, Getting Murdered on a Train Might Still Be Better Than Going to Times Square
The underwhelming New Year’s Eve party is a universal human experience if there ever was one. The holiday is ostensibly the biggest night of the year for debauchery, but burnout, outlandish expectations, and rowdy crowds often turn it into a letdown that makes it a little easier to trade our holiday cheer in for January discipline. But no matter what disappointing experience comes your way tonight, you can take comfort...
- 1/1/2024
- by Christian Zilko and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Horror maestro Eli Roth returns with the long-awaited Thanksgiving, ushering in a new holiday-themed slasher villain with a one hell of an appetite for body destruction. After an ill-advised early Black Friday sale results in several grizzly deaths, a masked madman known as The Carver turns a small town into his hunting ground as he seeks revenge on the people responsible. It’s dyed-in-the-wool Slasher with some best-of-the-year kill sequences and made with lifelong horror fans in mind.
Adapted from a fake movie trailer included in Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse (2007), Roth’s Thanksgiving is the throwback the Slasher crowd has been dying to see for over a decade now. Expanding on the camp and craze of that previous short, Thanksgiving (2023) reunites Roth and previous Thanksgiving (2007) screenwriter Jeff Rendel with an expanded cast including Patrick Dempsey (Scream 3), Gina Gershon (Bound), Rick Hoffman (Hostel), and Nell Verlaque (Big Shot...
Adapted from a fake movie trailer included in Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse (2007), Roth’s Thanksgiving is the throwback the Slasher crowd has been dying to see for over a decade now. Expanding on the camp and craze of that previous short, Thanksgiving (2023) reunites Roth and previous Thanksgiving (2007) screenwriter Jeff Rendel with an expanded cast including Patrick Dempsey (Scream 3), Gina Gershon (Bound), Rick Hoffman (Hostel), and Nell Verlaque (Big Shot...
- 11/19/2023
- by Jonathan Dehaan
Horror maestro Eli Roth returns with the long-awaited Thanksgiving, ushering in a new holiday-themed slasher villain with a one hell of an appetite for body destruction. After an ill-advised early Black Friday sale results in several grizzly deaths, a masked madman known as The Carver turns a small town into his hunting ground as he seeks revenge on the people responsible. It’s dyed-in-the-wool Slasher with some best-of-the-year kill sequences and made with lifelong horror fans in mind.
Adapted from a fake movie trailer included in Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse (2007), Roth’s Thanksgiving is the throwback the Slasher crowd has been dying to see for over a decade now. Expanding on the camp and craze of that previous short, Thanksgiving (2023) reunites Roth and previous Thanksgiving (2007) screenwriter Jeff Rendel with an expanded cast including Patrick Dempsey (Scream 3), Gina Gershon (Bound), Rick Hoffman (Hostel), and Nell Verlaque (Big Shot...
Adapted from a fake movie trailer included in Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse (2007), Roth’s Thanksgiving is the throwback the Slasher crowd has been dying to see for over a decade now. Expanding on the camp and craze of that previous short, Thanksgiving (2023) reunites Roth and previous Thanksgiving (2007) screenwriter Jeff Rendel with an expanded cast including Patrick Dempsey (Scream 3), Gina Gershon (Bound), Rick Hoffman (Hostel), and Nell Verlaque (Big Shot...
- 11/19/2023
- by Jonathan Dehaan
Filmmaker Eli Roth has been working within the horror genre nearly exclusively since 2002, as his only non-horror feature to date is his 2018 remake of "Death Wish." The upcoming sci-fi/action video game adaptation "Borderlands" is set to break Roth's horror streak a second time when it (hopefully) releases next year. Since seven of Roth's nine films are horror, it's a little surprising to realize that "Thanksgiving," the feature-length adaptation of Roth's faux-trailer from 2007's "Grindhouse," is Roth's first official slasher movie.
As such, "Thanksgiving" sees Roth in classic slasher mode, paying tribute to a wide variety of predecessors in the subgenre ranging from classics like "Halloween" 1978 and "Scream" 1996 to more under-seen slasher gems like "Mother's Day" and "Happy Birthday to Me." Despite Roth's long and varied career, "Thanksgiving" was no simple parade, as he developed and shot the film within a single calendar year.
I had the opportunity to...
As such, "Thanksgiving" sees Roth in classic slasher mode, paying tribute to a wide variety of predecessors in the subgenre ranging from classics like "Halloween" 1978 and "Scream" 1996 to more under-seen slasher gems like "Mother's Day" and "Happy Birthday to Me." Despite Roth's long and varied career, "Thanksgiving" was no simple parade, as he developed and shot the film within a single calendar year.
I had the opportunity to...
- 11/17/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Halloween isn’t over until Art the Clown sings.
Tomorrow Night marks the return of the unrated mega-slasher Terrifier 2 to theaters nationwide beginning November 1. That’s right, we’re extending the Halloween season this year, bringing Art the Clown back to the big screen for the hit sequel’s 1-year anniversary!
The movie will feature a special introduction from Creator Damien Leone along with a never-before-seen Terrifier 3 teaser, both exclusive to theaters!
In addition, on opening night, the first 100 fans at each theater will receive an exclusive Terrifier 3 poster. As quantities are extremely limited, the team behind Terrifier recommends that you get to the theater early. Tickets are on sale now wherever movie tickets are sold – Fandango, the official website and Atom Tickets.
Terrifier 2, which originally released theatrically in October 2022, ravaged theaters during its highly publicized theatrical run, pulling in over $11 Million in domestic box office.
Tomorrow Night marks the return of the unrated mega-slasher Terrifier 2 to theaters nationwide beginning November 1. That’s right, we’re extending the Halloween season this year, bringing Art the Clown back to the big screen for the hit sequel’s 1-year anniversary!
The movie will feature a special introduction from Creator Damien Leone along with a never-before-seen Terrifier 3 teaser, both exclusive to theaters!
In addition, on opening night, the first 100 fans at each theater will receive an exclusive Terrifier 3 poster. As quantities are extremely limited, the team behind Terrifier recommends that you get to the theater early. Tickets are on sale now wherever movie tickets are sold – Fandango, the official website and Atom Tickets.
Terrifier 2, which originally released theatrically in October 2022, ravaged theaters during its highly publicized theatrical run, pulling in over $11 Million in domestic box office.
- 10/31/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Tomorrow night marks the return of the unrated mega-slasher Terrifier 2 to theaters nationwide beginning November 1. That’s right, we’re extending the Halloween season this year, bringing Art the Clown back to the big screen for the hit sequel’s 1-year anniversary!
The movie will feature a special introduction from Creator Damien Leone along with a never-before-seen Terrifier 3 teaser, both exclusive to theaters!
But the party kicks off right now with a very special Ama with Terrifier + Terrifier 2 star David Howard Thornton – better known as Art the Clown – that’s taking place as we speak. Click here to jump right into the Ama!
In addition, on opening night, the first 100 fans at each theater will receive an exclusive Terrifier 3 poster. As quantities are extremely limited, the team behind Terrifier recommends that you get to the theater early. Tickets are on sale now wherever movie tickets are sold – Fandango,...
The movie will feature a special introduction from Creator Damien Leone along with a never-before-seen Terrifier 3 teaser, both exclusive to theaters!
But the party kicks off right now with a very special Ama with Terrifier + Terrifier 2 star David Howard Thornton – better known as Art the Clown – that’s taking place as we speak. Click here to jump right into the Ama!
In addition, on opening night, the first 100 fans at each theater will receive an exclusive Terrifier 3 poster. As quantities are extremely limited, the team behind Terrifier recommends that you get to the theater early. Tickets are on sale now wherever movie tickets are sold – Fandango,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Mandela Effect.
After dedicating an entire month to Erotic Thrillers like Bound and Stranger by the Lake, October has been blissfully fun and silly. Last week, we celebrated our 250th (!!!) episode last week with Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. This week we paid homage to Jason Voorhees with a look at one of Friday the 13th title: Part 2!
In the sequel to Sean S. Cunningham‘s game changer, poor Alice (Adrienne King) is brutally killed off immediately. After a five-year-jump, a new group of horny counsellors prepare to open Camp Blood. These red shirts include iconic Final Girl Ginny (Amy Steel), her sad sack boyfriend Paul (John Furey), as well as hot and fit Terry (Kirsten Baker) and pervy Scott (Russell Todd). And then there’s poor sweet Vickie (Lauren-Marie Taylor) and disabled Mark (Tom McBride).
What these new twenty-somethings don’t realize that Jason Voorhees (Steve Dash and...
After dedicating an entire month to Erotic Thrillers like Bound and Stranger by the Lake, October has been blissfully fun and silly. Last week, we celebrated our 250th (!!!) episode last week with Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow. This week we paid homage to Jason Voorhees with a look at one of Friday the 13th title: Part 2!
In the sequel to Sean S. Cunningham‘s game changer, poor Alice (Adrienne King) is brutally killed off immediately. After a five-year-jump, a new group of horny counsellors prepare to open Camp Blood. These red shirts include iconic Final Girl Ginny (Amy Steel), her sad sack boyfriend Paul (John Furey), as well as hot and fit Terry (Kirsten Baker) and pervy Scott (Russell Todd). And then there’s poor sweet Vickie (Lauren-Marie Taylor) and disabled Mark (Tom McBride).
What these new twenty-somethings don’t realize that Jason Voorhees (Steve Dash and...
- 10/16/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
The first week of October is officially here, so it’s full steam ahead on the Halloween season from here on out. This week’s streaming picks embrace spooky season festivities by centering on holiday-themed horror movies that feature Halloween parties as their slaying grounds.
Some of these horror movies bring the fun, while others aim to spike your adrenaline. But all use Halloween parties as a centerpiece for the horror that’s unleashed within.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Cemetery of Terror – AMC+, Shudder
Rubén Galindo Jr.’s most prominent horror feature is the American-influenced Don’t Panic (available on Shudder), but the Halloween-centric Cemetery of Terror offers the most fun. A trio of college kids decides to impress their ladies by stealing a body from a morgue for a Halloween prank and party in an abandoned house.
Some of these horror movies bring the fun, while others aim to spike your adrenaline. But all use Halloween parties as a centerpiece for the horror that’s unleashed within.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Cemetery of Terror – AMC+, Shudder
Rubén Galindo Jr.’s most prominent horror feature is the American-influenced Don’t Panic (available on Shudder), but the Halloween-centric Cemetery of Terror offers the most fun. A trio of college kids decides to impress their ladies by stealing a body from a morgue for a Halloween prank and party in an abandoned house.
- 10/2/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
We're in the middle of San Diego Comic-Con and Vault Comics is here with their biggest slate of programming to date, including an exclusive pre-release of one of the year’s most anticipated series! Today, they just announced Something Crawled Out, "a terrifying new horror series that will have you questioning the core concepts of good and evil." Written by Son M., drawn by Cas ‘MadCursed’ Peirano, colored by Vittorio Astone, lettered by Jim Campbell, and designed by Tim Daniel, Something Crawled Out will hit store shelves this October! We have exclusive details, plus a look at cover and promo art:
The Midwest is the backdrop for Something Crawled Out, where Edith “Eddie” Miller has no grand plans or great prospects. She spends her days sleeping in and her nights working shifts at a gas station. But when her younger sister fails to come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies.
The Midwest is the backdrop for Something Crawled Out, where Edith “Eddie” Miller has no grand plans or great prospects. She spends her days sleeping in and her nights working shifts at a gas station. But when her younger sister fails to come home, Eddie unearths a web of missing girls and rotting bodies.
- 7/21/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
It’s late at night, and I see a thriller called An Awful Thing Has Gone And Happened (2022). Settling back the brain kicks in thinking I may see gun battles, car chases, and maybe a love story with a dark twist. The title alone makes me think this may be something odd, I mean who makes a title like that unless you are To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995).
The film opens at night when one sees Augustus (John Dixon) wielding a large gun in a car trying to get up the courage. Over this, a screechy radio caller (Fiddling Leona) is going on about something totally different. Augustus mutters to himself, then gets out and trots to a spot where he digs up a cooler that is filled with money. Out of the darkness comes a figure that is revealed as Augustus’s father. Augustus is startled...
The film opens at night when one sees Augustus (John Dixon) wielding a large gun in a car trying to get up the courage. Over this, a screechy radio caller (Fiddling Leona) is going on about something totally different. Augustus mutters to himself, then gets out and trots to a spot where he digs up a cooler that is filled with money. Out of the darkness comes a figure that is revealed as Augustus’s father. Augustus is startled...
- 6/28/2023
- by Terry Sherwood
- Horror Asylum
Upon taking the reins of the Neuchatel Intl. Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) last year, incoming artistic director Pierre-Yves Walder marked his first edition with Scream Queer, a thematic retrospective that explored the thorny and thrillingly diverse forms of queer representation in genre fare. Now building on the success of that well-received program, the Nifff director wanted to deliver a sequel of sorts.
“We want to continue last year’s investigations and to take our thematic journeys a step further,” Walder explains. “You could say that this focus will continue to ask and answer the same questions with a slightly different emphasis.”
And so here comes Female Trouble, a 20-film, century-spanning spotlight built on a French play-on-words that blurs gender and genre. Starting with Mario Roncoroni’s silent serial “Filibus,” which mixed sci-fi motifs with gender-fluidity and lesbian desire all the way back in 1915, and on through Jacques Tourneur’s “Cat People...
“We want to continue last year’s investigations and to take our thematic journeys a step further,” Walder explains. “You could say that this focus will continue to ask and answer the same questions with a slightly different emphasis.”
And so here comes Female Trouble, a 20-film, century-spanning spotlight built on a French play-on-words that blurs gender and genre. Starting with Mario Roncoroni’s silent serial “Filibus,” which mixed sci-fi motifs with gender-fluidity and lesbian desire all the way back in 1915, and on through Jacques Tourneur’s “Cat People...
- 6/23/2023
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
The Tribeca Festival is nearly here, taking place June 7 to June 18, and it brings a packed slate of screenings and premieres.
The festival’s 22nd edition offers a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person, with notable genre programming dedicated to repertory screenings that include Re-Animator to upcoming premieres. In other words, Tribeca’s bringing the horror this year.
Here are five titles we can’t wait to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Bad Things (United States) – World Premiere
In this haunting thriller, a new variation of psychological horror invites audiences to question the limitations of our contemporary relationships with people and spaces, and the implications of undealt trauma.
Written/Directed by Stewart Thorndike. Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Rad Pereira star.
Why we’re excited: Haunted hotels and fragile minds pair well together in horror, as The Shining classically demonstrated.
Perpetrator – North American Premiere
Teenager...
The festival’s 22nd edition offers a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person, with notable genre programming dedicated to repertory screenings that include Re-Animator to upcoming premieres. In other words, Tribeca’s bringing the horror this year.
Here are five titles we can’t wait to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Bad Things (United States) – World Premiere
In this haunting thriller, a new variation of psychological horror invites audiences to question the limitations of our contemporary relationships with people and spaces, and the implications of undealt trauma.
Written/Directed by Stewart Thorndike. Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Rad Pereira star.
Why we’re excited: Haunted hotels and fragile minds pair well together in horror, as The Shining classically demonstrated.
Perpetrator – North American Premiere
Teenager...
- 6/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
“Scream VI” has quickly become the biggest-grossing installment in the now-26-year-old slasher franchise.
That the recent installment passed the $103 million unadjusted domestic gross of the first “Scream” is even more impressive when one notes that it’s the first installment without either Neve Campbell or David Arquette. The previous protagonist opted not to return this time out, reportedly due to a salary dispute, while the bumbling fan-favorite police officer was shockingly killed off in last year’s “Scream.”
While on the red carpet for “Mrs. Davis,” Arquette was asked by TheWrap about whether he had a fear of missing out while he watched the most recent, Dewey-free installment.
“I totally feared missing out. I was like, watching it all alone, but [with] an extra big tub of popcorn, lots of candy.”
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‘Scream VI’ Team Radio Silence to Direct and Produce Untitled Horror Film for Universal
As for his...
That the recent installment passed the $103 million unadjusted domestic gross of the first “Scream” is even more impressive when one notes that it’s the first installment without either Neve Campbell or David Arquette. The previous protagonist opted not to return this time out, reportedly due to a salary dispute, while the bumbling fan-favorite police officer was shockingly killed off in last year’s “Scream.”
While on the red carpet for “Mrs. Davis,” Arquette was asked by TheWrap about whether he had a fear of missing out while he watched the most recent, Dewey-free installment.
“I totally feared missing out. I was like, watching it all alone, but [with] an extra big tub of popcorn, lots of candy.”
Also Read:
‘Scream VI’ Team Radio Silence to Direct and Produce Untitled Horror Film for Universal
As for his...
- 4/14/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
WrestleMania is going Hollywood again this year, and this is how you can secure a last-minute, front row seat to the two-night WWE spectacle.
WWE’s biggest event, WrestleMania 39 will stream on Peacock Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2. Each day begins a pre-show at 6 pm Et followed by the official WrestleMania start at 8 pm. (Review the full match card down below.)
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- 3/30/2023
- by How to Stream Team
- TVLine.com
Another new episode of Accused airs tonight on Fox. Accused Episode 10, “Esme’s Story,” was directed by Michael Offer and written by Chip Johannessen. According to the synopsis, the eye-opening episode will follow a young woman who survives a white nationalist’s attempt to stop a peaceful protest by driving his car into the crowd. When he walks away unscathed, the protestor takes matters into her own hands. Here are all the cast members of Accused Episode 10 and where you’ve seen them before.
‘Accused’ Episode 10 cast member Abigail Breslin as Esme | Steve Wilkie/Fox Abigail Breslin as Esme
Abigail Breslin takes on the lead role in Accused Episode 10 as Esme. As TV Insider notes, Esme “ran away from a world of parochial racism” to find love with a woman named Aaliyah in the city. When a white nationalist kills one of Esme and Aaliyah’s friends during a peaceful protest,...
‘Accused’ Episode 10 cast member Abigail Breslin as Esme | Steve Wilkie/Fox Abigail Breslin as Esme
Abigail Breslin takes on the lead role in Accused Episode 10 as Esme. As TV Insider notes, Esme “ran away from a world of parochial racism” to find love with a woman named Aaliyah in the city. When a white nationalist kills one of Esme and Aaliyah’s friends during a peaceful protest,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Elise Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When you think slashers, your mind immediately goes to the Final Girl. While the term wasn't coined until 1992, it was a prevalent trope throughout the '70s and '80s, namely through such works as "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (Sally Hardesty), "Black Christmas" (Jess Bradford), and "Halloween" (Laurie Strode). These trendsetting heroines cemented the idea that women could be the heroes of their own stories. In many cases, the Final Girl just happened to be the last woman standing through sheer luck; in others, they slashed their way to triumph all on their own. One of the franchises most known for its many Final Girls is "Friday the 13th," which dominated the 1980s and showcased some of the slasher genre's most iconic protagonists.
Throughout its run 一 from the 1980 original to the 2009 remake 一 the series' Final Girls have run the gamut. Some are tough-as-nails warriors from the get-go,...
Throughout its run 一 from the 1980 original to the 2009 remake 一 the series' Final Girls have run the gamut. Some are tough-as-nails warriors from the get-go,...
- 3/18/2023
- by Bee Delores
- Slash Film
Right from its inception, the "Scream" franchise was never intended to be merely a great horror movie. Original writer Kevin Williamson always wanted the film to have loftier goals; as he said in a 2021 interview, "'Scream' was a new way of doing a horror film, a deconstruction." Original director Wes Craven almost didn't direct the first "Scream," having already made another meta-deconstruction of the horror genre, 1994's "Wes Craven's New Nightmare," but was convinced to sign on eventually.
In Williamson and Craven's hands, the first four "Scream" films doubled as of-the-moment commentaries on the state of the slasher film and Hollywood trends in general. The first "Scream" established the general "rules" of a slasher, "Scream 2" opined on the increased budgets and mayhem of a sequel, "Scream 3" mused on what makes a good trilogy, and "Scream 4" tackled the then-rampant trend of the "reboot." 2022's "Scream," directed...
In Williamson and Craven's hands, the first four "Scream" films doubled as of-the-moment commentaries on the state of the slasher film and Hollywood trends in general. The first "Scream" established the general "rules" of a slasher, "Scream 2" opined on the increased budgets and mayhem of a sequel, "Scream 3" mused on what makes a good trilogy, and "Scream 4" tackled the then-rampant trend of the "reboot." 2022's "Scream," directed...
- 3/11/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Grammy-nominated global superstar Demi Lovato has released ‘Still Alive’, her new original song for the upcoming horror film Scream VI. The high energy track arrives alongside the aptly aesthetic music video. The visual sees the world of the film invade reality when Demi and her friends attend a private screening of Scream VI, only to find themselves being hunted by Ghostface himself.
Demi assumes the iconic role of “Final Girl” as she faces off with her assailant in the video’s final act. The video was directed by Jensen Noen and features cameos from Mike Shinoda and Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills). The song was written by Lovato, Shinoda, and Laura Veltz. The video made its global broadcast premiere on MTV Live, Mtvu, MTV Biggest Pop and across MTV’s global network of channels, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards.
“I couldn’t think of a more...
Demi assumes the iconic role of “Final Girl” as she faces off with her assailant in the video’s final act. The video was directed by Jensen Noen and features cameos from Mike Shinoda and Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills). The song was written by Lovato, Shinoda, and Laura Veltz. The video made its global broadcast premiere on MTV Live, Mtvu, MTV Biggest Pop and across MTV’s global network of channels, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards.
“I couldn’t think of a more...
- 3/4/2023
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Kevin Williamson built his career on peeking behind the curtain and breaking the rules. Scream deconstructed everything we thought we knew about horror films. So many imitators followed that the meta-horror movie sometimes feels like its own subgenre. Williamson understands why rules exist but knows that breaking them isn’t just fun but necessary for the genre’s evolution. Horror’s cause and effect model often penalizes characters, while those who practice general good behavior and listen to the angels on their shoulders often survive to see another sunrise. But for almost 30 years, Williamson’s shown no love for that tradition.
Scream reshaped the Final Girl into something else in 1996 when it threw the slasher rules out of the window. Now with Sick, scribe Kevin Williamson does the same for a new generation of fans while using an actual life-or-death scenario as the backdrop. One where following every single rule...
Scream reshaped the Final Girl into something else in 1996 when it threw the slasher rules out of the window. Now with Sick, scribe Kevin Williamson does the same for a new generation of fans while using an actual life-or-death scenario as the backdrop. One where following every single rule...
- 2/3/2023
- by Marcus Shorter
- bloody-disgusting.com
The children of two Hollywood icons are set to collide in the cat-and-mouse thriller Clawfoot, which is coming to us from director Michael Day, screenwriter April Wolfe, and Yale Entertainment, the company behind the awesome Becky. Francesca Eastwood (Awake), a daughter of Clint Eastwood, and Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), a son of Mel Gibson, star in the film, which is currently filming in Los Angeles.
Clawfoot sees Francesca Eastwood taking on the role of
an upper-class suburban housewife who is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor, leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
Milo Gibson is playing the manipulative contractor.
Clawfoot marks the feature directorial debut of Day, who previously directed multiple short films and episodes of the shows The News Tank and Sisters. This is the second feature written by Wolfe, as she previously co-wrote the poorly received 2019 version of Black Christmas.
Day is producing...
Clawfoot sees Francesca Eastwood taking on the role of
an upper-class suburban housewife who is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor, leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
Milo Gibson is playing the manipulative contractor.
Clawfoot marks the feature directorial debut of Day, who previously directed multiple short films and episodes of the shows The News Tank and Sisters. This is the second feature written by Wolfe, as she previously co-wrote the poorly received 2019 version of Black Christmas.
Day is producing...
- 9/20/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Francesca Eastwood (Old) and Milo Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) have been tapped to star in Clawfoot — a cat-and-mouse thriller from Yale Entertainment, which is currently in production in Los Angeles.
In the film penned by April Wolfe (Black Christmas), an upper-class suburban housewife (Eastwood) is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor (Gibson), leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
The film’s director Michael Day (As They Made Us) is producing alongside Yale’s Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman, with Kade Thomas, Scott Levenson, Jason Kringstein, Lee Broda and Colby Cote serving as exec producers. Yale’s recently launched sales banner Great Escape, led by Nick Donnermeyer, will handle worldwide sales.
Most recently appearing in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old for Universal Pictures, Eastwood has also been seen in such films as A Violent Separation, The Vault, M.F.A., Outlaws and Angels and Final Girl, among others.
In the film penned by April Wolfe (Black Christmas), an upper-class suburban housewife (Eastwood) is psychologically terrorized by a manipulative contractor (Gibson), leading to a twisted battle of wits with deliciously unexpected results.
The film’s director Michael Day (As They Made Us) is producing alongside Yale’s Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman, with Kade Thomas, Scott Levenson, Jason Kringstein, Lee Broda and Colby Cote serving as exec producers. Yale’s recently launched sales banner Great Escape, led by Nick Donnermeyer, will handle worldwide sales.
Most recently appearing in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old for Universal Pictures, Eastwood has also been seen in such films as A Violent Separation, The Vault, M.F.A., Outlaws and Angels and Final Girl, among others.
- 9/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Nobody's telling horror stories quite like Mike Flanagan right now. His films and TV shows are equal parts heartbreaking and terrifying. His characters are often holding onto deep-seated emotional wounds, many of which are brought painfully to the surface in the face of some monstrous threat or supernatural danger. Even when he's adapting the works of literary titans like Stephen King and Shirley Jackson, Flanagan carefully re-works and re-purposes the source material, making it firmly his own.
His latest Netflix series, "The Midnight Club," once again sees Flanagan adapting someone else's work, this time that of Christopher Pike's 1994 young adult horror novel of the same name, with "Once Upon a Time" alum Leah Fong serving as the show's co-creator. Flanagan was among the young readers who took to Pike's book upon its release and he's been hoping to adapt it to the screen ever since. With its premiere...
His latest Netflix series, "The Midnight Club," once again sees Flanagan adapting someone else's work, this time that of Christopher Pike's 1994 young adult horror novel of the same name, with "Once Upon a Time" alum Leah Fong serving as the show's co-creator. Flanagan was among the young readers who took to Pike's book upon its release and he's been hoping to adapt it to the screen ever since. With its premiere...
- 9/1/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
A brand new horror convention on the scene, the first-ever “Silver Scream Con” is set to debut this weekend (August 26th–August 28th) just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
The inaugural “Silver Scream Con”, curated by Spencer Charnas, front man of the band Ice Nine Kills, brings together horror celebrities Skeet Ulrich, Kane Hodder, Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Nick Castle (Halloween), Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, Tom Arnold, Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), and more for a three-day convention along with a Saturday night concert — headlined by Ice Nine Kills and featuring horror-rap duo Twiztid and Ari Lehman’s metal band First Jason.
Some of the scheduled panels throughout the weekend include…
• An Ice Nine Kills Interrogation Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino, Joe Occhiuti, Dan Sugarman and Patrick Galante of Ice Nine Kills submit to a deep interrogation, turning the knife and peeling back the layers to reveal how their love affair with horror began.
The inaugural “Silver Scream Con”, curated by Spencer Charnas, front man of the band Ice Nine Kills, brings together horror celebrities Skeet Ulrich, Kane Hodder, Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Nick Castle (Halloween), Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, Tom Arnold, Ari Lehman (Friday the 13th), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), and more for a three-day convention along with a Saturday night concert — headlined by Ice Nine Kills and featuring horror-rap duo Twiztid and Ari Lehman’s metal band First Jason.
Some of the scheduled panels throughout the weekend include…
• An Ice Nine Kills Interrogation Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino, Joe Occhiuti, Dan Sugarman and Patrick Galante of Ice Nine Kills submit to a deep interrogation, turning the knife and peeling back the layers to reveal how their love affair with horror began.
- 8/25/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
This week sees the release of Prey, the prequel (Preyquel? Predaquel?) to the Arnold Schwarzenegger’s biceps vehicle and alien grudge match, Predator. The beauty of it being a prequel is that you are not obliged to do an all-night marathon session binging all the other Predator films before it comes out. No, instead you get to do that after you’ve watched Prey.
So to help you along, here’s a handy guide to the viewing order of the Predator franchise, with only a little editorializing over which ones you can safely skip or drink through.
1. Prey (2022)
So this article is about the chronological order to watch the Predator movies in, and this is chronologically the first movie, but really, you should probably at least have seen Predator before watching this one, as you’ll get a lot more out of the film if you’re familiar with the way they usually work.
So to help you along, here’s a handy guide to the viewing order of the Predator franchise, with only a little editorializing over which ones you can safely skip or drink through.
1. Prey (2022)
So this article is about the chronological order to watch the Predator movies in, and this is chronologically the first movie, but really, you should probably at least have seen Predator before watching this one, as you’ll get a lot more out of the film if you’re familiar with the way they usually work.
- 8/6/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
One of the biggest hits during the pandemic, and certainly the most iconically “Covid” movie, was Rob Savage’s smart horror Host, a 57 minute chiller based entirely over a Zoom call. It was scary, it was incredibly current and it put Savage and his cast and crew firmly on the horror map.
Now with his follow up, Dashcam, Savage and his team are experimenting with the genre once again. Another found footage movie, Dashcam follows right-wing internet personality Annie Hardy (played by US musician Annie Hardy) as she live streams her increasingly bizarre evening for her fans (the whole thing is told via her dashcam or her mobile). Annie, the character, is in the mould of the Final Girl (the single surviving female who has suffered all manner of ordeals and makes it out the other side of the horror movie) but unlike in the classic trope, Annie is, as...
Now with his follow up, Dashcam, Savage and his team are experimenting with the genre once again. Another found footage movie, Dashcam follows right-wing internet personality Annie Hardy (played by US musician Annie Hardy) as she live streams her increasingly bizarre evening for her fans (the whole thing is told via her dashcam or her mobile). Annie, the character, is in the mould of the Final Girl (the single surviving female who has suffered all manner of ordeals and makes it out the other side of the horror movie) but unlike in the classic trope, Annie is, as...
- 6/6/2022
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
John McTiernan's 1987 sci-fi actioner "Predator" is a clever, satirical, gloriously ultraviolent takedown of military-inflected supra-masculinity. The film is populated by sweaty, muscular, weapon-fetishizing soldier types who finally encounter something they cannot merely blast out of the trees: a strong, towering, laser-armed alien game hunter who picks off humans for sport. Ultimately the film's Final Girl (Arnold Schwarzenegger) manages to best the beast, but that's not before the creature kills and/or skins all of his compatriots. "Predator" functions perfectly well as an action film, but functions even better when looked at as a satire.
In terms of its themes, Stephen Hopkins'...
The post Gary Busey's Explanation of What Predator 2 is About is as Ridiculous as You'd Expect appeared first on /Film.
In terms of its themes, Stephen Hopkins'...
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- 5/28/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Alex Garland’s new film “Men” has screened for journalists ahead of its Cannes Film Festival Quinzaine premiere and May 20 release from A24, and first reactions are in. See a roundup below.
After directing the heady FX sci-fi series “Devs,” Alex Garland returns to the realm of “Annihilation”-esque mind-tripping horror with his latest film.
Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley stars as Harper, a young widow who has rented an isolated holiday home in the English countryside amid guilt over the death of her husband (Paapa Essiedu), an apparent suicide. Meanwhile, she can’t stop seeing the face of Rory Kinnear as an innkeeper in every resident of the town and stalking her every move. What does it all mean?
While the reactions avoid spoilers, there’s definitely enough here to bite on in terms of getting a sense of what Garland has in store.
“Garland’s Men is a bit...
After directing the heady FX sci-fi series “Devs,” Alex Garland returns to the realm of “Annihilation”-esque mind-tripping horror with his latest film.
Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley stars as Harper, a young widow who has rented an isolated holiday home in the English countryside amid guilt over the death of her husband (Paapa Essiedu), an apparent suicide. Meanwhile, she can’t stop seeing the face of Rory Kinnear as an innkeeper in every resident of the town and stalking her every move. What does it all mean?
While the reactions avoid spoilers, there’s definitely enough here to bite on in terms of getting a sense of what Garland has in store.
“Garland’s Men is a bit...
- 5/2/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Resident Evil Netflix Series: "Year 2036 – 14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and insane creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie."
Series Launch Date: July 14
Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer: Andrew Dabb (Supernatural)
Executive Producer / Writer: Mary Leah Sutton
Executive Producers: Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben of Constantin Film
Producer: Constantin Film CEO Martin Moszkowicz
Studio: Constantin Film
Format: 8 x 1 Hour episodes
Cast:
Lance Reddick (he/him) as Albert Wesker
Ella Balinska (she/her)
Tamara Smart (she/her)
Siena Agudong (she/her)
Adeline Rudolph (she/her)
Paola Nuñez (she/her)
Ahad Raza Mir (he/him)
Connor Gossatti (he/him)
Turlough Convery (he/him)
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Scare Package II: Rad Chad: "Shudder,...
Series Launch Date: July 14
Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer: Andrew Dabb (Supernatural)
Executive Producer / Writer: Mary Leah Sutton
Executive Producers: Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben of Constantin Film
Producer: Constantin Film CEO Martin Moszkowicz
Studio: Constantin Film
Format: 8 x 1 Hour episodes
Cast:
Lance Reddick (he/him) as Albert Wesker
Ella Balinska (she/her)
Tamara Smart (she/her)
Siena Agudong (she/her)
Adeline Rudolph (she/her)
Paola Nuñez (she/her)
Ahad Raza Mir (he/him)
Connor Gossatti (he/him)
Turlough Convery (he/him)
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Scare Package II: Rad Chad: "Shudder,...
- 3/21/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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“The Evil Dead” by Lloyd Haynes
Devil’s Advocate series
Auteur, an imprint of Liverpool University Press
Isbn: 9781800859357
113 pages
Paperback
Rrp £19.99
The Evil Dead is one of those film titles that can still conjure up images of forbidden horrors, liable to corrupt and deprave anyone who dares to take a peek at the screen. Its inclusion on the original “Video Nasties” list by the UK’s Director of Public Prosecution back in the early 1980s brought it an undeserved infamy and reputation which, despite winning its day in court, it retains to this day. However, if you are brave enough to watch The Evil Dead, instead of developing homicidal urges, what you will actually find is an imaginative, breathlessly entertaining ‘Cabin in the Woods’ horror film with deliberately over-the-top performances, stylised camerawork, comedic timing and bravura special effects, all washed down with gallons of fake blood.
“The Evil Dead” by Lloyd Haynes
Devil’s Advocate series
Auteur, an imprint of Liverpool University Press
Isbn: 9781800859357
113 pages
Paperback
Rrp £19.99
The Evil Dead is one of those film titles that can still conjure up images of forbidden horrors, liable to corrupt and deprave anyone who dares to take a peek at the screen. Its inclusion on the original “Video Nasties” list by the UK’s Director of Public Prosecution back in the early 1980s brought it an undeserved infamy and reputation which, despite winning its day in court, it retains to this day. However, if you are brave enough to watch The Evil Dead, instead of developing homicidal urges, what you will actually find is an imaginative, breathlessly entertaining ‘Cabin in the Woods’ horror film with deliberately over-the-top performances, stylised camerawork, comedic timing and bravura special effects, all washed down with gallons of fake blood.
- 10/26/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Forty years on from John Carpenter’s classic slasher film, David Gordon Green’s latest reanimation of the title is functional but enjoyable
It’s Halloween 2018 in Haddonfield, Illinois, and the time-honoured festivities are in full swing. At the start of the second episode of the revived franchise there’s already a body impaled on railings, and a cop (Will Patton) gushing blood on the ground. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) – horror cinema’s original Final Girl, now Final Grandmother – is being rushed to hospital, and her house is in flames. But indestructible killer Michael Myers has decided to make a night of it, and is out there armed with a firefighter’s axe, axing firefighters.
Forty years after John Carpenter made the defining slasher movie, director David Gordon Green has made a creditable stab, as it were, at reanimating the title. Green is an occasional indie auteur who leads...
It’s Halloween 2018 in Haddonfield, Illinois, and the time-honoured festivities are in full swing. At the start of the second episode of the revived franchise there’s already a body impaled on railings, and a cop (Will Patton) gushing blood on the ground. Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) – horror cinema’s original Final Girl, now Final Grandmother – is being rushed to hospital, and her house is in flames. But indestructible killer Michael Myers has decided to make a night of it, and is out there armed with a firefighter’s axe, axing firefighters.
Forty years after John Carpenter made the defining slasher movie, director David Gordon Green has made a creditable stab, as it were, at reanimating the title. Green is an occasional indie auteur who leads...
- 9/8/2021
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
In some ways, a horror-themed album seems like the farthest thing you might expect from the Glasgow band Chvrches, known for iridescent synths and lead singer Lauren Mayberry ’s practically elfin, perennially chipper voice. But on their fourth LP, Screen Violence, Mayberry and band members Iain Cook and Martin Doherty pack the stifling anxieties and roving fears of the Internet age into earnest choruses and multi-textured songs, offering a project that swings from tinselly to tense as they try their best to expand their maximalist sound,
A change in tone...
A change in tone...
- 9/2/2021
- by Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
[Spoiler warning for those who haven’t seen Valentine.]
“The journey of love is an arduous trek,” a Valentine’s Day card reads in Jamie Blanks’ 2001 film, Valentine (based on the novel of the same name by Tom Savage), and while Blanks’ follow-up to 1998’s Urban Legend is a slasher movie, it’s a slasher movie only secondarily. Primarily, it’s a love story, and at its core are two kindred characters on that arduous trek: Jeremy Melton (later known as Adam Carr) and Dorothy Wheeler. Both so dearly want love. But both are so full of self-doubt. Both are stuffed with feelings of deep inferiority. And consequently, both rage against the society that refuses to love them back. So alike are these two forget-me’s that they are essentially the same person—so much so that it’s equally plausible that Dorothy is or could be the killer just as much as Adam. The two are mirror images of each other,...
“The journey of love is an arduous trek,” a Valentine’s Day card reads in Jamie Blanks’ 2001 film, Valentine (based on the novel of the same name by Tom Savage), and while Blanks’ follow-up to 1998’s Urban Legend is a slasher movie, it’s a slasher movie only secondarily. Primarily, it’s a love story, and at its core are two kindred characters on that arduous trek: Jeremy Melton (later known as Adam Carr) and Dorothy Wheeler. Both so dearly want love. But both are so full of self-doubt. Both are stuffed with feelings of deep inferiority. And consequently, both rage against the society that refuses to love them back. So alike are these two forget-me’s that they are essentially the same person—so much so that it’s equally plausible that Dorothy is or could be the killer just as much as Adam. The two are mirror images of each other,...
- 7/27/2021
- by Ray Marshall
- DailyDead
Much like the bad guy in a slasher film, author Grady Hendrix had one book idea that just kept coming back. He wanted to take on the horror movie trope of the final girl — the last character standing at the end of the flick — and bring it into the real world. Seven years later, and The Final Girl Support Group drops on July 13th.
Hendrix, the author of 2020’s New York Times bestseller The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, finished his first draft of what would become...
Hendrix, the author of 2020’s New York Times bestseller The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, finished his first draft of what would become...
- 7/13/2021
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
“Greyhound,” “Mank,” “News of the World,” “Sound of Metal” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” have been nominated by the Cinema Audio Society for the 57th annual Cas Awards for Outstanding Sound Mixing, the Cas announced on Tuesday.
Nominees in the animated-feature category were “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” “Onward,” “Soul,” “The Croods: A New Age” and “Trolls World Tour,” while documentary nominations went to “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet,” “My Octopus Teacher,” “The Social Dilemma” and two music docs, “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” and “Zappa.”
While Cas nominations have traditionally been a good barometer of which films will be nominated for Oscars in the Best Sound Mixing category, the Academy last year combined its two sound categories, mixing and editing, into a single Best Sound category.
“Greyhound,” “News of the World” and “Sound of Metal” were the three films...
Nominees in the animated-feature category were “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon,” “Onward,” “Soul,” “The Croods: A New Age” and “Trolls World Tour,” while documentary nominations went to “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet,” “My Octopus Teacher,” “The Social Dilemma” and two music docs, “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” and “Zappa.”
While Cas nominations have traditionally been a good barometer of which films will be nominated for Oscars in the Best Sound Mixing category, the Academy last year combined its two sound categories, mixing and editing, into a single Best Sound category.
“Greyhound,” “News of the World” and “Sound of Metal” were the three films...
- 3/2/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The live-action feature nominees for the 57th annual Cas Awards for sound mixing (presented virtually on April 17) include “Greyhound,” “Mank,” “News of the World,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Darius Marder’s innovative “Sound of Metal,” the frontrunner, also split the Motion Picture Sound Editors nominations with Paul Greengrass’ “News of the World,” with three nods.
Not making the cut, though, was Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” the time inversion spy thriller, which was roundly criticized for mixing its dialogue way too low. Also overlooked was George Clooney’s sci-fi drama, “The Midnight Sky,” though the director will be honored as Cas Filmmaker.
In terms of the Oscar race, the Academy has consolidated sound editing and mixing onto a single category for the first time this season.
Seven-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer William B. Kaplan is this year’s Cas Career Achievement Honoree.
Motion Pictures – Live Action...
Not making the cut, though, was Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” the time inversion spy thriller, which was roundly criticized for mixing its dialogue way too low. Also overlooked was George Clooney’s sci-fi drama, “The Midnight Sky,” though the director will be honored as Cas Filmmaker.
In terms of the Oscar race, the Academy has consolidated sound editing and mixing onto a single category for the first time this season.
Seven-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer William B. Kaplan is this year’s Cas Career Achievement Honoree.
Motion Pictures – Live Action...
- 3/2/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
"He keeps coming back... he should be dead!" Shudder has unveiled the official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled Lucky, a surreal slasher home-invasion time loop horror from filmmaker Natasha Kermani. This originally premiered at the Fantasia + FrightFest Film Festivals last year, and stopped by Nightstream - read Zofia's review. A suburban woman named May, a popular self-help book author, fights to be believed as she finds herself stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night. When she can't get help from those around her, she is forced to take matters into her own hands. Described as "a uniquely nightmarish, darkly funny, and timely slasher, and a thrilling addition to the Final Girl genre." This stars Brea Grant, who also wrote the screenplay, along with Dhruv Uday Singh and Kausar Mohammed. This looks like a good flip on the slasher genre, with Grant kicking ass in the lead performance.
- 2/17/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hello, readers! In anticipation of the launch of Daily Dead’s 8th annual Holiday Gift Guide later this month, we’re going to spend the next few weeks celebrating a series of independent artists who specialize in creating horror-themed merchandise. Be sure to check back every day throughout the month of November to learn more about all of these indie artisans, and hopefully these profiles will help inspire your holiday shopping lists this year. Cheers!
For over 20 years, Jennifer McCarthy has been making jewelry, and with her company, Final Girl Designs, she incorporates her passion for the horror genre into her dazzling creations. Final Girl Designs has been featured in several past iterations of our Hgg, so I thought it was time to catch up with Jennifer and talk about her love of jewelry, horror, and more.
For more information on Final Girl Designs, please visit Jennifer’s site at: https://www.
For over 20 years, Jennifer McCarthy has been making jewelry, and with her company, Final Girl Designs, she incorporates her passion for the horror genre into her dazzling creations. Final Girl Designs has been featured in several past iterations of our Hgg, so I thought it was time to catch up with Jennifer and talk about her love of jewelry, horror, and more.
For more information on Final Girl Designs, please visit Jennifer’s site at: https://www.
- 11/9/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Let’s hope Sidney Prescott has been keeping up with the glut of excellent horror movies in the last decade, because it looks like she’s about to be grilled once more on what’s her favorite scary movie. That’s right, Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott is officially back for Scream 5.
Campbell confirmed the news herself on Instagram when she shared the below video of the iconic Ghostface killer mask, along with the message of “Hello again, Sidney… #ImBack.” And if you click on the video, you see text of Ghostface himself welcoming Sidney back to the franchise with the ominous words of “remember me?”
Campbell of course played Sidney Prescott in all four previous Scream movies beginning with the 1996 original and culminating with the severely underrated 2011 effort, Scream 4. One of Campbell’s biggest roles in the ‘90s, Sidney Prescott stood out among the legion of “final...
Campbell confirmed the news herself on Instagram when she shared the below video of the iconic Ghostface killer mask, along with the message of “Hello again, Sidney… #ImBack.” And if you click on the video, you see text of Ghostface himself welcoming Sidney back to the franchise with the ominous words of “remember me?”
Campbell of course played Sidney Prescott in all four previous Scream movies beginning with the 1996 original and culminating with the severely underrated 2011 effort, Scream 4. One of Campbell’s biggest roles in the ‘90s, Sidney Prescott stood out among the legion of “final...
- 9/10/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
by Jason Adams
The adage goes that curiosity kills the cat, but in Michael Powell's 1960 shocker Peeping Tom it's only half true -- curiosity kills one while saving the other. Mark, the deranged killer camera-man at the film's heart (played with shy finesse by Karlheinz Böhm), finds Helen (Anna Massey) by perching on her windowsill and peering in at her birthday party -- she's his downstairs neighbor and full of life as irrepressible as her vast array of bright monochromatic dresses. They seem an odd match from the start but Helen can't seem to get Mark off her mind -- there's something curious about that upstairs man, and she's going to find out if it... well you know.
Is Helen film's very first Final Girl? ...
The adage goes that curiosity kills the cat, but in Michael Powell's 1960 shocker Peeping Tom it's only half true -- curiosity kills one while saving the other. Mark, the deranged killer camera-man at the film's heart (played with shy finesse by Karlheinz Böhm), finds Helen (Anna Massey) by perching on her windowsill and peering in at her birthday party -- she's his downstairs neighbor and full of life as irrepressible as her vast array of bright monochromatic dresses. They seem an odd match from the start but Helen can't seem to get Mark off her mind -- there's something curious about that upstairs man, and she's going to find out if it... well you know.
Is Helen film's very first Final Girl? ...
- 8/11/2020
- by JA
- FilmExperience
Stars: Catherine Morvell, Jesse Boum, Gabrielle Pearson, Charles Jazz Terrier, Taylor Pearce, Aly Zhang, Maximillian Johnson, Ace Whitman, Erina Yamada, Tim K Williams | Written and Directed by Sam Hamilton
“I like filmmaking. Mostly amateur stuff…” What Goes Around certainly comes around in this terrific slasher throwback and snuff film extravaganza!
Erin (Catherine Morvell) is a vulnerable and reserved college student. Working in a cafe, she is abused and taken advantage of by the customers. It’s unfair, disgusting, and is just another layer of annoyance present in an already difficult life. Alex (Jesse Bouma) – a customer within the cafe and fellow student – intervenes in one situation, leading to a connection established with Erin. As nice as this may seem, she’s just caught the attraction and attention of a mysterious boy who’s best left avoided.
Miraculously (and dangerously), Erin comes into possession of Alex’s laptop – he accidently leaves it behind in the cafe.
“I like filmmaking. Mostly amateur stuff…” What Goes Around certainly comes around in this terrific slasher throwback and snuff film extravaganza!
Erin (Catherine Morvell) is a vulnerable and reserved college student. Working in a cafe, she is abused and taken advantage of by the customers. It’s unfair, disgusting, and is just another layer of annoyance present in an already difficult life. Alex (Jesse Bouma) – a customer within the cafe and fellow student – intervenes in one situation, leading to a connection established with Erin. As nice as this may seem, she’s just caught the attraction and attention of a mysterious boy who’s best left avoided.
Miraculously (and dangerously), Erin comes into possession of Alex’s laptop – he accidently leaves it behind in the cafe.
- 7/21/2020
- by Dom Hastings
- Nerdly
The 2020 Emmy ballots have been released by the Television Academy, so we now know which shows, actors, etc. are in contention for this year’s golden statues. FX’s “American Horror Story: 1984” accounts for a whopping 29 entries across all competitive ballots, including 10 actors for their roles as counselors/workers at the hauntingly tubular Camp Redwood. This ninth season of the popular anthology series welcomed back fan favorites like John Carroll Lynch (as Mr. Jingles) and Emma Roberts (as Brooke Thompson) while also introducing some new blood in the form of Angelica Ross (as Nurse Rita) and Gus Kenworthy (as Chet Clancy).
This installment, which aired last September-November, is also notable for producing the show’s landmark 100th episode, which flash-forwarded a year after the massacre at Camp Redwood. Will “Ahs: 1984” continue the franchise’s winning streak at the 2020 Emmys? The first eight cycles took home 16 trophies, including acting wins...
This installment, which aired last September-November, is also notable for producing the show’s landmark 100th episode, which flash-forwarded a year after the massacre at Camp Redwood. Will “Ahs: 1984” continue the franchise’s winning streak at the 2020 Emmys? The first eight cycles took home 16 trophies, including acting wins...
- 7/11/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
When you think of horror movies, this popular trope most likely comes to mind: a masked killer hiding in the darkness which is picking off unsuspecting victims one by one. Then, our main hero (usually a young woman) fights the killer and walks away victorious.
That protagonist is our "Final Girl."
She is one of the surviving characters in the movie to see another day.
Viewers are typically pulled through their Pov to root them on.
While this archetype is known more for horror movies, Final Girls are a staple on TV too!
Though, there are some noticeable differences. Like, their battles aren't confined to a single night of terror. Sometimes it'll spread across multiple TV plotlines or an overarching season.
This means we get more time to meet our Final Girl, learn about her backstory, and see her develop before fighting the villain.
Each Final Girl is different, but...
That protagonist is our "Final Girl."
She is one of the surviving characters in the movie to see another day.
Viewers are typically pulled through their Pov to root them on.
While this archetype is known more for horror movies, Final Girls are a staple on TV too!
Though, there are some noticeable differences. Like, their battles aren't confined to a single night of terror. Sometimes it'll spread across multiple TV plotlines or an overarching season.
This means we get more time to meet our Final Girl, learn about her backstory, and see her develop before fighting the villain.
Each Final Girl is different, but...
- 6/15/2020
- by Justin Carreiro
- TVfanatic
In his latest podcast host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with Seventh Row Executive Editor Orla Smith about 5 Themes In Feminist Horror.
Female Monsters: Carrie / Thelma Final Girl(S): The Slumber Party Massacre / Black Christmas Motherhood: The Babadook / Prevenge Housewives Revolting: Bitch / Swallow Gaslighting: Unsane / The Invisible Man
Beyond Empowerment: Feminist Horror And The Struggle For Female Agency is out now as an ebook from Seventh Row.
Female Monsters: Carrie / Thelma Final Girl(S): The Slumber Party Massacre / Black Christmas Motherhood: The Babadook / Prevenge Housewives Revolting: Bitch / Swallow Gaslighting: Unsane / The Invisible Man
Beyond Empowerment: Feminist Horror And The Struggle For Female Agency is out now as an ebook from Seventh Row.
- 5/8/2020
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Women characters have always been at the heart of horror films, though arguably not always for the best reason. But there's been a shift in recent years; rather than always showing women in peril, or even just the heroic Final Girl, many horror films have shifted from external to internal struggles. More women filmmakers, and smarter male ones, are creating women characters that find and extert their own power from within (for better or sometimes worse). Seventh Row have recently published a new e-book that looks at a crop of recent (mostly) horror films that feature women characters finding and exerting this internal power. Beyond Empowertainment: Feminist horror and the struggle for female agency...
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- 5/4/2020
- Screen Anarchy
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