Directed by Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day is an evil twist on the comedy Groundhog Day. The movie follows a college student, played by Jessica Rothe (La La Land), who relives the day of her murder with both its typical details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity.
The producers, known for producing Whiplash and Get Out, are calling the movie an original and inventive rewinding thriller, but I wonder if they have seen Groundhog Day and Before I Fall.
With that, horror fans will flock to this movie because, if you watch the trailer and TV spots, it looks like a great horror movie.
Directed by Donna McRae, Lost Gully Road tells the story of Lucy, played by Adele Perovic, a directionless young woman who travels to a secluded cottage in the forest to wait for her sister. With no television and little communication with the outside world, she spends her days alone and drinking to pass the time. That is until her unexpected host decides to keep her company.
Other cast members include Eloise Mignon, John Brumpton, and Jane Clifton.
The teaser trailer doesn’t show much, but the imagery reminds me of Netflix’s Stranger Things.
The film features cinematography from Laszlo Baranyai, production design from visual artist Michael Vale, and a score by Dave Graney and Clare Moore.
A horror movie from Downunder is always desired because true horror fans love these movies. Right now, there is no indication this movie is coming to the states.
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, I have not read many Stephen King’s books, so I am not familiar with The Dark Tower storyline or whether it follows the book at all.
Though, I am intrigued to see a young boy telling a story to a therapist of some sort. There are some talented people behind the camera and in front of the camera as well. Ron Howard is one of the producers.
The story follows a gunslinger, played by Idris Elba, and we are told there are other worlds than these, which is not that ambitious these days. Other worlds are quite common in the movie industry.
Still, it is an expansive story from one of the world’s most celebrated authors, and now it is headed to the big screen. So, the last Gunslinger, known as Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, played by Matthew McConaughey, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
Also in the cast is Jackie Earle Haley, who is fondly known for playing Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise movies.
It really sounds like dark fantasy where kids tell the story late a night during a sleepover. I sure it will do well at the box office because King has a legion of fans.
I am totally freaked out about this trailer. IT is so scary that I keep looking behind me to see if I am truly alone. The house noises are unsettling and this is a true classic horror movie based on Stephen King’s book of the same title.
Let’s face it. Kids do not like clowns. My daughter was terrified of them, so what better story to scare kids and adults. You can’t trust a clown because they are hidden behind all that make up. Take off the clown makeup and what do you have? Just a scary man…but leave it on and I am diving under that table or running for the hills.
Directed by John R. Leonetti, the Wish Upon arrives twelve years after discovering her mother’s suicide. The movie follows seventeen-year-old Clare Shannon, played by Joey King, is not only bullied in high school, embarrassed by her manic, hoarder father Jonathan, played by Ryan Phillippe, but ignored by her longtime crush.
Yet, all that changes when her father comes home with an old music box whose inscription promises to grant its owner seven wishes. While Clare is initially skeptical of this magic box, she can’t help but be seduced by its dark powers and is thrilled as her life radically improves with each wish.
But, finally, she has the life she’s always wanted, and everything seems perfect – until the people closest to her begin dying in violent and elaborate ways after each wish. Oh….now the plot thickens.
Clare realizes that she must get rid of the box but finds herself unable and unwilling to part with her new and improved life—leading her down a dark and dangerous path.
With Alien: Covenant, a new chapter in his groundbreaking Alien franchise, Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise and a dark, dangerous world. They must attempt a harrowing escape when they uncover a threat beyond their imagination.
This movie roars. Yikes!
Here is a nice long clip called The Last Supper. I was surprised to see James Franco. He is the captain, too. There are some other familiar faces. Check it out.
Directed by Gore Verbinski, A Cure for Wellness follows an ambitious young executive sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps.
He soon suspects that the spa’s miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he unravels its terrifying secrets, his sanity comes to the test, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure.
People commit unthinkable acts every day. Repeatedly, we grapple with understanding what drives a person to do such terrible things. But what if all the questions we’re asking are wrong? What if the cause of all evil is not a matter of what… but who?
The Bye Bye Man seems to be a chilling horror-thriller that exposes the evil behind the most unspeakable acts committed by man. When three college friends stumble upon the horrific origins of the Bye Bye Man, they discover that there is only one way to avoid his curse: don’t think it, don’t say it. But once the Bye Bye Man gets inside your head, he takes control. Is there a way to survive his possession?
Directed by Jackson Stewart, Beyond the Gates is a retro-movie from the Day-Glo 1980s past. This is a good trailer, too, for a low-budget horror movie. Nostalgia grabs viewers back to a time when VHS ruled, video stores were meccas for horror fans, and shocks came with a healthy dose of claptrap.
The story is not bad. It starts in the wake of their father’s mysterious disappearance and meeting two estranged brothers. The responsible Gordon, played by Graham Skipper, and reckless John, played by Chase Williamson. They reunite to sift through the contents of their father’s stubbornly outdated VHS rental store.
Among the inventory, they discover an interactive VCR board game, which their father viewed just before he vanished. Intrigued, the boys pop in the tape, press play, and soon discover that, far from an ordinary game, the video is a portal to a nightmarish alternate reality overseen by a sinister hostess, cult horror icon Barbara Crampton, and that to save their father’s soul, they must play by her rules.
I should note that Crampton starred in Days of Our Lives and made her film debut in 1984’s Body Double.
Directed by Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day is an evil twist on the comedy Groundhog Day. The movie follows a college student, played by Jessica Rothe (La La Land), who relives the day of her murder with both its typical details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity.
