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In 2020, rave reviews flowed in from the Sundance Film Festival for Natalie Erika James' directorial debut Relic. Rather than shock value, it achieves something far more challenging: frightening viewers while moving them to tears. The film portrays a life experience many families face: watching a loved one succumb to dementia, and it sadly hits home for many. Actor Emily Mortimer told the Los Angeles Times after reading the script, “I just felt, 'Oh, this is really audacious and wonderful.' I mean, I don’t think there’s anything more horrifying in life than watching someone you love die."

The film affects viewers on multiple levels, leaving them disturbed by its imagery and devastated by its distressing truth. James looked to personal experiences to create Relic, drawing on her grandmother's battle with Alzheimer's disease. Through its three central female characters spanning three generations, this truly terrifying tearjerker from 2020 demonstrates how...

Taika Waititi and Mia Wasikowska are set to star in the Sky Original film based on David Walliams’ bestselling children’s book, Fing.

Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), Walliams (Little Britain), Richard Roxburgh (Elvis), Robyn Nevin (Sting) and Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners) will also star alongside newcomer Iona Bell.

The fantastical feature film, co-written by Walliams and Kevin Cecil (Veep) and directed by Jeffrey Walker (The Artful Dodger), has begun principal filming at Queensland Studios in Brisbane, Australia, secured through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.

The story follows librarians Mr. and Mrs. Meek, (Harrison and Wasikowska) who will do anything to keep their darling daughter, Myrtle (Bell), happy. But it’s not enough for Myrtle who always wants more. When Myrtle declares she wants a Fing, her parents have no choice but to track one down, taking them to the furthest and darkest corners of the jungle. Fing turns out...

Filming is underway in Brisbane, Australia on Jeffrey Walker’s Fing, adapted from David Walliams’s children’s book of the same name.

The feature is shooting at Brisbane’s Screen Queensland Studios, secured through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.

Taika Waititi, Mia Wasikowska and Walliams lead the cast, alongside Richard Roxburgh, Penelope Wilton, Blake Harrison, Robyn Nevin and newcomer Iona Bell.

Published in 2019, Fing follows two librarians who will do anything to keep their daughter happy; including working out what a ‘fing’ is and travelling to the furthest corners of the jungle to track one down.

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The best selling children’s book Fing is getting the feature film treatment, courtesy of Sky. More on the project below.

Word has reached the Film Stories news desk that Sky is adapting the 2019 children’s book Fing into a feature film. The film is set to be released as a Sky Original and filming is currently underway in Brisbane, Australia.

Fing will be directed by Jeffrey Walker while author David Walliams is co-writing the script with Kevin Cecil.

The project has also attracted quite a number of Hollywood stars. Taika Waititi, Mia Wasikowska, Penelope Wilton, Robyn Nevin, Blake Harrison and newcomer Iona Bell are all set to star in Fing.

Here’s a proper synopsis of the story: The story follows librarians Mr. and Mrs. Meek, (Harrison and Wasikowska) who will do anything to keep their darling daughter, Myrtle (Bell), happy. But it’s not enough for Myrtle who always wants more,...

A seemingly less discussed sub-genre in cinema these days is the monster movie. It's a type of film that was made quite often in the horror genre during the classical Hollywood era and even in the decades following. However, it's not common to see a conventional monster movie on the big screen quite as often these days. That's probably why it's so refreshing to see a film like Sting from earlier this year.

Despite being a less popular genre in general, the 21st century has produced recent hits like A Quiet Place and cult classics like Van Helsing. This century already has lots of entertaining monster movies worth watching.

Sting Is a Giant Spider Movie Some Fans Have Been Waiting For Released: 2024

It seemed like it might have been a gag when it was announced that a giant spider monster movie would be hitting the big screen. It's certainly not...

Stars: Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Ryan Corr, Jett Berry, Kade Berry, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, Danny Kim, Silvia Colloca, Jermaine Fowler | Written and Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner

Sting is the new film from Australian writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner, the man behind the Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead films Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead and its sequel Wyrmwood: Apocalypse as well as the over-the-top ghost hunting film Nekrotronic. All three of them were fun films that made good use of a small budget, so a big bug movie seemed like a good fit for his skills.

This time out, he’s traded his apocalyptic scenarios for the goings-on in the apartment building where an alien spider egg comes to rest after a trip through Earth’s atmosphere. It hatches, and its occupant is found by Charlotte, who dubs the creature Sting,

Charlotte is a rebellious twelve-year-old who lives there...

2024 is set to be a summer of spidery screams thanks to the release of Sting, a new horror film that promises to spin a web of terror. Out now on digital download, and Video on Demand then hitting Blu-ray and DVD on 19th August 2024, this chilling creature feature, directed and written by Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood), stars Alyla Browne (Furiosa), Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon), and Jermaine Fowler (The Blackening).

Sting has already received high praise from critics, with Bloody Disgusting calling it “an entertaining throwback creature feature” and HeyUGuys praising it as “a thrilling horror film with strong visual effects and engaging performances.” Nightmare on Film Street adds that it is “jam-packed with killer moments of arachnid mayhem.”

The film’s story centres around Charlotte, played by Alyla Browne, a rebellious 12-year-old girl who discovers a peculiar spider that falls from the sky. Naming it Sting, Charlotte’s fascination...

Eric is a six-part psychological thriller miniseries created by Abi Morgan. The Netflix series is set in 1980s New York and it follows the story of Vincent, a puppeteer whose 9-year-old son goes missing. While trying to find his son Vincent struggles with substance abuse and his erratic behavior cuts him off from his friends and family. Soon, he becomes convinced that he will be reunited with Edgar with the help of a seven-foot-tall puppet named Eric, his son created right before he went missing. Eric stars Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role with Ivan Morris, Gaby Hoffmann, McKinley Belcher III, Roberta Colindrez, Jeff Hephner, Wade Allain-Marcus, Mark Gillis, Dan Fogler, and Clarke Peters starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the fantastical elements and crime drama aspects of Netflix’s Eric here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Sasquatch Sunset directors Nathan and David Zellner always wondered what these hairy giants do when they’re not walking – the only Bigfoot footage available has been a minute of a supposed Sasquatch wandering in the northern California woods. They decided to flesh that out in unique dialogue-free comedic imagining of the creatures’ daily life – eating, fighting, etc. Stars Jesse Eisenberg, Riley Keough, Christophe Zajac-Denek and Nathan Zellner are unrecognizable as the hairy tribe of four that entranced Sundance (see Deadline review). Bleecker Street is opening the film, written by David Zellner, executive produced by Ari Aster, in 9 theaters in New York, LA, San Francisco and Austin, ahead of a big jump to about 800 screens next week.

IFC Films opens Nicolas Cage-starring Arcadian on 1,100 screens. Premiered at SXSW, see Deadline review. Eying a low single-digits start. The Benjamin Brewer directed movie follows a father and his...

Writer/Director Kiah Roache-Turner wears his influences on his sleeves in the throwback creature feature Sting. A mysterious object from outer space crashes into a New York apartment amidst a raging blizzard, where the mysterious spider inside it is discovered by a girl named Charlotte. Charlotte dubs her new pet Sting, unaware that it’s not from Earth and comes with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. As the spider’s reign of terror increases, so does Roache-Turner’s commitment to capturing the mayhem through stunning practical creature effects, which makes this film worth the price of admission.

It’s not just the spider’s pet name, derived from The Hobbit, or the effects by the 5-time Academy Award® Winner Wētā Workshop, led by Creative Director Richard Taylor, that calls the work of Peter Jackson to mind here. It’s also the film’s sense of humor, from the opening...

In “Sting,” a giant-spider-grows-in-Brooklyn thriller that’s cheeky, bloody, and (most important) very gooey, Sting is the name given by Charlotte (Alyla Browne), a precocious tween, to the elegant two-inch-long black spider that becomes her pet (she keeps it in a jar and feeds it bugs). Yet given how much slaughter is caused by this omnivorous arachnid, which grows bigger and bigger with each feeding, the moniker turns out to be a major understatement. It’s as if Jason Vorhees were named “Paper Cut.”

“Sting” is a wee sliver of a horror film that’s tongue-in-cheek but also quite matter-of-fact about its creature-feature jokiness. It’s the monster-bug thriller as light dessert. The spider, it turns out, is an alien — after a gruesome prologue with lots of whooshing “Evil Dead” camera movement, the movie cuts to four days earlier, when a fiery meteorite crashes through an apartment roof in South...

A scene from ‘Sting’ (Photo Courtesy of Well Go USA Entertainment)

From Arachnophobia to Itsy Bitsy, from Tarantula to Abyssal Spider, killer spider movies have always been in style. But there’s something special about the newest eight-legged offering, Sting. Sting is everything that’s amazing about creature features.

Sting is about a young girl named Charlotte (Alyla Browne from the unfortunate Children of the Corn remake) who spends her time drawing comics and creeping into her neighbors’ apartments by crawling through the apartment building’s air ducts. One day while doing the latter, she comes across a cute little spider which she takes home and names Sting – not after the rock star or the wrestler, but after the short sword in The Hobbit. Yes, Charlotte is a dork.

But Sting isn’t a normal, run-of-the-mill spider. It’s an alien spider that crashed on Earth in a meteorite. First,...

Stars: Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Ryan Corr, Jett Berry, Kade Berry, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, Danny Kim, Silvia Colloca, Jermaine Fowler | Written and Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner

Sting is the new film from Australian writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner, the man behind the Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead films Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead and its sequel Wyrmwood: Apocalypse as well as the over-the-top ghost hunting film Nekrotronic. All three of them were fun films that made good use of a small budget, so a big bug movie seemed like a good fit for his skills.

This time out, he’s traded his apocalyptic scenarios for the goings-on in the apartment building where an alien spider egg comes to rest after a trip through Earth’s atmosphere. It hatches, and its occupant is found by Charlotte, who dubs the creature Sting,

Charlotte is a rebellious twelve-year-old who lives there...

Plot: A 12-year-old girl decides to keep a spider as a pet, not aware that the eight-legged creature is not of this world. The more it eats, the more it grows, and soon a giant space arachnid is running loose in an apartment building, snacking on the residents.

Review: Filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner is best known for his wild and crazy zombie movies Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead and Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, which blended inspiration from Mad Max and Dawn of the Dead to tell the story of a unique zombie outbreak where the living dead have flammable blood and exhale methane. I enjoyed both of those movies, and though I haven’t seen Roache-Turner’s action comedy Nekrotronic yet, it sounds like it’s pretty much in line with the tone of the Wyrmwood flicks, as it tells the story of “a man who discovers that he is part of a...

Well Go USA will unleash arachnophobia-inducing terror this spring with Sting, which crawls into theaters April 12, 2024.

But Bloody Disgusting wants You to see the movie a bit earlier than that. We’re presenting sneak preview screenings of Sting in select theaters on Wednesday, April 10th!

There are eight special sneak screenings across the US, each of them presented by Bloody Disgusting. All screenings start at 7 Pm local. However, it should be noted the Los Angeles screening takes place on Tuesday, April 9th and will feature a live recording with our very own The Boo Crew and star Jermaine Fowler in attendance.

Locations include…

Atlanta – AMC Barrett Commons Boston – AMC Boston Common Chicago – AMC River East Dallas – Cinemark West Plano 20 Xd Houston – Cinemark 290 Xd Los Angeles – Landmark Westwood Theater Philadelphia – AMC Fashion District San Diego – AMC Mission Valley

RSVP Now! Entry is based on first come, first served. Each attendee must RSVP separately.

Writer/Director Kiah Roache-Turner will unleash arachnophobia-inducing terror this spring with spider creature feature Sting, and Bloody Disgusting can unveil an exclusive new clip that teases the monstrous arachnid in action.

Watch the clip and check out the new poster below. Be prepared to ask, “What the hell?”

Well Go USA releases the giant spider thriller in theaters on April 12, 2024.

While the clip below doesn’t reveal much of the giant spider horror just yet, know that the practical spider effects hail from 5-time Academy Award® Winner Weta Workshop, led by Creative Director Richard Taylor (Blade Runner 2049, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy).

The film stars Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon, The Water Diviner), Alyla Browne (Three Thousand Years of Longing, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Penelope Mitchell (Hellboy), Robyn Nevin (Relic, “Wolf Like Me“), Noni Hazlehurst (The End) and Jermaine Fowler (The Blackening).

In Sting,...

StudioCanal has debuted the trailer for the super creepy crawly ‘Sting,’ fair warning all you arachnophobes, the Weta Workshop are behind the horrifying, hyper-realistic practical effects.

On a stormy night in New York City, a mysterious egg falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. From it, a strange little spider emerges and is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious, lonely 12-year-old girl obsessed with comic books. She names it Sting.

As Charlotte’s fascination increases, so does Sting’s insatiable appetite. Growing at a monstrous rate, neighbours and their pets start to go missing. Soon, Charlotte’s family realise they have become the prey of a ravenous supersized arachnid with a taste for human flesh… and Charlotte is the only one who knows how to stop it.

Written and directed by ‘Wyrmwood’ creator Kiah Roache-Turne, the movie stars Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell (Hellboy), Robyn Nevin (Relic,...

"What kind of spider are we talking about here?" "A big one." Well Go USA has revealed an official trailer for an insanely scary, unsettling horror movie called Sting, arriving in theaters this April. This Australian production comes from a filmmaker named Kiah Roache-Turner, and it looks as scary as any spider movie can. Sting spins a web of thrilling terror when 12-year-old Charlotte’s pet spider rapidly transforms into a giant flesh-eating monster, forcing the young girl to fight for her family's survival. The freaky little creature actually comes from outer space, an alien spider that befriends this little girl before it becomes an enormous killer. This stars Alyla Browne, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell, Jermaine Fowler, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, Noni Hazlehurst, and Robyn Nevin. This isn't the only extremely scary spider movie this year - there's also a French horror called Vermin that apparently used real spiders while shooting.

The trailer for the horror comedy film Sting, featuring a girl named Charlotte and a spider named Sting, has been released. Sting grows in size along with Charlotte's fascination, leading to a hunger for larger prey and putting Charlotte's family and the building in danger. Sting utilizes practical effects from Oscar-winning Weta Workshop, and the film will be released in theaters on April 12, 2024, with distribution handled by Well Go USA.

The first trailer for Sting, an upcoming horror comedy involving spiders, has been released. The film concerns a little girl named Charlotte, whose name choice is likely an E. B. White reference and, if not, is just a funny coincidence. Charlotte is a rebellious pre-teen girl who feels ignored by her parents after the birth of her new sibling. Her isolation persists despite Charlotte's father's attempts to bond with her through their comic co-creation, Fang Girl.

One stormy night, an...

We’ve been tracking the progress of Wyrmwood Road of the Dead and Wyrmwood: Apocalypse director Kiah Roache-Turner’s latest horror movie, the spider-themed Sting, since it was first announced, and we have a major update to share today: not only has Well Go USA confirmed that they’ll be bringing the Australian production to North American theatres on April 12th, but they’ve also unveiled a trailer for the film, which you can check out in the embed above, and a poster, which can be found at the bottom of this article.

Scripted by Roache-Turner, Sting has the following lengthy synopsis: One cold, stormy night in New York City, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. It is an egg, and from this egg emerges a strange little spider… The creature is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious 12-year-old girl obsessed with comic books.

Writer/Director Kiah Roache-Turner will unleash arachnophobia-inducing terror this spring with Sting, and the new official trailer ensures that your fear of spiders is about to grow to monstrous levels. Well Go USA releases the giant spider thriller in theaters on April 12, 2024.

Check out the creepy crawly trailer below, which not only teases the giant spider horror but also the practical spider effects from 5-time Academy Award® Winner Weta Workshop, led by Creative Director Richard Taylor (Blade Runner 2049, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy).

The film stars Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon, The Water Diviner), Alyla Browne (Three Thousand Years of Longing, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Penelope Mitchell (Hellboy), Robyn Nevin (Relic, “Wolf Like Me“), Noni Hazlehurst (The End) and Jermaine Fowler (The Blackening).

In Sting, “One cold, stormy night in New York City, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the...

New horror movie Sting, directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, unveils its terrifying spider antagonist in a chilling trailer. The film follows a young girl named Charlotte as she battles a flesh-eating spider to protect her family, with practical spider effects from Wtã adding to the scares. Sting stands out from other horror movies releasing in 2024 with its unique premise, promising a thrilling and hair-raising experience for audiences.

The new horror movie Sting announces itself with a biting first trailer. The horror movie was written and directed by Australian filmmaker Kiah Roache-Turner, whose 2014 film Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is one of the best underrated zombie movies according to Screen Rant. Roache-Turner’s other work includes DaemonRunner, Nekrotronic, and 2021’s Wyrmwood: Apocalypse. The new movie continues Roache-Turner’s penchant for genre thrills, though it is the director’s first creature feature.

Screen Rant is happy to exclusively present the trailer for Sting,...

Kiah Roache Turner came to our attention with the bloody good Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014), then got really wild with Nekrotronic (2018), as well as the sequel Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, now turns his dastardly attention to a humble family pet. As you might imagine, however, Sting is not just about any family pet, as the official synopsis reveals: "Sting spins a web of thrilling terror when 12-year-old Charlotte's pet spider rapidly transforms into a giant flesh-eating monster, forcing the young girl to fight for her family's survival." Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazelhurst, Silvia Colloca, Danny Kim, and Jermaine Fowler star. Well Go USA Entertainment will be bringing this tale of domestic horror to North American theaters on April 12....

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Writer/Director Kiah Roache-Turner will unleash arachnophobia-inducing terror this spring with Sting, a spider infested horror movie featuring practical effects and a monstrous eight-legged creature. New images have debuted ahead of the film’s Spring release, introducing the players trapped with the arachnid foe.

Well Go USA releases the spider thriller in theaters on April 12, 2024.

The film stars Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon, The Water Diviner), Alyla Browne (Three Thousand Years of Longing, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga), Penelope Mitchell (Hellboy), Robyn Nevin (Relic, “Wolf Like Me“), Noni Hazlehurst (The End) and Jermaine Fowler (The Blackening).

Check out the new images below that introduces its characters, including Jermaine Fowler as what appears to be an exterminator.

In Sting, “One cold, stormy night in New York City, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. It is an egg, and from...

Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Halloween Print from Jason Edmiston

For those who can’t make it Pasadena for this weekend’s Halloween: 45 Years of Terror convention, Jason Edmiston is bringing some of the celebration to you. The artist’s Halloween 36×24 timed edition screen print is available online for $75 until Monday, October 2, at 12pm Est.

No One Will Save You Vinyl Soundtrack from Waxwork Records

Everyone from Stephen King to Guillermo del Toro has been praising Brian Duffield’s No One Will Save You since it debuted on Hulu last week. Now the film’s original soundtrack is invading vinyl from Waxwork Records.

Composed by Joseph Trapanese, the score is pressed on 180-gram “Invasion” (midnight blue and white swirl) colored vinyl.

Wyrmwood Road of the Dead and Wyrmwood: Apocalypse director Kiah Roache-Turner recently wrapped production on his latest horror movie, the spider-themed Sting, and while the project racks up international distribution deals The Hollywood Reporter has gotten their hands on the first image from the film! You can check it out at the bottom of this article… and yes, it features a spider.

Scripted by Roache-Turner, Sting has the following lengthy synopsis: One cold, stormy night in New York City, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. It is an egg, and from this egg emerges a strange little spider… The creature is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious 12-year-old girl obsessed with comic books. Despite her stepfather Ethan’s best efforts to connect with her through their comic book co-creation Fang Girl, Charlotte feels isolated. Her mother and Ethan are distracted...

Bloody Disgusting has learned this week that production has wrapped in Sydney, Australia on Kiah Roache-Turner’s Sting, inspired by one of humanity’s greatest fears: Spiders.

The film stars Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell (Hellboy), Robyn Nevin (Top of the Lake), Noni Hazlehurst (The End) and Jermaine Fowler (Retreat).

One cold, stormy night in New York City, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. It is an egg, and from this egg emerges a strange little spider…

The creature is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious 12-year-old girl obsessed with comic books. Despite her stepfather Ethan’s best efforts to connect with her through their comic book co-creation Fang Girl, Charlotte feels isolated. Her mother and Ethan are distracted by their new baby and are struggling to cope, leaving Charlotte to bond with the spider.

Keeping it as a secret pet,...

Cornerstone has struck several deals on Australian-made horror thriller “Sting,” about a huge and insatiable spider, which wrapped production this week. The film was licensed to Lucky Red (Italy), Diamond Films, Nordisk (Scandinavia), Kinoswiat (Poland), Pasatiempo Pictures, Karantanija (Ex-Yogoslavia), Italia (Middle East), Filmfinity (South Africa) and Terry Steiner International (airlines).

That is in addition to pre-existing deals with Studiocanal to release the film in will release in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Benelux.

The film is directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (“Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead”) and stars Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell (“Hellboy”), Robyn Nevin (“Top of the Lake”), Noni Hazlehurst (“The End”) and Jermaine Fowler.

“Sting” is produced by Jamie Hilton and Michael Pontin via See Pictures together with Pictures in Paradise’s Chris Brown. Oscar-winning props firm Weta Workshop created the creature.

According to a supplied synopsis, the creature is discovered by...

StudioCanal has taken multiple territories on Sting, the upcoming arachnophobia horror movie from writer/director Kiah Roache-Turner that has just wrapped production in Sydney.

The film — for which a first image has also been revealed — stars Ryan Corr (House of the Dragon, The Water Diviner), Alyla Browne (Three Thousand Years of Longing, Nine Perfect Strangers), Penelope Mitchell (Hellboy), Robyn Nevin (Top of the Lake), Noni Hazlehurst (The End) and Jermaine Fowler (Retreat).

Sting was co-financed by Align and marks its second collaboration with sales company Cornerstone. They worked together previously on Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. The film has also received a major production investment from Screen Australia.

Cornerstone is handling worldwide sales and distribution on Sting, which StudioCanal has acquired for the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Benelux. Additional deals include Lucky Red (Italy), Diamond Films (Latin America, Spain, Portugal), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Kinoswiat (Poland), Pasatiempo Pictures (Baltics,...

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a universal language for loss? Imagine if in all the letting go, in all the unlearning of what was, there was something to grasp—not only a pattern to comprehend, but a way to understand each other while everything else dissolves? Oh, if we could learn the language. Maybe we’d catch how pain serrates our words before it cuts others. Maybe we too could experience the cathartic and collective wail Midsommar’s Dani felt, that bittersweet mixture of feeling our darkest of feelings without shame and in loving, nurturing hands. If loss had a language, it’d have countless dialects for innumerable sorrows.

Even after a decade of living it, I still don’t know how to talk about losing my father to dementia. Just when I think I’ve lost all I could, I discover something new to let go of: memory,...

Vulture Watch

Are the members of this family more alike than they realize? Has The End TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Showtime? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The End, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

What's This TV Show About?

An Australian series that airs on the Showtime cable channel in the United States, The End TV show stars Harriet Walter, Frances O'Connor, Noni Hazlehurst, Roy Billing, Robyn Nevin, Luke Arnold, Morgan Davies, Ingrid Torelli, John Waters, Brendan Cowell, and Alex Dimitriades. The story follows three generations of a family as they live with separate but intersecting obsessions -- trying to figure out how...

Can this family learn to understand each other in the first season of The End TV show on Showtime? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The End is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of The End here.

A Showtime dark comedy-drama, The End TV show originates in Australia and stars Harriet Walter, Frances O'Connor, Noni Hazlehurst, Roy Billing, Robyn Nevin, Luke Arnold, Morgan Davies, Ingrid Torelli, John Waters, Brendan Cowell, and Alex Dimitriades. The story follows three generations of a family as they live with separate but intersecting obsessions -- trying to figure out...

Network: Showtime

Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: July 18, 2021 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Harriet Walter, Frances O'Connor, Noni Hazlehurst, Roy Billing, Robyn Nevin, Luke Arnold, Morgan Davies, Ingrid Torelli, John Waters, Brendan Cowell, and Alex Dimitriades.

TV show description:

A dark comedy-drama series, The End TV show originates in Australia and was created by Samantha Strauss. It's a story about family, ethics, and emotion, and mostly how it's never too late to start again.

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Hulu released first look images for comedic murder-mystery series ‘Only Murders in the Building,” which premieres Aug. 31.

The show stars Steven Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as three strangers who are all obsessed with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one when a grisly death occurs inside their Upper West Side apartment building. Suspecting murder, the trio dive into an investigation of their own, documenting the case along the way via podcast. They unravel the complex secrets of the building, all the while telling lies of their own. Realizing a killer may live among them, they race to decipher the mounting clues before it’s too late.

“Only Murders in the Building” comes from writers John Hoffman and Martin, who serve as executive producers alongside Short, Gomez, Jamie Babbitt, Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal. The cast also includes Amy Ryan and Aaron Dominguez. See the first look images below.

In Relic, now playing in Mexican theaters thanks to Tulip Pictures, Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) travel from Melbourne to Creswick, Australia, after being notified by the police of the disappearance of Edna (Robyn Nevin), the family's grandmother. Inside the house, located in a remote wooded area, Kay and Sam find rotten fruit, post-it notes with directions (“take pills”), and no trace of where grandma might be. Clearly the family hasn’t communicated recently, although Kay knew of her mother's mental decline. She even remembers how Edna called her scared because she believed someone was breaking into her house. Director Natalie Erika James, of Australian and Japanese descent, uses a classic horror setting – the haunted house – to develop a highly...

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In the Australian horror film Relic (IFC Films), a befuddled elderly woman starts attacking her family while her body crumbles before our eyes. Her bones snap and gouge her skin. Her flesh rots and grays, peeling off in oozing flaps. When she can no longer walk, she scuttles on her hands and knees in pursuit. She hunts her daughter (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter (Bella Heathcote) through their pitch-dark house, unable to recognize them as she chokes and maims them. “It’s not her anymore,” the daughter whispers. Edna (Robyn Nevin) has become a monster.

Relic literalizes elder deterioration. Throughout, Edna ...

In the Australian horror film Relic (IFC Films), a befuddled elderly woman starts attacking her family while her body crumbles before our eyes. Her bones snap and gouge her skin. Her flesh rots and grays, peeling off in oozing flaps. When she can no longer walk, she scuttles on her hands and knees in pursuit. She hunts her daughter (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter (Bella Heathcote) through their pitch-dark house, unable to recognize them as she chokes and maims them. “It’s not her anymore,” the daughter whispers. Edna (Robyn Nevin) has become a monster.

Relic literalizes elder deterioration. Throughout, Edna ...

I’m not big on lists. But in the past couple of years, whenever I found myself having to write a listicle, they always had women as the subject. During a time when most writers are making their recaps of their top 10 films of the year, I thought, “Why not do something different?” So, this year, my list is an ode to my favorite female performances of the year. I tried to stay away from the obvious and give shoutouts to performances you may have forgotten or ones that will fall to the wayside come awards season. Most of the films below are accessible through VOD and streaming, but two are still seeking distribution. I hope to not only get these women more recognition for their craft, but also the films themselves, especially if they have fallen under the radar.

Amelia Moses - Bleed With Me (Seeking Distribution)

Unlike the other women in this list,...

See-Saw Films’ dark comedy The End, created and written by Samantha Strauss and directed by Jessica M. Thompson and Jonathan Brough, follows three generations of a family living with separate but intersecting obsessions – how to die with dignity, live with none, and make it all count.

The 10-episode series stars Dame Harriet Walter, Frances O’Connor, Noni Hazlehurst, Luke Arnold, Morgan Davies, Ingrid Torelli, Roy Billing, Robyn Nevin, John Waters, Alex Dimitriades, Brendan Cowell, Brooke Satchwell, Andrea Demetriades, Uli Latukefu, and Seb Thornton-Walker. It premieres on Foxtel February 2.

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Exclusive: Sundance Institute has named the talented group of filmmakers that have been selected for the third class of Momentum Fellows.

The full-year program is a new collaboration with NBCUniversal that gives customized creative and professional support for mid-career writers and directors from underrepresented communities who are poised to take the next step in their careers in fiction and documentary filmmaking. This year’s fellows include Cristina Costantini, Natalie Erika James, Shalini Kantayya, Loira Limbal, Ekwa Msangi, Edson Oda, Jacqueline Olive and Angel Kristi Williams.

The fellowship includes unrestricted grant funding, industry mentorship, professional coaching offered by Renee Freedman & Company supported by The Harnisch Foundation, writing workshops and industry meetings in Spring 2021, and bespoke year-round support from Sundance Institute staff.

Additionally, the FilmTwo Fellowship has merged into the Momentum Fellowship, and NBCUniversal will provide an opportunity for select Momentum fellows working on fiction projects to participate in the Universal Directors Initiative.

A matriarch’s failing mind brings darkness to the family home in Natalie Erika James’s unforgettably chilling debut feature

Responses to cinema are, by nature, highly personal, with the very best movies tapping into wellsprings of emotion already deeply embedded in the viewer’s psyche. This may go some way toward explaining why Relic, the extraordinary debut feature from writer-director Natalie Erika James, left me a total wreck – overwhelmed and in floods of tears. Yet I’d wager that this spine-tingling, heartbreaking tale of a woman with Alzheimer’s becoming lost in the labyrinthine corridors of her mind, and her home, has a universal power that will resonate with anyone, regardless of personal experience.

Emily Mortimer is Kay, the somewhat distanced daughter of Edna (Robyn Nevin), an elderly widow who lives alone in a remote house in Victoria, Australia. Local police check in on Edna regularly but – to her...

France, Italy have shut cinemas already with Germany to follow.

Screen has been covering the films opening in key European territories since July. However, this past week saw cinemas in Italy and France shut down for the coming month; with Germany to follow suit from Monday, November 2.

Below is the current situation for the respective territories.

UK, opening Friday October 30

With other European territories closing, UK releases plough ahead this weekend, albeit with cinemas in Wales and Northern Ireland currently closed under short-term lockdowns, and cinemas in Ireland closed until at least December 2. Scotland will also close its cinemas from...

All the major releases of 2020 have been postponed or released via streaming and cinemas are holding on by their fingertips, it hasn’t exactly been a stellar year for film. But as is so often the cast, one genre is holding on strong – horror. One of the very best horror movies of the year is Relic, a highly emotional, deeply creepy story of a woman with dementia and the daughter and granddaughter who come to care for her in her dilapidated old home. It’s a haunted house story of sorts where at times it’s the house itself that is doing the haunting.

Japanese-Australian director Natalie Erika James says she was a total scaredy cat as a child but her experience of watching a horror movie on the big screen with friends – which she describes as “The closest that you can get to death without dying” – gave her a...

Relic is a brilliantly creative, and intelligent horror flick that played at this year’s London Film Festival, and to mark its theatrical release, we had the pleasure of speaking to its leading star, Bella Heathcote.

The Australian actress, talking to us from the other side of the world via Zoom, talks about the film’s layers, and how it takes a real life illness, in this case dementia, and uses that as a catalyst to explore the familiar tropes and beats of the horror genre. She also talks about learning from her experienced colleagues, in this instance the brilliant Emily Mortimer and Robyn Nevin. She also sings the praises of the film’s director Natalie Erika James, and we talk about her experience in lockdown, as she leaves behind the US to spend some time back home, though sounds like she is itching to get back to work…

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As psychological horror debuts go, writer-director Natalie Erika James’ Relic is an impressive first entry. It does follow many of the standard horror tropes of the creepy haunted house, but it is also set apart in this genre by its visually rich analogy to the disturbing effects of dementia.

Daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and her daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) return to the remote family home after Kay’s mother and Sam’s elderly grandmother Edna (Robyn Nevin) mysteriously goes missing. After a couple of days, Edna returns, confused and without any knowledge as to where she has been. As her mother’s mental health deteriorates, Kay and daughter Sam find themselves battling something sinister within the four walls that may go to explain Edna’s state and other strange occurrences.

James’ stunning earthy tones and special effects beautifully capture the inevitable decline of Edna’s mental health, to the point...

Every once in a while, someone likes to declare that the horror genre is dead, and so far, every one of those predictions has been wrong.

Horror movies have been around almost as long as filmmaking itself, and while the genre has always been cyclical in nature –dipping, sometimes drastically, in both quality and quantity from time to time — all it usually takes is a well-timed box office hit, a fresh new angle or a hot young filmmaker to reanimate it again.

The 21st century has been, overall, an extremely healthy one for horror. There’s been the usual amount of dross, of course, but the genre has branched out in a number of interesting new directions as well. We had absolutely no problem tallying the initial batch of movies for this article, and have just continued to update it ever since, starting with the newest and going back in time from there.

Often the scariest things and the darkest spirits live within our own house, closer than we think. Japanese Australian female director Natalie Erika James co-wrote the script of her debut feature “Relic” with Christian White, embracing the horror genre to talk about mortality and slipping away love. “Relic” is a new addition to what has been defined a Female Horror Renaissance and was premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in January 2020.

“Relic” is screening at the BFI London Film Festival

Elderly Edna (Robyn Nevin) lives on her own in an isolated and decaying family house in the countryside outside Melbourne. The matriarch of a family now reduced to only her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Bella Heathcote), One day Edna is reported missing by a worried neighbour who has not seen her for a while. Kay and Sam immediately drive up to the house, only to find it eerily empty.

Samantha Strauss.

Following on from their collaboration on Foxtel/Sky UK’s The End, writer and producer Samantha Strauss and See-Saw Films have formed a joint venture in production company Picking Scabs.

The partnership will develop projects for Strauss to write and produce in both Australia and overseas, with Strauss to work closely with See-Saw producer and EP Rachel Gardner on the slate.

“We want to tell stories that are a bit itchy and a lot addictive; that dig below the scab and broken skin and investigate all sorts of wounds that haven’t healed properly,” said Strauss.

“Let them bleed, weep and breathe. The opportunity to tell more of these stories, with the brilliantly supportive and talented See-Saw family, fills my writer heart with glee.”

Gardner said: “Samantha is a rare talent, one that is able to marry her immense artistic gifts with a keen understanding of the business,...

The End, the British/Australian dark comedy drama starring The Crown and Succession star Harriet Walter and Mansfield Park’s Frances O’Connor, is heading to Showtime.

The ViacomCBS-owned network has acquired the 10-episode first season of the drama, which is produced by Top of the Lake producer See-Saw Films and was a co-production between Sky and Australia’s Foxtel. Endeavor Content handled the U.S. deal.

O’Connor plays Dr Kate Brennan, an Australian-based specialist in palliative care. Euthanasia is a hot-button topic in Kate’s field of work and she is passionate in her opposition. On the other side of the world, Kate’s mother Edie Henley, played by Walter, feels just as strongly about her right to die. Kate has little choice but to ship Edie out from England and deposit her in a nearby retirement village in the Gold Coast – Edie’s worst nightmare. While Kate struggles with her own problems,...

Signature Entertainment has debuted a new trailer for the psychological horror ‘Relic’ starring Emily Mortimer

When elderly mother Edna, inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family’s decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay’s concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she’s been, clashes with Sam’s unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back. As Edna’s behaviour turns increasingly volatile, both begin to sense that an insidious presence in the house might be taking control of her.

Written and directed by Natalie Erika James, the film stars Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Robyn Nevin.

Also in trailers – Neon release uncut trailer for Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’

The film hits cinemas and Digital October 30th

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