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Exclusive: Loretta Ramos has been named Senior Director of Blumhouse and K Period Media’s Screamwriting Fellowship program.

Ramos previously served as interim head of the Sundance Institute’s Women of Sundance program.

In her role, she will be responsible for overseeing the program for the two companies, which is run in partnership with the Sundance Institute.

The invite-only program is accepting recommendations for applicants until Friday.

Said Ramos, “There are some truly electric new voices in horror. Writers from all types of backgrounds are bringing new dimensions to the genre, and I’m so excited to lead this initiative to provide equitable opportunities and make sure they feel supported in bringing their visions to life. It’s been wonderful getting to know the teams at K Period Media and Blumhouse and I’m looking forward to working together.”

Kimberley Steward, Founder of K Period Media, and Jason Blum, Founder/CEO of Blumhouse,...

Darren Aronofsky and Mark Heyman have worked together several times over the years. Heyman was Aronofsky’s assistant when he made The Fountain, then he was the co-producer on The Wrestler, a writer on Black Swan, and an executive producer on Mother! So now that Heyman is set to make his feature directorial debut with the horror film Pendulum, it’s good to see that Aronofsky is there to back him up, producing the film through his company Protozoa. Back in October, we heard that Joseph Gordon-Levitt of The Dark Knight Rises and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F had signed on to star in the film. Now, Deadline reports that Phoebe Dynevor of Bridgerton and Fair Play has joined Gordon-Levitt in the cast.

Described as a “terrifying new genre film,” Pendulum will tell the following story: Young couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail (Dynevor) journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico,...

Idw Entertainment is teaming up with Steven Schneider and Roy Lee’s Spooky Pictures (Late Night with the Devil) to adapt the horror comic Dungeon by Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman, THR reports today.

The serial killer tale ran as a five-issue comic miniseries in 2023 and 2024.

Dungeon begins “when a family moves from the Big Apple to upstate New York to escape the hustle and bustle. However, their father’s dream of a quiet rural life is shattered when he discovers a dungeon underneath their land, filled with torture devices, weapons, and a threatening message on the wall that reads, ‘Tell No One.’ The discovery sets up a paranoid serial kidnapping mystery where no one, not even the father’s child, is safe, and not even the FBI agent assigned to the case can help.”

Schneider and Lee will produce the adaptation along with Daniel Kendrick of Idw Entertainment, the screen arm of Idw Publishing.

Spooky Pictures, the company run by Steven Schneider and Roy Lee, has teamed up with Idw Entertainment to adapt Dungeon, the horror comic by Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman.

Schneider and Lee will produce the adaptation along with Daniel Kendrick of Idw Entertainment, the screen arm of Idw Publishing.

The option deal comes as Snyder and Sherman have become among the top commodities in the comics field. Snyder, a longtime comics author, is currently writing Absolute Batman for DC, with that comic’s launch becoming the biggest-selling title of 2024. Sherman is illustrating Absolute Wonder Woman, which was also a massive launch that went to multiple printings.

Published as a five issue miniseries in 2023 and 2024, the story begins when a family moves from the Big Apple to upstate New York to escape the hustle and bustle. However, their father’s dream of a quiet rural life is shattered when he discovers a dungeon underneath their land,...

Plenty of great horror movies would have been even more frightening, unnerving, and effective had they received the strict adult-only R-rating. While PG-13 movies have the potential to explore some gruesome and terrifying concepts, filmmakers are limited in how much gore they show or how depraved the psychological torment their characters experience can be. Although all these horror movies had their scary moments, an R rating would have allowed them to take extra steps in the realm of overwhelming terror.

While it’s understandable that film studios often wish to pursue a PG-13 rating wherever possible, as this allows for tickets to be purchased by more consumers, horror movies are often more effective with an R-rating. Whether it's through more intense visuals or a deeper adult-oriented exploration of characters, R-rated horrors represent some of the best scary movies ever made. Although all these horror movies have value, it’s hard...

While it's wonderful that the horror genre is constantly trying out new ideas and concepts, sometimes all you need is a classic creature feature. After all, It's films like these that first put the genre on the map. Nothing scares as consistently as putting a cast of characters up against a horrific beast thirsty for their blood. It's a premise that audiences find in Rob Savage's The Boogeyman, an adaptation of the short story by Stephen King with a script from Heretic directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. The 2023 movie follows the Harper family reeling from not only the death of their mother and wife but also the shadowy beast that has begun to stalk their every move.

[This story contains some mild spoilers for Heretic.]

The heavens have smiled on Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ Heretic.

Critics and audiences are of the belief that their fourth outing as writer-directors is their finest work yet, and it’s been a long time coming considering the Iowa natives’ thought-provoking religious horror movie was conceived before they broke out as the co-writers and originators of A Quiet Place (2018). The film is largely a three-hander between two Mormon missionaries, Sisters Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Paxton (Chloe East), and a potential convert named Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant). Upon entering the Englishman’s home in order to peddle the wares of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the two missionaries soon realize they’ve been ensnared in a terrifying game of wits that is meant to test and contradict their faith.

Knowing that Barnes and Paxton had knocked on the door of a religious scholar, the childhood best...

"Do you want us here?" Quiver Distribution has posted the trailer for an indie horror called Chateau, the second feature from filmmaker Luke Genton. This first premiered at the 2024 Popcorn Frights Film Festival this year and will be out on VOD to watch at home in December. "Vacation is all about escape." While on a French vacation funded by odd jobs, an aspiring influencer covertly films a vlog in a reportedly haunted chateau she's been hired to clean. This found footage horror follows two influencer idiots getting a real scare when they discover this chateau is actually, really haunted. Starring Cathy Marks and Coltron Tran as the main duo. This isn't a particularity original concept - there's also Deadstream which this film seems to be borrowing from, not to mention Rob Savage's Dashcam, and other horror that is about people going into a haunted house that they think isn't...

Embankment Films is setting out to make a mountain out of a molehill with their upcoming horror film. The production company that brought audiences Florian Zeller's The Father and The Son shared their excitement about their upcoming project, and more importantly, the actors that will lead viewers into their depraved new world. According to Deadline, Embankment Films announced a new horror film titled Molepeople, starring Anthony Ramos and Ben Mendelsohn.

In their announcement, Embankment Films described the plot as the story of one mans nightmarish descent into the abandoned tunnels beneath the streets of New York City, where a twisted society lurks. Host and The Boogeyman director Rob Savage is helming the movie, based on an original script from Succession's Nathan Elston. The powerhouse acting pair of Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Ramos and Emmy winner Mendelsohn will be audiences' guides in the film's exploration of what lies beneath the city.

About a year and half ago, it was announced that The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman will be producing a remake of the 1956 horror film The Mole People (watch it Here) for Universal Pictures… and while we wait for further updates on that project, Deadline has revealed that there’s a different “mole people” project coming our way from Rob Savage, the director of the Stephen King adaptation The Boogeyman and the screen life horror films Host and Dashcam. This one is called Molepeople and has Anthony Ramos (Twisters) and Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom) attached to star in it.

Described as telling the story of one man’s nightmarish descent into the abandoned tunnels beneath the streets of New York City, where a twisted society lurks, Molepeople brings to mind not only The Mole People but also the 1984 film C.H.U.D., which involved people living in the tunnels beneath NYC, and the 1972 film Death Line (a.

The director of Host and Stephen King’s The Boogeyman, Rob Savage is next directing a horror movie titled Molepeople, which seems to be inspired by the 1956 classic The Mole People.

Deadline reports that Anthony Ramos (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom) will star in Rob Savage’s Molepeople, which is set in New York City.

The film is being pitched as “one man’s nightmarish descent into the abandoned tunnels beneath the streets of New York City, where a twisted society lurks.”

Nathan Elston (Succession) wrote the screenplay, with Raphael Margules and J.D Lifshitz of BoulderLight Pictures (Woman of the Hour) producing alongside Rough House Pictures (Halloween).

Embankment’s Hugo Grumbar said, “Molepeople fuels a modern audience with shocks and thrills, captivating, heightened feelings of fear. Rob’s direction is stylish; BoulderLight’s understanding of modern audiences is unmatched – and together the filmmakers are best in class.

It looks like John Michael McDonagh‘s “Fear Is The Rider” isn’t the only genre pic starring Ben Mendelsohn at the America Film Market. Deadline reports that Mendelsohn is attached to star opposite Anthony Ramos in “Molepeople” a NYC-set horror flick from director Rob Savage. And yes, the title should give away the set-up for this one.

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Here’s the pitch for “Molepeople” making the rounds at AFM: “one man’s nightmarish descent into the abandoned tunnels beneath the streets of New York City, where a twisted society lurks.” So imagine “C.H.U.D.

Continue reading ‘Molepeople’: Anthony Ramos & Ben Mendelsohn To Star In Upcoming NYC Horror Pic at The Playlist.

Embankment Films is bringing Rob Savage’s Molepeople, a horror set in Manhattan, to the AFM.

Anthony Ramos and Ben Mendelsohn star in the feature from UK filmmaker Savage, whose credits include Host and The Boogeyman. Succession writer Nathan Elston has penned the script.

Raphael Margules and J.D Lifshitz of BoulderLight Pictures, behind Barbarian, Woman Of The Hour, and upcoming Companion, produce alongside Rough House Pictures, the team behind Halloween.

Embankment Films handles international sales and CAA Media Finance, Range and WME co-represent North American rights.

Molepeople follows one man’s nightmarish descent into the abandoned tunnels beneath the streets of New York City,...

Exclusive: Here’s a fun genre project on Halloween. Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Emmy winner Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom) are set to star in horror Molepeople, about a secret community lurking below New York City.

Host and The Boogeyman director Rob Savage is directing the original script from Nathan Elston (Succession). Raphael Margules and J.D Lifshitz of BoulderLight Pictures (Barbarian) produce alongside Rough House Pictures (Halloween).

Embankment Films is handling international sales and CAA Media Finance, Range and WME co-represent North American rights at the upcoming American Film Market.

The film is being pitched as “one man’s nightmarish descent into the abandoned tunnels beneath the streets of New York City, where a twisted society lurks.”

Embankment’s Hugo Grumbar said: “Molepeople fuels a modern audience with shocks and thrills, captivating, heightened feelings of fear. Rob’s direction is stylish; BoulderLight...

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Chris Rock will direct and star in the story of a talented actress with a habit of getting in her own way. She is offered the role of a lifetime from a director. The only snag is they have history. FromMACRO Film Studios and Confluential Films.

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Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway will star for James Gray in the crime drama,...

Darren Aronofsky and Mark Heyman have worked together several times over the years. Heyman was Aronofsky’s assistant when he made The Fountain, then he was the co-producer on The Wrestler, a writer on Black Swan, and an executive producer on Mother! So now that Heyman is set to make his feature directorial debut with the horror film Pendulum, it’s good to see that Aronofsky is there to back him up, producing the film through his company Protozoa. A press release sent out today has also revealed that Joseph Gordon-Levitt of The Dark Knight Rises and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F has signed on to star in the film, which is set to start filming in New Mexico next March.

Pendulum will tell the following story: Young couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the possibility of healing after a traumatic event.

Filming is now underway on writer/director Ted Evans’ debut thriller Retreat, the world’s first deaf thriller starring an all-deaf principal cast, Variety reports today.

The film stars Anne Zander, James Boyle, and Sophie Stone, with Ace Mahbaz and Anna Seymore rounding out the cast.

Retreat is set “in an isolated deaf community, where cracks begin to appear in Matt’s (Boyle) seemingly idyllic world when the arrival of enigmatic outsider Eva (Zander) forces him to question the realities of his identity. Is Matt prepared to discover what lies beneath the surface of his supposedly utopian community and the costs demanded to maintain it?”

XYZ Films will be introducing the film to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.

“XYZ is beyond thrilled to be working with Ted Evans on his debut feature,” Todd Brown, head of international acquisitions at XYZ, told Variety. “We immediately fell in love with...

With the viral success of Milk & Serial, the found footage hit about a prank-based web series, and the recent social media-related thriller Skincare, it is clear that the internet is still a source of fear for film fans. This trend is not new, but it is still ramping up as screen life continues to consume real life especially since the dawn of the pandemic. Recent years have served up horror hits about bloggers, vloggers, influencers, and other attention-seekers trying to connect in all the wrong ways.

There isn't enough room on the internet to list every web-based horror movie, but these titles belong at the top of the leaderboard. Their stories give new meaning to the term "doomscrolling" as their chronically online characters do anything and everything for likes and subscribers. What follows are fourteen movies that prove that social media is a very unsafe space.

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Folks, we've made it: we're officially in September, which means it's now Spooky Season. Sure, you could argue that the Halloween festivities shouldn't start until October, but I say: nuts to that! Summer is over (more or less), the temperatures are dropping (sometimes), and it's time to start watching horror movies left and right. If you're anything like me, you know that any time of the year is a good time for horror — I'll watch a horror movie in January, I'm so crazy! — but there's something extra special about embracing the genre as we get closer and closer to Halloween. It's almost as if we're given an excuse to cut loose and watch as many scary movies as we possibly can. Tis this season, after all.

With all that in mind, for this month's horror streaming column I've decided to bring out the big guns: Stephen King movies. It's probably...

Curry Barker’s horror Milk & Serial is the latest internet sensation, and a pretty darn good film too. We take a closer look.

While doomscrolling on your phone before bedtime in the last couple of weeks, you might have come across something called Milk & Serial. The film is currently enjoying some viral fame after being released on YouTube a few weeks ago. Directed by Curry Barker, the low-budget, 62-minute horror is frighteningly authentic and guaranteed to make you panic every time your friends pull a prank on you.

Barker is one half of the team behind the YouTube channel that’s a bad idea. Together with Cooper Tomlinson, the pair post sketch videos to both YouTube and TikTok. The pair also star in Milk & Serial, and Tomlinson is a producer on the project.

The film focuses on two YouTube creators with an affinity for pranks, but when...

Daddy’s Head reunites director Benjamin Barfoot and writer Danny Morgan, Shudder will release the film in the UK.

Double Date, which is currently available to stream via Amazon Prime, is a fun, dark comedy horror from 2017. Directed by Benjamin Barfoot and written by Danny Morgan – who also co-stars alongside Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging star Georgie Groome, Michael Socha and Kelly Wenham – the plot concerns two men, Alex and Jim, the latter of whom struggles to talk to women. They meet two girls whose hobby is murdering men. Things do not go well.

The cast also featured Dexter Fletcher and Rosie Cavaliero, was met with critical acclaim and was nominated for a BIFA award for effects.

Their next film is horror Daddy’s Head. According to Screen Daily, streaming service Shudder has acquired and will distribute in the UK.

The synopsis, as reported by Deadline in 2023 when the film went into production,...

Shudder has acquired North America, UK & Ireland and select territories to Daddy’s Head, Benjamin Barfoot’s follow-up to his Edinburgh film festival selection Double Date written by and starring former Screen International/FrightFest Genre Rising Star Danny Morgan.

Barfoot’s sophomore feature stars Julia Brown from BBC wartime series World On Fire and Rupert Turnbull from family musical Nativity Rocks! in the story of a boy and his recently widowed stepmother who are visited by a strange creature that appears to mimic a horrifying version of the boy’s recently deceased father.

The film is produced by Matthew James Wilkinson...

Stephen King movies have been a thing for nearly as long as the man has been writing best-selling novels. From "Carrie" the first feature film based on one of King's works, to the recent ill-fated remake of "Children of the Corn," these adaptations have run the gamut. King doesn't always throw his weight behind the projects and he famously was not a fan of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." But when King is a fan of a movie based on his work, he's happy to say so. That was the case with 2023's "The Boogeyman," a movie King vocally got behind. It turns out, the author's praise actually helped the cast and crew during production.

Director Rob Savage spoke with Entertainment Weekly ahead of the release of "The Boogeyman" last year and explained initially how he came to the project. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, of "A Quiet Place" fame,...

Celine Song’s “Materialists” has rounded out its cast with Zoë Winters (“Succession”), Dasha Nekrasova, Louisa Jacobson (“The Gilded Age”) and Marin Ireland (“Eileen”).

The A24 feature starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal is described as a New York-set rom-com following a high-end matchmaker who gets involved with a wealthy man. Further details on the plot and the roles of Johnson, Evans and Pascal have not been disclosed.

Winters is best known for her role as Logan Roy’s calculating and confident assistant (and paramour) Kerry on the HBO’s Emmy-winner “Succession.” She and the cast received a 2022 and 2024 SAG Award for best drama ensemble.

Winters’ other film and television credits include “Flatbush Misdemeanors,” “Hunters” and Marc Turtletaub’s feature “Jules,” in which she stars opposite Ben Kingsley. A longtime New York stage actor, Winters appeared in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at Playwrights Horizons, for which she...

In this day and age, there are more films being made than ever before. It's easy to miss movies, so many audiences turn to sites like Rotten Tomatoes for guidance, though that may not necessarily have an impact on the box office. There's a common misconception about how that site works, though. The score given to each film isn't a representation of how good the movie is; instead, it represents the percentage of critics who would recommend the film overall. In other words, if half of all surveyed critics loved a movie and half of them hated it, the movie would clock in at 50% Fresh. That may not seem like a great score, but all it indicates is that a movie is polarizing; you might find yourself on either side of that divide.

With that in mind, the films on this list have near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores. That means almost...

Over the last few years, a handful of directors have been redefining the horror genre, pouring fresh ideas and experiences into how the category can be defined. Projects like Parker Finn’s Smile, David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows, Rob Savage’s adaptation of The Boogeyman, and Ari Aster’s Hereditary tackled complex emotional trauma by embodying it in monsters and other supernatural elements. In 2022, Zach Cregger completely knocked it out of the park with his solo screenwriting and directorial debut, Barbarian, giving fans yet another boundary-pushing film with heaps of subtext lying beneath the surface.

If you didn't catch Rob Savage’s The Boogeyman in theaters, then you're in luck, as the adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved short story is available right now from the comfort of your living room — but you may want to turn a light on first. While horror fiends looking for well-executed scares will be well-served by The Boogeyman, some people might be left wondering what the movie’s ending means. That’s because, after everything is said and done, there’s still an ambiguous scene teasing the franchise potential of The Boogeyman.

The campy erotic horror Suitable Flesh, from director Joe Lynch (Mayhem, Chillerama) and adapted from H.P. Lovecraft’s cult favorite short story, is streaming exclusively on Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural. The film will also be available to stream on AMC+.

Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient who’s suffering from extreme personality disorder. However, it soon leads her into occult danger as she tries to escape from a horrific fate. Starring Heather Graham (Boogie Nights), Judah Lewis (The Babysitter), Bruce Davison (X-Men, Ozark) and Barbara Crampton (Superhost).

Suitable Flesh was produced by Crampton, Bob Portal, Inderpal Singh and Joe Wicker.

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While the industry as a whole felt more downs than ups this year, horror films continued to be a consistent attraction overall. While the studio hits were not quite as splashy as they were 2022, the year saw the birth of new franchises (M3GAN, The Pope’s Exorcist, Talk to Me, Thanksgiving), the revitalization of the reliable favorites (Evil Dead Rise, Insidious: The Red Door, The Nun II), and reminded us just how essential writers, actors, and the all the creatives both in front of the camera and behind it are to making any of this not only work, but sell.

As for the big horror trend this year, controversy was thy name. While there were a few entries critics and audiences were able to rally around, most of them drew conflicting opinions — which this list is surely proof of.

Skinamarink, The Outwaters, Cocaine Bear, Beau is Afraid, A Knock at the Cabin,...

We’re big fans of Aardman Animation here at Film Stories Towers. With the new Chicken Run sequel out soon, this week’s film quiz covers their cracking canon to date…

Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, since Netflix has cracked down on password-sharing, it’s might go and watch Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget at a mate’s house when the long-awaited sequel drops next week. It’s also in selected cinemas throughout the UK today, but whenever you’re watching it, we’ve got some Aardman-themed quiz questions to keep you going.

Once you’ve completed all three rounds, you’ll find a link to a separate post with the correct answers at the bottom of this post. As always, this is just for fun, but please let us know how you did in the comments (scores out of 30 this week!) and give us any other lovely feedback.

Following his return to the Hunger Games franchise for the recently released The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, director Francis Lawrence has finally found his next major feature in the form of Stephen King’s The Long Walk novel.

After over four decades since The Long Walk was first published, King’s dystopian horror novel is finally getting a big screen adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has officially acquired the rights to the long-delayed project, which was originally set up at New Line Cinema in 2018. Lawrence has entered final negotiations to direct and produce The Long Walk movie, which will serve as his latest collaboration with Lionsgate. In addition, Jt Mollner has also been tapped to pen the film adaptation, with Roy Lee attached as a producer.

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Quick Links The Boogeyman 2 Latest News The Boogeyman 2 Is Not Confirmed The Boogeyman 2's Cast The Boogeyman 2's Story: How It Is Set Up The Boogeyman movie adaptation leaves room for a sequel, as the ending suggests the monster is still alive and haunting the Harper family. Director Rob Savage has teased a unique concept for The Boogeyman 2, hinting at a story that intersects with the first movie but from a different perspective. While The Boogeyman 2 has not been officially confirmed, the success of the first film and its potential to launch a new horror franchise make a sequel announcement likely. The cast could include returning characters from the Harper family or introduce new characters in an anthology format.

Stephen King's The Boogeyman movie adaptation leaves room for the story to continue, and here is everything we know about The Boogeyman 2's cast,...

We’ve all had imaginary friends, right? Well, probably not ones like Chauncey! Take a look at the Imaginary trailer here.

Jason Blum’s horror studio Blumhouse have been raking in the profits with Five Nights At Freddy’s, which has exceeded all expectations when it comes to dominating the box office. Horror has always been a particularly profitable genre and Blumhouse are now looking for an early 2024 hit with Imaginary.

Take a look at the first, spooky trailer below.

Starring Jurassic World: Dominion’s DeWanda Wise, Imaginary asks the terrifying question: are our imaginary friends just imaginary, or something a little more sinister? Maybe they murder people. Wouldn’t that be positively ghoulish?

Wise plays Jessica, who moves her family to her childhood home. Jessica’s stepdaughter Alice finds a talking teddy bear in the basement named Chauncey. Chauncey makes her do things, including showing a nail in her arm.

The Boogeyman is yet another Stephen King adaptation, reframing the 1973 short story as an extended exploration of grief -- while still being plenty horrifying. Still reeling from the death of their mother, Sadie and Sawyer struggle to get their therapist father Will to acknowledge his own pain. But they find themselves forced together if they have any chance of surviving a mysterious and monstrous force lurking in the shadows.

As much a character study as a creature feature, The Boogeyman excels when it leans into its grounded elements -- which makes sense given that the filmmakers behind-the-scenes were keenly focused on finding that balance. During an interview with Cbr now that The Boogeyman is available on DVD and Blu-ray, the film's director Rob Savage discussed the interplay between grief and terror, the importance of improvisation, and carrying on the Stephen King legacy.

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Exclusive: In one of the first big spec sales following the resolution of the WGA strike, Ben Ketai’s script Undying has sold to Netflix for development under its first-look feature deal with Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps.

Deadline hears that the deal was for mid-six against seven figures. 21 Laps brought the project in to Netflix, and Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine are set to produce for the company, with Moera Ainai overseeing. Ketai will serve as executive producer.

Netflix declined comment.

Described as an erotic thriller with a supernatural twist, Undying follows a woman, suffocated by motherhood, who has an affair with a man she hasn’t seen since high school… only to discover a terrifying secret.

Prior to the sale, Ketai had most recently wrote and directed River Wild, a reimagining of Uni’s same-name 1994 thriller. Starring Leighton Meester, Taran Killam and Adam Brody, the film spent a...

Director Rob Savage is enthusiastic about the idea of adapting "The Boogeyman" into a haunted house experience, seeing it as a new and interactive way to scare people. Universal Studios has found great success with their Halloween Horror Nights, featuring mazes based on popular horror franchises. Disney has also dabbled in Halloween experiences, but they lean towards a more family-friendly environment. Disney, after acquiring 20th Century Fox, now has the rights to several horror franchises like "Alien," "Predator," and the recent "Hellraiser" reboot. There is potential for these properties to be adapted into terrifying attractions if Disney recognizes the opportunity.

With the Halloween season in full effect, director Rob Savage pitches his idea for a haunted house experience based on The Boogeyman. Adapted from the Stephen King short story of the same name, the horror movie centered on a family grieving the loss of their mother who face a new...

The Jester is a horror film directed by Colin Krawchuk, who also co-wrote the film with Michael Sheffield. The horror film follows the story of two estranged sisters who are terrorized on Halloween night by a malevolent entity named the Jester alongside the people of their town. The Jester stars Lelia Symington, Sam Lukowski, Matt Servitto, Dan DeLuca, and Ken Arnold. So, if you loved The Jester here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: The horror thriller “It”, directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades. When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids is faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder...

If you, like most of us, spent the pandemic years locked inside your house, chances are that you devoted a lot of your time to watching movies and TV shows. And, if you're a horror buff, it's quite likely that one of your favorite watches during these troubled times was a small, inventive movie called Host. Directed by Rob Savage, who would go on to work on this year's The Boogeyman, the Shudder original charmed and scared audiences with its use of webcams, delivering what is by far the best computer screen movie ever made. Now, part of the team behind this creative enterprise has gotten back together for a Netflix short titled Flashback.

Director Rob Savage credits James Wan's The Conjuring movies as foundational for his own film The Boogeyman. James Wan's impact on the horror genre extends beyond the movies he's directly involved in, inspiring other directors like Savage to craft their own scares. Savage's approach to The Boogeyman draws inspiration from Wan in terms of crafting scare scenes and set pieces.

Director Rob Savage reveals the influence that James Wan's The Conjuring movies had on The Boogeyman and how he designed the scare scenes. James Wan has become one of the most impactful voices in modern horror, launching multiple franchises and consistently creating original movies in the horror genre. Although The Conjuring is not his first franchise, it taps into the stories of real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and has been the catalyst for numerous sequels and spin-offs.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant for The Boogeyman...

Jed Shepherd, the writer of Shudder sensation Host as well as Rob Savage’s follow-up Dashcam, sat in the director’s chair for Flashback, a new horror short coming to Netflix.

“I’m very excited to announce Flashback, which I wrote/directed for Netflix,” Shepherd tweets this week. “It stars some of the loveliest people I know and is out This Friday, October 20.”

Shepherd has also shared a teaser trailer for Flashback, which stars Jemma Moore (Host) as a yoga teacher. Set in South London, the short features “time travel and monsters.”

Of particular note, Fangoria brings us the word that mega popular artist Trevor Henderson (Mayfair Watcher’s Society) worked with Shepherd on the short’s monster design!

In Flashback, “a yoga teacher’s life flashes before her eyes during a home invasion. Before time runs out she must use the flashback to race back in time and save the man she loves.

I love everything about October, especially in a year that offers a bonus Friday on the 13th in 2023. So, Friday the 13th and Halloween this year make the spooky season even more special. And one of my favorite things to do, when the ghosts and ghouls frequent your local Target aisle, is check out the local haunts. Here in Los Angeles, you have many horror events to choose from. The beauty of Halloween however, is that most cities and towns across America all have a few choice spots to get creeped out at. As a service to all our readers, please leave suggestions in the comment section below that may lead to haunting holiday discoveries for others

The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride in Griffith Park is one such place. Strangely, I had never been before. However, I’d heard it was a must if you are in the Los Angeles area.

Director Rob Savage expresses interest in breathing new life into the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, calling it a "dream project." The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street scored poorly with fans, mainly due to the recasting of Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. Despite audience demand, finding the right writer/director and actor to replace Robert Englund is crucial for any potential future installments in the franchise.

“Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep.” Nancy Thompson’s (Heather Langenkamp) words went unheeded in writer/director Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). It’s been nearly 40 years since the horror classic hit cinemas for the first time. And The Boogeyman’s (2023) director Rob Savage would love to dream up a way to breathe new life into the Freddy Krueger franchise, which he refers to as a “dream project.” Savage said in an interview with Screen Rant:

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Director Rob Savage has given a recent update regarding the movie adaptation of Stephen King's The Langoliers.

Savage revealed that the rights to The Langoliers needed sorting out in an interview with ComicBook. The director was hopeful of a positive resolution: "There's a bit of naughtiness when it comes to the rights, but I think hopefully we'll be able to sort it out," he said. The filmmaker also revealed they had a great idea for adapting Stephen King's story. "We've got such a great idea for developing that one out from the short story. Of all the ones in King's work that have been adapted, I don't think it's ever been done justice to," he stated. Savage was referencing ABC's adaptation of The Langoliers, a miniseries that aired in 1995 and was met with a lukewarm reception from critics and audiences.

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Director Rob Savage teases an exciting sequel idea for The Boogeyman, comparing it to Halloween II with a fresh perspective. The sequel would continue the story of the Harper family and the Boogeyman, likely exploring the monster's lore. A sequel would provide an opportunity to delve deeper into the expansive lore and aftermath of the first movie, potentially building a rich world for future installments.

The Boogeyman director Rob Savage promises an exciting sequel idea, comparing it to Halloween II with a new approach to the story. The Boogeyman follows sisters Sadie and Sawyer as they navigate their grief in the wake of their mother's death and their father's retreat into work. A dark supernatural entity is brought into the house where it latches onto the family by a desperate new client of their father's, leading to a fight to protect each other and defeat this beast that seems to be older than time.

The director of The Boogeyman reveals his interest in exploring A Nightmare On Elm Street, praising its surreal dream space horror storytelling. Rob Savage wants to play with the horrifying more of storytelling that A Nightmare On Elm Street created. His ability to bring new life to urban myths like the Boogeyman makes him a potential breath of fresh air for the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise, introducing it to terrifying a new generation.

Rob Savage, director of The Boogeyman, reveals that the existing horror IP he's most interested in exploring is A Nightmare On Elm Street. The Boogeyman taps into the primal fear of a monster everyone was afraid of as a child, bringing it to life in a whole new way. The movie follows the Harper family as they each struggle with their own grief while trying to still find a way to connect to one another. When the Boogeyman,...

There are a lot of Stephen King adaptations out in the world; some are fantastic, others are… not so great. One that lands in the not-so-great category is The Langoliers, the 1995 miniseries based on the novella by Stephen King. However, just because one adaptation failed doesn’t mean somebody can’t try again, and The Boogeyman director Rob Savage has previously expressed a desire to tackle a remake of The Langoliers.

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While speaking with ComicBook.com, Rob Savage said that while the issue of the rights are still being dealt with, he thinks there’s a “good shot” he’s able to bring The Langoliers to life.

“There’s a bit of naughtiness when it comes to the rights, but I think hopefully we’ll be able to sort it out,” Savage said. “We’ve got such a great idea for developing that one out from the short story.

The Boogeyman still stands as one of my favorite horror films of the year. It’s a classic tale anchored by some phenomenal performances from both Sophie Thatcher and Vivien Blair. But it’s really the technical side that impresses the most, with its interesting usage of light and fantastic cinematography. So I couldn’t have been more grateful to pick director Rob Savage’s brain about all things Boogeyman. He couldn’t have been nicer, giving great insight into some of the best scenes of the movie. We talked about the possibility of a sequel (and who I want to see get their comeuppance), as well as Disney’s refusal of the usage of a toy lightsaber ended up being a blessing in disguise. This was a great chat that you won’t want to miss!

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Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a...

The Boogeyman is an adaptation of a Stephen King short story about the Harper family and the demonic entity that infects their house, feeding on their grief and causing fear and turmoil. The film is directed by Rob Savage and features a talented cast, including Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, and Vivien Lyra Blair. Rob Savage reveals plans for a sequel to The Boogeyman, which will follow a different perspective and intersect with the story of the Harpers, but not focus on the monster or the family directly.

The Boogeyman, an adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name, follows the Harper family in the wake of tragedy. Sadie and her younger sister Sawyer are grieving their mother as their father, Will, buries himself in his work as a therapist. When a new patient arrives at the house without an appointment, desperate for help, Will is hesitant but agrees.

Director Rob Savage unveils an exciting potential direction for a sequel to The Boogeyman that he calls one of the best movie ideas he's ever heard or been a part of developing. Even if it doesn't become a sequel to The Boogeyman, Savage believes the idea would still make a unique and fresh horror movie that has the potential to be a classic. Savage hopes that The Boogeyman is successful enough to get a sequel because he and the team have an incredible idea for one.

As the film concluded, The Boogeyman had staked its claim in the horror genre. Earlier this year, this adaptation of the Stephen King classic not only gripped audiences worldwide but also raked in a cool $82.3 million globally, solidifying its stature in 20th Century horror. While the echoes of its success still resound, fans and critics alike have been whispering about what's next. Enter Rob Savage,...

Rob Savage makes scary movies.

After smashing his way into the horror scene with the pandemic chiller "Host" and the divisive horror comedy "Dashcam," Savage made his first major studio movie earlier this year with "The Boogeyman," an adaptation of the Stephen King story of the same name. And while it was a sleeper hit at the box office, the most exciting aspect of the film was that it proved Savage could take on a much bigger movie without losing his edge. This is a frightening film, one coated in dread and literal darkness, with a story just as interested in its shattered characters as its unsettling monster. Some horror directors abandon their spark when they work on a bigger, more expensive studio project. It looks like Savage thrives. 

"The Boogeyman" is now available on home video, and to mark the occasion, I sat down with Savage over Zoom to talk about the film,...