The Blumhouse Halloween trilogy director explains, "I screen movies a lot, from the very first assembly I want to watch the audience as much as I'm watching the movie I'm ping-ponging back and forth, trying to see when they're engaged and when they're not."
An Intentional Tonal Shift in Halloween Ends
In regards to the shift in[...]
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Bleeding Cool: What made you decide to take on The Visitor?
Lange: It was the script [from Simon Boyes and Adam Mason] and the chance to work with Blumhouse, which is always a tantalizing opportunity for a horror director, and it didn't disappoint They're great, and when I read[...]
Halloween Ends is interesting for sure, and while the choices they make are entertaining, it is a mess and is not a satisfying conclusion.
In Paramount and Blumhouse's The Visitor, The Meg and Mortal Kombat star plays Maia, who's married to Robert (Finn Jones), as they decide to move to her childhood home after a series of tragedies After discovering a portrait of a man who looks like him, Robert goes down a rabbit hole to discover the identity[...]
Years after Blumhouse gained the rights to make a film based on the mega-popular game franchise; they are finally heading onto production in early 2023 Emma Tammi has been tapped to direct the film, with the film's animatronics being made by Jim Henson's Creature Shop Scott Cawthon, the game's creator, and Jason Blum will produce[...]
In 2015, MacFarlane announced that a script for a new film was complete, and in 2017, Blumhouse and McFarlane announced that they were in development for a hard R-rated Spawn movie However, things have been extremely quiet on the development of the film ever since If there is something you can confidently say lives in[...]
Blumhouse signed on to produce, and they also managed to bring on Jamie Foxx and Jeremy Renner to star It was supposed to get off the ground in 2019 but never did, and Joker doing numbers at the box office may have renewed interest In April 2021, Broken City writer Brian Tucker was brought on to work on the screenplay,[...]
The film that launched Blumhouse and put them on the map, the first film, and its seven sequels are of various levels of quality, and now you can own them all in one convenient set An eight-film box set is coming out on Blu-ray on October 11th, the first time they have all been collected[...]
It's so crazy intense."
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This trailer zapped any leftover excitement I had left for this film How this trilogy went so far off the rails so quickly is beyond me, but I am crushed about it I hope I am wrong, more than anything Halloween Ends releases in theaters and on Peacock on October 14th.
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It's so crazy intense."
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We know that this Corey is accused of killing the kid he is babysitting in the film Could he be a Michael Myers copycat, bringing Michael out of hiding, wherever he has been the last four years? We will have to wait for just a little over a month to find[...]
Most importantly, the whereabouts of Michal Myers after the Halloween Kills bloodbath.
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During an exclusive chat with Total Film Magazine for their new Halloween Ends cover story, Green is asked about what the Boogeyman has been up to over the past four years, and the director admits, "We don't really explain that[...]
But when a young man, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell; The Hardy Boys, Virgin River), is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting; it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can't control, once and for all." Here is the final poster for the film.
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Even though Blumhouse head honcho Jason Blum steadfastly said that Ends would not do so, the final part of David Gordon Green's trilogy will debut on Peacock the same day as theaters, October 14th Recently rated R, because this is a Halloween film, this is being billed as the final confrontation between Laurie Strode, played by[...]
Blumhouse has set Ariana DeBose as the star of a new thriller for Prime Video Titled House of Spoils, it will be directed by Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy from their own script Prime Video and Amazon have teamed previously on the Welcome To the Blumhouse series of films, as well as the upcoming slasher[...]
Jason Blum is producing for Blumhouse, as well as James Wan and Whannell It looks like this one will mostly take place at college Deadline had the news of the castings.
Joseph Bishara as Demon, and Patrick Wilson as Josh in INSIDIOUS Courtesy of FilmDistrict
Insidious Returns To Its Roots
"Set ten years after the end of Insidious[...]
This film will conclude David Gordon Green's trilogy, which launched in 2018 as Blumhouse, Green, and screenwriter Danny McBride brought the boogeyman to the modern day with terrifying results Below you can find the film's first trailer, as well as the official synopsis.
Halloween Ends Synopsis
"This is Laurie Strode's last stand.
After 45 years, the most acclaimed, revered[...]
Jamie Lee Curtis recently shared that after wrapping Halloween Ends, she finally sees the importance of a final girl in the horror genre.
The film, which has crossed the $100 million line at the worldwide box office, is still in theaters, but smartly Blumhouse and Universal are bringing it to home audiences as well It stars Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone and features a script from Derrickson and frequent collaborator C[...]
They/Them, pronounced "They slash Them," is a new horror film coming to Peacock from writer/director John Logan and Blumhouse It stars Kevin Bacon, Anna Chlumsky, Theo Germaine, Carrie Preston, Quei Tann, Austin Crute, Monique Kim, Anna Lore, Cooper Koch, and Darwin del Fabro It is set at an LGBTQIA+ conversion camp, where, in the first[...]
This is one of the strongest films of the summer.
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The Black Phone Gets It Right
It is the late 1970s when we meet Finney (Mason Thames) and his sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw) They come from a troubled home, with an abusive father (Jeremy Davies) and a mother who took her own life[...]
Despite this, if Blumhouse head Jason Blum has things pan out his own ideal way, we'd receive yet another legacy horror gift like no other.
In a recent conversation with Screen Rant, Blum expressed his own desires, accompanied by some rather undeniable confidence after his recent sequel to The Exorcist Blum tells the publication, "I could[...]
In terms of the horror genre, success very often calls for sequels because of the genre's smaller pool of releases to choose from (at least with commercial success), which suggests that when a big-budget horror film is released, there's a waiting period to determine that chance of survival.
For the new Blumhouse film The Black Phone,[...]
In a new interview promoting The Black Phone, producer and Blumhouse head Jason Blum teased that more Happy Death Day is still actively discussed.
When the topic of the film was brought up with Screen Rant, Blum tells the publication, "I'm glad you did, because guess who I had lunch with yesterday? Mr Christopher Landon[...]
The Blumhouse relaunch of John Carpenter's Halloween franchise back in 2018 helped the genre's legacy through another era of horror – setting up the eventual confirmation of a complete trilogy With the trilogy now coming to a close this October when Halloween Ends is released, it will also become the lengthiest addition to the Halloween[...]
It may not completely work, but it's mean, nasty, gross, and absolutely hilarious.
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Annie Hardy plays a horrible fictional version of herself, a livestreamer on an online series called "Bandcar" who drives around Los Angeles rapping live to suggestions from her audience The Annie Hardy of Dashcam is a MAGA-loving anti-vaxxer who tires of[...]
Not something usually said for a Blumhouse production, where they are masters at making $5 feel like $500 Not here, with the poorly lit, washed-out film actively putting you to sleep.
It feels like half a film, though it would be torturous to sit through any more than that 92 minutes The story is full of[...]
Blumhouse is prepping a new horror/comedy slasher film titled Totally Killer for Prime Video, and as production begins today, four new members of the cast have been revealed Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), and Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat)[...]
Here's hoping that this one turns out well for King fans.
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Firestarter hits theaters and Peacock this coming Friday, and we have two new clips to show you The Stephen King adaptation is directed by Keith Tomas (The Vigil) The script is written by Scott Teems (Halloween Kills, Rectify), who will also executive produce. Jason Blum and Oscar winner Akiva[...]
Here we have a look at the first poster for M3gan, a new horror film coming from Blumhouse next year It stars Allison Williams, Ronny Chieng, and Violet McGraw The film "follows Williams who plays Gemma, a brilliant roboticist at a toy company that uses artificial intelligence to develop, M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to[...]
The upcoming Blumhouse adaptation of Firestarter has a score by John Carpenter, and it is up for preorder right now!