Tag: Ghost Stories
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The Glass Man review – lo-fi Brit horror still full of chills
Andy Nyman is a treat as a middle-class man in debt forced to accompany a mysterious criminal for a night in a film made in 2011 but still relevantThis low-budget British psychological horror first premiered at FrightFest all the way back in 2011 but, due to a rights dispute, is only now receiving a wider…
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Actor Deepika Padukone on Making Her Producing Debut in Acid Attack Movie ‘Splash’
Acid attacks on women by spurned men are endemic in South Asia. Top Indian actor Deepika Padukone is debuting as a producer and headlining the cast of Disney-owned Fox Star Studios’ “Splash” (“Chhapaak”), a film that deals with the issue.India’s Hindi-language film industry, known popularly — or pejoratively, depending on your point of view —…
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What’s Coming to Netflix in January 2020
What better way to celebrate the New Year than by settling into the couch with a Netflix marathon? Get nostalgic about the early ’00s with Hilary Duff in “A Cinderella Story,” or get inspired to cook with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in “Julie & Julia.” Both titles are headed to the streaming service early…
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Netflix India signs deal with Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment
Johar has already worked with Netflix as one of the directors on anthology film Lust Stories.Netflix India has entered into a long-term deal with Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment to produce films, fiction and non-fiction series that will be streamed exclusively on the Netflix platform worldwide.Johar has already worked with Netflix as one of the directors…
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‘Ghost Stories’ Leads Subdued Weekend For Limited Releases; Holdover ‘The Rider’ Gallops: Specialty Box Office
Updated with more numbers and analysis. New specialty releases had a fairly weak showing overall this weekend despite featuring work from high-profile filmmakers. Leading the roster of newcomers reporting numbers Sunday was IFC Films thriller Ghost Stories, which grossed $12,646 from an exclusive New York showing, giving it a technical win for the weekend’s top…
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Beasts at the box office: why the horror anthology refuses to die
From Dead of the Night to The Field Guide to Evil, multi-story shockers are a cinema staple. The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson – co-writer of new anthology Ghost Stories – on why creepshow compendiums are immortal‘Do you want to see something really scary …” The horror anthology movie is a peculiar – some might…
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‘Ghost Stories’ Directors Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman On Project’s Extraordinary Journey From Stage To Screen — SXSW
It’s been quite a run for Ghost Stories writer/directors Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman. Bringing their horror film to South by Southwest this week, the creatives had originally conceived of Ghost Stories as a play many years ago, which was only conceived to run for six weeks, but ended up traversing the globe more than…
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‘Ghost Stories’ Review: A Bonkers and Bloody Brilliant Existential Mystery [SXSW]
Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s remarkably ambiguous Ghost Stories is unconventional, structurally bonkers and bloody-freakin’-brilliant. As an adaptation of their widely-popular West End theater fixture, both men translate stage cues to fainthearted filmmaking in ways that never feel stuffy or overproduced (something like Miss Julie). Tear-away backgrounds that connect wholly different locations are just as…