Tag: Sinister
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New ‘V/H/S/85’ Trailer: The Latest In The Horror Anthology Series Goes Back To The ’80s, Hits Shudder On October 6
The latest installment in the “V/H/S” horror anthology series premieres at Fantastic Fest tomorrow before it streams exclusively on Shudder next month. And to drum up hype for the “V/H/S/85,” here’s an all-new trailer for the movie, which features shorts from the likes of “The Night House” and “Hellraiser” director David Bruckner and Scott Derrickson,…
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Black Phone Director Scott Derrickson Goes Found Footage Horror In VHS 85 Trailer
The “V/H/S” franchise is back once again with another installment this year, bringing more found footage spooky goodness to 2023’s Halloween season. This time around, “V/H/S/85″ will bring the long-running anthology series to the 1980s when slasher movies reigned supreme and the home video market was just beginning to explode. And the folks at Shudder…
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Horror Show: James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse in Talks to Merge
Click here to read the full article.Here’s a scary thought: two horror powerhouses may be merging in order to create more terror.James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse, who between then have created horror franchises ranging from Saw and The Conjuring to Paranormal Activity and Sinister, as well as countless of other hits, are…
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The Gorge: Everything We Know About Scott Derrickson’s New Movie Starring Miles Teller And Anya Taylor-Joy
“Follow your passion” seems to be Scott Derrickson’s guiding philosophy as a director, and so far it’s served him pretty well.The key, it appears, is his ability to bounce back from disappointment by channeling his energy into something he really believes in. After his big-budget 2008 film remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still”…
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The Idea Behind Sinister’s Story Started With A Viewing Of The Ring
Director Scott Derrickson’s “Sinister” turns 10 in 2022, and it’s only grown more topical over the last decade. The film, for those not aware, stars Ethan Hawke as a true-crime author who knowingly moves his family to a house where the previous occupants were murdered under mysterious circumstances. It’s not that true-crime works were unpopular…
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How To Write A Scary Movie Scene, According To Sinister And Black Phone Writer C. Robert Cargill
Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, co-writer of “The Black Phone” as well as “Sinister” and “Doctor Strange,” runs one of the most encouraging Twitter accounts that an aspiring author can read. Cargill points out that perfecting one’s craft will not happen if one never finishes a project. As he frequently likes to say: Just. Keep. Writing. A…
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Why Ethan Hawke Thinks The Black Phone Is More Like Stand By Me Than A Slasher Film
Easily one of the most anticipated releases of the summer, director Scott Derrickson’s “The Black Phone” promises to band together horror hounds and Ethan Hawke fans far and wide. In fact, “The Black Phone” brings the film’s director and star together again exactly a decade after they previously collaborated on 2012’s “Sinister.” With the previous…
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Ethan Hawke Accepted His Role In The Black Phone As Creepily As Possible
When “Doctor Strange” director Scott Derrickson returned to the horror genre with his frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill to adapt “The Black Phone,” he knew he needed exceptional elements to elevate Joe Hill’s original source material to something as outright terrifying as Derrickson and Cargill’s 2012 chiller, “Sinister.” The Universal-Blumhouse effort concerns a young man…
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Scott Derrickson Reveals One Of The Most Upsetting Moments Of His Filmmaking Career
Director Scott Derrickson began his career as a horror journeyman, doing uncredited writing work on oft-unnoted films like “Dracula 2000” and “Urban Legends: The Final Cut.” His first feature film as director was “Hellraiser: Inferno,” the fifth in the series and the first to go straight to video (did you know there are currently ten…
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‘The Black Phone’ Trailer: Ethan Hawke Is a Terrifying Child Killer in Blumhouse Horror Movie
Ethan Hawke is typically known for playing genial, affable guys, from his Jesse in the “Before” movies to his scrappy dad in “Boyhood.” If 2018’s “First Reformed” showed signs of Hawke tipping into sinister territory as a priest with a death wish and a serious spiritual crisis, then he’s going all in for director Scott…