Tag: Skinamarink
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Hellraiser Director David Bruckner To Remake Another Horror Classic, The Blob
2023 did not lack for good-to-great original horror movies. You can’t hate a year that gave us “When Evil Lurks,” “Skinamarink,” “Talk to Me” and “M3GAN” (among several others). So who cares if Hollywood persists in remaking horror classics, even if it’s already been remade (and remade well)?Irvin Yeaworth’s 1958 “The Blob” is hardly a…
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How My Big Fat Greek Wedding Became The Biggest Rom-Com Ever At The Box Office
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)There are some Cinderella stories in the history of the box office. We can look at something like the ultra-low-budget “Skinamarink” earlier this year, which made more than…
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“Film Sets Are the Best Film School”: YouTubers-Turned-Filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou on Their A24 Horror Debut Talk To Me
Ventriloquist demons go viral in Talk To Me, the feature film debut of twin brothers and co-directors Danny and Michael Philippou. While the A24 horror venture marks their first official foray into feature filmmaking, the duo have been uploading action-packed videos onto their YouTube channel, RackaRacka, since 2013. Unlike Kyle Edward Ball, another YouTuber-turned-filmmaker whose…
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This Is the Best Shudder Original Movie
Shudder is a top source for indie horror and ones that typically fly under the radar. The premium streaming service is home to all things horror, thriller, and supernatural. Not only do they have some household names of horror like Creepshow, Halloween, and Hellraiser, they also create their own original movies, series, and documentaries. Producing…
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Where to Watch Fear: Showtimes and Streaming
The great horror kickoff of 2023 started with the movies M3GAN and Skinamarink and continues to rile up fans with promises of unbound terror in the release of films like Infinity Pool, Knock at the Cabin, Scream VI, Evil Dead Rise, an Exorcist legacy sequel, and so many more. It looks like a perfect year…
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How Skinamarink Uses – and Expands Upon – the Tropes of Analog Horror
Skinamarink is playing in theaters across America, a fact that should be celebrated in and of itself. In a post-pandemic cinema landscape littered with franchises, spinoffs, and legacy sequels, true originality is something to be treasured. And while horror has proven to be one of the few ways original properties can turn a tidy profit,…
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The Skinamarink Team Came Up With A Clever Way Of Shooting Scenes In Pitch Black
One of the greatest things about horror, as a genre, is its ability to sneak up on you, especially in the independent market, where films don’t have the resources that major studios have to make sure you know about their upcoming slate. You can buy awareness, but as is the case with films like “Terrifier…
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‘Skinamarink’ Review: A Micro-Budget Horror Sensation that Feels like ‘Home Alone’ in Hell
Or a creepypasta remake of “Home Alone” steeped in the ineffable fear a young child would feel if the rest of their family abandoned them in the middle of the night. Or a slow cinema version of “Paranormal Activity” that ditched jump-scares for pervasive dread, maintaining the disembodied camerawork of a found footage film while…