Tag: The Invisible Man
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‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Trailer: The Horror Game Phenomenon Arrives In October via Blumhouse
Can you survive five nights? Say what you will about the idea of a terrifying horror game phenomenon turned into a blood-chilling cinematic event; eye-roll all you want. And we might agree with you normally. But the adaptation of the creepy video game “Five Nights At Freddy’s” comes from Blumhouse— the production company and producers…
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The Guy Behind ‘Saw’ and ‘Insidious’ Also Gave Us This Zombie Horror Comedy
Leigh Whannell has given horror lovers classic franchises like Saw and Insidious, as well as other films like the most recent adaptation of The Invisible Man. But hidden within his dark and scary resume is a hilarious zombie flick starring Elijah Wood and Allison Pill. Cooties, which quietly premiered in 2014, takes the classic zombie…
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Every Classic ‘The Mummy’ Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best
Alongside Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and The Invisible Man was The Mummy, another classic horror series from Universal Pictures. Like the other three, The Mummy had its first movie see release in the early 1930s, and subsequently had numerous sequels released over the next couple of decades. In total, there were six Mummy movies belonging to…
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‘Upgrade’ Sets 4K Uhd and Blu-Ray Release
The 2018 Leigh Whannell-directed film, Upgrade, did not receive the recognition it certainly deserves. Though the sci-fi horror film is still widely considered a breakout hit, it didn’t quite reach the success of some movies released in the same year or the director’s succeeding feature, The Invisible Man, in 2020. But although the film is…
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Classic Black & White Horror Films that Aren’t Universal Monsters
If there’s one thing that brings a sense of excitement to people’s lives it’s watching classic black-and-white horror movies. Despite how far horror has evolved today, it’s fun to sit back and revisit what the genre had to offer in years past; with films like Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and Creature from the Black Lagoon…
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‘Alice, Darling’ Review: A Nervous Anna Kendrick Plays a Woman Trapped in an Abusive Relationship
A few minutes into “Alice, Darling,” audiences may be reminded of how 2020’s “The Invisible Man” opened: Anna Kendrick creeps out of bed at dawn, taking pains not to wake the partner we briefly assume she’s about to flee. But whereas that Elisabeth Moss vehicle was a monster movie given heft by its abusive-boyfriend backstory,…
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Everything Coming to Disney+ in October 2022
We’re officially entering the spooky season and while Disney+ already dropped a few scary things in September, they’re doubling down in October. One of their most Halloween-centric offerings on display is “Werewolf By Night,” which audiences first learned about just a few weeks ago during Disney’s splashy Marvel and LucasFilm panel at the D23 Expo.Directed…
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Bleecker Street Buys Emma Mackey’s Emily Brontë Biopic From Frances O’Connor
Bleecker Street has bought the U.S. rights for writer-director Frances O’Connor’s directorial debut, “Emily,” which tells the story of author Emily Brontë’s real-life romance in the lead up to her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.”Bleecker Street is planning a 2023 theatrical release Stateside, while Warner Bros. will open the film wide in U.K. cinemas.Promotional materials for…
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Year Of The Vampire: Dracula’s Daughter Is The True Queen Of The Universal Monsters
(Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.)Universal Pictures set the standard for movie monsters from the 1930s-1950s, turning characters like Count Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Mummy, The Gill Man, The…
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‘Shadow and Bone’ Creator Eric Heisserer on Why Universal’s Original Dark Universe Plan Bombed
The writing was on the walls in 2017 when “The Mummy,” the patient zero of Universal’s planned Dark Universe mega-franchise, bombed at the box office. With projected losses of nearly $100 million for Universal Pictures, the film failed to launch what was supposed to be a sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe analog for the studio. While…