Tag: The Invitation
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‘Smile’ Leads Box Office With Scary Good 22 Million Opening, ‘Bros’ Fizzles With 4.8 Million
Paramount’s “Smile” debuted to a sizzling 22 million, easily topping the domestic box office. The horror film beat out the weekend’s other new wide release, Universal’s LGBTQ romantic comedy “Bros,” which landed in fourth place with a paltry 4.8 million debut.“Smile” ranks as one of the better original horror debuts of the year, beating out…
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‘The Woman King’ Is an Original, Black Film with a Female Director, and It’s #1
“The Woman King” (Sony) saved theaters this weekend, selling 40 percent of all tickets as it grossed 19 million. That’s at the high end of expectations for the mid-budget (50 million) production directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood that stars Viola Davis as a general training young female soldiers in 19th century Dahomey.Driven by a Black female…
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From Hannibal to Beetlejuice, Cinema’s Most Horrifying Dinner Parties
Recent movies like The Invitation, The Feast, and The Menu have whetted our appetite for more meaty movies with memorable dinner party scenes to sink our teeth into. Now, not every entry on the forthcoming list will be to everybody’s taste, but you’re almost certain to find something here to tickle those taste buds… whether…
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![How The Invitation’s Sound Team Created The Unique Vampire Sounds [Exclusive]](https://movieposters2.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1868180-b.jpg)
How The Invitation’s Sound Team Created The Unique Vampire Sounds [Exclusive]
What do vampires sound like? From inhuman growls to the oft-parodied Slavic accents (“I vont to sohk yu blaohd!”), every onscreen iteration of the bloodsucking creatures offers its own answer to this timeless question. The latest interpretation comes via “The Invitation,” a new take on the vampire mythos from filmmaker Jessica M. Thompson.Not to be…
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![The Invitation Is Packed With Dozens Of Vampire And Horror Easter Eggs [Exclusive]](https://movieposters2.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1867181-b.jpg)
The Invitation Is Packed With Dozens Of Vampire And Horror Easter Eggs [Exclusive]
There’s a new vampire movie in theaters this weekend, and it happens to share the title of a Karyn Kusama film: “The Invitation.” This is not that Dracula project from Kusama, which received a stake to the heart earlier this year, but rather a different spin on the same 125-year-old mythos from director Jessica M. Thompson.…
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The Invitation Review: A Defanged Twist On Dracula
You’re invited to the wedding of the season! Set in a beautiful English mansion, the guests include old weirdos in masks, obscenely wealthy creeps, racist butlers, disposable hired help, and oh yeah, vampires. “The Invitation,” a moody but poorly paced modern-day take on “Dracula” from director Jessica M. Thompson, plays its cards pretty close to…
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Rian Johnson Shares Why He’ll (Probably) Never Make a Horror Movie
Hate to burst your bubble, Rian Johnson fans, but it looks like the Knives Out director will probably never work in the horror genre. Johnson got candid about his horror movies feelings while in discussion with fellow director Karyn Kusama, who is no stranger to horror thanks to previous features Jennifer’s Body and The Invitation…
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Duo David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Set HP Lovecraft Thriller Film At Warner Bros
Exclusive: Game of Thrones creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss have set at Warner Bros an untitled thriller inspired by the graphic novel Lovecraft. Set to write the script are Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi, the scribe team behind such films as Aeon Flux, Ride Along and the Karyn Kusama-directed The Invitation and Destroyer. Kusama…
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Xyz Films Raises $100 Million in Production Financing
Los Angeles-based production, sales and management outfit Xyz Films has raised $100 million in production financing across a slate of 15 to 20 films.Venture capital firm Ipr.Vc, based in Helsinki, Finland, is co-financing the slate. Xyz made the announcement Thursday on the second day of the American Film Market.Notable Xyz titles include Gareth Evans’ “The…
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Back to One, Episode 60: Lindsay Burdge
Lindsay Burdge is one of the bravest and best actors working in indie film this decade. Her breakout role in Hannah Fidell’s A Teacher brought her raves for her intense performance of destructive obsession. Bold choices continued in movies like Nathan Silver’s Thirst Street, Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation, and Joe Swanberg’s Netflix show Easy. Now…