Tag: The Ring

  • Cinespia Extends Screenings Through October With ‘Halloween,’ ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and Other Horror Flicks (Exclusive)

    Cinespia Extends Screenings Through October With ‘Halloween,’ ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ and Other Horror Flicks (Exclusive)

    Cinespia is extending its 22nd annual screening run for a haunted series of films this October. In addition, Cinespia will be coming to LA’s Orpheum Theatre for the first time ever this Halloween.Among the films screening will be “Halloween” (1978) starring Jamie Lee Curtis, 2002’s cursed videotape film “The Ring,” the fifth installment of the…

  • ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Caught on Like ‘The Ring’

    ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ Caught on Like ‘The Ring’

    Editor’s Note: This interview was coordinated with Taffy Brodesser-Akner directly, in accordance with the rules of the Writers Guild of America strike, which began on May 2.Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show…

  • The It Lives Inside Trailer Brings A Terrifying Film Fest Favorite To Your Nightmares

    The It Lives Inside Trailer Brings A Terrifying Film Fest Favorite To Your Nightmares

    Thanks to the massive success of “Get Out,” the last several years have seen an influx of Black horror films, bringing some much-needed racial diversity to a predominantly white genre. Latino horror has also been going strong as ever of late, with films like “Tigers Are Not Afraid” and “La Llorona” reaping critical accolades left…

  • ‘The Ring’: What Is the Cast Doing Now?

    ‘The Ring’: What Is the Cast Doing Now?

    When the American version of The Ring came out in 2002, it terrified people. Not to say that the original Ring from 1998 directed by Hideo Nakata wasn’t terrifying, but people were generally less open to having to read subtitles for international horror movies until recently. Similar to The Blair Witch Project, this movie cultivated…

  • The Case for Shot-for-Shot English-Language Remakes Is Trickier Than You Think

    The Case for Shot-for-Shot English-Language Remakes Is Trickier Than You Think

    Taking an excellent international film, and plopping directly into the Hollywood system to try and prop it up as some new, exciting thing, has been a long-derided practice of big movie studios for decades. The butchering of classic, radical films like Park Chan-Wook’s Oldboy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse, and Fritz Lang’s M are all examples of…

  • How to Watch Smile

    How to Watch Smile

    The trailer for Parker Finn’s feature film debut Smile enticed the internet and drummed up intrigue for this high-concept horror when it was posted to YouTube in June of this year. Smile follows Dr. Rose Cotter as she is relentlessly stalked by a terrifying supernatural force that manifests in the smiling faces of those around…

  • 10 Movies With Cursed Productions, From ‘The Exorcist’ to ‘The Twilight Zone’

    10 Movies With Cursed Productions, From ‘The Exorcist’ to ‘The Twilight Zone’

    The film industry has always been interested in telling stories that explore curses. Whether it is the videotape that will kill you seven days after watching it in The Ring, or the grief analogy that is the focus of Smile, curses are a common trope in the medium. It can be argued that the concept…

  • Horror Movie Child Stars You Wouldn’t Recognize Today

    Horror Movie Child Stars You Wouldn’t Recognize Today

    Children are often used to great effect in horror movies. When they’re potential victims, they can really get the audience invested in the story as no one wants to see harm come to something so harmless. Likewise, children can make perfect monsters because who would expect an innocent little kid to be the personification of…

  • The Ring Ending Explained: Analog Anxieties And Murderous Mothers

    The Ring Ending Explained: Analog Anxieties And Murderous Mothers

    Released in 2002, Gore Verbinski’s “The Ring” endures as a staple of teenage sleepover endurance testing. The very video that leaves a trail of deformed bodies in its wake is baked into the film itself, transforming the audience from impartial viewer to imminent victim of the cursed tape’s supernatural powers. An adaptation of the 1998…

  • ‘It’ Producer to Develop Wilderness Horror Movie ‘Sunburnt Country’

    ‘It’ Producer to Develop Wilderness Horror Movie ‘Sunburnt Country’

    A feature film adaptation of Gabriel Bergmoser’s novel ”Sunburnt Country” is in development from “It” producer Roy Lee alongside Jon Berg and Greg Silverman.The story centers on a pair of millennial backpackers who go off-roading in the Australian wilderness and stumble upon a reclusive backwater town where they quickly realize that the locals hunt and…