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But I just wanted to share this quote from his Rolling Stone interview, where he discusses working on Nosferatu, one of my most anticipated films of the year...
“Robert Eggers is such a cinephile, and such an encyclopaedia of film. I didn’t care how big the role [in Nosferatu] was, or whatever — I just wanted to be a part of his vision, and the boundaries he’s pushing in cinema. And when you work with people who are on that level of genius in their craft, there’s an energy with that that you ride on,” he enthuses.
Often, Eggers shot the film with only one set-up per day, and with a dolly moving 360 degrees around a room during a scene — a bit more like filmed theatre than contemporary cinema. It meant that Taylor-Johnson and the rest of the cast had to aim for perfection. “It’s an ensemble piece — Willem Dafoe, Nick Hoult, Emma Corrin — and we became super tight,’ Taylor-Johnson says. “If you mess up your line or your beat, you went back to the beginning again. So, you felt very responsible for not messing up someone else. You could be 10 minutes into a scene and thinking, ‘Oh my God, Willem is absolutely crushing it, if I mess my bit up, that’s so unfair for them.’ So, we became really tight and reliant on each other, in a healthy, creative way. And you don’t experience that often in movies. And that’s all because of Robert Eggers, and how meticulous his approach is.”
Also, is there anyway we could get Fede Alvarez to direct a Friday The 13th movie? 👀
I was already pumped for it but didn't expect it to wow me that much either! I can't wait to see this movie.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3812705/jason-universe-horror-inc-begins-a-new-era-of-the-friday-the-13th-franchise-heres-the-plan/
Just Victor Miller (I know that Cunningham is mentioned at the end of the article)? So anything to come from this, won't feature adult Jason in the hockey mask?
* Pt VIII Jason
** Vanessa.
Insidious 6 has been confirmed, and will release in theaters on August 29, 2025.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/insidious-6-confirmed-august-2025-release-1236007111/
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Five Night at Freddy's 2 will be released on December 5, 2025.
The Black Phone 2 has been pushed back to October 17, 2025.
M3gan 2.0 has also been delayed, to June 27, 2025.
https://deadline.com/2024/05/five-nights-at-freddys-2-sets-release-date-m3gan-sequel-pushed-1235919529/
Instead, Mike Flanagan will write and direct a “a radical new take” on The Exorcist with a new standalone film.
https://deadline.com/2024/05/the-exorcist-mike-flanagan-blumhouse-1235944062/
Oh well, in Flanagan I trust. I'm just not sure an Exorcist film can be made scary except at a deeply psychological level. Exorcism rituals themselves have never creeped me out.
For me exoricist movies are about what you believe.. if i remember correctly your an atheist which is why its not scary I am a christian and i refuse to watch it as possession is a scary concept to me.
I'm not sure that necessarily matters. I don't believe in hauntings, curses, ghosts or possession, but the average Conjuring, Grudge or Insidious film scares the hell out of me. The original Exorcist is a pretty scary film from the POV of Father Karras IMO. A good horror film can scare me, regardless of what I do or do not believe in real life. I merely find exorcisms about as scary as someone going "boo!". E.g. I like The Exorcism Of Emily Rose except for its overly dramatic exorcism scenes. The rest of the film is very good and at times really frightening.
I didn't think it was that bad, but it lacked a compelling story, in my opinion. Still, the 400 million set aside for this trilogy is ludicrous. It was never going to find that audience.
You're not missing anything, @Creasy47. No need to watch the film.
To be honest, when has an Exorcist sequel ever been good? The Heretic was almost crazy enough to serve as a comedy, Legion was dull as hell apart from one scene, The Beginning was a standard scary movie for the tween crowd, and Dominion focused so hard on the psychology that it forgot to bring any scares at all.
Frankly, I think The Exorcist is best left alone. They made it work once, when people were still susceptible to the suggestion that it was all real and whatnot. The film probably did better than it should have, although Friedkin certainly managed to create a mystery thriller that I find compelling time and again. He made some interesting choices of what to show and what not to, what to present as text and what as subtext, and who to use as his focal character(s). Almost every other film in the series went through far less capable hands, either reducing The Exorcist to standard B-flick formula, or futilely aiming for artistic gold.
Since then, exorcisms have either been the stuff of found footage rubbish, or assimilated by series like The Conjuring. The way I see it, a straight-up Exorcist film worth our time has been achieved only once, and that happened half a century ago. While more Evil Dead, Scream or Alien movies make sense to me, more Exorcist does not. I'm not saying no one can crack the code and make another really intense Exorcist film, but it appears that the odds are not in its favor, almost as if the horned dude from downstairs wants it that way. 😉
Not a Rennie Harlin fan? ;-)
Well, to answer seriously for a moment, I rather enjoy Harlin's Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger. But after having watched Dominion, knowing what I know about Beginning, I don't feel enthused to check it out. Dominion is not a particularly scary film, but it is rather atmospheric, and got under my skin to some degree. There is a languid, but sinister quality to it. I suspect Beginning diluted that quality of the movie.
Beginning chose a more conventional approach with bits of gore and some jump scares. As a scary movie, it will work for some, while frustrating others. It's not a complete failure, nor is it something you simply must see. You can take it or leave it.