Home invasion has been a part of horror movies practically from the beginning. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Nosferatu (1922), Dracula, and Frankenstein (1931) all included moments of attackers entering homes uninvited and terrorizing unsuspecting victims.
Home invasion as a sub-genre unto itself came a bit later, as the suburbs sprung up and a false sense of security rose in the United States along with fears of “the other” that have always been a key aspect of horror movies.
These ten movies may not all be the best of this sub-genre, but they all bring something different to the table and pushed it, in large and small ways, in new directions.
The Desperate Hours (1955)
It is practically impossible to pinpoint the exact moment that started any new genre or movement within film but a good candidate for the foundation of the home invasion movie is William Wyler’s The Desperate Hours. The...
Home invasion as a sub-genre unto itself came a bit later, as the suburbs sprung up and a false sense of security rose in the United States along with fears of “the other” that have always been a key aspect of horror movies.
These ten movies may not all be the best of this sub-genre, but they all bring something different to the table and pushed it, in large and small ways, in new directions.
The Desperate Hours (1955)
It is practically impossible to pinpoint the exact moment that started any new genre or movement within film but a good candidate for the foundation of the home invasion movie is William Wyler’s The Desperate Hours. The...
- 5/13/2024
- by Brian Keiper
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s almost the end of the year, and Netflix doesn’t seem to be done with serving Korean content just yet. The Korean entertainment industry is all in this time of the year, and we’re getting a taste of everything they have to offer! From the reality dating show Single’s Inferno to the highly anticipated Gyeongseong Creature and Death Game, the holidays seem to be covered for us, but Like Flowers in Sand may turn out to be the underdog that takes us by surprise, just like its protagonist. Like Flowers in Sand stars Jang Dong-Yoon and Lee Joo-Myoung in leading roles and follows the story of a “Ssireum” athlete (a traditional wrestling sport) who gives up after losing too many championships. When his childhood friend returns, she reignites the sporty spark in him.
Spoilers Ahead
What Happens In Episode 1?
Kim Baek-Du is a childhood superstar, a champion...
Spoilers Ahead
What Happens In Episode 1?
Kim Baek-Du is a childhood superstar, a champion...
- 12/22/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
Veteran actor Jeff Kober spoke about working with his director and costar, Jake Johnson, in the movie Self Reliance in his new uInterview.
The film centers on Johnson’s character, Tommy, and what happens to him when he accepts an invitation to play a game where he has to outsmart hunters who are trying to kill him. If he is successful and lives, then he will win a million dollars.
When Kober was asked if he would survive a death game like the one in the movie he replied, “It’s just way too much work. It’s like a whole month he has to be on the ball and you see during the course of the movie that it’s not that easy,” he told uInterview exclusively at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
>Watch Jake Johnson’s uINTERVIEW Now!
He also described what it was like to work with Johnson in the movie.
The film centers on Johnson’s character, Tommy, and what happens to him when he accepts an invitation to play a game where he has to outsmart hunters who are trying to kill him. If he is successful and lives, then he will win a million dollars.
When Kober was asked if he would survive a death game like the one in the movie he replied, “It’s just way too much work. It’s like a whole month he has to be on the ball and you see during the course of the movie that it’s not that easy,” he told uInterview exclusively at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
>Watch Jake Johnson’s uINTERVIEW Now!
He also described what it was like to work with Johnson in the movie.
- 6/12/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively report this morning that Grindhouse Releasing is bringing two Italian horror classics to 4K Uhd, The Beyond and Cannibal Holocaust!
Additionally, we can report that Grindhouse Releasing has teamed with legendary composer Fabio Frizzi to present a brand-new version of The Beyond, director Lucio Fulci’s 1981 horror masterpiece starring Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck and Cinzia Monreale.
Premiering this fall in theatrical release from Grindhouse, The Beyond: The Composer’s Cut features Fabio Frizzi’s new score for The Beyond with a brand-new 4K presentation of The Beyond newly scanned from the original camera negatives.
The Beyond: The Composer’s Cut will premiere in October with a nationwide release in November at the Alamo Drafthouse and other theaters across the US.
“Fulci fans will definitely want to see this on the big screen for the maximum impact,” said Grindhouse Releasing co-founder Bob Murawski. “It’s...
Additionally, we can report that Grindhouse Releasing has teamed with legendary composer Fabio Frizzi to present a brand-new version of The Beyond, director Lucio Fulci’s 1981 horror masterpiece starring Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck and Cinzia Monreale.
Premiering this fall in theatrical release from Grindhouse, The Beyond: The Composer’s Cut features Fabio Frizzi’s new score for The Beyond with a brand-new 4K presentation of The Beyond newly scanned from the original camera negatives.
The Beyond: The Composer’s Cut will premiere in October with a nationwide release in November at the Alamo Drafthouse and other theaters across the US.
“Fulci fans will definitely want to see this on the big screen for the maximum impact,” said Grindhouse Releasing co-founder Bob Murawski. “It’s...
- 8/26/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Update: 7:00am Et on Sunday March 27
Since the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced February 8, the Oscar race has evolved considerably. Back then it seemed like Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” was the overwhelming frontrunner. But in the time since, “Coda” has surged dramatically, following rival streamer Apple TV+ going old school and screening the film frequently and judiciously for Academy voting members.
IndieWire’s Editor-at-Large and awards expert Anne Thompson released her full list of predictions for the Oscar winners on Thursday, and she believes “Coda” will win best picture, though the other most likely choice still is “The Power of the Dog.”
The Best Actress category has evolved to be nearly a five-way race: Jessica Chastain seems to have all the momentum after winning Best Actress at the SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards; but some think Penélope Cruz could be a contender for “Parallel Mothers,...
Since the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced February 8, the Oscar race has evolved considerably. Back then it seemed like Netflix’s “The Power of the Dog” was the overwhelming frontrunner. But in the time since, “Coda” has surged dramatically, following rival streamer Apple TV+ going old school and screening the film frequently and judiciously for Academy voting members.
IndieWire’s Editor-at-Large and awards expert Anne Thompson released her full list of predictions for the Oscar winners on Thursday, and she believes “Coda” will win best picture, though the other most likely choice still is “The Power of the Dog.”
The Best Actress category has evolved to be nearly a five-way race: Jessica Chastain seems to have all the momentum after winning Best Actress at the SAG Awards and Critics Choice Awards; but some think Penélope Cruz could be a contender for “Parallel Mothers,...
- 3/27/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
None of the 13 precursor prizes announced winners before Oscar nominations were revealed on February 8. However, all but one of them — the Casting Society of America — revealed their roster of contenders before the start of Oscar nominations balloting on January 27. The CSA, which chimed in on February 1, will be the only guild to hold its ceremony after final Oscar voting ends on March 22; the Artios Awards are the next day.
Before Oscar voting kicked off on March 17, we heard from eight guilds. The makeup artists and hairstylists weighed in on Feb. 19 while the actors were heard from on Feb. 27. Two guilds — art directors and film editors — held ceremonies on March 5. The visual effects wizards handed out prizes on March 8, the costume designers on March 9, the directors on March 12 and the sound editors on March 13.
The producers and sound mixers met on March 19 while the cinematographers and writers did so on March...
Before Oscar voting kicked off on March 17, we heard from eight guilds. The makeup artists and hairstylists weighed in on Feb. 19 while the actors were heard from on Feb. 27. Two guilds — art directors and film editors — held ceremonies on March 5. The visual effects wizards handed out prizes on March 8, the costume designers on March 9, the directors on March 12 and the sound editors on March 13.
The producers and sound mixers met on March 19 while the cinematographers and writers did so on March...
- 3/21/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“Actor X loses him/herself in a role.” “So-and-so’s performance was transformative.” “They literally become this real-life person.”
We’ve heard statements along those lines so many times over the years when critics and movie journalists are talking about an actor’s performance in a biopic. Usually, that praise is well-earned, but rarely is the work by the makeup artists and hair stylists adequately acknowledged, especially the prosthetics makeup artists who need to do a lot of the often-overlooked work to alter an actor’s features to be more in line with the real-life people they’re portraying.
Whether it’s Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” or Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” the actors pull off near-perfect impersonations with help from the prosthetics that do a lot of the heavy lifting in transforming them.
In the past few years we’ve seen...
We’ve heard statements along those lines so many times over the years when critics and movie journalists are talking about an actor’s performance in a biopic. Usually, that praise is well-earned, but rarely is the work by the makeup artists and hair stylists adequately acknowledged, especially the prosthetics makeup artists who need to do a lot of the often-overlooked work to alter an actor’s features to be more in line with the real-life people they’re portraying.
Whether it’s Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” or Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” the actors pull off near-perfect impersonations with help from the prosthetics that do a lot of the heavy lifting in transforming them.
In the past few years we’ve seen...
- 1/25/2022
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
The Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is particularly tough to predict early on because of the complicated system by which the nominees are determined in two stages. First, upwards of 15 members of the branch who attend special screenings cast preferential ballots with the top 10 vote-getters moving on to the second stage (it was a lucky seven till 2021). Those members from the first stage and any other members who either attend screenings of excerpts from these semi-finalists or attest that they have seen them cast preferential ballots and the top five films are nominated; that is up from three in years past. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2022 Oscars predictions for Best Makeup and Hairstyling).
As a result of being well-received at these screenings, titles that had not been part of the conversation in the first few months of awards season end up as nominees. For example, the Swedish films...
As a result of being well-received at these screenings, titles that had not been part of the conversation in the first few months of awards season end up as nominees. For example, the Swedish films...
- 1/24/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Bond film No Time to Die and Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune led in craft recognition today when the Academy’s shortlists for the 2022 Oscars were unveiled.
The former secured slots in the areas of Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects, with the latter preparing to compete in all of the same categories apart from Song.
Four additional studio films snagged slots in Score and Song, including Adam McKay’s Netflix satire Don’t Look Up, Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s Disney animated pic Encanto, Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix Western The Harder They Fall and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Warner Bros. drama King Richard.
Jane Campion’s Netflix Western The Power of the Dog, Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Focus pic Belfast and and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story all scored additional slots in the Sound category,...
The former secured slots in the areas of Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects, with the latter preparing to compete in all of the same categories apart from Song.
Four additional studio films snagged slots in Score and Song, including Adam McKay’s Netflix satire Don’t Look Up, Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s Disney animated pic Encanto, Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix Western The Harder They Fall and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Warner Bros. drama King Richard.
Jane Campion’s Netflix Western The Power of the Dog, Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Focus pic Belfast and and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story all scored additional slots in the Sound category,...
- 12/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be announcing shortlists on Monday for 10 Oscar races. The categories and number of films to be revealed are documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10), visual effects (10) and for the first time in history, sound (10).
Acting as a progress report for studios, the shortlists provide insight on what is resonating with particular branches, especially among the best picture frontrunners. Awards strategists behind Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” are hoping for more than one mention across the eligible shortlists.
Other features like Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” and Siân Heder’s “Coda” stand to see a boost in their profiles.
Shortlist voting concluded on Dec. 15, and the remaining films will move on to the official phase one voting,...
Acting as a progress report for studios, the shortlists provide insight on what is resonating with particular branches, especially among the best picture frontrunners. Awards strategists behind Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” are hoping for more than one mention across the eligible shortlists.
Other features like Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” and Siân Heder’s “Coda” stand to see a boost in their profiles.
Shortlist voting concluded on Dec. 15, and the remaining films will move on to the official phase one voting,...
- 12/16/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
It’s our favourite night of the year! The 2021 BIFA awards took place this evening at Old Billingsgate in London. Hosted by People Just Do Nothing’s Asim Chaudhry, those attending include Emma Corrin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Jude Law, Harris Dickinson, Paapa Essiedu, Caitriona Balfe, Morfydd Clark, Riz Ahmed, Wumni Mosaku, Ruth Wilson, Stephen Graham and James Norton.
The 24th British Independent Film Awards saw Joanna Scanlan’s After Love take home a handful of awards, Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava also did well – and there’s something wonderful in championing the very best in British Independent film – so, hey – we’re all winners here.*
David Sztypuljak and Scott Davis were our men at the event, asking questions.
You can see our interviews below, as well as a full list of tonight’s winners and nominees.
*Actual winners are below.
The 2021 BIFA Red Carpet Interviews
The...
The 24th British Independent Film Awards saw Joanna Scanlan’s After Love take home a handful of awards, Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava also did well – and there’s something wonderful in championing the very best in British Independent film – so, hey – we’re all winners here.*
David Sztypuljak and Scott Davis were our men at the event, asking questions.
You can see our interviews below, as well as a full list of tonight’s winners and nominees.
*Actual winners are below.
The 2021 BIFA Red Carpet Interviews
The...
- 12/6/2021
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jaws dropped on Sunday night when Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) won the Best Actress Oscar. She was in fourth place in Gold Derby’s combined predictions, behind Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”), Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) and Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) and just ahead of Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”). A large group of Oscar pundits — including three of our Experts, two of our Editors, four of our Top 24 Users and three of our All-Star Users — were all convinced Day would surprise for her role as the titular jazz singer. So what happened?
SEEHow were the 2021 Oscar winners chosen?
Throughout Oscar history, voters have always preferred to reward actors for films they enjoyed across the board, and Day was the only representative for “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Yep, the biopic was even snubbed in Best Song for “Tigress & Tweed” and in Best Hair & Makeup,...
SEEHow were the 2021 Oscar winners chosen?
Throughout Oscar history, voters have always preferred to reward actors for films they enjoyed across the board, and Day was the only representative for “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Yep, the biopic was even snubbed in Best Song for “Tigress & Tweed” and in Best Hair & Makeup,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is the front-runner to win three Oscars, including Best Makeup and Hairstyling, for which Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson, and Sergio Lopez-Rivera are all first-time contenders. Their candidacy is also historic since Neal and Wilson are the first Black nominees in the history of the category.
Neal, Wilson, and Lopez-Rivera are nominated in no small part for transforming Viola Davis into legendary blues singer Ma Rainey, in addition to the 1920s styles for the rest of the cast. Leading up to the Oscars, the film won for its makeup and hair at the BAFTA Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, and the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards, not to mention our very own Gold Derby Awards.
SEEWatch the ‘Ma Rainey’ scene that best captures Viola Davis’ transformation
So the film seems like a safe bet for the Oscar, according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.
Neal, Wilson, and Lopez-Rivera are nominated in no small part for transforming Viola Davis into legendary blues singer Ma Rainey, in addition to the 1920s styles for the rest of the cast. Leading up to the Oscars, the film won for its makeup and hair at the BAFTA Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, and the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards, not to mention our very own Gold Derby Awards.
SEEWatch the ‘Ma Rainey’ scene that best captures Viola Davis’ transformation
So the film seems like a safe bet for the Oscar, according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.
- 4/23/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
This year the 2021 BAFTA Awards for Film were split over two nights. The first ceremony centered on eight awards for both below-the-line and short film categories. By the end of the one-hour event, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and were already big winners.
Read More: “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Rocks” lead 2021 BAFTA Award nominations
Costume Designer Ann Roth won just her second BAFTA for “Ma Rainey” while four artists gave the Netflix drama the Make-Up and Hairstyling BAFTA as well.
Continue reading ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ ‘Mank’ & ‘Tenet’ Among Early 2021 BAFTA Award Winners at The Playlist.
Read More: “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman” and “Rocks” lead 2021 BAFTA Award nominations
Costume Designer Ann Roth won just her second BAFTA for “Ma Rainey” while four artists gave the Netflix drama the Make-Up and Hairstyling BAFTA as well.
Continue reading ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ ‘Mank’ & ‘Tenet’ Among Early 2021 BAFTA Award Winners at The Playlist.
- 4/10/2021
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Double Oscar nominee Leslie Odom Jr. was among the craftsmen and craftswomen at Variety‘s Artisans Awards offering advice on how to get into the field they work in. Odom Jr. said, “Starting with the education is key, and starting in the theater is key for me.”
The “One Night in Miami” actor, songwriter and theater performer was honored at the seventh annual Variety Artisans Awards alongside co-writer Sam Ashworth for their original song contender “Speak Now.”
The tribute evening took place in a virtual ceremony on Monday that streamed on the Santa Barbara Film Festival website. Variety’s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay moderated conversations with the Artisan Award recipients.
Sbiff Executive Director Roger Durling kicked off the evening by introducing the honorees. He said, “We celebrate this evening, below-the-line talent at the heart of filmmaking,” told viewers who watched the event from the festival’s online streaming platform.
The “One Night in Miami” actor, songwriter and theater performer was honored at the seventh annual Variety Artisans Awards alongside co-writer Sam Ashworth for their original song contender “Speak Now.”
The tribute evening took place in a virtual ceremony on Monday that streamed on the Santa Barbara Film Festival website. Variety’s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay moderated conversations with the Artisan Award recipients.
Sbiff Executive Director Roger Durling kicked off the evening by introducing the honorees. He said, “We celebrate this evening, below-the-line talent at the heart of filmmaking,” told viewers who watched the event from the festival’s online streaming platform.
- 4/6/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Of all the live-action movies nominated for Oscars on March 15, the one with the earliest release date was Autumn de Wilde’s “Emma.” The Jane Austen adaptation starring Anya Taylor Joy opened 13 months ago, in February 2020, before much of America and the world underwent Covid lockdown. But the vibrant film was cited with two nominations, for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and for Best Costume Design, the latter a sixth nod for Alexandra Byrne (who won in 2008 for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”).
“My sixth, oh you make me feel very old,” Byrne said to TheWrap with a sharp laugh. “But that’s Ok. It is my sixth and I’m proud that they’ve all been very different. That’s the most exciting bit. That’s the thing I love most about it.”
As if to prove the point about her range, Byrne was reached on the phone at the end...
“My sixth, oh you make me feel very old,” Byrne said to TheWrap with a sharp laugh. “But that’s Ok. It is my sixth and I’m proud that they’ve all been very different. That’s the most exciting bit. That’s the thing I love most about it.”
As if to prove the point about her range, Byrne was reached on the phone at the end...
- 3/16/2021
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
If you want to win an Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, make sure you’re doing work on Jared Leto. That might be one lesson from the Oscars shortlists, where Leto’s film “The Little Things” was included among the 10 semi-finalists in that category. If it ultimately receives a nomination and wins, it would be the third Leto film in less than 10 years to win this exact award.
SEEJared Leto (‘The Little Things’) on creating a character from a ‘blank canvas:’ ‘You become a detective of sorts’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The first was “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013), which famously won Best Makeup and Hairstyling despite a makeup budget of only $250. Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews prevailed for that film in no small part for transforming Leto into transgender character Rayon, for which Leto also won Best Supporting Actor. Though in the years since, as trans actors, artists and activists have gained more visibility in the industry,...
SEEJared Leto (‘The Little Things’) on creating a character from a ‘blank canvas:’ ‘You become a detective of sorts’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
The first was “Dallas Buyers Club” (2013), which famously won Best Makeup and Hairstyling despite a makeup budget of only $250. Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews prevailed for that film in no small part for transforming Leto into transgender character Rayon, for which Leto also won Best Supporting Actor. Though in the years since, as trans actors, artists and activists have gained more visibility in the industry,...
- 2/11/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Salvador Calvo’s “Adú” leads the way at Spain’s annual Goya Awards nominations with 14 nods, including for best film and best director.
“Las niñas” and “Akelarre” followed with nine nominations each, while “Rosa’s Wedding” has eight.
In the running for the best film Goya are “Adú,” a Netflix acquisition; “Ane” by David Perez Sanudo; “La boda de Rosa” by Iciar Bollain; “Las niñas” by Pilar Palomero; and “Sentimental” by Cesc Gay.
Competing for the best direction Goya will be Salvador Calvo for “Adú”; Juanma Bajo Ulloa for “Baby”; Iciar Bollain for “La boda de Rosa”; and Isabel Coixet for “Nieva en Benidorm.”
In the running for best European film are Jan Komasa’s “Corpus Christi”; Florian Zeller’s “The Father”; Viggo Mortensen’s “Falling”; and Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.”
Mortensen was the big draw at the 2020 San Sebastian Film Festival where “Falling” played, and where he received the Donostia Award.
“Las niñas” and “Akelarre” followed with nine nominations each, while “Rosa’s Wedding” has eight.
In the running for the best film Goya are “Adú,” a Netflix acquisition; “Ane” by David Perez Sanudo; “La boda de Rosa” by Iciar Bollain; “Las niñas” by Pilar Palomero; and “Sentimental” by Cesc Gay.
Competing for the best direction Goya will be Salvador Calvo for “Adú”; Juanma Bajo Ulloa for “Baby”; Iciar Bollain for “La boda de Rosa”; and Isabel Coixet for “Nieva en Benidorm.”
In the running for best European film are Jan Komasa’s “Corpus Christi”; Florian Zeller’s “The Father”; Viggo Mortensen’s “Falling”; and Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.”
Mortensen was the big draw at the 2020 San Sebastian Film Festival where “Falling” played, and where he received the Donostia Award.
- 1/18/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Marco Bellocchio’s mafia movie The Traitor topped last night’s David di Donatello Awards, Italy’s national film awards, scooping six prizes including Best Film.
The movie also won Director for Bellocchio, Screenplay, Actor for Pierfrancesco Favino, Supporting Actor for Luigi Lo Cascio, and Best Editing. It premiered at Cannes last year before going on to gross a healthy $5.3M in Italy via local outfit 01 Distribution. Sony Pictures Classics released in the U.S., taking $294,783.
There was no physical ceremony this year due to the ongoing lockdown but host network Rai instead put on a virtual ceremony, with winners appearing via video link.
As reported by Republica, Italian president Sergio Mattarella sent in a message of support for the Italian film industry during the coronavirus crisis. “To my great regret, this year, for the well-known reason of health , it was not possible to organize the presentation ceremony of the David di Donatellos,...
The movie also won Director for Bellocchio, Screenplay, Actor for Pierfrancesco Favino, Supporting Actor for Luigi Lo Cascio, and Best Editing. It premiered at Cannes last year before going on to gross a healthy $5.3M in Italy via local outfit 01 Distribution. Sony Pictures Classics released in the U.S., taking $294,783.
There was no physical ceremony this year due to the ongoing lockdown but host network Rai instead put on a virtual ceremony, with winners appearing via video link.
As reported by Republica, Italian president Sergio Mattarella sent in a message of support for the Italian film industry during the coronavirus crisis. “To my great regret, this year, for the well-known reason of health , it was not possible to organize the presentation ceremony of the David di Donatellos,...
- 5/9/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The full list of nominations for the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards has been revealed. However, the dates are still unknown; the mid-April event in fact, will be probably postponed due to the Covid-19 (a.k.a. coronavirus). So for now let’s just have a look at the nominees.
This year’s edition sees Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung’s “Better Days” leading the competition with an amazing 12 nominations, followed at close range by Heiward Mak’s “Fagara” with 11 nominations and Wong Hing-Fan’s “I’m Livin’ It” with 10. Moreover, Wilson Yip’s “Ip Man 4: The Finale” bagged 9 nominations, including Best Director and Best Action Choreography.
Read the full list of nominations below:
Better Days by Derek Tsang
Best Film
Better Days by Derek Tsang
Suk Suk by Ray Yeung
Fagara by Heiward Mak
I’m Livin’ It by Wong Hing-fan
The New King Of Comedy by Stephen Chow
Best...
This year’s edition sees Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung’s “Better Days” leading the competition with an amazing 12 nominations, followed at close range by Heiward Mak’s “Fagara” with 11 nominations and Wong Hing-Fan’s “I’m Livin’ It” with 10. Moreover, Wilson Yip’s “Ip Man 4: The Finale” bagged 9 nominations, including Best Director and Best Action Choreography.
Read the full list of nominations below:
Better Days by Derek Tsang
Best Film
Better Days by Derek Tsang
Suk Suk by Ray Yeung
Fagara by Heiward Mak
I’m Livin’ It by Wong Hing-fan
The New King Of Comedy by Stephen Chow
Best...
- 2/14/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Updated with video: Bombshell recorded a widely expected win at the Oscars for Makeup and Hairstyling, with Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker honored for turning cast members into real-life players in the drama surrounding Fox News.
Hiro read a brief acceptance speech from a card, saluting producer and star Charlize Theron, who portrayed Megyn Kelly in the film.
“We would like to give our heartfelt thanks to Charlize Theron,” Hiro said. “You’re amazing. You’re an amazing actor and producer. Your compassion, love and care made this film possible. Because of your bravery and passion, we are able to set a new bar in the makeup industry and create a new way to tell stories. ”
Bombshell depicts the events surrounding the era of Ailes (played by John Lithgow in the film). Those years were marked by a dominant performance in the ratings and the minting of stars like Bill O’Reilly,...
Hiro read a brief acceptance speech from a card, saluting producer and star Charlize Theron, who portrayed Megyn Kelly in the film.
“We would like to give our heartfelt thanks to Charlize Theron,” Hiro said. “You’re amazing. You’re an amazing actor and producer. Your compassion, love and care made this film possible. Because of your bravery and passion, we are able to set a new bar in the makeup industry and create a new way to tell stories. ”
Bombshell depicts the events surrounding the era of Ailes (played by John Lithgow in the film). Those years were marked by a dominant performance in the ratings and the minting of stars like Bill O’Reilly,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Dolby Theatre® in Hollywood, CA
Contributed by Melissa Thompson and Michelle Hannett
The 92nd Oscars is a few hours away. As Hollywood gets ready for its big night, preparations have been going on all week at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland Center.
On Saturday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched Global Movie Day, a day for film fans around the world to celebrate their favorite movies and engage with Academy members and filmmakers across social media. The inaugural holiday was held on February 8, 2020 (the day before the 92nd Oscars) to draw additional awareness and tune-in for the show.
Global Movie Day will be held on the second Saturday of February every year in the heart of Oscar season, to celebrate the power of movies to reach, connect and inspire people around the world. Celebrate Global Movie Day by sharing movies that have inspired you.
Contributed by Melissa Thompson and Michelle Hannett
The 92nd Oscars is a few hours away. As Hollywood gets ready for its big night, preparations have been going on all week at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland Center.
On Saturday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences launched Global Movie Day, a day for film fans around the world to celebrate their favorite movies and engage with Academy members and filmmakers across social media. The inaugural holiday was held on February 8, 2020 (the day before the 92nd Oscars) to draw additional awareness and tune-in for the show.
Global Movie Day will be held on the second Saturday of February every year in the heart of Oscar season, to celebrate the power of movies to reach, connect and inspire people around the world. Celebrate Global Movie Day by sharing movies that have inspired you.
- 2/9/2020
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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- 1/13/2020
- MUBI
Peter S. Traynor, a former insurance salesman who directed and produced the cult favorite Death Game, a suspense thriller starring Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp and Seymour Cassel, has died. He was 77.
Traynor died Oct. 15 of natural causes at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Bob Murawski, Oscar-winning editor on The Hurt Locker, announced.
Death Game starred Locke and Camp as psychotic nymphets who invade the home of a random married man (Cassel), then seduce and hold him captive for a weekend of terror. The film was finished in 1975, but an investigation into its finances delayed its ...
Traynor died Oct. 15 of natural causes at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Bob Murawski, Oscar-winning editor on The Hurt Locker, announced.
Death Game starred Locke and Camp as psychotic nymphets who invade the home of a random married man (Cassel), then seduce and hold him captive for a weekend of terror. The film was finished in 1975, but an investigation into its finances delayed its ...
- 12/5/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Peter S. Traynor, a former insurance salesman who directed and produced the cult favorite Death Game, a suspense thriller starring Sondra Locke, Colleen Camp and Seymour Cassel, has died. He was 77.
Traynor died Oct. 15 of natural causes at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Bob Murawski, Oscar-winning editor on The Hurt Locker, announced.
Death Game starred Locke and Camp as psychotic nymphets who invade the home of a random married man (Cassel), then seduce and hold him captive for a weekend of terror. The film was finished in 1975, but an investigation into its finances delayed its ...
Traynor died Oct. 15 of natural causes at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Bob Murawski, Oscar-winning editor on The Hurt Locker, announced.
Death Game starred Locke and Camp as psychotic nymphets who invade the home of a random married man (Cassel), then seduce and hold him captive for a weekend of terror. The film was finished in 1975, but an investigation into its finances delayed its ...
- 12/5/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Reviewed by Kevin Scott
MoreHorror.com
Knock, Knock
Written by Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez, Guillermo Amoedo
Directed by: Eli Roth
Cast: Keanu Reeves (Evan), Lorenza Izzo (Genesis), Ana de Armas (Bell), Colleen Camp (Vivian)
I’ve been watching a lot of Eli Roth’s most current stuff here lately. He’s definitely built a new network of actors and associates, and has been involved himself as actor, producer, and director in films like “The Stranger”, “The Green Inferno”, and “Aftershock”. All have interesting premises, and how well they are executed is left to the discretion of the viewer.
Knock, Knock is his most mainstream project due to the high profile casting of Keanu Reeves. It’s quite a pairing of two film professionals that elicit reactions of either fervent disdain or a passionate defense of their misunderstood talents. I’m neutral as I think most should be. I don’t like everything they do,...
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Knock, Knock
Written by Eli Roth, Nicolas Lopez, Guillermo Amoedo
Directed by: Eli Roth
Cast: Keanu Reeves (Evan), Lorenza Izzo (Genesis), Ana de Armas (Bell), Colleen Camp (Vivian)
I’ve been watching a lot of Eli Roth’s most current stuff here lately. He’s definitely built a new network of actors and associates, and has been involved himself as actor, producer, and director in films like “The Stranger”, “The Green Inferno”, and “Aftershock”. All have interesting premises, and how well they are executed is left to the discretion of the viewer.
Knock, Knock is his most mainstream project due to the high profile casting of Keanu Reeves. It’s quite a pairing of two film professionals that elicit reactions of either fervent disdain or a passionate defense of their misunderstood talents. I’m neutral as I think most should be. I don’t like everything they do,...
- 1/28/2016
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Title: Knock Knock Lionsgate Director: Eli Roth Writer: Eli Roth, Nicolás López, Guillermo Amoedo Cast: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Colleen Camp, Aaron Burns Running Time: 100 minutes Rated: R (Nudity, Language, Sexual Situations, Violence) Special Features: Audio Commentary by Eli Roth, Lorenza Izzo, Nicolás López and Collen Camp; 2 Deleted Scenes with optional audio commentary by Eli Roth; “The Art of Destruction: The Making of Knock Knock” Featurette; Still Gallery On Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD December 8th Director Eli Roth’s remake of the 1977 cult classic Death Game. Evan Webber (Keanu Reeves) is a loving father of two children, and has a beautiful artist wife [ Read More ]
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- 12/18/2015
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Director Eli Roth‘s “Knock Knock,” a remake of the 1977 exploitation picture “Death Game,” sometimes plays more like a comedy than like the grungy thriller that inspired it, but that’s often all to the good. Colleen Camp, who co-starred in “Death Game,” is a producer on this version (and Roth has given Camp a funny little cameo in it), while her co-star Sondra Locke is credited as an executive producer along with the director of the original, Peter Traynor. But “Knock Knock” is very much its own movie, and Roth deserves some credit for keeping the updated narrative fairly plausible.
- 10/8/2015
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
While We’re Young: Roth’s Revisits Grindhouse Home Invasion
Genre director Eli Roth presents his first remake, Knock Knock, a rehash of a 1977 grindhouse thriller, Death Game (which starred Colleen Camp and Sondra Locke, both returning as producers), utilizing modern technology for this revamped mixture of home invasion nightmare and portrait of masculine anxiety. Entertaining as a bit of unintentional camp, Roth’s inability to reign in over-the-top antics from his wildly uneven cast members doffs its queasy sexual overtones nearly as soon as they begin to develop. Headliner Keanu Reeves, along with Roth’s own wife Lorenza Izzo, tend to run amok in a screenplay co-written by the director’s clutch of Chilean acolytes Nicolas Lopez and Guillermo Amodeo. Salty, overly exuberant bits of dialogue only solidify the film’s aptitude for off-putting ludicrousness, but for those inclined towards grungy, misanthropic portraits of cruel psychological games, it’s not a complete loss.
Genre director Eli Roth presents his first remake, Knock Knock, a rehash of a 1977 grindhouse thriller, Death Game (which starred Colleen Camp and Sondra Locke, both returning as producers), utilizing modern technology for this revamped mixture of home invasion nightmare and portrait of masculine anxiety. Entertaining as a bit of unintentional camp, Roth’s inability to reign in over-the-top antics from his wildly uneven cast members doffs its queasy sexual overtones nearly as soon as they begin to develop. Headliner Keanu Reeves, along with Roth’s own wife Lorenza Izzo, tend to run amok in a screenplay co-written by the director’s clutch of Chilean acolytes Nicolas Lopez and Guillermo Amodeo. Salty, overly exuberant bits of dialogue only solidify the film’s aptitude for off-putting ludicrousness, but for those inclined towards grungy, misanthropic portraits of cruel psychological games, it’s not a complete loss.
- 10/8/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Lionsgate has announced an October 9th theatrical and VOD release for Eli Roth’s latest, the Sundance premiere and intimate thriller, Knock Knock. Loosely based on 1977’s Death Game—with that film’s Colleen Camp and Sondra Locke producing—Knock Knock stars Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas. In the film, Reeves plays a devoted family man and architect left…
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- 7/15/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Aaron Burns, Colleen Camp | Written by Eli Roth, Guillermo Amoedo, Nicolás López | Directed by Eli Roth
There’s something very traditional about Eli Roth’s recent horror output, be it the score he utilises here in Knock Knock or the fact that his last few directorial efforts seem to spend half of their running time setting up the film before the true plot kicks in and everything goes to hell in a handcart.
That’s certainly the case here.
Knock Knock starts off pretty innocently enough: architect and family man Evan (Reeves) is left home alone – to work – whilst his wife and kids head off for a weekend away. His peace and quiet is disturbed by two strangers, nubile young girls (as is the wont of many a horror film cliche, looking for a party they should be at. Only they never reach the party.
There’s something very traditional about Eli Roth’s recent horror output, be it the score he utilises here in Knock Knock or the fact that his last few directorial efforts seem to spend half of their running time setting up the film before the true plot kicks in and everything goes to hell in a handcart.
That’s certainly the case here.
Knock Knock starts off pretty innocently enough: architect and family man Evan (Reeves) is left home alone – to work – whilst his wife and kids head off for a weekend away. His peace and quiet is disturbed by two strangers, nubile young girls (as is the wont of many a horror film cliche, looking for a party they should be at. Only they never reach the party.
- 7/1/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A world premiere in the midnight section of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Eli Roth’s seductive thriller Knock Knock is headed toward UK release. In anticipation of its June date, a new international trailer has hit. Loosely based on 1977’s Death Game (stars Colleen Camp and Sondra Locke helped produce this new iteration), Knock Knock stars Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo…
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- 5/22/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Earlier this year we got a brief first look at Eli Roth's Knock Knock, and now a full international trailer has been released for the horror thriller. Inspired by the 1977 Peter S. Traynor movie Death Game, the film stars Keanu Reeves as a married man who is tempted by two very hot young girls (Aftershock's Lorenza Izzo and Blind Alley's Ana de Armas) after they show up at his door looking for help, and seems to be a mix between Fatal Attraction and Hard Candy....
- 5/22/2015
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Keanu Reeves stars in the home invasion thriller alongside Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas
Lionsgate is back in business with Eli Roth, as the studio has closed a deal to acquire the director’s home invasion thriller “Knock Knock” for $2.5 million, an individual close to the negotiations has told TheWrap.
Keanu Reeves stars as a married man left alone for the weekend who’s seduced and tortured by two beautiful young girls, played by Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas in her first English-language role.
The film premiered on Friday night at the Library and drew mixed reviews, with...
Lionsgate is back in business with Eli Roth, as the studio has closed a deal to acquire the director’s home invasion thriller “Knock Knock” for $2.5 million, an individual close to the negotiations has told TheWrap.
Keanu Reeves stars as a married man left alone for the weekend who’s seduced and tortured by two beautiful young girls, played by Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas in her first English-language role.
The film premiered on Friday night at the Library and drew mixed reviews, with...
- 1/27/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Mike White, editor of the awesome cult cinema book Impossibly Funky, will be criss-crossing New England and Canada from May 27 to June 4 for a rip-roaring book tour that will include readings, signings, plus screenings of some of his favorite films.
The action begins on May 27 at Manhattan’s famed 92YTribeca with a startling double feature of Miami Blues and Shock Treatment. Miami Blues, the 1990 film starring Alec Baldwin, is based on a novel by Charles Willeford, one of White’s favorite writers and the subject of a chapter in Impossibly Funky. Shock Treatment is the oft-overlooked sequel to the ultimate Midnight Movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The tour will then make stops in Schenectady, NY; Montreal, QC; Huntington, NY; Brooklyn, NY and Boston, Ma before concluding on June 4 at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence, Ri with a screening of Black Shampoo, the 1976 blaxploitation picture that has served as major obsession for White.
The action begins on May 27 at Manhattan’s famed 92YTribeca with a startling double feature of Miami Blues and Shock Treatment. Miami Blues, the 1990 film starring Alec Baldwin, is based on a novel by Charles Willeford, one of White’s favorite writers and the subject of a chapter in Impossibly Funky. Shock Treatment is the oft-overlooked sequel to the ultimate Midnight Movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The tour will then make stops in Schenectady, NY; Montreal, QC; Huntington, NY; Brooklyn, NY and Boston, Ma before concluding on June 4 at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence, Ri with a screening of Black Shampoo, the 1976 blaxploitation picture that has served as major obsession for White.
- 5/23/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Back in 1977 Sondra Locke and Colleen Camp appeared together in a film as two young girls who appear on a happily married man's doorstep while his family is away. Obviously mayhem ensues if we're discussing it here, especially since Trembles is involved. Check out this week's Motion Picture Purgatory: Peter S. Traynor's Death Game.
Co-starring with Locke and Camp is Seymour Cassel as George Manning, who invites them in out of the rain to use his telephone, and like a fantasy come true, George is seduced by these two voluptuous young vixens. But in the tradition of Fatal Attraction, the party's not over yet for "poor Georgy", who is now trapped in the clutches of two savage torturesses. Can George escape alive from this forty-eight-hour hellish nightmare of kinky torment and brutal murder?
Statutory gape!
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Co-starring with Locke and Camp is Seymour Cassel as George Manning, who invites them in out of the rain to use his telephone, and like a fantasy come true, George is seduced by these two voluptuous young vixens. But in the tradition of Fatal Attraction, the party's not over yet for "poor Georgy", who is now trapped in the clutches of two savage torturesses. Can George escape alive from this forty-eight-hour hellish nightmare of kinky torment and brutal murder?
Statutory gape!
Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the comments section below!
- 10/9/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Before Google, there was Factsheet 5.
Factsheet 5 was a magazine published in the ’80s and ’90s that listed about a gazillion hand-produced, personal ‘zines in every issue. It came out a couple times a year and, if you were interested in zines, it was like discovering the Holy Grail each and every time.
You’d pour through each issue, highlight a couple zines that sounded cool, send off a couple of bucks to each publisher, then wait a few weeks for the goodies to arrive in your mailbox. That might sound like a long, irritating process in these Internet instant opinion days, but it was quite fun and it was one of the only ways at the time to commune with people who had similar interests as yours all over the country.
Back in the mid-’90s, Factsheet 5 was the way I was introduced to the seminal film zine Cashiers du Cinemart,...
Factsheet 5 was a magazine published in the ’80s and ’90s that listed about a gazillion hand-produced, personal ‘zines in every issue. It came out a couple times a year and, if you were interested in zines, it was like discovering the Holy Grail each and every time.
You’d pour through each issue, highlight a couple zines that sounded cool, send off a couple of bucks to each publisher, then wait a few weeks for the goodies to arrive in your mailbox. That might sound like a long, irritating process in these Internet instant opinion days, but it was quite fun and it was one of the only ways at the time to commune with people who had similar interests as yours all over the country.
Back in the mid-’90s, Factsheet 5 was the way I was introduced to the seminal film zine Cashiers du Cinemart,...
- 9/30/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
She is a Gossip Girl and she is in Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3-D remake on April 27, 2010. Remember when it seemed like Piranha would be one of the few 3-D movies this year? Jessica Szohr also appeared in House at the End of the Drive directed by David Worth, who also directed the must see Death Game. This is kind of like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with hot chicks and no Kevin Bacon... Anyway check out Szohr in a bikini below!
- 3/31/2010
- by Kevin Touch
- HorrorYearbook
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