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Horror at the Golden Globes: ‘Lovecraft Country,’ ‘La Llorona’ and ‘Ratched’

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Horror at the Golden Globes

Horror fans are used to getting their hopes dashed when it comes to film awards season, especially at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. While horror films are nominated here and there, they rarely nominate all the truly deserving films that year (let us not forget the omission of Hereditary in 2018). 

Today, however, the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced with some exciting horror nominations included. 

Golden Globes Horror Nominees

Lovecraft Country

The popular monster HBO series Lovecraft Country, created by Misha Green, is nominated for Best Television Series – Drama. This show, based off Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, takes place in the horror-filled town that H.P. Lovecraft supposedly based his locations in his novels. 

Ratched

Another television series that received the Golden Globe love was Ryan Murphy and Netflix’s Ratched. The series received three nominations in Best Television Series – Drama, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for Sarah Paulson, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role for Cynthia Nixon. 

Ratched, based on characters in Miloš Forman’s 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and the novel by the same name by Ken Kesey, continues the television magic made by Ryan Murphy, who also created American Horror Story. 

La Llorona

In film, the horrifying, politically-charged Shudder film La Llorona, directed by Jayro Bustamante, received a nomination for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language at the Golden Globes.

As the only true horror film nominated, this is a win in many ways: a win for foreign horror, a win for Shudder and a win for innovative horror films. One of my favorite films of last year, La Llorona combines the familiar legend of the crying woman with real South American genocide. 

The film was also submitted for the same category in the Oscars, so here’s to hoping! 

Also, this film is NOT to be confused with the American The Curse of La Llorona of 2019. If you have seen that film, I highly recommend you check out the Shudder film to see a different and in some ways scarier interpretation. 

In the “Almost Horror” Category…

Promising Young Woman Golden Globes

Outside of outright horror, there were also some nominations worthy of celebration for films that flirt with the horror genre. 

Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, her directorial debut, has been nominated for four different categories. Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director – Motion Picture for Emerald Fennell, Best Actress in a Motion Picture for Carey Mulligan and Best Screenplay – Motion Picture. 

While I would hesitate to call Promising Young Woman horror, it is definitely one of the most uncomfortable and disturbing films that came out in 2020, granting it an honorary horror label in my book. 

Lastly, the serial killer thriller from HBO Max The Little Things, directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), scored one nomination for Jared Leto’s serial killer in Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture. 

Good luck to all the nominees! The Golden Globes will air at the end of this month, on February 28. Let’s support our horror nominees and hope for the best in the rest of the awards season! 

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‘Immaculate’ Stars Reveal Which Horror Villains They Would “F, Marry, Kill”

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Sydney Sweeney is just coming off the success of her rom-com Anyone But You, but she’s ditching the love story for a horror story in her latest film Immaculate.

Sweeney is taking Hollywood by storm, portraying everything from a love-lusting teenager in Euphoria to an accidental superhero in Madame Web. Although the latter got a lot of hate among theater-goers, Immaculate is getting the polar opposite.

The film was screened at SXSW this past week and was well-received. It also gained a reputation for being extremely gory. Derek Smith of Slant says the, “final act contains some of the most twisted, gory violence this particular subgenre of horror has seen in years…”

Thankfully curious horror movie fans won’t have to wait long to see for themselves what Smith is talking about as Immaculate will hit theaters across the United States on March, 22.

Bloody Disgusting says that the movie’s distributor NEON, in a bit of marketing smarts, had stars Sydney Sweeney and Simona Tabasco play a game of “F, Marry, Kill” in which all their choices had to be horror movie villains.

It’s an interesting question, and you might be surprised at their answers. So colorful are their responses that YouTube slapped an age-restricted rating on the video.

Immaculate is a religious horror movie that NEON says stars Sweeney, “as Cecilia, an American nun of devout faith, embarking on a new journey in a remote convent in the picturesque Italian countryside. Cecilia’s warm welcome quickly devolves into a nightmare as it becomes clear her new home harbors a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.”

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Michael Keaton Raves About “Beetlejuice” Sequel: A Beautiful and Emotional Return to the Netherworld

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After more than three decades since the original “Beetlejuice” film took audiences by storm with its unique blend of comedy, horror, and whimsy, Michael Keaton has given fans a reason to eagerly anticipate the sequel. In a recent interview, Keaton shared his thoughts on an early cut of the upcoming “Beetlejuice” sequel, and his words have only added to the growing excitement surrounding the film’s release.

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Keaton, reprising his iconic role as the mischievous and eccentric ghost, Beetlejuice, described the sequel as “beautiful”, a term that encapsulates not only the visual aspects of the film but its emotional depth as well. “It is really good. And beautiful. Beautiful, you know, physically. You know what I mean? The other one was so fun and exciting visually. It’s all that, but really kind of beautiful and interestingly emotional here and there. I wasn’t ready for that, you know. Yeah, it’s great,” Keaton remarked during his appearance on The Jess Cagle Show.

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Keaton’s praise did not stop at the film’s visual and emotional appeal. He also lauded the performances of both returning and new cast members, signaling a dynamic ensemble that is sure to please fans. “It’s great and the cast, I mean, Catherine [O’Hara], if you thought she was funny last time, double it. She’s so funny and Justin Theroux is like, I mean, come on,” Keaton enthused. O’Hara returns as Delia Deetz, while Theroux joins the cast in a yet-to-be-disclosed role. The sequel also introduces Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter, Monica Bellucci as Beetlejuice’s wife, and Willem Dafoe as a dead B movie actor, adding new layers to the beloved universe.

“It’s just so fun and I’ve seen it now, I’m gonna see it again after a couple little tweaks in the editing room and I confidently say this thing is great,” Keaton shared. The journey from the original “Beetlejuice” to its sequel has been a long one, but if Keaton’s early rave is anything to go by, it will have been worth the wait. Showtime for the sequel is set for September 6th.

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‘The Unknown’ From Willy Wonka Event is Getting a Horror Movie

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Not since the Fyre Festival has an event been so lambasted online as Glasgow, Scotland’s Willy Wonka Experience. In case you haven’t heard about it, it was a children’s spectacular that celebrated Roald Dahl’s offbeat chocolatier by taking families through a themed space that felt like his magical factory. Only, thanks to cellphone cameras and social testimony, it was actually a sparsely decorated warehouse filled with flimsy set designs that looked like they were bought on Temu.

The famous disgruntled Oompa Loompa is now a meme and several hired actors have spoken out about the inelegant party. But one character seems to have come out on top, The Unknown, the mirror-masked emotionless villain who appears from behind a mirror, terrifying younger attendees. The actor who played Wonka, at the event, Paul Conell, recites his script and gives some backstory to this frightening entity.

“The bit that got me was where I had to say, ‘There is a man we don’t know his name. We know him as the Unknown. This Unknown is an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls,'” Conell told Business Insider. “It was terrifying for the kids. Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil?”

Despite the sour affair, something sweet may come out of it. Bloody Disgusting has reported that a horror movie is being made based on The Unknown and may get a release as early as this year.

The horror publication quotes Kaledonia Pictures: “The film, gearing up for production and a late 2024 release, follows a renowned illustrator and his wife who are haunted by the tragic death of their son, Charlie. Desperate to escape their grief, the couple leave the world behind for the remote Scottish Highlands – where an unknowable evil awaits them.”

@katsukiluvrr evil chicolate maker who lives in the walls from willies chocolate experience in glasgow x #glasgow #willywonka #wonkaglasgow #scottish #wonka #theunknown #fyp #trending #foryou ♬ its the unknown – mol💌

They add, “We are excited to begin production and look forward to sharing more with you as soon as possible. We are actually only a few miles from the event, so it is quite surreal to see Glasgow all over social media, worldwide.”

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