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Now Boarding: Terror Takes to the Skies in these Airplane-Set Horror Films

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Flying is never easy. Let’s be honest, it’s a total nightmare, and who knows when it’ll be safe to travel again. From turbulence to screaming babies, flying is like a horror film, and the genre has capitalized on the horrors of flight. These five airplane-set horror films full of snakes, zombies, ghosts, and death itself will have you rethinking your next flight.

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

 

Like Indiana Jones said, “Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?”  Snakes on a Plane is the ultimate airplane-set horror film–a high-octane thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson.

Escorting a witness, FBI agent Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) boards a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles. But this is no ordinary transfer as an assassin releases a crate of deadly snakes on the plane to kill the witness. Flynn and the rest of the passengers must band together if they want to survive the lethal attack.

Managing to be both fun and scary, Snakes on a Plane has exactly what you would expect from a movie like this. For being more of a B movie, the film still manages to get under your skin with some unnerving sequences of snakes slithering in between the aisles, underneath seats, falling from compartment heads, and biting and latching onto their victims. Outlandish, and not for the faint of heart, Snakes on Plane is an all-around good time filled with B-movie madness.

Flight 7500 (2014)

Something mysterious is happening on flight 7500. From the director of The Grudge, Takashi Shimizu, comes a terrifying thrill ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

In the film, flight 7500 departs from Los Angeles International Airport bound for Tokyo. As the overnight flight makes its way over the Pacific Ocean during its ten-hour flight, the plane suffers turbulence resulting in a passenger suddenly dying. Unbeknownst to the rest of the passengers, a supernatural force is unleashed, slowly taking the passengers one by one.

The atmosphere is one of the highlights of the film as Takashi Shimizu crafts a moody, claustrophobic ghost tale. Flight 7500 is virtually a haunted house film set on a plane. Shimizu uses Japanese horror elements such as long, dark corridors and ghosts lurking in the background. You won’t find any long-haired ghost girls on this flight, however, as Shimizu uses the themes of death and grief to drive the story instead of the typical American jump scares.

Red Eye (2005)

No snakes or ghosts are needed to make this flight terrifying.

Primarily set on board on an airliner, Red Eye follows hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams), flying back home from her grandmother’s funeral. Due to bad weather, the flight is delayed. While waiting for her flight, Lisa meets the irresistible Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy), and a romance begins to blossom.

As luck would have it, they’re seated together on the plane, but Lisa soon learns that this wasn’t a coincidence. Jackson hopes to assassinate the head of Homeland Security. To do that, he needs Lisa to reassign his hotel room. As insurance, Jackson has a hitman waiting to kill Lisa’s father if she doesn’t cooperate.

Red Eye is an airplane-set horror film filled with tension and classic suspense that only Wes Craven can pull off from start to finish. Tapping into our fears, the director crafts an intense psychological thriller with tight camera angles, ominous lighting, and tightly enclosed spaces, along with a menacing villain and a strong female lead.

Craven proved, once again, that he can scare us with Red Eye.

Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)

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Years after the outbreak in Raccoon City, a zombie attack brings chaos to Harvardville Airport as Resident Evil: Degeneration begins.

The outbreak begins when a survivor of the original incident unleashes a variant of the T-Virus, causing the plane to crash inside the airport. Raccoon City survivors Claire Redfield (Alyson Court) and Leon Kennedy (Paul Mercier) are once again thrown into chaos as they are needed to contain the contagion before it spreads.

Will Claire and Leon be able to terminate the virus before it’s Raccoon City all over again?

Not entirely set on an airplane, Resident Evil: Degeneration is relentlessly frightening and filled with non-stop action. Degeneration will satisfy fans of the franchise as the film is more faithful to the games than the live-action films. The motion-capture CG animation is well executed, making the film looks and feels like a 90-minute cut-scene from the games. The film has effective jump scares, a gripping storyline, and is definitely worth watching.

Final Destination (2000)

Death takes flight with Final Destination.

Final Destination follows Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) embarking on a trip to Paris with his senior class. Before takeoff, Alex experiences a premonition and sees the plane explode. Alex insists that everyone get off the plane, trying to warn them of the impending disaster.

In the chaos, seven people, including Alex, are forced off the plane. Moments later, they watch as it explodes. Alex and the other survivors have cheated death, but death is coming for them, and they will not escape their fate. One by one, the survivors soon begin to fall victim to the grim reaper because there is no escaping death.

Final Destination takes death to new heights. The film is packed full of unexpected twists and over-the-top death sequences. Who can forget that infamous bus scene? But it’s the film’s opening sequence that generates the most anxiety and excitement. Being both inventive and original, Final Destination is a staple in horror cinema and delivers perhaps the most frightening airplane sequence of all time.

If these films weren’t enough for you, check out these other airplane-set horror films: Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane, Flight:666, the Hitchcockian thriller Flightplan, and for what it’s worth, check out the opening sequences to Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare and Rings.

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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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