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REVIEW: Hulu’s 12 Months of Horror Continues With ‘Flesh & Blood’
Hulu is extending Halloween to include 11 more months of scares in its new monthly anthology series Into the Dark. The first episode The Body was a critical success and if the second installment Flesh & Blood is any indication of the quality yet to come, we are in for a stellar good time.
The series will feature a full-length movie built around whatever holiday is known for that month.
November’s offering, Flesh & Blood is a claustrophobic creeper that takes place just before Thanksgiving and stars Dermot Mulroney and Diana Silvers as father and daughter respectively.
Kimberly (Diana Silvers) is reclusive, an agoraphobe who suffers from PTSD after her mother’s murder, one which remains unsolved. She and her dad live in a large home which he continuously renovates maybe because of his own unresolved trauma after his wife’s death.
Silvers is the star here. The focus being her unharnessed fear of the outdoors, she can’t even walk on the front stoop to get a delivery without being overcome with paralysis and catatonic anxiety.
Her dad Henry (Mulroney) only passively challenges her to face her fears, he leaves the therapy to a visiting psychologist played by Tembi Locke to cure her.
As with most house-bound characters, they begin to experience cabin fever, one of the symptoms being paranoia. Kimberly accidentally discovers something in the house that opens up a Pandora’s box of a mystery which may threaten what she thinks is reality.
Flesh & Blood is not a movie you can fully discuss without giving too much away. What I can say is that the layers of mystery and suspense unfold at an even pace, and each act carries with it a new twist, but always posed in the form of a question.
The breakneck finale answers everything amid a bloody mess as Kimberly finally sees the truth and has to choose between being captive to her own fear or venturing outdoors beyond the smoke and mirrors.
Credit should be given to writer Louis Ackerman and Director Patrick Lussier for piling up the mystery to hoard-levels and revealing the truth amid the final act for those who still haven’t caught on but giving everyone an equal thrill none-the-less.
Hulu’s Flesh & Blood embraces its title metaphorically in the beginning then much to our delight literally by the end.
It’s a twisted mystery, a perfect after-dinner mint to Halloween.
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‘Talk To Me’ Directors Danny & Michael Philippou Reteam With A24 for ‘Bring Her Back’
A24 didn’t waste any time snatching up the Philippou brothers (Michael and Danny) for their next feature titled Bring Her Back. The duo have been on a short list of young directors to watch for since the success of their horror film Talk to Me.
The South Australian twins surprised many people with their debut feature. They were mostly known for being YouTube pranksters and extreme stuntmen.
It was announced today that Bring Her Back will star Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water, Willy Wonka) and begin filming this summer. No word yet on what this film is about.
Although its title sounds like it could be connected to the Talk to Me universe this project doesn’t appear to be related to that film.
However, in 2023 the brothers revealed a Talk to Me prequel was already made which they say is a screen life concept.
“We actually shot an entire Duckett prequel already. It’s told entirely through the perspective of mobile phones and social media, so maybe down the line we can release that,” Danny Philippou told The Hollywood Reporter last year. “But also while writing the first film, you can’t help but write scenes for a second film. So there’s so many scenes. The mythology was so thick, and if A24 gave us the opportunity, we wouldn’t be able to resist. I feel like we’d jump at it.”
In addition, the Philippous are working on a proper sequel to Talk To Me something they say they have already written sequences for. They are also attached to a Street Fighter film.
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‘Happy Death Day 3’ Only Needs Greenlight From Studio
Jessica Rothe who is currently starring in the ultra-violent Boy Kills World talked to ScreenGeek at WonderCon and gave them an exclusive update about her franchise Happy Death Day.
The horror time-looper is a popular series that did pretty well at the box office especially the first one which introduced us to the bratty Tree Gelbman (Rothe) who is being stalked by a masked killer. Christopher Landon directed the original and its sequel Happy Death Day 2U.
According to Rothe, a third is being proposed, but two major studios need to sign off on the project. Here is what Rothe had to say:
“Well, I can say Chris Landon has the whole thing figured out. We just need to wait for Blumhouse and Universal to get their ducks in a row. But my fingers are so crossed. I think Tree [Gelbman] deserves her third and final chapter to bring that incredible character and franchise to a close or a new beginning.”
The movies delve into sci-fi territory with their repeated wormhole mechanics. The second leans heavily into this by utilizing an experimental quantum reactor as a plot device. Whether this apparatus will play into the third film isn’t clear. We will have to wait for the studio’s thumbs up or thumbs down to find out.
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Will ‘Scream VII’ Focus on The Prescott Family, Kids?
Since the beginning of the Scream franchise, it seems there have been NDAs handed out to the cast to not reveal any plot details or casting choices. But clever internet sleuths can pretty much find anything these days thanks to the World Wide Web and report what they find as conjecture instead of fact. It’s not the best journalistic practice, but it gets buzz going and if Scream has done anything well over the past 20-plus years it’s creating buzz.
In the latest speculation of what Scream VII will be about, horror movie blogger and deduction king Critical Overlord posted in early April that casting agents for the horror movie are looking to hire actors for children’s roles. This has led to some believing Ghostface will target Sidney’s family bringing the franchise back to its roots where our final girl is once again vulnerable and afraid.
'SCREAM VII' will reportedly include Sidney Prescott's family as leads.
— CriticalOverlord (@CriticalOverlo3) April 6, 2024
"They are looking to cast Sid's two kids. It seems like the movie will focus on Sid's family as all 4 (her, her husband and 2 kids) are listed as leads."
(Via: @DanielRPK) #ScreamVII pic.twitter.com/TPdkE1WbOa
It is common knowledge now that Neve Campbell is returning to the Scream franchise after being low-balled by Spyglass for her part in Scream VI which led to her resignation. It’s also well-known that Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega won’t be back any time soon to play their respective roles as sisters Sam and Tara Carpenter. Execs scrambling to find their bearings got broadsided when director Cristopher Landon said he would also not be going forward with Scream VII as originally planned.
Enter Scream creator Kevin Williamson who is now directing the latest installment. But the Carpenter’s arc has been seemingly scrapped so which direction will he take his beloved films? Critical Overlord seems to think it will be a familial thriller.
This also piggy-backs news that Patrick Dempsey might return to the series as Sidney’s husband which was hinted at in Scream V. Additionally, Courteney Cox is also considering reprising her role as the badass journalist-turned-author Gale Weathers.
As the film starts filming in Canada sometime this year, it will be interesting to see how well they can keep the plot under wraps. Hopefully, those who don’t want any spoilers can avoid them through production. As for us, we liked an idea that would bring the franchise into the mega-meta universe.
This will be the third Scream sequel not directed by Wes Craven.
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