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Blumhouse Gifts Fans With The ‘Black Christmas’ Trailer

Ahead of the quickly approaching holidays comes Black Christmas, a timely take on a cult horror classic as a campus killer comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood. Today, Blumhouse gifts horror fans with the first bloody trailer. “Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots, Green Room) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters—athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue, The CW’s Jane the Virgin), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon, The CW’s Charmed), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O’Grady, Fox’s Star)—prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, Riley and her squad start to question whether they can trust any man, including Marty’s beta-male boyfriend, Nate (Simon Mead, Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story), Riley’s new crush Landon (Caleb Eberhardt, Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle) or even esteemed classics instructor Professor Gelson (Cary Elwes). Whoever

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2019
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Blumhouse Gifts Horror Fans With The Poster For The Black Christmas Remake

Universal and Blumhouse are ready to ring in the holidays. Today the horror powerhouse revealed the new poster for their remake of the 1974 genre classic, Black Christmas. With V/H/S director Sophia Takal at the helm and a script by Takal and April Wolfe, the film stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O’Grady, Lily Donoghue, and Caleb Eberhardt. The film centers on a group of sorority sisters at Hawthorne College, who are being hunted down and killed by an unknown stalker. Soon, the killer learns that the school’s women are willing to mount a fight to stop the carnage. The original film, directed by Bob Clark and written by Roy Moore, stars Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, and John Saxon. Black Christmas quickly became a holiday classic for genre fans and is to this day. The film was re-released a couple of years ago on Blu-ray by Scream Factory. Jason Blum of Blumhouse, Ben Cosgrove and Adam Hendricks of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2019
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It’s A “New Year, New You” In The Trailer For Hulu’s Next Episode Of “Into The Dark”

Hulu’s horror series “Into the Dark” has just unveiled the trailer for their December episode titled “New Year, New You.” In the era of “self-care” mania, a group of millennial friends gather for a girls’ night reunion on New Year’s Eve to reconnect and reminiscence. But as they begin to rehash old memories and revisit an old party game of “Never, Have I Ever,” gripes and secrets they’ve been harboring manifest in nefarious and surprising ways. Suki Waterhouse (Assassination Nation, The Bad Bitch), stars alongside Carly Chaikin (Mr. Robot, Suburgatory), Melissa Bergland, Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Veronica Mars Reboot, The Good Place, Killing Eve, Barry), Isabella Acres, Michelle Haro, and Bianca Lopez. The festive girl’s night gone bad was directed by Sophia Takal (Green) which she co-wrote with Adam Gaines. “Into the Dark: New Year, New You” premieres on Hulu on December 28, 2018. The previous episodes of “Into the Dark” are now streaming on Hulu.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2018
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Blumhouse’s First Female Director Behind December’s Episode Of “Into The Dark”

Hulu’s horror series “Into the Dark” has released three fantastic episode so far. The first details have just arrived for the fourth episode “New Year, New You“. The episode marks a big moment for Blumhouse. “New Year, New You” features Blumhouse’s first (ever) female director, Sophia Takal (Always Shine, Green, V/H/S). Back in October Jason Blum landed in hot water after he was asked by Polygon why Blumhouse had never featured a female director. No matter what, we’re just glad that a female filmmaker has finally been given the opportunity to see their vision come to life through Blumhouse. In the holiday-themed episode, “A group of friends from high school reconnects for a special New Year’s Eve girls night but as they begin to rehash old memories many of the gripes they’ve been harboring manifest in murderous ways.” Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch), Carly Chaikin (“Mr. Robot”), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (“Killing Eve”, “Barry”), and Melissa Bergland (“Winners & Losers”) star. “New

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 11, 2018

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Blumhouse Gifts Fans With The ‘Black Christmas’ Trailer

Ahead of the quickly approaching holidays comes Black Christmas, a timely take on a cult horror classic as a campus killer comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood. Today, Blumhouse gifts horror fans with the first bloody trailer. “Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots, Green Room) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters—athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue, The CW’s Jane the Virgin), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon, The CW’s Charmed), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O’Grady, Fox’s Star)—prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, Riley and her squad start to question whether they can trust any man, including Marty’s beta-male boyfriend, Nate (Simon Mead, Same But Different: A True New Zealand Love Story), Riley’s new crush Landon (Caleb Eberhardt, Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle) or even esteemed classics instructor Professor Gelson (Cary Elwes). Whoever

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2019
Horror Fuel

Blumhouse Gifts Horror Fans With The Poster For The Black Christmas Remake

Universal and Blumhouse are ready to ring in the holidays. Today the horror powerhouse revealed the new poster for their remake of the 1974 genre classic, Black Christmas. With V/H/S director Sophia Takal at the helm and a script by Takal and April Wolfe, the film stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O’Grady, Lily Donoghue, and Caleb Eberhardt. The film centers on a group of sorority sisters at Hawthorne College, who are being hunted down and killed by an unknown stalker. Soon, the killer learns that the school’s women are willing to mount a fight to stop the carnage. The original film, directed by Bob Clark and written by Roy Moore, stars Margot Kidder, Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, and John Saxon. Black Christmas quickly became a holiday classic for genre fans and is to this day. The film was re-released a couple of years ago on Blu-ray by Scream Factory. Jason Blum of Blumhouse, Ben Cosgrove and Adam Hendricks of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 13, 2019
Horror Fuel

It’s A “New Year, New You” In The Trailer For Hulu’s Next Episode Of “Into The Dark”

Hulu’s horror series “Into the Dark” has just unveiled the trailer for their December episode titled “New Year, New You.” In the era of “self-care” mania, a group of millennial friends gather for a girls’ night reunion on New Year’s Eve to reconnect and reminiscence. But as they begin to rehash old memories and revisit an old party game of “Never, Have I Ever,” gripes and secrets they’ve been harboring manifest in nefarious and surprising ways. Suki Waterhouse (Assassination Nation, The Bad Bitch), stars alongside Carly Chaikin (Mr. Robot, Suburgatory), Melissa Bergland, Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Veronica Mars Reboot, The Good Place, Killing Eve, Barry), Isabella Acres, Michelle Haro, and Bianca Lopez. The festive girl’s night gone bad was directed by Sophia Takal (Green) which she co-wrote with Adam Gaines. “Into the Dark: New Year, New You” premieres on Hulu on December 28, 2018. The previous episodes of “Into the Dark” are now streaming on Hulu.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 18, 2018
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Blumhouse’s First Female Director Behind December’s Episode Of “Into The Dark”

Hulu’s horror series “Into the Dark” has released three fantastic episode so far. The first details have just arrived for the fourth episode “New Year, New You“. The episode marks a big moment for Blumhouse. “New Year, New You” features Blumhouse’s first (ever) female director, Sophia Takal (Always Shine, Green, V/H/S). Back in October Jason Blum landed in hot water after he was asked by Polygon why Blumhouse had never featured a female director. No matter what, we’re just glad that a female filmmaker has finally been given the opportunity to see their vision come to life through Blumhouse. In the holiday-themed episode, “A group of friends from high school reconnects for a special New Year’s Eve girls night but as they begin to rehash old memories many of the gripes they’ve been harboring manifest in murderous ways.” Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch), Carly Chaikin (“Mr. Robot”), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (“Killing Eve”, “Barry”), and Melissa Bergland (“Winners & Losers”) star. “New

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 11, 2018