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New ‘Separation’ Trailer Unleashes Nightmare Inducing Horrors On A Family

The trailer for Separation, the new genre film from The Boy, and the upcoming Orphan prequel First Kill director William Brent Bell is here and it teases some serious nightmare-inducing horrors. In the film, “Eight-year-old Jenny (Violet McGraw) is constantly caught in the middle of the feuding between her lawyer mother Maggie (Mamie Gummer) and artist father Jeff (Rupert Friend). She leads a lonely but imaginative life, surrounded by puppets called “Grisly Kin”, which are based on the works of her father. When Maggie is tragically killed in a hit-and-run, Jeff and Jenny try to piece together a new life. But when Maggie’s father (Brian Cox) sues for custody, and babysitter Samantha (Madeline Brewer) tries to be the new woman of the house, life in their Brooklyn townhome takes a dark turn. The puppets and frightening characters come to life and Jenny is the only person who can see them. When the motives of the ghoulish creatures become clear, the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 28, 2021
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Isabelle Fuhrman Gets Bloody In The First Images From ‘Orphan: First Kill’

Back in November, we reported that Isabelle Fuhrman is returning for the prequel to 2009’s Orphan as Esther. Today, we’ve got the first behind the scenes look at Orphan: First Kill via Fuhrman’s social media. Filming will soon wrap on Orphan: First Kill and according to reports, 23-year-old Fuhrman looks as if she hasn’t aged a day since Jaume Collet-Serra’s hit film debuted thanks to clever angles, world-class makeup, and effects. In 2009 Fuhrman brought to life the twisted and terrifying Esther to life. The character was actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, posing as a child up for adoption. Once adopted by a young couple with two children, Esther manipulates everyone around her while attempting to seduce her new father and killing anyone who gets in her way. In First Kill, “Leena orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels back to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2020
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Rossif Sutherland Boards Orphan Prequel “First Kill”

Yesterday we reported that Isabelle Fuhrman will be returning to reprise her role of Esther in the upcoming prequel to the disturbing 2009 film Orphan. We can now report that the cast has gained another star, Possessor (out today on VOD and Digital) actor Rossif Sutherland, half-brother of Kiefer Sutherland, Deadline announced. The cast also includes The Omen‘s (2006) actress Julia Stiles. In the movie, titled Orphan: First Kill, “Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.” William Brent Bell (The Boy) is directing from the script written by David Coggeshall (The Haunting in Connecticut 2) for Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment One.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 7, 2020
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Movie Review: Brahms: The Boy II

It’s rare these days to see a sequel outshine its predecessor, but that is the case with director William Brent Bell’s Brahms: The Boy II. The first movie introduces a nanny hired to babysit a doll. She eventually discovers after witnessing what she thinks is a possessed doll that there is a man living within the walls of the manor. The Boy II expands on the doll’s history. It centers on a couple (Katie Holmes and Owain Yeoman) and their young son Jude (Christopher Convery) who move into the guest house on the property of the manor from the first film. Due to the trauma caused by a home invasion, their son has stopped talking. While exploring the property Jude discovers a doll buried in the dirt, the infamous Brahms. Soon Katie Holme’s Liza begins to believe that the doll is not only a bad influence on her son, but that Brams may very well be possessed. I was surprised

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 1, 2020
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Win A Copy Of The Frightening Flick ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ On Blu-Ray!

Brahms: The Boy II (review) is now out on Blu-ray and DVD. If you don’t already have your copy, here’s your chance to win one. We are teaming up with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to give our readers a chance to score a special feature-packed Blu-ray copy of the creepy film. Katie Holmes (“Ray Donavan”), Owain Yeoman (The Belco Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”) star in the chilling sequel from the producers that brought you IT and The Ring. In Brahms: The Boy II, unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Director William Brent Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) returns alongside the team that produced the original film, Roy Lee (It, Doctor Sleep, The Ring), Jim Wedaa (Mission to Mars, Unstoppable), and Matt Berenson (Best of Enemies, The Place Beyond

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 30, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Brahms: The Boy II (2020)

Married-types Liza (Katie Holmes) and Sean (Owain Yeoman) beat a hasty retreat to the countryside in an attempt to forget a robbery dealio that L-Dawg experienced in the city that left her shook A.F. As fate and the script wound have it, their crotch-goblin Jude (Christopher Convery) discovers a creepy-ass doll in the woods and brings that putrid, porcelain fuck right the fuck home… and guess what? That terrible toy seems to have a life of it’s own. Unrelenting horror biz ensues. Look, I can’t slap a revoltin’ review on Brahms: The Boy II without mentioning 2016’s original recipe The Boy… and you bet your ass there is a spoiler or two heading your way, so consider your arcane asses duly warned. The thing I hated the most about the first entry is fixed-as-all-fuck this go-around… namely the nature of the doll, Brahms, itself. In the first movie, that doll was just a cover for some other sinister shit (though

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DanXIII
May 16, 2020
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This May ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ Comes Home

This May bring home Brams: The Boy II. Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”) star in the chilling sequel from the producers that brought you IT and The Ring. In Brahms: The Boy II, unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Director William Brent Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) returns alongside the team that produced the original film, Roy Lee (It, Doctor Sleep, The Ring), Jim Wedaa (Mission to Mars, Unstoppable), and Matt Berenson (Best of Enemies, The Place Beyond the Pines) for the eerie second installment that features outstanding supporting performances by Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment, American Sniper), Christopher Convery (“Gotham,” “Stranger Things”), and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, “Chernobyl”). Audiences everywhere can now witness the haunting story of Brahms slowly unfold, as it exposes a trail

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2020
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Brahms Finds A New Family In The Second Trailer For ‘The Boy II’

The creepy doll from 2016’s The Boy is back for another round of terror in director William Brent Bell‘s Brahms: The Boy II. In the film’s second trailer, Brahms finds a new family to terrorize. Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Katie Holmes stars alongside Christopher Convery (“Gotham”), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experience) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch) in the film written by Stacey Menear and produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Gary Lucchesi, and Richard Wright in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. Brahms: The Boy II opens in theaters on February 21, 2020, from STX and Lakeshore Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2020
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Katie Holmes Faces Brahms In The First Image From ‘The Boy II’

Brahms: The Boy II is set to arrive in theaters this July. Ahead of its summer relese, we have the first image of Katie Holmes facing the creepy doll, thanks to Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview. William Brent Bell returned to the director’s chair with Stacey Menear returning to script the sequel. Holmes stars in The Boy II, in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s sequel alongside Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”). “Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.” Produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee, the film is set to open in theaters on July 26th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2019
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Brian Cox Joins Horror ‘Separation’ Along With Others

The next film for director William Brent Bell, the filmmaker behind The Boy and The Devil Inside, is titled Separation and has just added several to its cast. Deadline is reporting that Brian Cox, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, and Violet McGraw join previously announced actor Rupert Friend. Nick Amadeus and Joshua Braun penned the script for the film described as a cross between “Kramer vs. Kramer, Sixth Sense and Mama”, and explores the horror of divorce. Jeff (Friend) and Maggie (Gummer) are a newly separated couple in a battle for custody of their 7-year-old daughter, played by McGraw. Separation will open in theaters sometime next year. .

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2018

More from William Brent Bell

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New ‘Separation’ Trailer Unleashes Nightmare Inducing Horrors On A Family

The trailer for Separation, the new genre film from The Boy, and the upcoming Orphan prequel First Kill director William Brent Bell is here and it teases some serious nightmare-inducing horrors. In the film, “Eight-year-old Jenny (Violet McGraw) is constantly caught in the middle of the feuding between her lawyer mother Maggie (Mamie Gummer) and artist father Jeff (Rupert Friend). She leads a lonely but imaginative life, surrounded by puppets called “Grisly Kin”, which are based on the works of her father. When Maggie is tragically killed in a hit-and-run, Jeff and Jenny try to piece together a new life. But when Maggie’s father (Brian Cox) sues for custody, and babysitter Samantha (Madeline Brewer) tries to be the new woman of the house, life in their Brooklyn townhome takes a dark turn. The puppets and frightening characters come to life and Jenny is the only person who can see them. When the motives of the ghoulish creatures become clear, the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 28, 2021
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Isabelle Fuhrman Gets Bloody In The First Images From ‘Orphan: First Kill’

Back in November, we reported that Isabelle Fuhrman is returning for the prequel to 2009’s Orphan as Esther. Today, we’ve got the first behind the scenes look at Orphan: First Kill via Fuhrman’s social media. Filming will soon wrap on Orphan: First Kill and according to reports, 23-year-old Fuhrman looks as if she hasn’t aged a day since Jaume Collet-Serra’s hit film debuted thanks to clever angles, world-class makeup, and effects. In 2009 Fuhrman brought to life the twisted and terrifying Esther to life. The character was actually a 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer, posing as a child up for adoption. Once adopted by a young couple with two children, Esther manipulates everyone around her while attempting to seduce her new father and killing anyone who gets in her way. In First Kill, “Leena orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels back to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 15, 2020
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Rossif Sutherland Boards Orphan Prequel “First Kill”

Yesterday we reported that Isabelle Fuhrman will be returning to reprise her role of Esther in the upcoming prequel to the disturbing 2009 film Orphan. We can now report that the cast has gained another star, Possessor (out today on VOD and Digital) actor Rossif Sutherland, half-brother of Kiefer Sutherland, Deadline announced. The cast also includes The Omen‘s (2006) actress Julia Stiles. In the movie, titled Orphan: First Kill, “Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.” William Brent Bell (The Boy) is directing from the script written by David Coggeshall (The Haunting in Connecticut 2) for Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment One.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 7, 2020
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Movie Review: Brahms: The Boy II

It’s rare these days to see a sequel outshine its predecessor, but that is the case with director William Brent Bell’s Brahms: The Boy II. The first movie introduces a nanny hired to babysit a doll. She eventually discovers after witnessing what she thinks is a possessed doll that there is a man living within the walls of the manor. The Boy II expands on the doll’s history. It centers on a couple (Katie Holmes and Owain Yeoman) and their young son Jude (Christopher Convery) who move into the guest house on the property of the manor from the first film. Due to the trauma caused by a home invasion, their son has stopped talking. While exploring the property Jude discovers a doll buried in the dirt, the infamous Brahms. Soon Katie Holme’s Liza begins to believe that the doll is not only a bad influence on her son, but that Brams may very well be possessed. I was surprised

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 1, 2020
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Win A Copy Of The Frightening Flick ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ On Blu-Ray!

Brahms: The Boy II (review) is now out on Blu-ray and DVD. If you don’t already have your copy, here’s your chance to win one. We are teaming up with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to give our readers a chance to score a special feature-packed Blu-ray copy of the creepy film. Katie Holmes (“Ray Donavan”), Owain Yeoman (The Belco Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”) star in the chilling sequel from the producers that brought you IT and The Ring. In Brahms: The Boy II, unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Director William Brent Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) returns alongside the team that produced the original film, Roy Lee (It, Doctor Sleep, The Ring), Jim Wedaa (Mission to Mars, Unstoppable), and Matt Berenson (Best of Enemies, The Place Beyond

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 30, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Brahms: The Boy II (2020)

Married-types Liza (Katie Holmes) and Sean (Owain Yeoman) beat a hasty retreat to the countryside in an attempt to forget a robbery dealio that L-Dawg experienced in the city that left her shook A.F. As fate and the script wound have it, their crotch-goblin Jude (Christopher Convery) discovers a creepy-ass doll in the woods and brings that putrid, porcelain fuck right the fuck home… and guess what? That terrible toy seems to have a life of it’s own. Unrelenting horror biz ensues. Look, I can’t slap a revoltin’ review on Brahms: The Boy II without mentioning 2016’s original recipe The Boy… and you bet your ass there is a spoiler or two heading your way, so consider your arcane asses duly warned. The thing I hated the most about the first entry is fixed-as-all-fuck this go-around… namely the nature of the doll, Brahms, itself. In the first movie, that doll was just a cover for some other sinister shit (though

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 16, 2020
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This May ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ Comes Home

This May bring home Brams: The Boy II. Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”) star in the chilling sequel from the producers that brought you IT and The Ring. In Brahms: The Boy II, unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Director William Brent Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) returns alongside the team that produced the original film, Roy Lee (It, Doctor Sleep, The Ring), Jim Wedaa (Mission to Mars, Unstoppable), and Matt Berenson (Best of Enemies, The Place Beyond the Pines) for the eerie second installment that features outstanding supporting performances by Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment, American Sniper), Christopher Convery (“Gotham,” “Stranger Things”), and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, “Chernobyl”). Audiences everywhere can now witness the haunting story of Brahms slowly unfold, as it exposes a trail

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 14, 2020
Horror Fuel

Brahms Finds A New Family In The Second Trailer For ‘The Boy II’

The creepy doll from 2016’s The Boy is back for another round of terror in director William Brent Bell‘s Brahms: The Boy II. In the film’s second trailer, Brahms finds a new family to terrorize. Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Katie Holmes stars alongside Christopher Convery (“Gotham”), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experience) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch) in the film written by Stacey Menear and produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Gary Lucchesi, and Richard Wright in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. Brahms: The Boy II opens in theaters on February 21, 2020, from STX and Lakeshore Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2020
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Katie Holmes Faces Brahms In The First Image From ‘The Boy II’

Brahms: The Boy II is set to arrive in theaters this July. Ahead of its summer relese, we have the first image of Katie Holmes facing the creepy doll, thanks to Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview. William Brent Bell returned to the director’s chair with Stacey Menear returning to script the sequel. Holmes stars in The Boy II, in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s sequel alongside Ralph Ineson (The Witch), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experiment), and Christopher Convery (“Gotham”). “Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into the estate, where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.” Produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi and Eric Reid, in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee, the film is set to open in theaters on July 26th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2019
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Brian Cox Joins Horror ‘Separation’ Along With Others

The next film for director William Brent Bell, the filmmaker behind The Boy and The Devil Inside, is titled Separation and has just added several to its cast. Deadline is reporting that Brian Cox, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, and Violet McGraw join previously announced actor Rupert Friend. Nick Amadeus and Joshua Braun penned the script for the film described as a cross between “Kramer vs. Kramer, Sixth Sense and Mama”, and explores the horror of divorce. Jeff (Friend) and Maggie (Gummer) are a newly separated couple in a battle for custody of their 7-year-old daughter, played by McGraw. Separation will open in theaters sometime next year. .

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2018
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