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Eye on Horror Podcast Host James Jay Edwards’ Top Ten of 2020

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It’s the time of year when readers are flooded with top ten lists full of movies that other people think they need to see. And here is one of them.
Thankfully, horror is the one genre that kept pumping during the 2020 Pandemic, so these lists are varied and diverse. Hopefully, you’ll find some surprises here. And who knows? Maybe your new number one?

The Rental, courtesy IFC Films.

10. The Rental

The Rental is the first of three IFC Midnight films on my list. IFC has been the savior of cinema in 2020, and movies like The Rental are why. This home invasion slasher creeps and crawls. It also features one of the best ensembles of the year with Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, and Sheila Vand in the main cast.

Available on Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital everywhere

Underwater, courtesy Twentieth Century Fox.

9. Underwater

Underwater is aquatic horror at its finest. It hits the ground running as a disaster movie, and the audience has chewed its fingernails down to the nub before a single monster even shows up. And monsters do show up.

Available on Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital everywhere

Possessor Uncut, courtesy Neon.

8. Possessor Uncut

Brandon Cronenberg earns his last name with Possessor Uncut. David Cronenberg’s son picks up where his dad left off when he started chasing awards, with a gooey sci-fi thriller that is full of surprises. Not for the faint of heart, but so good.

Available on 4k/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital everywhere

Host, courtesy Shudder

7. Host

Host is the movie that best encapsulates 2020, both in production and content. It was directed and shot over Zoom, and the plot revolves around the social networking business app. It also helps that it’s scary as hell. Not the best movie of the year, but easily the one that best represents the times.

Streaming on Shudder

The Platform, courtesy Netflix

6. The Platform

The Platform is 2020 on a more cerebral level. This dirty, grimy, brutal movie is a thin analogy for class structure, and one that is executed flawlessly. It’s also a very unsubtle warning to the upper classes.

Streaming on Netflix

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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28 years later

Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.

28 Days Later

The original film followed Jim (Cillian Murphy) who wakes from a coma to find that London is currently dealing with a zombie outbreak.

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‘Longlegs’ Creepy “Part 2” Teaser Appears on Instagram

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Neon Films released an Insta-teaser for their horror film Longlegs today. Titled Dirty: Part 2, the clip only furthers the mystery of what we are in for when this movie is finally released on July 12.

The official logline is: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again.

Directed by former actor Oz Perkins who also gave us The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Gretel & Hansel, Longlegs is already creating buzz with its moody images and cryptic hints. The film is rated R for bloody violence, and disturbing images.

Longlegs stars Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, and Alicia Witt.

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