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‘Friday the 13th’ Actress Reveals Weinstein Harassment

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Actress Melanie Kinnaman, the star of Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning, claims that she was sexually harassed by Harvey Weinstein.  Kinnaman made the claim this morning in several Facebook postings.

Kinnaman, 63, is the latest in a long line of women to claim sexual harassment by Weinstein, the co-founder of the independent film studio Miramax, over the course of several decades.  Kinnaman did not reveal when and where the alleged harassment took place.  “It was a humiliating and horrendous experience that prompted years of nightmares for me,” Kinnaman wrote this morning.  “Now he’s gone.  So long, Harvey Weinstein.  Too little, too late.  Thank you to all the brave women who told their personal stories.”

Weinstein, 65, one of the most honored and successful film producers in history, was fired on Sunday by the board of directors of The Weinstein Company.  The removal of the disgraced Weinstein from his namesake company marks the culmination of one of the most precipitous collapses in recent entertainment history.  “I was told, at the time, to keep my mouth shut or else,” wrote Kinnaman of her experience with Weinstein.  “At the time this happened to me, I told my agent, and he told me to take it to my grave.”

The Weinstein Company is the parent company of Dimension Films, Weinstein’s genre arm, which is the company behind the television series The Mist.  Dimension has several films scheduled for release this year, including Polaroid, which is set to be released in December.

As of Monday afternoon, Kinnaman had made no further comments about her allegation.  “I revealed something very personal and painful with my post,” Kinnaman wrote to her Facebook followers on Monday.  “Please don’t add insult to injury with your insensitive and disgusting messages.  I will delete.  Don’t make me sorry to have shared.  Thank you.”

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

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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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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed

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Fangoria is reporting that fans of the 1981 slasher The Burning will be able to have a screening of the film at the location where it was filmed. The movie is set at Camp Blackfoot which is actually the Stonehaven Nature Preserve in Ransomville, New York.

This ticketed event will take place on August 3. Guests will be able to take a tour of the grounds as well as enjoy some campfire snacks along with the screening of The Burning.

The Burning

The film came out in the early ’80s when teen slashers were being churned out in magnum force. Thanks to Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th, filmmakers wanted to get in on the low-budget, high-profit movie market and a casket load of these types of films were produced, some better than others.

The Burning is one of the good ones, mostly because of the special effects from Tom Savini who had just come off of his groundbreaking work on Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th. He declined to do the sequel because of its illogical premise and instead signed on to do this movie. Also, a young Jason Alexander who would later go on to play George in Seinfeld is a featured player.

Because of its practical gore, The Burning had to be heavily edited before it received an R-rating. The MPAA was under the thumb of protest groups and political bigwigs to censor violent films at the time because slashers were just so graphic and detailed in their gore.

Tickets are $50, and if you want a special t-shirt, that will cost you another $25, You can get all the information by visiting the On Set Cinema webpage.

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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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