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Horror at the Golden Globes: ‘Lovecraft Country,’ ‘La Llorona’ and ‘Ratched’

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Horror at the Golden Globes

Horror fans are used to getting their hopes dashed when it comes to film awards season, especially at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards. While horror films are nominated here and there, they rarely nominate all the truly deserving films that year (let us not forget the omission of Hereditary in 2018). 

Today, however, the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards nominations were announced with some exciting horror nominations included. 

Golden Globes Horror Nominees

Lovecraft Country

The popular monster HBO series Lovecraft Country, created by Misha Green, is nominated for Best Television Series – Drama. This show, based off Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, takes place in the horror-filled town that H.P. Lovecraft supposedly based his locations in his novels. 

Ratched

Another television series that received the Golden Globe love was Ryan Murphy and Netflix’s Ratched. The series received three nominations in Best Television Series – Drama, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama for Sarah Paulson, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role for Cynthia Nixon. 

Ratched, based on characters in Miloš Forman’s 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and the novel by the same name by Ken Kesey, continues the television magic made by Ryan Murphy, who also created American Horror Story. 

La Llorona

In film, the horrifying, politically-charged Shudder film La Llorona, directed by Jayro Bustamante, received a nomination for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language at the Golden Globes.

As the only true horror film nominated, this is a win in many ways: a win for foreign horror, a win for Shudder and a win for innovative horror films. One of my favorite films of last year, La Llorona combines the familiar legend of the crying woman with real South American genocide. 

The film was also submitted for the same category in the Oscars, so here’s to hoping! 

Also, this film is NOT to be confused with the American The Curse of La Llorona of 2019. If you have seen that film, I highly recommend you check out the Shudder film to see a different and in some ways scarier interpretation. 

In the “Almost Horror” Category…

Promising Young Woman Golden Globes

Outside of outright horror, there were also some nominations worthy of celebration for films that flirt with the horror genre. 

Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, her directorial debut, has been nominated for four different categories. Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director – Motion Picture for Emerald Fennell, Best Actress in a Motion Picture for Carey Mulligan and Best Screenplay – Motion Picture. 

While I would hesitate to call Promising Young Woman horror, it is definitely one of the most uncomfortable and disturbing films that came out in 2020, granting it an honorary horror label in my book. 

Lastly, the serial killer thriller from HBO Max The Little Things, directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side), scored one nomination for Jared Leto’s serial killer in Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture. 

Good luck to all the nominees! The Golden Globes will air at the end of this month, on February 28. Let’s support our horror nominees and hope for the best in the rest of the awards season! 

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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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Melissa Barrera Says ‘Scary Movie VI’ Would Be “Fun To Do”

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Melissa Barrera might literally get the last laugh on Spyglass thanks to a possible Scary Movie sequel. Paramount and Miramax are seeing the right opportunity to bring the satirical franchise back into the fold and announced last week one might be in production as early as this fall.

The last chapter of the Scary Movie franchise was almost a decade ago and since the series lampoons thematic horror movies and pop culture trends, it would seem they have a lot of content to draw ideas from, including the recent reboot of slasher series Scream.

Barerra, who starred as final girl Samantha in those movies was abruptly fired from the latest chapter, Scream VII, for expressing what Spyglass interpreted as “antisemitism,” after the actress came out in support of Palestine on social media.

Even though the drama wasn’t a laughing matter, Barrera might get her chance to parody Sam in Scary Movie VI. That is if the opportunity arises. In an interview with Inverse, the 33-year-old actress was asked about Scary Movie VI, and her reply was intriguing.

“I always loved those movies,” the actress told Inverse. “When I saw it announced, I was like, ‘Oh, that would be fun. That would be so fun to do.’”

That “fun to do” part could be construed as a passive pitch to Paramount, but that’s open to interpretation.

Just like in her franchise, Scary Movie also has a legacy cast including Anna Faris and Regina Hall. There is no word yet on if either of those actors will appear in the reboot. With or without them, Barrera is still a fan of the comedies. “They have the iconic cast that did it, so we’ll see what goes on with that. I’m just excited to see a new one,” she told the publication.

Barrera is currently celebrating the box office success of her latest horror movie Abigail.

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Thrills and Chills: Ranking ‘Radio Silence’ Films from Bloody Brilliant to Just Bloody

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Radio Silence Films

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella are all filmmakers under the collective label called Radio Silence. Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett are the primary directors under that moniker while Villella produces.

They have gained popularity over the past 13 years and their films have become known as having a certain Radio Silence “signature.” They are bloody, usually contain monsters, and have breakneck action sequences. Their recent film Abigail exemplifies that signature and is perhaps their best film yet. They are currently working on a reboot of John Carpenter’s Escape From New York.

We thought we would go through the list of projects they have directed and rank them from high to low. None of the movies and shorts on this list are bad, they all have their merits. These rankings from top to bottom are just ones we felt showcased their talents the best.

We didn’t include movies they produced but didn’t direct.

#1. Abigail

An update to the second film on this list, Abagail is the natural progression of Radio Silence’s love of lockdown horror. It follows in pretty much the same footsteps of Ready or Not, but manages to go one better — make it about vampires.

Abigail

#2. Ready or Not

This film put Radio Silence on the map. While not as successful at the box office as some of their other films, Ready or Not proved that the team could step outside their limited anthology space and create a fun, thrilling, and bloody adventure-length film.

Ready or Not

#3. Scream (2022)

While Scream will always be a polarizing franchise, this prequel, sequel, reboot — however you want to label it showed just how much Radio Silence knew the source material. It wasn’t lazy or cash-grabby, just a good time with legendary characters we love and new ones who grew on us.

Scream (2022)

#4 Southbound (The Way Out)

Radio Silence tosses their found footage modus operandi for this anthology film. Responsible for the bookend stories, they create a terrifying world in their segment titled The Way Out, which involves strange floating beings and some sort of time loop. It’s kind of the first time we see their work without a shaky cam. If we were to rank this entire film, it would remain at this position on the list.

Southbound

#5. V/H/S (10/31/98)

The film that started it all for Radio Silence. Or should we say the segment that started it all. Even though this isn’t feature-length what they managed to do with the time they had was very good. Their chapter was titled 10/31/98, a found-footage short involving a group of friends who crash what they think is a staged exorcism only to learn not to assume things on Halloween night.

V/H/S

#6. Scream VI

Cranking up the action, moving to the big city and letting Ghostface use a shotgun, Scream VI turned the franchise on its head. Like their first one, this film played with canon and managed to win over a lot of fans in its direction, but alienated others for coloring too far outside the lines of Wes Craven’s beloved series. If any sequel was showing how the trope was going stale it was Scream VI, but it managed to squeeze some fresh blood out of this nearly three-decade mainstay.

Scream VI

#7. Devil’s Due

Fairly underrated, this, Radio Silence’s first feature-length film, is a sampler of things they took from V/H/S. It was filmed in an omnipresent found footage style, showcasing a form of possession, and features clueless men. Since this was their first bonafide major studio job it’s a wonderful touchstone to see how far they have come with their storytelling.

Devil’s Due

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