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Have these Movies Defined a New Horror Genre? – Bizorra
It’s not often that we can say that a new category of movie has emerged. There’s not really an official governing body, after all, that creates the genres.
Generally a genre will become standard the more the term is used. A good example of this would can be seen in franchises such a Saw and Hostel. They sat in the Gore genre until the phrase ‘Gore Porn’ or ‘Gorno’ entered the lexicon defining those Gore movies that take it to another level.
Over at iHorror.com we were discussing the fact that there is an obvious link between a few more recent movies, but after some research I noticed they have not really been highlighted for there unique style. We decided to try and come up with a name for the genre and I think we have cracked it. Allow me to introduce a new horror movie genre… Bizorra.
I’ll explain. Bizorra is a blend word or a portmanteau, if you will, and is formed from the words ‘Bizarre’ and ‘Horror’. We could have simply called the genre Bizarre Horror but we thought Bizorra sounded more catchy so yeah… deal with it.
Now we have all seen horror movies that are just bizarre. This is nothing new in and of itself. Bizorra takes this further. With bizorra the directors can take a crazy, unbelievable and often stupid story line, and make it so real, that it is actually believable.
So what movies make the grade?
Well, if I told you that there is a movie where a victim is surgically modified into a walrus by a traumatized ex-sailor, your response might be “That sounds like a pile of shit”. But when you watch Kevin Smith’s Tusk (2014) you see that the movie is so well made, with great characters, engaging dialog and fantastic practical effects that the movie becomes very dark and disturbing. If you haven’t seen this movie I suggest you do and understand why it is now one of my favourites.
But this was not the first movie to fall into the new category. The Human Centipede (2009) again uses a somewhat crazy concept and sells it well. We could also go back even further and consider the 2007 movie Teeth. Where we see a young lady that has teeth in her… uuuh…lady garden. (C’mon i’m British). Again the plot sounds mad but somehow it worked. And still one more might be 2014’s Clown, produced by Eli Roth!
You’ve probably already started thinking of movies that fit the category, right? Maybe you’re a fan of Bizzora and didn’t even realize it until we gave it a name. Comment with your favorite Bizzora titles!
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‘Evil Dead’ Film Franchise Getting TWO New Installments
It was a risk for Fede Alvarez to reboot Sam Raimi’s horror classic The Evil Dead in 2013, but that risk paid off and so did its spiritual sequel Evil Dead Rise in 2023. Now Deadline is reporting that the series is getting, not one, but two fresh entries.
We already knew about the Sébastien Vaniček upcoming film that delves into the Deadite universe and should be a proper sequel to the latest film, but we are broadsided that Francis Galluppi and Ghost House Pictures are doing a one-off project set in Raimi’s universe based off of an idea that Galluppi pitched to Raimi himself. That concept is being kept under wraps.
“Francis Galluppi is a storyteller who knows when to keep us waiting in simmering tension and when to hit us with explosive violence,” Raimi told Deadline. “He is a director that shows uncommon control in his feature debut.”
That feature is titled The Last Stop In Yuma County which will release theatrically in the United States on May 4. It follows a traveling salesman, “stranded at a rural Arizona rest stop,” and “is thrust into a dire hostage situation by the arrival of two bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty-or cold, hard steel-to protect their bloodstained fortune.”
Galluppi is an award-winning sci-fi/horror shorts director whose acclaimed works include High Desert Hell and The Gemini Project. You can view the full edit of High Desert Hell and the teaser for Gemini below:
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‘Invisible Man 2’ Is “Closer Than Its Ever Been” to Happening
Elisabeth Moss in a very well-thought-out statement said in an interview for Happy Sad Confused that even though there have been some logistical issues for doing Invisible Man 2 there is hope on the horizon.
Podcast host Josh Horowitz asked about the follow-up and if Moss and director Leigh Whannell were any closer to cracking a solution to getting it made. “We are closer than we have ever been to cracking it,” said Moss with a huge grin. You can see her reaction at the 35:52 mark in the below video.
Whannell is currently in New Zealand filming another monster movie for Universal, Wolf Man, which might be the spark that ignites Universal’s troubled Dark Universe concept which hasn’t gained any momentum since Tom Cruise’s failed attempt at resurrecting The Mummy.
Also, in the podcast video, Moss says she is not in the Wolf Man film so any speculation that it’s a crossover project is left in the air.
Meanwhile, Universal Studios is in the middle of constructing a year-round haunt house in Las Vegas which will showcase some of their classic cinematic monsters. Depending on attendance, this could be the boost the studio needs to get audiences interested in their creature IPs once more and to get more films made based on them.
The Las Vegas project is set to open in 2025, coinciding with their new proper theme park in Orlando called Epic Universe.
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Thriller ‘Presumed Innocent’ Series Gets Early Release Date
Jake Gyllenhaal’s limited series Presumed Innocent is dropping on AppleTV+ on June 12 instead of June 14 as originally planned. The star, whose Road House reboot has brought mixed reviews on Amazon Prime, is embracing the small screen for the first time since his appearance on Homicide: Life on the Street in 1994.
Presumed Innocent is being produced by David E. Kelley, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, and Warner Bros. It is an adaptation of Scott Turow’s 1990 film in which Harrison Ford plays a lawyer doing double duty as an investigator looking for the murderer of his colleague.
These types of sexy thrillers were popular in the ’90s and usually contained twist endings. Here’s the trailer for the original:
According to Deadline, Presumed Innocent doesn’t stray far from the source material: “…the Presumed Innocent series will explore obsession, sex, politics and the power and limits of love as the accused fights to hold his family and marriage together.”
Up next for Gyllenhaal is the Guy Ritchie action movie titled In the Grey scheduled for release in January 2025.
Presumed Innocent is an eight-episode limited series set to stream on AppleTV+ starting June 12.
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