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Review: ’47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ Is a Tense, Ghastly, Shark Sequel

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Good sequels are hard to come by. It’s always hard to come up with a good follow up, having a new angle to keep the concept fresh. But I can say that 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a great sequel to the original and even surpasses it.

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The story follows step-sisters Mia (Sophie Nélisse) and Sasha (Corinne Foxx) who have recently moved to Mexico and attend an international school together. Mia is bullied and Sasha has trouble bonding with her new sibling. Mia’s father is an archaeologist diver who has recently discovered sunken Meso-American ruins and is digging his way through with a team. The girls along with their friends Alexa (Brianne Tju) and Nicole (Sistine Stallone) decide to check out a portion of the city that was excavated and commandeer some diving equipment. The sunken city is beautiful and holds ancient relics… as well as some very hungry albino sharks! Now, the quartet must try and survive and find away to escape the underwater kingdom or end up permanent residents.

Director/writer of the original 47 Meters Down Johannes Roberts returns and it seems he’s learned some lessons form his original claustrophobic shark thriller as well as adding an interesting new environment/angle. The ancient underwater city setting is a unique place for the horror and adds an interesting edge to the aquatic terror. Aged and faded statues line the backgrounds of almost every scene and are quite haunting mixed with the sunken architecture. The girls having to evade the sharks amidst the falling walls makes it a claustrophobic experience.

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The sharks themselves are frightening with their unique style: they’re albino cave sharks! Pale white with dead, blind eyes. They sense by sound in the dark and just look way freakier than the average great white. Like shark versions of Gollum. All adding to the signature jump scares that the previous film established. I jumped out of my seat during a particularly intense shark surprise! I can’t help but make some connections to Jaws 2 which itself felt like a slasher movie where the shark was in an almost Jason Voorhees’ like role, and this is similar in that regard. the way the sharks stalk their victims follows the kind of beats of a slasher movie which adds to the horror.

47 Meters Down: Uncaged is mostly an improved sequel and would serve as a great companion piece to the similarly themed Crawl in terms of claustrophobic creature features, but it does have its flaws. The dialogue is majorly cheesy with lots of characters saying how they feel rather than letting the terror role. Aside from Mia and Sasha’s sisterly relationship, the rest of the characters are kind of 1-dimensional or serve as victims or supporting characters.

Overall, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged is a successful follow up to the original with an interesting premise and a distinct setting to set it apart from the deluge of shark horror movies. Well worth taking a dive and seeing the ghostly sharks in this haunted city!

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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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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

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The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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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.

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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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