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REVIEW: Hulu’s 12 Months of Horror Continues With ‘Flesh & Blood’
Hulu is extending Halloween to include 11 more months of scares in its new monthly anthology series Into the Dark. The first episode The Body was a critical success and if the second installment Flesh & Blood is any indication of the quality yet to come, we are in for a stellar good time.
The series will feature a full-length movie built around whatever holiday is known for that month.
November’s offering, Flesh & Blood is a claustrophobic creeper that takes place just before Thanksgiving and stars Dermot Mulroney and Diana Silvers as father and daughter respectively.
Kimberly (Diana Silvers) is reclusive, an agoraphobe who suffers from PTSD after her mother’s murder, one which remains unsolved. She and her dad live in a large home which he continuously renovates maybe because of his own unresolved trauma after his wife’s death.
Silvers is the star here. The focus being her unharnessed fear of the outdoors, she can’t even walk on the front stoop to get a delivery without being overcome with paralysis and catatonic anxiety.
Her dad Henry (Mulroney) only passively challenges her to face her fears, he leaves the therapy to a visiting psychologist played by Tembi Locke to cure her.
As with most house-bound characters, they begin to experience cabin fever, one of the symptoms being paranoia. Kimberly accidentally discovers something in the house that opens up a Pandora’s box of a mystery which may threaten what she thinks is reality.
Flesh & Blood is not a movie you can fully discuss without giving too much away. What I can say is that the layers of mystery and suspense unfold at an even pace, and each act carries with it a new twist, but always posed in the form of a question.
The breakneck finale answers everything amid a bloody mess as Kimberly finally sees the truth and has to choose between being captive to her own fear or venturing outdoors beyond the smoke and mirrors.
Credit should be given to writer Louis Ackerman and Director Patrick Lussier for piling up the mystery to hoard-levels and revealing the truth amid the final act for those who still haven’t caught on but giving everyone an equal thrill none-the-less.
Hulu’s Flesh & Blood embraces its title metaphorically in the beginning then much to our delight literally by the end.
It’s a twisted mystery, a perfect after-dinner mint to Halloween.
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Watch ‘The Burning’ At The Location Where It Was Filmed
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 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
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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Exclusive Sneak Peek: Eli Roth and Crypt TV’s VR Series ‘The Faceless Lady’ Episode Five
Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and Crypt TV are knocking it out of the park with their new VR show, The Faceless Lady. For those unaware, this is the first fully scripted VR horror show on the market.
Even for masters of horror like Eli Roth and Crypt TV, this is a monumental undertaking. However, if I trust anyone to change the way that we experience horror, it would be these two legends.
Ripped from the pages of Irish folklore, The Faceless Lady tells the story of a tragic spirit cursed to wander the halls of her castle for all of eternity. However, when three young couples are invited to the castle for a series of games, their fates may soon change.
So far, the story has provided horror fans with a gripping game of life or death that doesn’t look as if it will slow down in episode five. Luckily, we have an exclusive clip that may be able to satiate your appetites until the new premiere.
Airing on 4/25 at 5pmPT/8pmET, episode five follows our final three contestants in this wicked game. As the stakes are raised ever higher, will Ella be able to fully awaken her connection with Lady Margaret?
The newest episode can be found on Meta Quest TV. If you haven’t already, follow this link to subscribe to the series. Make sure to check out the new clip below.
Eli Roth Present’s THE FACELESS LADY S1E5 Clip: THE DUEL – YouTube
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