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John Cho Can’t Trust His AI Device in Blumhouse’s ‘Afraid’ Trailer
John Cho begins to regret using an AI device to keep his loved ones safe in the first trailer for the thriller feature Afraid. Sony released the trailer Wednesday for writer-director Chris Weitz’s film that hits theaters Aug. 30 and was formerly known by the title They Listen. Hailing from Columbia Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, […]
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‘Imaginary’ Review: DeWanda Wise Stars in a Blumhouse Horror Flick That Forgets the Scares
A little girl makes an imaginary friend in the form of a creepy teddy bear in Jeff Wadlow's horror film.
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DeWanda Wise to Star in ‘Imaginary’ Thriller for Blumhouse, Lionsgate
DeWanda Wise is set to star in and executive produce the horror thriller Imaginary for Blumhouse Productions and Lionsgate. The film, directed by Jeff Wadlow pre-strike, is set for a March 8, 2024 release. In Imaginary, Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her childhood home with her family, and her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an […]
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Review: Josh Hutcherson and a Crew of Killer Puppets in a Scare-Free Bore Fest
The giant animatronic animal figures at a family pizza restaurant come to murderous life in Blumhouse's horror film, whose cast also includes Mary Stuart Masterson and Matthew Lillard.
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‘Exorcist’ Box Office: ‘The Believer’ Delivers $27.2M Opening Before Taylor Swift Storm Arrives
The Exorcist: Believer had no trouble delivering a first-place finish at the weekend box office with an estimated $27.2 million from 3,663 theaters. While a respectable opening in this climate, the R-rated film came in below expectations domestically as it tries to revive the franchise after Universal reportedly paid a hefty $400 million for rights. […]
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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Delivers $2.9M in Box Office Previews
Blumhouse and Universal’s The Exorcist: Believer has started off its box office run with $2.85 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office. The David Gordon Green-directed horror pic opened exactly 50 years after the first Exorcist hit theaters. Green and Blumhouse are hoping they can reinvent the Exorcist brand much as they did […]
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Trailer Sees Josh Hutcherson in an Animatronics Nightmare
Dark and grim, the Five Nights at Freddy’s trailer, released Tuesday, takes a look into Freddy Fazbear and friends’ world that perturbs all the fright and fears that can be expected from the video game and Blumhouse Productions. The Emma Tammi-directed film, based on 2014’s multi-platform video game of the same name, stars Hunger Games‘ […]
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‘Scream VI’ Breakout Liana Liberato Talks ‘Based on a True Story’ and Building a Killer Career in Horror
[This story contains spoilers to the finale of Based on a True Story and Scream VI.] With a breakout role in Scream VI, a surprising character twist in Peacock’s Based on a True Story and a turn in the upcoming Blumhouse film Totally Killer, Liana Liberato is killing it in horror and dark comedy. Based on […]
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Josh Hutcherson Doesn’t Know What He Signed Up for in ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Teaser
Josh Hutcherson is in over his head in the first teaser for Blumhouse’s movie adaptation of horror video game Five Nights at Freddy’s. The film follows the same storyline as the game, originally created Scott Cawthon, which sees a troubled security guard (Hutcherson) begin working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a dark take on Chuck-E-Cheese. “While […]
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‘M3GAN’ Sequel Set for 2025
You can’t keep a good evil doll down, especially one that is making a killing at the box office. James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse banners on Wednesday officially announced a sequel to M3GAN, the horror sensation that opened Jan. 6. Titled M3GAN 2.0, the script is being written by Akela Cooper, who […]
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Why Murderous Robotic Doll ‘M3GAN’ Was Allison Williams’ Most “Complicated” Co-Star
The title character of Blumhouse and Universal’s latest horror pic, M3GAN — an evil, eerily lifelike animatronic doll — was “my most complicated co-star,” said Allison Williams. The PG-13 thriller, from filmmaker Gerard Johnstone, casts Williams as a brilliant toy company roboticist who fast-tracks a secret invention — a lifelike doll named M3GAN — after […]
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Box Office: ‘Halloween Ends’ Opens to So-So $41M, Lowest of Trilogy
David Gordon Green’s Halloween Ends isn’t having an entirely happy sendoff at the box office. The movie — the final in the trilogy returning Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode — opened to $41.2 million from 3,901 theaters, the lowest of the three films. Heading into the weekend, Hallloween Ends was expected to open in […]
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