The Turning, Portals, Gretel & Hansel, The Deeper You Dig

Welcome back to Coming Attractions, where we watch trailers for upcoming scurry movies together. First up this time, it’s another remake that has dropped its full title in favor of the ever popular “The Adverbing” trend that I’d like to see die.

Oh how I’d like this not to suck. I’ve been surprised no one has made a Hollywood adaptation of The Turn of the Screw in a long time, but now we’ve got two coming out in 2020. Here’s the first one, & though I read that they leaned heavily on the fantastic 1961 version, I also unfortunately learned that it was written by those brothers who wrote The Conjuring & so many other hacky but high-grossing recent movies. Ah well. At least I can swoon over Mackenzie Davis.

The Turning will be out sometime in 2020

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Next up- an anthology! This one looks to have a bit of a sci-fi bent.

Quite the lineup of talent in this anthology. We’ve got Eduardo Sanchez (Blair Witch, lots of other great stuff) & Timo Tjahjanto (Safe Haven), as well as a couple other guys who produced the Blair Witch & v/h/s franchises. We all like a good anthology & this looks like no exception.

Portals will be in select theaters & on demand October 25

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Well what do you know, another re-imagining of a classic story. Shocking.

Oh hey Sophia Lillis. You really wowed me in the IT movies. I bet you’re going to knock this one out of the park with Osgood Perkins directing you. While I’m sad Oz came on this project midway through & we aren’t getting something totally of his devising next, I’m still pretty dang excited for this. You may remember I’ve been gaga for his other two films.

No firm release date yet, but Gretel & Hansel is slated to come out this winter

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How about something you may not know about yet for our final trailer? Sound good?

This one just played Fantastic Fest last month & the word of mouth has been very positive. It’s a low budget family-made film, with husband, wife & daughter all starring & husband & wife writing/directing. How cool, right? Dunno about you guys, but I’m ready for something original for a change. Hopefully we’ll get to check this one out for ourselves soon.

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Any of these tickle your fancy? If not, what upcoming titles are you looking forward to? Lemme know!

8989 Redstone, The Beguiled, Replace, Dig Two Graves

Here we are again with some new trailers. First up, another movie set in the ruins of Detroit. Joy. But wait, this one's found footage! The guy who made it seems to have directed every single comedy special of the past five years. I have zero idea how that will translate to horror.

Lots of things going on there. You gotta appreciate a trailer that includes de-gloving. Yeesh. With that, the hair-eating & the burned lady, I'd say this miiiight be the kind of dumb fun movie that's perfect for those nights when you don't feel like thinking too hard. Especially since it's available for free on streaming platforms.

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Next up, the new offering from Sofia Coppola, who hasn't made a full-length feature since The Bling Ring. This one gets a limited release June 23. A word of warning - the trailer seems to give a lot away, so proceed with caution.

This certainly seems like a departure for the director, though it's nice to see Kirsten Dunst, who appeared in Coppola's best movie, The Virgin Suicides, back in front of her camera. That being said, I'm not the world's biggest Sofia Coppola fan. Couple that with the presence of Colin Farrell, who I find icky, & that equals waiting till VOD for me.

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Let's go a bit lower budget for our next trailer, shall we? This one is set to open some time in 2017, & it appears to be about a lady who is badly in need of some moisturizer.

That was some gnarly... penetration there. Heh. Gross. Seems a lot like other recent female-centric body horror flicks, which are great when they hit, but can be a real drag when they don't. I'd say wait & check out some reviews.

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And finally, a movie that's already available on demand, but not on free streaming platforms yet. Let's see if it looks worth shelling out the extra $$.

Ooh, yes to black magic rituals! Plus, who doesn't like Buffalo Bill? Something about that weird voice. I'ma watch this, hopefully enjoy me a creepy hillbilly tale.

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That's all for this time, kids. But don't fret - I'll be back soon with good tidings of scary movies for all. Meantime, let me know what you think about this bunch. 

- AP

The Crucifixion, Hounds of Love, It Stains the Sands Red, Besetment

Welcome to the inaugural edition of our new Coming Attractions blog, where we'll share new trailers with you, then we can all have some coffee & discuss. No big whoop.

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Let's kick this off with some good old fashioned exorcisin'. The Crucifixion is made by Xavier Gens, who brought us Frontier(s) (that's good), but as you'll see from the trailer it's brought to us by the producer of Annabelle & The Conjuring 2 (that's bad). No official release date yet, but it's slated to come out in 2017.

Meh. Looks like a lot of jumps scares, though there's some interesting imagery in there. Like that horrendous case of pubic lice! The whole Based on a True Story thing kind of bothers me in movies like this, or The Exorcism of Emily Rose. It's not cool to use real people with epilepsy or mental illness as a springboard for your mediocre horror movies, kids. Remember Auntie Amy told you that.

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And now for some real-life horror - another grim Australian ripped from the headlines flick. This one's kind of cheating, as it's available on VOD now. Also because it's more true crime-y than horror-y, if we're being picky about such things. Anyway, I know lots of people who have seen it, & it seems like a tough but worthwhile watch.

That's an intense trailer, no?

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Okay, on to something a little newer. This one caught my eye because of its bitchin' title, but lo & behold it's made by Colin Minihan, the director of the Grave Encounters movies. No definite release date for this one yet.

Not too badsies, eh? Can't say I'm dying for another zombie movie, but I'll give it a go. The first Grave Encounters was pretty dece, I thought. Not sure if I watched the second one or not...

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Okay, last one - on the opposite end of the cool title spectrum (aka the shitty end) we have Besetment, which comes to VOD June 6.

So, it's an overbearing mother & her son running a hotel, is it? Huh. Seems like well-worn territory to me. And did that suspicious woman just say her name was Millie Coven? Think I'll pass on this puppy.

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That'll do it for this, my very first Coming Attractions post. Remember it fondly. Better yet, let me know if you're looking forward to any of these.