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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed April this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the brilliant comedy-drama series Dying for Sex and the epic conclusion of the tragedy thriller drama series The Handmaid’s Tale. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in April 2025.

Dying for Sex Season 1 (April 4) Credit – FX

Dying for Sex is an upcoming comedy-drama series created by Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock. Based on the podcast series of the same name by Nikki Boyer, the FX series follows Molly, a middle-aged woman who is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Soon after finding out that she doesn’t have much time to live, she ends her marriage of 15 years and tries to explore her sexuality.

Peacock wasn’t convinced enough to continue with another season of its horror series Teacup. Almost three months after the finale dropped, the streamer announced the cancellation after the show's first season, per TVLine. So, there won't be a season 2.

Why was cancelling Teacup the right decision?

Peacock did not officially release the show’s viewership details. But one thing is for sure, Teacup did not get the significant audience numbers that it should have. It did not even make it into the Nielsen Top 10 streaming charts. And so, because it wasn't able to make an impact on the streaming charts, Teacup easily made it to cancellation after one season.

The series gained a 77 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and a rating of 6.4 on IMDb. Some Rt critics even gave strong flatteries for the show, saying it pulled them in with its first two episodes. However even though the show's first-episode was a banger,...

The James Wan-produced series Teacup, which is an adaptation of the 1988 bestseller Stinger, written by Robert R. McCammon (pick up a copy Here), had its premiere on the Peacock streaming service back in October – and while JoBlo’s own Alex Maidy thought it was a good show (you can read his 7/10 review at This Link), it apparently didn’t connect with as many viewers as Peacock was hoping it would. Variety reports that Peacock has cancelled the show after just one season. Variety notes that “Peacock does not typically release viewership information so one cannot gauge the kind of audience the show found, but it failed to make a dent on the Nielsen Top 10 streaming charts.”

McCammon’s novel has the following description: The story takes place during a single twenty-four hour period in Inferno, Texas. Inferno is a town in trouble, driven to the brink by racial tension,...

Peacock has chosen not to continue its horror-thriller series Teacup for a second season, ending the adaptation of Robert McCammon’s book Stinger. The series started in October 2024 and had a famous cast, including Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman.

Set in rural Georgia, Teacup is about strangers coming together because of an unknown danger. The show got a 70% approval rate on Rotten Tomatoes and mostly good reviews, but it didn’t do well on Nielsen’s streaming charts. Peacock usually keeps its viewing numbers secret and does not share specific details.

The series had a talented artistic team. Ian McCulloch was the writer and executive director, and E.L. Katz, who directed The Haunting of Bly Manor and Channel Zero, directed the first two episodes. Kevin Tancharoen directed the final episode. Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett served as executive producers. The show was produced by James Wan’s Atomic Monster production company.

There will be no season 2 for horror thriller series Teacup. Peacock has canceled the series after one season, Deadline has learned.

Starring Scott Speedman and Yvonne Strahovski, inspired by Robert McCammon’s bestselling novel Stinger, Teacup followed a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat.

Cast also included Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre and Luciano Leroux.

Series was written and executive produced by Ian McCulloch. E. L. Katz served as director and executive producer. James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produced for Atomic Monster, with Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen. Stinger author McCammon also executive produced.

UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group,...

Yet another well-received 2024 show has found itself on the chopping block, and this time it's one that was well-received by Stephen King. The past few years have seen the acclaimed horror author turn his creative endeavors to also sharing his reviews on a variety of films and TV shows, with everything from Apple TV+'s Constellation to The Midwitch Cuckoos getting his approval. The horror genre, in particular, has seen plenty of reviews from King, including Blumhouse's Night Swim and Strange Darling.

Though his voice has helped certain shows find success, many 2024 TV releases have still found themselves cancelled after just one season. Many of them also, unfortunately, left audiences on cliffhanger endings, including the Child's Play sequel show Chucky, the Apple TV+ sci-fi show Sunny and the Star Wars spinoff The Acolyte, while others that left off on mostly closed notes still came to a close, including American Born Chinese.

Despite being praised by critics as one of the best horror series of 2024, Peacock has canceled “Teacup” after one season, Variety reports this afternoon.

The series debuted in October 2024 and was executive produced by James Wan and inspired by Robert McCammon’s Stinger.

It followed a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. As the showrunner previously revealed, it was only loosely based on the novel that inspired it, instead opting for a more cerebral, paranoid take on the material.

Scott Speedman (The Strangers), Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Chaske Spencer (“Jessica Jones”, The Twilight Saga), Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux star in “Teacup.”

As I wrote in my review, “The inaugural season is self-contained, trapping its characters in a claustrophobic bubble of oncoming terror and interpersonal drama. It...

James Wan’s horror thriller “Teacup” has been canceled by Peacock after one season.

The series, which comes from Wan’s Atomic Monster and showrunner Ian McCulloch and is inspired by Robert McCammon’s New York Times best-selling novel Stinger, received a straight to series order back in 2022.

Peacock did not release viewership information for the series, though “Teacup” did not appear in Nielsen’s Top 10 streaming charts during its run.

“Teacup,” which follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive, stars Yvonne Strahovski (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), Scott Speedman (“Grey’s Anatomy”), and Chaske Spencer (“The English”), with a supporting cast that includes Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Luciano Leroux.

In addition to Wan and McCammon, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produced for Atomic Monster. Other EPs on the series include Francisca X. Hu,...

2024 was a crowded year for television that had its share of misfires, but among the droves of disposable content was some stellar horror programming – from “Evil” to “The Creep Tapes” – that celebrates the genre’s versatility.

Television has reached a curious inflection point where what was once heralded as the medium’s Golden Age has turned into a daunting obligation where there’s far too much content to consume and the lengthy gaps between short seasons is enough to strip away even the most extreme enthusiasm. TV is in an interesting phase at the moment and while many prestige streaming series have struggled, the horror genre has thrived and turned out deeply captivating and creepy material. Television remains a safe haven for the horror genre and 2024 was a strong year for both brand new horror and returning series that are sure to entertain genre fans who are looking for something...

The battle to survive will begin on January 21 when Azrael hits Blu-ray via IFC Films.

Genre favorite Samara Weaving stars in the dialogue-free, post-apocalyptic survival horror film with Vic Carmen Sonne and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.

E.L. Katz directs from a script written by Simon Barrett.

Special Features include:

Audio Commentary with Director E.L. Katz, Writer-Producer Simon Barrett, and Producer Dan Kagan Set Design Gallery Concept Art Gallery by Simon Laszlo Church Fight Featurette: Pre-Visual vs Final Cut Make-up Special FX by Dan Martin Behind the Set Clips: Church After Dark, Tent Village

In the film, “In a world in which no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness.”

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Azrael plays like a nonstop barrage of...

It seems the post-apocalyptic subgenre of science-fiction still scratches an itch for suspense, speculation and even displays of human resilience. Whether doomsday comes by fire, water or from underneath, it seems the possibilities for this genre are endless even as most writers and directors stick to convention. Directed by George Nolfi, starring Anthony Mackie, Maddie Hasson, Morena Baccarin and Danny Boyd Jr., the monster-driven, mountaintop sci-fi movie Elevation attempts to soar to new heights of dread, suspense and monster-hunting thrills with some strong ideas, a solid cast and plenty of pathos. However, Elevations' high-flying ambitions don't quite take off.

In Elevation, it began when a long-dormant race of armored monsters, known as the Reapers, emerged from the ground. An apocalypse ensued, with the aliens wiping out entire civilizations and reducing the global population to a bare minimum. The invaders have one weakness high elevations above 8,000 feet. In order to survive,...

Scream star Melissa Barrera has finally clarified her involvement in Searchlight Pictures upcoming Ready or Not sequel. The project hails from Barreras frequent collaborators Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who are collectively known as Radio Silence.

During a recent interview with ComicBook.com, Barrera confirmed she hasnt talked to the Radio Silence team about her potential casting in Ready or Not 2. However, she did admit that the directing duo were able to share some exciting details about the horror comedy sequels plot with her. "I have not. Im so excited about that because, the last that I spoke with them about Ready or Not, they werent going to direct it. So Im so happy that theyre back on board because, who better to do it than them? Its a very exciting story," she shared. "I know some about what the second movie is about and its really good."

Related Psychotic, but...

After bowing theatrically in September, E.L. Katz's religious horror movie Azrael is poised to join Shudder on October 25, 2024. A perfect Halloween watch, the film stars Samara Weaving as Azrael, a woman who escapes captivity from a pious cult of wicked worshipers and is systematically stalked by the members for a ritual sacrifice. Of course, beyond the protagonist's namesake, the movie title has an angelic/demonic connotation that bears further scrutiny.

In addition to parsing the mythological meaning of the movie's title, it's worth explaining how the twisted plot plays into biblical lore and reinforces the eternal struggle between good and evil. Far from only the protagonist's moniker, Azrael has a religious historical subtext that dovetails into the devious horror story.

3.5/5 Azrael R

Release Date September 27, 2024Director E.L. KatzRuntime 85 MinutesMain Genre HorrorWriters Simon Barrett What Is Azrael About?

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Directed by E.L. Katz from a screenplay by Simon Barrett,...

“Many years after the rapture,” we are told, “among the survivors, some are driven to renounce the sin of Speech.”

The visual world building in El Katz’s Frightfest-featured post-apocalyptic horror flick is ingenious, weaving together apparently disparate elements which one can imagine might survive in such a situation and, by dint of the fact that most characters don’t speak, avoiding any pressure to explain them. People are living in camps in the woods, yet others still drive. Religious beliefs have shifted dramatically, but there are still denim jeans and waterproof jackets. We get a sense of parallel societies co-existing not that far apart, though we only really connect with one. The is where we find Azrael (Samara Weaving), a prisoner who has escaped along with her love (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) and is striving to put distance between the two of them and a cult that wants to sacrifice them to.

With Halloween now less than a week away, the new horror releases are showing no signs of slowing down. This week alone, 10 more new movies have arrived to haunt and entertain you.

Here’s all the new horror released from October 21 – October 27, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

In the wake of Mr. Crocket, Hulu’s “Huluween” lineup continues this week with the original horror-comedy Carved, which spewed pumpkin guts onto the platform beginning Monday.

“When a heartbroken teenage playwright, her younger brother, and a disparate group of survivors become trapped in a historical reenactment village on Halloween night, they must band together to survive a relentless assault by a sentient and vengeful pumpkin.”

Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Corey Fogelmanis, Wyatt Lindner, Carla Jimenez, Sasha Mason, Jonah Lees, DJ Qualls, Marc-Sully Saint-Fleur, Elvis Nolasco, Matty Cardarople, Jackson Kelly, and Chris Elliott star in the Halloween horror movie Carved.

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming on Peacock.

Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with showrunner/executive producer Ian McCulloch about the new series, including the gamble of putting his own unique spin on an adaptation of McCammon's Stinger, the importance of building relatable characters for the audience to connect with, and the creative freedom of working with horror mastermind James Wan.

You can watch our interview with Ian below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired...

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming on Peacock.

Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with co-stars Scott Speedman and Yvonne Strahovski, who play married couple James and Maggie Chenoweth, about what attracted them to the series, including the family drama fueled by the marital strains between James and Maggie, as well as collaborating with showrunner Ian McCulloch, embracing the physicality of the series, and the joyful distraction of being around baby goats in the show's isolated rural setting.

You can watch our interview with Scott and Yvonne below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural...

Warning: Major spoilers for Teacup episode 1 and episode 2 aheadPeacock's new horror show Teacup kicked off with its first two half-hour episodes, and in doing so, began to weave a web of mystery and terror while answering very few questions. Inspired by, although not based on, Robert R. McCammon's 2015 sci-fi horror novel Stinger, Teacup follows a group of neighbors and acquaintances as they attempt to survive a mysterious and deadly entity that has trapped them on a rural farm in Georgia. Starring Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman, the new show wastes no time in ratcheting up the gore and horror elements in its first two episodes.

The first episode of Teacup establishes the show's setting, and begins with a blood-soaked woman fleeing through the woods, seemingly possessed by an entity that wavers in its control over her. Meanwhile, the Chenoweth family is trying to find their youngest son, Arlo, who...

If youve ever wondered what happens between takes on Stranger Things, one cast member is ready to share what its like working with fan favorite David Harbour, who plays beleaguered Chief Hopper in the hit sci-fi show. Rob Morgan's character, Officer Powell, became the new police chief when Hopper disappeared he was later found in a Russian gulag in Season 4. Morgan took time while promoting his pivotal role in Peacocks new horror thriller Teacup to share his experience working with Harbour.

David Harbour is very grounded, very cool. He's the kind of cat that'll be reading a book in between the takes, you know. You're like, Damn, that's so intelligent. He looks so cool over there reading that book in between takes, even though he's got like a five-page scene that we're doing, he still has the wherewithal to read some book. I was always impressed with David about that.

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming its first two episodes on Peacock.

Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with co-stars Rob Morgan (who plays the enigmatic McNab) and Chaske Spencer (who plays the ever-resourceful Ruben Shanley) about what attracted them to playing their intriguing characters on the series, working with showrunner Ian McCulloch, and seeing the world premiere of Teacup at Fantastic Fest!

You can watch our interview with Rob and Chaske below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive.

Inspired by the novel Stinger from legendary author Robert McCammon and executive produced by James Wan, the new series Teacup is now streaming its first two episodes on Peacock, and Daily Dead recently had the pleasure of talking with co-stars Caleb Dolden and Emilie Bierre about their respective roles as siblings Arlo and Meryl Chenoweth in the intriguingly haunting series.

You can watch our interview with Caleb and Emilie below, and go here to catch up on all of our coverage of Teacup, which will release two new episodes on Peacock every Thursday through Halloween!

Teacup Synopsis and Cast & Crew Details:

About Teacup:

Logline: Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon.

Premiere Date: October 10, 2024 (2 Episodes Weekly)

Showrunner / Executive Producer: Ian McCulloch...

In the Peacock original horror series Teacup, the Chenoweth family is trapped at their rural farm due to supernatural circumstances, joined by family friend Ruben Shanley (Chaske Spencer) while the mysterious McNab (Rob Morgan) investigates whats going on. Created by Ian McCulloch, the series is a tense thrill ride unfolding over 48 hours as those affected by the strange incident gradually discover something far more sinister keeping them on the farm. With things already tense between the occupants of the farm, this only escalates the propensity for violence and personal stakes involved.

In an exclusive interview with Cbr, Teacup actors Chaske Spencer and Rob Morgan share how they developed each of their respective characters, praise the cast and crew for working with them to build the gripping television series and tease what audiences can expect when Teacup premieres on Peacock this October.

Cbr: Once the story gets going in Teacup, it never lets up.

“Teacup,” Peacock’s new series executive produced by James Wan, is a tricky one to write about. Writer, producer, and showrunner Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) draws very little from Robert McCammon’s Stinger, opting for a modern, minimalist interpretation of the horror western, one driven almost entirely by its central mystery. The eight-episode inaugural season is so structured around its enigmatic threat, purpose, methodology, and reach that “Teacup“ becomes a landmine of spoilers to dodge for the sake of preserving its many, many surprises. While that makes for a lot of setup and character dynamics to establish, McCulloch’s careful plotting and effective atmospherics pay off, resulting in an intense, rewarding inaugural season.

Set in rural Georgia, the series sees a disparate group of people forced together by a mysterious phenomenon in their surrounding woods. The type that leaves them without electricity, cell phone service, or a way to escape whatever...

Plot: Follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel “Stinger” by Robert McCammon.

Review: The name James Wan attached to a production likely makes you think you are in for something similar to The Conjuring or Insidious. The filmmaker has become synonymous with scary movies as much as he has directed big-budget tentpoles like Aquaman and Furious 7. Still, his prowess as a producer has fostered several cool projects under his Atomic Monster banner in recent years. The new series Teacup carries Wan’s name recognition but is the brainchild of Ian McCulloch. Inspired by the Robert McCammon novel Stinger, Teacup is a unique and original foray into genre storytelling that combines horror, science fiction, and family drama for a creepy drama series that is much...

Years after the Rapture, some of the survivors are so shaken up that they vow to give up even the simple act of speaking – that’s how much things have changed. This statement pretty much sums up E.L. Katz’s, “Azrael” (2024). The film takes place post-rapture, which, in Christian belief, is when, at the end of time, all the good-hearted people (both the living and the dead) are plucked up to the heavens, leaving behind the so-called sinners. Those left behind are stuck in a world where chaos, crime, and sin run wild. The film really drills into that idea of the breakdown of society, faith, and morality in a world abandoned by the righteous.

Azrael (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: Who is Azrael?

“Azrael” is about a fierce woman of the same name trying to survive in a post-rapture world gone completely mute. Yes, people have given up talking, believing speech itself is sinful now.

The following contains spoilers for Azrael, now in theaters and streaming on Shudder.

Directed by E.L. Katz and starring scream queen Samara Weaving as the titular character, Azrael is the latest indie horror to find a home on Shudder, bringing to the platform its special brand of dialogue-free, ultra-violent folk and religious horror. Set in a world left ravaged after the Rapture, a group of survivors form a cult where speech is a sin, silence is golden, and people are sacrificed to the flesh-eating ghouls that wander the woods. A young woman, Azrael, is the latest to be selected by the zealots for ritual sacrifice but she isn't taking this sentence lying down. Stripped of resources and her closest ally, Azrael must go up against enemies monster and human alike to defy destiny, stay alive and take revenge.

In this exclusive interview with Cbr, director E.L. Katz and lead...

At the heart of Alexandre Aja's latest film, Never Let Go, lies a question: how much do you trust your mother? In context, however, the circumstances go far beyond merely looking both ways before crossing the street. The mother in question is Halle Berry, who plays "Momma," a weary survivalist who will do anything to protect her two tween sons -- Nolan and Samuel -- from a purported multifarious malevolence that only Momma can see. The film is set primarily in and around a remote cabin, sequestered within a verdant thicket, far removed from anyone or anything save for the "Evil" concealed amongst the trees.

What we, the audience, don't know, and what Nolan and Samuel don't know, is whether something is genuinely lurking just beyond the plane of the visible or if Momma is making it up. Per Momma, Evil has overtaken the world, and the cabin serves...

The Peacock streaming service recently announced that the first two episodes of the James Wan-produced series Teacup, which is an adaptation of the 1988 bestseller Stinger, written by Robert R. McCammon (pick up a copy Here), are set to premiere on October 10th… and if you’re wondering why the TV series has a different title than the novel source material, it turns out there’s a very good reason for that. Yellowstone consulting producer Ian McCulloch is a writer and executive producer on the show, in addition to being the showrunner, and he told SFX magazine that the show only really adapts the spirit of McCammon’s novel.

McCulloch said, “I think that if I had read the book as a teenager when it came out, I might have felt a little more beholden to it. This is a very different kind of adaptation in that it’s really...

Columbia Pictures’ Saturday Night from Jason Reitman debuted at $265k, a great $53k per theater that’s the second-best limited opening of the year, and the best since June when Kinds Of Kindness also opened in 5 theaters (to a $75k PTA). It’s been a long a slightly dower wait for something to pop.

Saturday Night made $108K on Friday, $88K on Saturday and a projected $69K on Sunday in LA and New York. Expands Oct. 4 before opening wide on Oct 11 and looks well set up for a nice theatrical run with strong reviews and word of mouth since premiering at Telluride and Toronto.

Saturday Night is the true, and real time, story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live at 11:30 pm on October...

E.L. Katz's new action horror movie Azrael stars horror icon Samara Weaving in one of her most challenging roles yet, as she plays a young woman trying to survive in a world where nobody can talk. The post-apocalyptic film is set in an unnamed forest many years after the biblical Rapture, and features monsters both in human form and something far more sinister. Azrael is now showing in select theaters, and relies heavily on the score and the talents of its cast, specifically Weaving, to tell the story, as almost none of the characters utter a single word in the entire runtime.

Azrael's ending does very little to clarify any of the major story beats, although there are subtle clues throughout that allow for some assumption and interpretation. One of the primary mysteries surrounds the vicious cult that hunts Weaving's Azrael for the entire movie, and how they came...

Indie distributors are fretting about the current marketplace, specifically a glut of films vying for precious theater space and hard-to-snare audiences who, with exceptions of course, still seems mostly willing to come out for big ticket films.

While there are fewer wide studio releases than pre-Covid, theaters are giving them more space, up to 60%-70% of their real estate, a few indies execs said.

Meanwhile, it’s become cheaper to distribute films, which may be why new firms keep popping up to test the waters and in some cases open their movies on hundreds of screens, perhaps without a commensurate marketing effort.

“There is a lot of stuff being released, but nothing is performing,” says one indie distribution executive. Films like Deadpool or Beetlejuice Beetlejuice work, “but everything else is a crapshoot.

“Whether consumers are going to movies other than the big ones has been the question, and still is.

E.L. Katz' new action horror film Azrael has almost no spoken dialogue, which makes it easy to miss some of the more crucial explanations of the world in which the movie takes place. Starring one of horror's greatest scream queens, Samara Weaving, Azrael takes place in a post-apocalyptic world many years after the biblical Rapture, the final ascension of the holy and righteous into Heaven. The survivors are plagued by demonic humanoid creatures known as the Burned Ones, who constantly hunger for human flesh and blood.

Azrael, which is now showing, opens with Weaving's Azrael and her lover Kenan traveling through the woods, fleeing from a cult of survivors who believe that speech is a sin, and have surgically removed their vocal cords in response to what they believed to be the reason they were not chosen. They are captured and separated, and Azrael is tied up in an...

Directed by E.L. Katz, Azrael is the latest in a series of show-stopping indie-horror to sweep the 2020s film landscape. First debuting in March 2024 at the South By Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas, Azrael disappeared soon afterwards, seemingly sharing its fate with other completed but shelved projects. Thankfully, it found a new home on horror streaming platform Shudder. Now, the movie will hit theaters on September 27th, just in time for Halloween. Starring Samara Weaving of The Babysitter fame as the title character, Azrael is a fight for survival in a world after the Rapture, where a group of human survivors live in fear of the voiceless demons that walk the Earth and demand sacrifice.

As an act of penance in this post-Rapture world, a group of survivors formed a cult where speech is treated as the ultimate sin. Here, members zealously worship a pregnant priestess, perform ritual sacrifices,...

This review of Azrael was originally published during the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival.

Azrael, the latest horror starring scream queen Samara Weaving, hails from the minds of director E.L. Katz and screenwriter Simon Barrett. The movie follows a relatively simple premise: a young woman is hunted by a frightening cult and demonic creatures in a post-rapture world. Their sinister plan for her is unclear, but one thing's for sure she will survive at any cost.

Azrael

Director E.L. KatzRelease Date September 27, 2024Writers Simon BarrettCast Sonia Roszczuk, Sebastian Bull Sarning, Phong Giang, Lucie Jan, Karen Bengo, Johhan Rosenberg, Katariina Unt, Peter Christoffersen, Vic Carmen Sonne, Eero Milonoff, Samara Weaving, Nathan Stewart-JarrettRating RRuntime 85 MinutesGenres Action, Horror

The premise is one that many horror fans will recognize, as it's the basis of many classic horror films. The Rapture and its consequences have been a playground for science fiction and horror creatives for some time now,...

Did we need E.L. Katz’s Azrael to hammer home the point that Samara Weaving is a formidable final girl? Yes, and no. Since Weaving left such an unforgettable impact as the unyielding heroine in Ready or Not, it’s sort of a struggle to shake that image when you try to fully immerse yourself in the world of Azrael. What helps though, is Azrael’s decidedly peculiar world-building. The narrative being almost completely devoid of any dialogue already meant we’d have to do without exposition. The less you are told, the closer you look.

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What happens in the film?

We don’t know what year Azrael drops us in. But the title card’s half-hearted initiation does tell us that the world we’re walking into is post-Rapture. The evangelical faction of the survivors has done away with the sin of speaking. The cross on their...

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo has no words to describe the apocalyptic thriller “Azrael.” The film takes place in a silent world where a devout matriarchal society relentlessly pursues a young woman, Azrael, who has escaped their captivity. Once recaptured, she faces a grim fate—destined to be sacrificed to an ancient force lurking in the wilderness. The E.L. Katz (“Teacup”) film stars Samara Weaving, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Katarina Unt, and more.

Continue reading ‘Azrael’: Samara Weaving Talks About Her Apocalyptic Thriller, ‘Ready Or Not 2’, & More [The Discourse Podcast] at The Playlist.

Mayhem, Ready or Not, and Scream VI star Samara Weaving continues her hot streak in horror with Azrael, a dialogue-free survival horror movie that gets biblical with the carnage.

IFC Films released Azrael in theaters today, September 27.

Set in a post-Rapture world, the latest from director E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills) and writer Simon Barrett stars Weaving as Azrael, a woman on the run with her lover (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) from a murderous cult. Humans aren’t the only threat she’ll face in this intense horror gauntlet set over the course of 24 hours.

Bloody Disgusting spoke with Samara Weaving ahead of the film’s release, where the actor talked about the challenges of filming this particularly grueling action horror movie, as well as her trademark scream, and why she keeps coming back to horror.

The lack of dialogue in Azrael made character preparation trickier than usual for Weaving. She explains, “To...

No, Samara Weaving is not up against zombies in her new film Azrael––it’s more complicated than that.

Her latest film, from director E.L. Katz and writer Simon Barrett, is set in a post-apocalyptic world and follows a religious cult who have all removed their own vocal cords. In doing so, this means the narrative is almost entirely dialogue-free.

Weaving leads the pack as Azrael, someone who once had ties to this cult but is trying to get away from them alongside her close companion, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett’s Kenan.

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Horror streaming giant Shudder is pulling out all the stops this October with an unmissable lineup for UK and Irish viewers. From terrifying new original films to the return of the Emmy-nominated The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, Shudder’s October releases will leave horror fans shivering well into the spooky season.

Kicking off the horror fest on 1 October, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Season 666 makes its dramatic return, promising to be the most twisted and ambitious season yet. Expect iconic drag superstars facing off in intense physical challenges, backed by world-renowned directors and actors sitting on the judge’s panel. Every episode of this 10-part season will push boundaries, blending extreme drag and heart-pounding horror like never before.

The chills continue with V/H/S/Beyond, a Shudder Original anthology film streaming from 4 October. This instalment brings together six new twisted tapes, each taking viewers on a terrifying sci-fi-inspired ride. Highlights include “Fur Babies,” a...

Samara Weaving returns to the horror movie genre in 2024, and there are multiple options for where to watch Azrael in a short amount of time. After making a name for herself with horror movies like Ready or Not and The Babysitter, plus having a cameo in Scream VI, the actress is cemented as a modern scream queen. Samara Weaving's horror movies filmography grew again in 2024 thanks to Azrael, the action horror movie from the minds of director E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills) and writer Simon Barrett.

Azrael's story is set in a world where no one speaks. The movie revolves around a cult's attempt to imprison and sacrifice Weaving's Azrael to a mysterious evil. With Azrael's reviews being mostly positive, the inherent interest for some in seeing Weaving return to horror becomes even more exciting. This is especially true considering the involvement of Shudder, the horror-focused production company behind acclaimed films like In A Violent Nature,...

Azrael, the latest from director E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills) and writer Simon Barrett, takes the golden rule of showing, not telling, to heart. Samara Weaving takes on the title role in this survival horror movie set in a post-Rapture world where speaking is forbidden. It makes for a fascinating experiment in dialogue-free horror, where most the world building is left to the viewer to discern amidst minimalist storytelling and propulsive action.

A text card reveals that the Rapture has already happened when we meet Azrael, a terrified woman on the run with her lover (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett). Azrael is terrified and on edge, constantly looking over her shoulder as her lover tries to soothe her. They can’t say what they’re running from, though, as the cross-shaped scars on their throats indicate speaking is an impossibility for either. It doesn’t take long for their cultish persecutors to reveal themselves,...

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Filmmaker E.L. Katz follows up his excellent movies Cheap Thrills and Small Crimes with something bigger and bolder, Azrael, written by the man behind You're Next and The Guest. The director spoke with MovieWeb about creating the film and building its world, and working with Samara Weaving to create a great performance. Azrael hits theaters Sep. 27, 2024, from IFC Films.

In a world in which no one speaks, a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael (Samara Weaving) who has escaped their imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, she is to be sacrificed to pacify an evil which resides deep within the surrounding wilderness but Azrael will stop at nothing to ensure her own freedom and survival. From the seeds of this gritty, relentless parable of sacrifice and salvation, comes an immersive, real-time, action horror tale from the visionary minds of Simon Barrett and E.

More family films hitting cinemas this weekend with DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s feature take of Peter Brown’s New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot, however, unlike Paramount/Hasbro’s Transformers One last weekend, this one is mom/female leaning. Opening weekend at 3,900 theaters is pegged at $20M+.

That’s around the average start for an animated major studio movie in September and not that far from where we saw Transformers One last weekend with $24.6M. Also keep in mind that it’s original animation, and that’s always a lower bar start than established feature cartoons.

Wild Robot will have the vast majority of premium screens with 380 Imax hubs with all showtimes up to primetime. After that time, Lionsgate’s Megalopolis from Francis Ford Coppola will have evening Imax showtimes in key metropolitan locations, repping around 200 of its 1,700 theater count. Overall, for Wild Robot, there’s close to 900 Plf screens including all Dolby Cinema,...

Samara Weaving is a horror movie icon. She burst onto the scene in and as The Babysitter, where she played the leader of a demonic cult masquerading as a sweet and upstanding resident in the suburbs. She later went on to cameo in the sequel to that Netflix release, alongside another budding horror enthusiast, Jenna Ortega. Weaving teamed up with Steven Yeun in Mayhem where they played two employees trying to resist the effects of an experimental virus that was causing everyone in their workplace to go berserk. And even if these films went under the radar of horror fans, everyone sat up and took notice when she took on a rich and murderous family in Ready or Not. She followed that up with the deliciously entertaining Guns Akimbo, alongside Daniel Radcliffe. She showed up for a brief cameo in Scream VI too. And now, she is here in and as Azrael,...

Don’t cross the line.

That’s what the trailer for Teacup, the forthcoming Peacock series from horror mastermind James Wan, wants you to know.

In the trailer (below) for the horror-thriller starring Yvonne Strahovski (Handmaid’s Tale) and Scott Speedman (Grey’s Anatomy), a boy (Caleb Dolden) goes on a walk and is seemingly changed forever by what he’s seen.

“He says we’re trapped,” he tells Strahovski’s character. Who? “The man in my head. We need to hide… because it’s coming. And it kills everything that gets in its way.”

The two minute-plus first look at Teacup is eerily set to Harry Nilsson’s “Think About Your Troubles.” The animals are scared. And an anonymous figure draws a line that, if crossed, leads to what sounds to be a gruesome death. Speedman’s character is warned by a stranger wearing a gas mask not to trust anyone,...

We’ve been on board with Teacup since the Peacock horror series dropped its first teaser last month. And a new trailer has us even more excited for this mysterious show.

Based on a beloved novel by Robert McCammon, Teacup comes to us courtesy of Saw director James Wan.

So hopes are understandably high, and from what we’ve seen thus far, Peacock might have its first true streaming sensation on its hands.

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Sure, Poker Face and Girls 5eva made a splash with critics, but neither generated the kind of word of mouth that could put Peacock in the same conversation as original content powerhouses like Netflix and Max.

But a genuinely frightening adult horror series just in time for Halloween?

This could be the show the fledgling NBC offshoot has been waiting for.

Teacup follows a disparate group of neighbors in rural Georgia who must come...

“Teacup” is a new live-action thriller TV series, based on Robert McCammon’s novel “Stinger”, to be executive produced by James Wan an directed by E.L. Katz, starring Scott Speedman, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, Yvonne Strahovski and Luciano Leroux, streaming October 10, 1024 on Peacock:

“…a disparate group of people in rural Georgia must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive…”

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A disparate group of people in rural Georgia must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive in upcoming Peacock horror series “Teacup,” executive produced by James Wan and inspired by Robert McCammon‘s Stinger. Watch the new trailer now.

James Wan said in a new statement, “After reading Robert McCammon’s book Stinger, the entire team at Atomic Monster felt a spark. The story had all the ingredients for a captivating series and [showrunner] Ian McCulloch had a vision to bring it to life in a fresh way that was both startling and darkly atmospheric, but filled with a rich sense of humanity — often lacking in edgy narratives. Add in our incredibly talented cast led by Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman and Chaske Spencer and fans are in for a true edge-of-your-seat experience.”

The first two episodes of Atomic Monster and UCP’s series “Teacup” premiere on Peacock on Thursday,...

Peacock is set to premiere a new horror series called “Teacup” on October 10th. The show was developed by acclaimed horror producer James Wan and is based loosely on the bestselling novel “Stinger” by Robert McCammon. “Teacup” tells the story of a rural family who faces a mysterious threat in their small Georgia community.

Ian McCulloch serves as the showrunner and has adapted the novel for television. While the original story was set in Texas, McCulloch moved the setting to the backwoods of Georgia. The ensemble cast includes established actors like Yvonne Strahovski of “The Handmaid’s Tale” fame alongside Scott Speedman, Chaske Spencer, and Rob Morgan. McCulloch describes “Teacup” as blending different genres like thriller, horror, family drama and science fiction into a single “keyhole” story focused on one family.

A recently released trailer for the series offers a glimpse into its eerie world. The footage starts out peacefully with...

Peacock’s official Teacup trailer warns that “it’s coming and it kills everything that gets in its way.” And as the trailer unfolds, it appears that the terrifying warning was spot-on.

The new horror series is inspired by Robert McCammon’s bestseller Stinger and stars Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale), Scott Speedman (You), and Chaske Spencer (Marvel’s Echo). Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Caleb Dolden, Emilie Bierre, and Luciano Leroux also star.

Poster for Peacock’s ‘Teacup’

“Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive,” reads Peacock’s synopsis. Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Francisca X. Hu, Kevin Tancharoen, author Robert McCammon, and Atomic Monster’s James Wan, Michael Clear (Swamp Thing), and Rob Hackett (I Know What You Did Last Summer) involved as executive producers. E.L. Katz...