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Justin Janowitz’s spellbinding feature debut, Do Not Watch, follows the tradition of cursed footage like 2018’s Antrum or 2022’s Incantation. Subliminal messages are baked into Ryan Toyama’s screenplay and imprinted onto the screen. Traditional barriers between screens and their audiences are shattered; characters plead with us to do what the title commends. Do Not Watch isn’t without shortcomings, but tantalizes as an innovative reinvention of found footage capabilities.

Toyama’s screenplay bounces between multiple timelines infected by the same film canister. An introductory info dump reads: “What you are about to witness is a compilation of the events surrounding the disappearance of a post-production crew as they worked on research footage from the 1980s.” Clips cycle around the mentioned post-production crew who works at Illusion Post, the supposed cursed footage of researchers in a bunker from the ‘80s, and the documentarians trying to unearth the truth about...

Many of Hollywood’s hottest stars walked the red carpet at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscars 2024 party on Sunday, March 10. The fundraising gala took place in West Hollywood, California. Gold Derby associate editor Latasha Ford enjoyed a spot on the red carpet and chatted with over 20 guests attending the exclusive Oscars party.

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Alix Angelis (director) and Brandon Delsid (actor)

Joey Badass

Toni Braxton (singer)

Lucas Castellani (model)

Sasha Colby (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”)

Giancarlo Esposito (actor)

Mary Fitzgerald and Romain Bonnet (“Selling Sunset”)

David Furnish (Chair of Elton John AIDS Foundation)

Kendalle Getty (multimedia artist)

Harry Goodwins (actor)

David Granados

Beatrice Granno (actress)

Scott Hamilton and Nadia Comaneci (Olympians)

Jacob Lusk (singer)

Melanie Lynskey (“Yellowjackets”)

Jeannie Mai

Orville Peck (musician)

Retta

Smokey Robinson (singer)

Larsen Thompson

Ashley Versher (director) and Danielle Larracuente (actress)

Lisa Ann Walter (“Abbott Elementary”)

Elton...

With a similar elevator pitch and budget as M3GAN, Jeff Wadlow’s Imaginary is clearly striving to become 2024’s PG-13 horror darling about an evil children’s doll wreaking havoc on a family already in a state of metamorphosis. Regrettably, the filmmakers here have completely abandoned the archness of tone and shades of camp that made M3GAN such an entertaining, if ultimately inconsequential, experience. In place of that film’s knowing playfulness is an overwrought family drama that’s as undercooked as it is painfully familiar.

The blended family at the center of Imaginary consists of comic book artist Jessica (DeWanda Wise), her new husband, Max (Tom Payne), and his two kids from a previous marriage, Taylor (Taegen Burns) and Alice (Pyper Braun). While moody, edgy teenager Taylor constantly gives Jessica the cold shoulder, Alice—much to her big sister’s chagrin—has started to warm up to her stepmom.

Enter this contest for your chance to win Atom passes to see Imaginary! Blumhouse and Lionsgate are bringing you back to your childhood imagination. And this time, you’ll never leave. Never. Ever. Imaginary, is only in theaters on March 8th. Winners will be notified prior to the film’s release!

Synopsis: From Blumhouse, the genre-defining masterminds behind Five Nights At Freddy’S and M3GAN, comes an original horror that taps into the innocence of imaginary friends — and begs the question: Are they really figments of childhood imagination or is something more terrifying lying just beneath? When Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice (Pyper Braun) develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning,...

In the summer of 2022, Netflix released “Halftime,” a glossy, shiny, and intermittently revelatory documentary focused on global icon Jennifer Lopez. That offering found unexpected (if highly unrelatable) pathos in the star’s distress over not being nominated for an Oscar for her (quite good) turn in “Hustlers.” Just twenty months later, and yet another streamer is now releasing its own glossy, shiny, and intermittently revelatory film project focused on global icon Jennifer Lopez. The pathos, though? That’s mostly missing, but certainly not for lack of trying.

The project comes from the mind of Lopez herself, who also co-financed the effort. It’s clunkily titled (and punctuated) as “This Is Me…Now: A Love Story,” linking it inextricably with Lopez’s latest studio album, which just so happens to be dropping the same day as its “cinematic” component. Synergy!

The official synopsis for the project is filled with chestnuts that...

Jennifer Lopez will unveil a new album, This Is Me…Now, and accompanying film, This Is Me…Now: A Love Story, on Feb. 16. In addition, Amazon MGM Studios will release a documentary, The Greatest Love Story Never Told, that showcases how both projects came to be on Feb. 27.

Directed by Jason Bergh, the documentary “follows Jennifer Lopez as she attempts her most daring project yet: independently producing a new album and cinematic original that explore her twenty-year journey to self-love.”

The official synopsis adds that it “offers unflinching access to...

Late Night with the Devil and The Cleansing Hour both feature broadcasts taken over by supernatural beings. The films share common themes but are set in different time periods. The similarities between the movies make them an ideal double feature, highlighting timeless horror elements.

The upcoming horror film Late Night with the Devil shares some broad strokes and thematic elements with 2019's The Cleansing Hour, but the similarities make both movies even better. Written and directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes, Late Night with the Devil focuses on Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian), the host of late-night talk show Night Owls. Set in the 1970s, Delroy tries to combat falling ratings by bringing on a spooky panel of guests for a Halloween taping, including the potentially demonically possessed Lilly (Ingrid Torelli).

Directed by Damien LeVeck, The Cleansing Hour takes place in the modern-day and focuses on a livestream produced by best...

Jennifer Lopez Addresses Her Multiple Marriags & Romances In This Is Me… Now Trailer – Watch (Picture Credit: Prime Video/YouTube)

Jennifer Lopez finally gives insight into her romantic life in the past two decades. The actress-singer has, time and again, grabbed eyeballs over her multiple marriages and boyfriends. She broke her engagement with Alex Rodriguez and reunited with Ben Affleck in 2021. Scroll below as she breaks silence on s*x addict and many other allegations in This Is Me… Now, A Love Story trailer.

As most know, JLo has been married four times. She tied the knot with Cuban waiter Ojani Noa in 1997, but that relationship lasted barely a year. She gave another chance to “happily ever after” when she married her former backup dancer, Cris Judd, in 2001. They called it quits in 2003. She then married singer Marc Anthony, and they were together for almost a decade. She is also blessed...

The two-minute trailer for This Is Me…Now describes the sci-fi autobiographical musical one-hour film as from the heart, soul, and dreams of Jennifer Lopez. The trailer runs through J-Lo’s various romances and marriages, and finds her friends hosting an intervention to discuss her sex addiction.

“I learned the hard way not all love stories have a happy ending,” says Lopez. “Whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, the answer was always in love.”

Grammy-winner Dave Meyers (“No Tears Left to Cry” by Ariana Grande) directs from a screenplay by Jennifer Lopez and Matt Walton. Lopez’s hubby, Ben Affleck, is featured in the film alongside Fat Joe, Trevor Noah, Kim Petras, Post Malone, Keke Palmer, Sofia Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, and Jay Shetty.

The cast also includes Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sadhguru, Tony Bellissimo, Derek Hough, Trevor Jackson, Paul Raci, Bella Gagliano, Brandon Delsid,...

Jennifer Lopez is partnering with Amazon MGM Studios for a cinematic experience that will leave you breathless, sweaty, and ready to hit the dance floor. Today, Amazon debuted the This Is Me…Now: A Love Story trailer, showcasing Lopez’s narrative-driven cinematic experience, which will be available exclusively to Prime Video on February 16, 2024.

Here’s the official synopsis for This Is Me…Now: A Love Story:

This Is Me…Now: A Love Story is like nothing you’ve ever seen from Jennifer Lopez. Alongside director Dave Meyers, Jennifer has created a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey steeped in mythological storytelling and personal healing. Dropping in tandem with her first studio album in a decade, this genre-bending Amazon original showcases her journey to love through her own eyes. With fantastical costumes, breathtaking choreography, and star-studded cameos, this panorama is an introspective retrospective of Jennifer’s resilient heart.

Joining Lopez for her epic musical presentation are Fat Joe,...

Prime Video has debuted the trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s narrative-driven, cinematic original ‘This is Me Now…A Love Story.’

The film is like nothing you’ve ever seen from Jennifer Lopez. Alongside director Dave Meyers, Jennifer has created a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey, steeped in mythological storytelling and personal healing. Dropping in tandem with her first studio album in a decade, this genre-bending Amazon original showcases her journey to love through her own eyes. With fantastical costumes, breathtaking choreography, and star-studded cameos, this panorama is an introspective retrospective of Jennifer’s resilient heart.

Directed by Dave Meyers and written by Lopez and Matt Walton, it stars Fat Joe, Trevor Noah, Kim Petras, Post Malone, Keke Palmer, Sofia Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Jay Shetty, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sadhguru, Tony Bellissimo, Derek Hough, Trevor Jackson, Paul Raci, Bella Gagliano, Brandon Delsid, Ashley Versher, Malcolm Kelner, Alix Angelis, Danielle Larracuente, Matthew Law and Ben Affleck.

There is a lot going on in the new trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me…Now: A Love Story.

In the trailer, the singer navigates a sex-addict anonymous-styled meeting after friends stage an intervention, citing her three marriages as a red flag. She also dances, sings, reflects on childhood, and appears in mythological settings in the span of less than three minutes.

“I learned the hard way — not all love stories have a happy ending,” Lopez says in a voiceover in the arresting visual, featuring musical-type dance numbers...

The full length trailer for Jennifer Lopez‘s This Is Me…Now: A Love Story has just dropped!

We now have a full look at the cast list too, which, along with Jennifer herself, features Fat Joe, Trevor Noah, Kim Petras, Post Malone, Keke Palmer, Sofia Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Jay Shetty, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sadhguru, Tony Bellissimo, Derek Hough, Trevor Jackson, Paul Raci, Bella Gagliano, Brandon Delsid, Ashley Versher, Malcolm Kelner, Alix Angelis, Danielle Larracuente, Matthew Law and her husband Ben Affleck.

Keep reading to find out more…

Here’s the film’s synopsis: This Is Me…Now: A Love Story is like nothing you’ve ever seen from Jennifer Lopez. Alongside director Dave Meyers, Jennifer has created a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey, steeped in mythological storytelling and personal healing. Dropping in tandem with her first studio album in a decade, this genre-bending Amazon original showcases her journey to love through her own eyes.

The full length trailer for Jennifer Lopez‘s This Is Me…Now: A Love Story has just dropped!

We now have a full look at the cast list too, which, along with Jennifer herself, features Fat Joe, Trevor Noah, Kim Petras, Post Malone, Keke Palmer, Sofia Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Jay Shetty, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sadhguru, Tony Bellissimo, Derek Hough, Trevor Jackson, Paul Raci, Bella Gagliano, Brandon Delsid, Ashley Versher, Malcolm Kelner, Alix Angelis, Danielle Larracuente, Matthew Law and her husband Ben Affleck.

Keep reading to find out more…

Here’s the film’s synopsis: This Is Me…Now: A Love Story is like nothing you’ve ever seen from Jennifer Lopez. Alongside director Dave Meyers, Jennifer has created a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey, steeped in mythological storytelling and personal healing. Dropping in tandem with her first studio album in a decade, this genre-bending Amazon original showcases her journey to love through her own eyes.

Jennifer Lopez is reintroducing herself yet again with genre-bending film “This Is Me…Now.”

Released in tandem with her first new album in a decade that shares the same title as the feature, the film is co-written by Lopez and Matt Walton. The cinematic original film co-stars Lopez’s husband Ben Affleck, as well as features cameos by Trevor Noah, Kim Petras, Sofia Vergara, Keke Palmer, and more.

The official synopsis reads: “Jennifer has created a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey, steeped in mythological storytelling and personal healing. Dropping in tandem with her first studio album in a decade, this genre-bending Amazon original showcases her journey to love through her own eyes. With fantastical costumes, breathtaking choreography, and star-studded cameos, this panorama is an introspective retrospective of Jennifer’s resilient heart.”

Grammy winner Dave Meyers directs using a story he co-created with Lopez and Chris Shafer. The Amazon MGM Studios features Fat Joe,...

Acclaimed cinematographer Justin Janowitz has finished post-production on his secretive feature directorial debut Do Not Watch, and we’ve got your first look.

The film – which was directed by Janowitz from a screenplay by Ryan Toyama, was shot on location in and around the environs of Los Angeles. Produced by Circa 1888’s Jp Ouellette, Dylan Matlock, and Nico Falls, Do Not Watch is their follow-up to the critically acclaimed, BAFTA & Saturn Award nominated feature Mass, which world premiered at Sundance in 2021 and went on to win the Robert Altman Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

“Completing Do Not Watch was like a fever dream come true,” recounts writer and executive producer Ryan Toyama. “It’s been an amazing experience to watch Justin (Janowitz) adapt a script that was so many years in the making. He, along with our fantastic cast and crew, not only fully embraced the madness that was on the page,...

With fans eagerly anticipating the US release of Terrifier 2, Catherine Corcoran of the cult favorite slasher Terrifier has signed on to star in the horror film Do Not Watch, Deadline reported.

She will star alongside Ezekiel Ajeigbe (The Giant), Alix Angelis (The Cleansing Hour), and Ella Cannon (Trees of Peace).

The story is said to dig into “a decades-spanning mystery revolving around an unexplained phenomenon known as The Bunker Anomaly.”

The film will mark the feature directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Justin Janowitz, whose credits include multiple episodes of Netflix’s “Unsolved Mysteries”. Ryan Toyama wrote the screenplay

Jp Ouellette, Dylan Matlock, and Nico Falls are producing Do Not Watch for Circa 1888- with the film marking their follow-up to the critically acclaimed drama Mass, which world premiered at Sundance, before going on to win the Robert Altman Award at the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards- and securing a BAFTA nomination.

Exclusive: Ezekiel Ajeigbe (The Giant), Alix Angelis (The Cleansing Hour), Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier) and Ella Cannon (Trees of Peace) have signed on to star in the horror Do Not Watch, marking the feature directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Justin Janowitz (Unsolved Mysteries).

Details as to the film’s plot are being kept under wraps. But it’s said to be a decades-spanning mystery revolving around an unexplained phenomenon known as The Bunker Anomaly.

Ryan Toyama wrote the script and is executive producing alongside James & Bo Colton, Jonathan Boateng, Javier C. Ortiz, Graeme Laronge, Jasson Walker and Skip Waugh. Jp Ouellette, Dylan Matlock and Nico Falls are producing for Circa 1888, with the film marking their follow-up to the critically acclaimed drama Mass, which world premiered at Sundance, before going on to win the Robert Altman Award at the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards.

“The screenplay for Do Not Watch is one of the most interesting,...

Currently streaming on Shudder, The Cleansing Hour is centered around an online exorcist (Ryan Guzman) who gets more than he bargained for when he comes face to face with a real demon during one of his sham exorcism shows. Caught in the middle is Lane (played by Alix Angelis), an aspiring actress who ends up being an unwilling host to the malevolent force, and the clock is ticking to save her soul and banish the demonic force from her body forever before it’s too late.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Angelis about her experiences working on The Cleansing Hour, and she discussed collaborating with the film’ director, Damien LeVeck, as well as the physical challenges that came with taking on the role of a woman possessed by pure evil. Angelis also chatted about all the special effects she had to contend with and what she...

Hot on the heels of the surprise news of The Creepshow Halloween Special, premiering October 26, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Joey King with stories from Joe Hill and Stephen King, streaming horror king Shudder is adding even more treats for their one million-plus members.

2020's All-New Ghoul Log - October 1

Halloween's answer to the Christmas Yule Log, the Ghoul Log is: a 24/7 streaming jack-o'-lantern (available on demand as a Shudder TV feed 'round the clock) that offers the perfect ambience for all your Halloween festivities. This year's edition has been lovingly crafted by a fan-favorite filmmaker who knows a thing or two about the holiday. Visit Shudder October 1 for the big reveal...

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Horror host and drive-in movie expert Joe Bob has left the trailer park behind in favor of a more remote retreat, but he's still...

Shudder has plenty of treats for horror fans to dig into this Halloween season, with a jam-packed October release schedule that includes an animated Creepshow Halloween Special, Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, Timo Tjahjanto's May the Devil Take You Too, "The Price of Fright" Vincent Price collection, Chris Lamartina's Wnuf Halloween Special, and much more!

Below, you can check out the full list of titles coming to Shudder in the U.S. this October, and be sure to visit Shudder's website to learn more about the streaming service and their scary good lineup!

"New Shudder Specials

2020’s All-new Ghoul Log — October 1

Halloween’s answer to the Christmas Yule Log, the Ghoul Log is: a 24/7 streaming jack-o’-lantern (available on demand as a Shudder TV feed ‘round the clock) that offers the perfect ambience for all your Halloween festivities. This year’s edition has been lovingly crafted...

When Jonathan Bennett — of “Mean Girls” and “Cake Wars” fame — got a call about starring in a TV movie called “Harvest of the Heart,” he was shopping. “I remember the moment the call came in, because I was at Costco buying groceries in safety goggles, an N95 mask, and gloves,” he said.

The call was from a casting director he had worked with before, offering him a part in a movie that was about to begin filming in Oklahoma — he had to ring her back after he got home and had sanitized his phone.

“I was surprised that a movie was starting this early,” Bennett said. “But my big concern was, what are the safety precautions going to be like?”

As production tentatively restarts in North America, that’s the question of the hour: Can it be done safely?

Covid-19 was beginning to hit Michigan hard in March when producer...

Ryan Guzman (The Boy Next Door), Kyle Gallner (A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Haunting in Connecticut) and Alix Angelis (The Magnificent Seven) star in the contained horror thriller The Cleansing Hour, which recently lensed in Bucharest, Romania. “The Cleansing Hour follows best friends Max and Drew (Guzman and Gallner) who run a popular webcast that stages exorcisms to look real. “When the […]...

Genre project currently in post-production.

Toronto-based Ddi has picked up worldwide sales rights to supernatural horror The Cleansing Hour and will launch sales at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) next week.

CEO Jason Moring (pictured) and his team will introduce buyers to the feature about millennial entrepreneurs who get tormented by a demon during a live webcast.

When the evil spirit possesses the fiancée of one of the men, it forces them to expose dark secrets. Ryan Guzman, Kyle Gallner and Alix Angelis star

The Cleansing Hour is currently in post-production and marks the feature directorial debut of Damien LeVeck,...

Details on the three-part anthology film Tales from the Campfire from Night of Terror Films starts off today's Highlights. We also have a look at the short film Retina, Scream Factory's Blu-ray and DVD release of The Cured, the feature-length film version of The Cleansing Hour first details, and a trailer and Indiegogo launch details for the fan-made web series Batman: Master of Fear.

Tales from the Campfire Announced: "Tales from the Campfire retro-inspired inspired anthology horror film that tells the tales of three campfire stories with events occurring at the same time in the film’s wraparound. Each campfire tale has its own unique look and feels, touching on different sub-genres of horror.

Film Synopsis: Four friends plan a camping trip at a small campground to spend an evening sitting around a fire telling each other campfire stories that all supposedly happened within the area that they’re camping at.