Exclusive: Avatar Entertainment is in Cannes launching The House on Tifton Lake, a horror starring Vadhir Derbez.
The film, based on a true story, follow four friends spending a weekend at a mysterious mansion in rural Georgia who find their host as a twin brother or alter ego who does not like guests. Mexican-u.S. actor Derbez stars playing the easy going Brandon and his murderous twin/alter ego Carlos.
London- and LA-based talent management and production company Avatar is also producing, with owner Larry Robinson a producer alongside Matt Stein, an exec producer on titles such as Halloween and Scream 4.
The writers are Sandra Becerril, who has published 34 horror novels and has won the Arial Award for Best Screenplay, and Henry Bedwell, who is also attached to direct. Becerril is currently writing a feature script for Fabula, the Chilean...
The film, based on a true story, follow four friends spending a weekend at a mysterious mansion in rural Georgia who find their host as a twin brother or alter ego who does not like guests. Mexican-u.S. actor Derbez stars playing the easy going Brandon and his murderous twin/alter ego Carlos.
London- and LA-based talent management and production company Avatar is also producing, with owner Larry Robinson a producer alongside Matt Stein, an exec producer on titles such as Halloween and Scream 4.
The writers are Sandra Becerril, who has published 34 horror novels and has won the Arial Award for Best Screenplay, and Henry Bedwell, who is also attached to direct. Becerril is currently writing a feature script for Fabula, the Chilean...
- 5/23/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
The original Más Negro Que la Noche, or Darker Than Night, was written and directed by the late Carlos Enrique Taboada in 1975. Widely considered as one of the most important Mexican horror films ever made, it is everything this new 3D remake is not: simple yet effective, atmospheric, coherent, memorable, and serious. Sure, we all can have fun as the characters say the title more than once, but nonetheless, Taboada's film is a solemn take of a classic ghost/haunted house story. Cut to 2014, and we've got not only the characters repeating the title "Más Negro Que la Noche", but also a complete fest of ridiculous material that, needless to say, will piss off those who respect the 1975 version. Respecting the original premise,...
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- 8/13/2014
- Screen Anarchy
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