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Based on what we’re hearing from Disney, the seventh and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, now on Disney Plus, will be with us on February 17th, 2020. One of the more challenging aspects of the animated series, though, is that you won’t get a chronological experience by just following the released episode order. Thankfully, then, we now have a correct viewing order courtesy of the official Star Wars site, which tells us all you need to know to catch up on The Clone Wars before its return.

The Clone Wars bridges the gap between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, providing a significant level of detail for anyone wondering what was going on in between the two prequel movies. When aired, episodes could often be bundled together as arcs, linked by one-off episodes that might explore a different part of the galaxy adjacent...

We’ve got an incredibly creepy trailer for you to check out for the Netflix indie-horror Eli. The film is directed by Ciarán Foy and follows a mother and father who take their ailing son with an autoimmune disorder to a home/facility to receive treatment, but things begin to go wrong when supernatural events occur, and evil seems to be lurking throughout the house and its staff.

As a last resort to cure their son’s auto-immune disorder, the Millers move into a sterile manor during his treatments. Eli is tormented by terrifying visions — deemed hallucinations — but something sinister may lurk within these walls.

The film stars Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone), Max Martini (13 Hours), Charlie Shotwell (All the Money in the World), Lili Taylor (Mystic Pizza), Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Deneen Tyler (Black and Blue), and Katia Gomez (Get Hard).

Check out the trailer below, and see Eli on Netflix...

Irish director Ciarán Foy turned a lot of heads with his debut film Citadel back in 2012. Not that things have been quiet for the director but they have certainly picked up recently.    It was just announced this week that Foy will direct episodes of Netflix's The Haunting of Bly House. It may have been his work for the streaming network on his new haunted house flick Eli that got him the new gig.    The trailer for Eli was released earlier today. Have a look below and keep an eye out for it on Netflix on October 18th.    Eli is the story of a young boy plagued with an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the...

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Following his 2012 feature-length directorial debut “Citadel” and his 2015 sequel installment “Sinister 2,” which was the follow-up to Scott Derrickson’s Ethan Hawke-led original, Irish writer-director Ciarán Foy is now making his third return to the director’s chair with “Eli” – and we just got our first trailer for the project, though it’s been completed forever and delayed for almost a year (originally supposed to hit January 2019).

Continue reading ‘Eli’ Trailer: Ciarán Foy’s Latest Horror Locks A Child From The Outside World at The Playlist.

"Why do I feel worse?!" Netflix has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie horror film called Eli, the latest from acclaimed Irish filmmaker Ciarán Foy (of Citadel and Sinister 2). This hasn't premiered at any film festivals, but will be dropping right onto Netflix in a few weeks - just in time for the horror season. Eli is about a young boy named Eli, played by Charlie Shotwell, receiving treatment for his auto-immune disorder, who discovers that the house he's living isn't as safe as he thought. He moves into a "safe house" but starts to feel even worse, and starts to see some very creepy things. The full cast includes Kelly Reilly, Max Martini, Lili Taylor, Sadie Sink, Deneen Tyler, and Katia Gomez. This is a seriously freaky deaky little trailer. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Ciarán Foy's Eli, from ...

From the producer of “The Haunting of Hill House” and Gerald’s Game comes director Ciarán Foy‘s new horror film Eli, which will be debuting on Netflix just in time for Halloween on October 18th. This morning we’re debuting the upcoming film’s trailer right here on Bloody Disgusting, along with some exclusive insights from Foy. For starters, here’s the […]...

Back in August, Adam Egypt Mortimer's Daniel Isn't Real won the Feature Film Jury Prize at Popcorn Frights, and following its recent screening at Fantastic Fest, it will continue to take its imaginative story around the festival circuit now that it's been announced for the second wave of programming for Telluride Horror Show.

In addition to Daniel Isn't Real, the Telluride Horror Show's second wave of programming also includes Wounds, the horror anthology Scare Package, Extra Ordinary, and more.

You can read the full second wave of programming below, check here for the first wave of programming, and to learn more, visit Telluride Horror Show's official website.

Press Release: Telluride, Co - The full film lineup, special events, and festival schedule are now live for the 10th anniversary Telluride Horror Show, slated for October 11-13, 2019 in the mountain resort town of Telluride, Colorado.

The second wave includes highly-anticipated genre films from Blumhouse,...

Tony Sokol Jul 3, 2019

Half a century later, as much mystery surrounds what Brian Jones brought to the Rolling Stones as the circumstances of his death.

It has been 50 years since the Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones drowned in the swimming pool at his country home and his death is still as much a mystery as it was on July 3, 1969. He was 27, the same age as his hero, blues musician Robert Johnson. They were the first recognized members of the "27 Club," artists who died at that age like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Linda Jones, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse. Johnson and Jones share another honor in the dark mythology of rock and roll. Their circumstances of their deaths are shrouded with unanswered questions. Johnson may have been poisoned. Jones may have been intentionally drowned. Both left legacies which influence artists to this very day. The same can be said of the lingering questions.

George R.R. Martin, the creator of Game of Thrones, said on his official blog today that work is proceeding “nicely” on three GoT-based series at HBO. But Martin cautioned against believing rumors about the shows.

“Oh, and speaking of television, don’t believe everything you read. Internet reports are notoriously unreliable. We have had five different Game Of Thrones successor shows in development (I mislike the term “spinoffs”) at HBO, and three of them are still moving forward nicely.”

He added: “The one I am not supposed to call The Long Night will be shooting later this year, and two other shows remain in the script stage, but are edging closer. What are they about? I cannot say. But maybe some of you should pick up a copy of Fire & Blood and come up with your own theories.”

Bob Greenblatt, the recently appointed chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer, who oversees HBO,...

It was just last week that we passed along the update that 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment's upcoming three-film adaptation of Goosebumps author R.L. Stine's teen horror book series Fear Street had added Ashley Zukerman, Fred Hechinger, Julia Rehwald, and Jeremy Ford to the cast. That update was a two-parter as we also passed along word that the trilogy lost Queen of Earth and Her Smell writer-director Alex Ross Perry, who was all set to take the helm of the second Fear Street sequel. And today we hear that Stranger Things season two star Sadie Sink has joined the cast as well.

Sadie Sink will be joining a cast that includes the above-mentioned Ashley Zukerman, Fred Hechinger, Julia Rehwald, and Jeremy Ford along with Benjamin Flores Jr., Olivia Welch, Kiana Madeira, and Swamp Thing, Jurassic World star Matt Burke in the role of "Football Coach." Madeira and...

The Game of Thrones prequel pilot is adding a Harry Potter star to its ranks.

According to Deadline, Miranda Richardson is the latest addition to the cast of the pilot.

No details about her role have been revealed, and that's not a surprise. Despite some teases, much of the characters the cast will be playing has been kept under wraps.

Richardson joins a cast that already includes Naomi Watts, Josh Whitehouse, Naomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, and Toby Regbo.

Much like the original series, the cast for the prequel is poised to be bursting at the seams.

Related: Game of Thrones Prequel Adds Reign, Humans Actors

"Taking place thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour," reads the official logline for the Jane Goldman penned pilot.

A fun, watchable episode of Star Wars Resistance, but one that feels a little like a step back.

This Star Wars Resistance review contains spoilers.

Star Wars Resistance Episode 6

There won’t be many words for this review. “The Children from Tehar” is a fine episode, although it’s very limited in scope. We do learn a bit more about The Colossus, and there’s a slightly new shade to Kazuda, but beyond that, it’s not expansive or eye-opening or game-changing.

I guess it’s more table-setting, but nothing really seems… informative? It’s mostly about putting up, front and center, a lot of ideas that we could pretty much assume from the start, so while the execution of the episode is pretty straight-forward, the details are shrug-worthy.

Kazuda is in debt to Tam over a ship part he broke that’s both rare and expensive, so Kazuda, after overhearing a hologram transmission,...

The Game of Thrones prequel has found its next cast member.

According to Deadline, Josh Whitehouse is the latest addition to the cast of the spinoff and will be one of the ensemble's leads.

There's no word yet on who the Poldark scene-stealer will be playing, and we're not surprised.

The series has been shrouded in secrecy ever since it was announced, and given that the parent series has yet to finish its run, it's likely that HBO wants to keep details on the down low.

Related: Game of Thrones Prequel Gets Green Light

What we do know is that Naomi Watts has also landed a lead role and that she will be playing a socialite.

Since Naomi's casting was announced yesterday, various theories have popped up online, with some claiming that she will be playing a Targaryen.

While multiple spinoffs were initially in development at HBO, the one penned...

The Game of Thrones prequel has its first cast member!

According to Deadline, Naomi Watts has signed on to lead the cast of the prequel pilot which is in the works at HBO from writer Jane Goldman and Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.

Little is known about who Watts will be playing aside from a "charismatic socialite hiding a dark secret."

Goldman is attached to the project as showrunner, and will executive produce alongside Martin. Simply put, the spinoff is in good hands.

Plot details were revealed earlier this year ahead of the pilot order.

Related: Game of Thrones Prequel Gets Pilot Order

According to the official logline, “the series chronicles the world’s descent from the Golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour."

"And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the...

Star Wars Resistance zooms into action with a whole new story and heroes. Here's our review of the series premiere!

This Star Wars Resistance review contains spoilers.

Star Wars Resistance Episodes 1 and 2

Star Wars is back! The animated TV version, that is. After the end of Star Wars Rebels–a show that struggled with tonal issues for several seasons but stuck the landing with an exceptionally good final season and a remarkable final episode–Dave Filoni returns with Star Wars Resistance, a new animated expedition within the venerable Star Wars saga.

This series, with its CGI, cel-shaded, video game-esque animation style, takes place about six months before The Force Awakens, charting the rise of the infamous First Order through the eyes of newcomer Kazuda Xiono. I use the “video game-esque” descriptor on purpose. It not only refers to the visual style–which to be clear, is pretty effective and allows for bright,...

HBO president Casey Bloys provided an update on the Jane Goldman-George R.R. Martin scripted Game of Thrones prequel and there’s hope that production will be starting next year. HBO still has to cast and find a director.

There were earlier local reports a few weeks ago that production was starting in October in Belfast at The Paint Hall in the city’s Titanic Quarters. That is not true says Bloys in regards to the production start.

While there were a number of prequels in production at once, it was the Goldman one to win out, “That was the one we’re excited about” said Bloys. The other four aren’t happening at the moment. Bloys noted that some of them are dead and some are still possibilities but would not specify how many and which may be still alive. HBO did multiple scripts in an effort to develop the perfect spin-off,...

HBO is planning to start shooting the pilot for George R.R. Martin and Jane Goldman's Game of Thrones spinoff series in Belfast in October. Deadline is reporting that the series will shoot at The Paint Hall in Belfast’s Titanic Quarters, which is where Game of Thrones was shot along with Krypton and an upcoming Star Wars film being shot next year.

George R.R. Martin wants to call the fantasy drama The Long Night and the story is set thousands of years before the events of Game Of Thrones. The series is described as chronicling "the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. And only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros’ history to the true origin of the white walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it’s not the story we think we know.

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has taken to his own (nota)blog again to update on the status of the highly anticipated Game of Thrones prequels.

Last week, the scribe had confirmed that only one of the five already penned prequels, which was written by Kingsman’s Jane Goldman and himself, is in development. He reiterates that none of the characters from Game of Thrones will be making an appearance in the prequels. Why? Because its set at least ten thousand years before those events take place.

“None of the characters or actors from ‘Game of Thrones’ will appear in the new show…This one really puts the Pre in prequel, since it is set not ninety years before ‘Game of Thrones’ (like ‘Dunk & Egg’), or a few hundred years, but rather ten thousand years”.

But what of the other four? Well, in Martin’s blog post he...

Last week we learned that HBO was developing a Game of Thrones prequel series that would be set 1,000 years before the events of the current series. This is what we learned about the series when it was announced:

Set thousands of years before the events of Thrones, the project chronicles the world's descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour. A logline from the network teased the plot wihtout divulging any specifics: "Only one thing is for sure: from the horrifying secrets of Westeros' history to the true origin of the White Walkers, the mysteries of the East to the Starks of legend… it's not the story we think we know."

Since the series was announced, co-creator of the new series George R.R. Martin posted an update on his personal blog. There he reveals that he would like the title of the series to be The Long Night.

After missing last week I’m back with a super-packed episode highlighted by this week’s Recommendation of the Week – American Alien: An Alien in New York #2. Many other big titles to talk about as Marvel’s Fresh Start continues with Venom #1 and Justice League starts its next major event with No Justice #1. Plenty of licensed books this week as well covering properties like Robocop and Star Trek.

This week’s rundown:

(00:01:35) Resident Alien – An Alien in New York #2

(00:08:56) Venom #1

(00:15:30) Exiles #3

(00:18:47) Hunt for Wolverine – Adamantium Agenda #1

(00:22:39) Despicable Deadpool #300

(00:25:58) Domino #2

(00:28:04) Star Wars – The Last Adaptation #1

(00:30:18) Batman White Knight #8

(00:34:05) Justice League – No Justice #1

(00:40:16) Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #43

(00:42:16) Analog #2

(00:45:22) Barrier #1 & #2

(00:53:12) Isola #2

(00:54:58) Oblivion Song #3

(00:59:01) Southern Bastards #20

(01:02:43) Fraggle Rock #1

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I've got some bad news for all of you Mad Max fans. Like you, I've been waiting for the news that director George Miller's sequel to Mad Max: Fury Road had been greenlit by the studio. The filmmaker already has scripts ready to go for two more Mad Max sequels! Unfortunately, it sounds like that may never happen because Miller is locked in a legal battle with the studio over Mad Max: Fury Road. 

Three years after the movie was released and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, the director's production company, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, has claimed in a document filed in the Supreme Court of Nsw that the studio acted in a "high-handed, insulting or reprehensible" manner.

The document goes on to claim that the relationship of trust between the studio and the production company was destroyed by "allegedly refusing to pay a bonus for delivering the movie under...

Embankment shared the first look at Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) in the horror film Malevolent (formerly Hush). Iceland’s Olaf de Fleur directs and Sigma’s Brian Coffey and Thruline’s Danny Sherman produce. Coffey produced The Legend Of Barney Thomson and Citadel. In the film, “Cookson plays a young woman who runs a ghostbusting racket with her sibling. When the pair investigate a haunted […]...

I’m a huge fan of Ciarán Foy, who I was first introduced to at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival with his Citadel. He since went on to direct the sequel to Sinister, which I actually enjoyed quite a bit. Next up for the young filmmaker is Broad Green Pictures’ psychological horror film Eli, about a young boy who undergoes treatment […]...

Well then. Quite a lot happened in this one, didn’t it?

It really is quite refreshing, when you watch as much TV as I do, to appreciate just how damn well written this show is. With only very minor exceptions, every scene is brimming with good lines. With strong characterisation. With what is not said being just as important as what is. Game of Thrones really is a masterclass in how to write a good TV programme. It just also happens to contain dragons. And eunuch sex.

But seriously. There were so many decent scenes to talk about here that it really doesn’t do it justice to just type about it. So, if you haven’t seen this episode yet, and if you don’t watch Game of Thrones, then for the love of God. Get watching!

So, we began this week on a very stormy Dragonstone, with...

Intrepid Pictures’ Trevor Macy also joins horror ahead of scheduled summer shoot.

Ciarán Foy will direct Broad Green Pictures’ horror film from a screenplay that Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing are rewriting based on David Chirchirillo’s 2015 Black List script.

Production is scheduled to begin this summer on Eli, which centres on a young boy who undergoes treatment for a disease in a clinic that becomes a haunted prison with no way out.

Trevor Macy will produce through his Intrepid Pictures alongside John Zaozirny on behalf of Bellevue Productions, while Broad Green co-founders Gabriel and Daniel Hammond will serve as executive producers.

Foy most recently directed Sinister 2 and has a number of upcoming projects set up at Blumhouse Productions, including The Shee, which he will write and direct.

Citadel, Foy’s feature debut, premiered at SXSW in 2012 and won the Midnighters Audience Award.

Goldberg and Naing recently wrote The Boy Who Drew Monsters, which [link=nm...

Irish writer/director Ciarán Foy (“Citadel,” “Sinister 2”) has signed on to helm the psychological horror film “Eli.” The movie will be based on David Chirchirillo’s 2015 Black List script, with a screenplay written by Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing.

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The film follows the story of a young boy named Eli, who suffers from an unusual disease. When he gets admitted into a secluded facility for treatment, the boy soon realizes that the place is haunted and that he will not be able to get out.

Read More: ‘The Honor Farm’ Exclusive Clip: A Group of Teenagers Summons the Dead in SXSW Teen Horror-Comedy

Trevor Macy will produce the film under his Intrepid Pictures banner. John Zaozirny will also produce via Bellevue Productions, and Gabriel and Daniel Hammond will executive produce for Broad Green. Melinda Nishioka will co-produce for Intrepid.

I’m a huge fan of Ciarán Foy, who I was first introduced to at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival with his Citadel. He since went on to direct the sequel to Sinister, which I actually enjoyed quite a bit. Next up for the young filmmaker is Broad Green Pictures’ psychological horror film Eli, about a young boy who undergoes treatment […]...

Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan returns for the first time since 2014's sci-fi epic Interstellar to give audiences the true-life WWII drama Dunkirk this summer. After a short teaser earlier in the year, we now have the full-length trailer, which marks the big screen debut of musician Harry Styles. It also reunites Nolan with some of his favorite actors, including Batman vets Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy.

Dunkirk marks the event that shaped our world. Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in. Today, we get to see more of the action and thrills of this harrowing moment from history with all-new footage. And it surely impresses.

Christopher Nolan went after a mostly unknown cast for his army of young soldiers faced with the unthinkable.

What is it about towering apartment buildings that fascinates filmmakers, especially those working in horror, sci-fi, and fantasy? It’s easy to imagine these eyesores of urban development — especially those with secured entrances and exclusive tenants — harboring sinister secrets inside their walls.

High-Rise, director Ben Wheatley adaptation’s of J.G. Ballard‘s eponymous sci-fi novel, more than fits into this strange subset of films, as it focuses on dystopian class warfare inside a monolithic beast of Brualist architecture. With the film now in theaters (and on VOD), we look at other other films that imagine the incredible, horrifying, or supernatural happenings in and around these deceptively unassuming structures.

Apartment Trilogy (Roman Polanski)

Has any set of films turned the usual drudgeries of apartment living — climbing up your stairs for the umpteenth time, dealing with troubled amenities, and trying your best to acknowledge neighbors’ existence without getting the least bit involved...

Exclusive: Steven Davenport will be the primary Ifb contact for all international productions shooting in Ireland.

The Irish Film Board (Ifb) has appointed Steven Davenport to the role of inward production manager.

Davenport will be the first port of call for both local and international producers filming in Ireland, providing on-the-ground logistical support. He will also be responsible for the promotion of Ireland as a shoot location.

Davenport has worked as a producer, production manager and location manager across film projects including John Carney’s Once, Erik Poppe’s 1000 Times Good Night and Ciaran Foy’s Citadel. TV work includes Love/Hate and Clean Break.

Recently, some of Ireland’s more remote vistas have played host to Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and the forthcoming Episode VIII, while Whit Stillman’s period drama Love & Friendship made use of capital Dublin, which doubled for Victorian London.

High-end television productions that regularly film in Ireland include...

Adrian Simpson Mar 20, 2019

The Commodore Amiga had many wonderful titles that you may remember, but here are 50 great games you might not recognize!

This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.

The Amiga was a brilliant 1980s home computer that was ahead of its time, thanks to its custom architecture. By the middle of the 1990s, its parent company, Commodore, had gone bust, and the Amiga was left behind. However, what remains is the glorious legacy of a distinctive computer with a broad library of great games.

Famous Amiga releases include Lemmings, Sensible Soccer, Speedball II, The Chaos Engine, Populous, Worms, Hunter, Another World, and Cannon Fodder. You won’t find them on this list, though. These are the underrated Amiga games. And every one of them is a corker.

Screenshots courtesy of the Hall of Light.

50. Resolution 101

Resolution 101 is a decree that allows criminals to earn their freedom by tracking down other criminals.

John Stephenson’s Mozart drama will begin shooting in Prague in April.

Aneurin Barnard (Citadel) will star as Mozart alongside James Purefoy (Solomon Kane) and Samantha Banks (Les Miserables) in John Stephenson’s (Animal Farm) forthcoming drama Interlude In Prague, which is scheduled to shoot in Prague in April this year.

The plot follows Mozart as he composes his operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni. While visiting Prague, the composer becomes embroiled in a turbulent narrative of lust and murder.

London-based Carnaby International is handling worldwide sales rights and will be introducing the film to buyers at the Efm (Feb 11-19).

Huw Penallt Jones is producing the project for UK-based outfit Productive International alongside Hannah Leader.

Brian Ashby has penned the film’s screenplay, while Charlotte Truman will compose the film’s score.

Interlude In Prague will have cinematography from Michael Brewster and production design from Luciana Arrighi, who won an Oscar for her work on 1992 picture Howards End.

In October of last year it looked like USA Network was moving forward with Universal Cable Productions on a two-hour pilot for “The Wilding,” directed by Ciarán Foy (Citadel, Sinister 2), but now, per Deadline, the show is a no-go.… Continue Reading →

The post USA Network Opts Out of Ciaran Foy’s The Wilding Pilot appeared first on Dread Central.

Let’s start the New Year right with a few horror thrillers.

Latino-Review is giving away a bundle Blu-ray package that will include “The Visit,” “The Green Inferno” and “Sinister 2.”

These movies are not to be missed for one lucky winner. All movies are already on the market today for purchase.

Here are the details on the movie:

“The Visit”

A family visit takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are in The Visit, a found documentary-style suspense thriller coming to Digital HD on December 15, 2015, and Blu-ray™ and DVD as well as On Demand on January 5, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The first collaboration from Academy Award®-nominated writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and Academy Award-nominated producer Jason Blum, The Visit Blu-ray and DVD are packed with exclusive bonus features including deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette, and a suspenseful alternate ending.

When Becca and Tyler...

Dr. Stromberg (Tate Ellington) tries to destroy a haunted radio, but soon realizes that these evil supernatural forces won't go away so easily in our exclusive deleted scene from Sinister 2. This horror sequel arrives on Blu-ray and DVD tomorrow, January 12 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, continuing the story from the 2012 horror movie hit Sinister. After destroying the radio, a distraught Dr. Stromberg takes what he thinks will be just an innocent drink, which turns out to be his last.

Mysterious found footage reveals a series of gruesome murders in Sinister 2, the chilling sequel to the sleeper horror hit currently available on Digital HD, before arriving on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on January 12, 2016 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The latest heart-stopping tale comes from series co-creators and screenwriters C. Robert Cargill & Scott Derrickson (who directed the first installment), producer Jason Blum of Blumhouse (Insidious, The Purge) and director...

With Sinister 2 available on Digital HD December 22nd & Blu-ray and DVD January 12th from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, Bughuul and his frightening followers are making house calls. We've been provided with one Blu-ray copy of Sinister 2 to give away.

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Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Sinister 2.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Sinister 2 Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on January 17th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

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Press Release: Universal City, California, November 23, 2015 – Mysterious found footage reveals a series of gruesome murders in Sinister 2, the chilling sequel to the sleeper horror hit available on...

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is getting the new year started in the right way for horror fans, with The Visit and The Green Inferno arriving on Blu-ray and DVD this week, and Sinister 2 arriving on January 12. To celebrate these new releases, we have a giveaway where you can win all three of these beloved thrillers on Blu-ray in a new horror prize pack. You don't want to miss your chance to take home the latest horror hits from three talented filmmakers, M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) and Ciaran Foy (Citadel).

After making big-budget movies like The Last Airbender and After Earth over the past few years, director M. Night Shyamalan returned to his thriller roots last year with The Visit. The story centers on a family visit that takes a terrifying turn when two siblings learn who Grandma and Grandpa really are. Faced with...

USA Network and Universal Cable Prods. have teamed to greenlight two-hour backdoor pilot The Wilding, a supernatural drama from executive producers Tim Kring (Heroes) and writer-creator Silka Luisa (To The Bone). Ciarán Foy (Citadel) is set to direct. The project, whose pickup had been in the works for a while with casting already underway, is part of a broader initiative at Ucp and the NBCUniversal cable networks it supplies, including USA and Syfy, to jump-start a…...

The 2012 horror hit Sinister gets a sequel, but does it retain the power to terrify? Here's Mark's verdict on Sinister 2...

Nb: This is a spoiler-free review of Sinister 2, which includes plot details about the end of the first film. If you haven't seen the original Sinister, proceed with caution.

How many horror sequels exceed the scare factor of the first film? You can probably count them on one hand and unfortunately, despite offering stronger characters and a more emotionally resonant story, Sinister 2 falls among the far more numerous cases of diminishing returns in horror franchise history. It's deeper, but not scarier.

For those who are unfamiliar with Sinister, the first film was a unique spin on the found footage horror genre, in which Ethan Hawke's true crime novelist Ellison Oswalt literally found footage of grisly murders that had taken place in his new house and copycat...

Sinister 2 shows us just how creepy twins can be [take it from me, I am one]… but does it live up to its predecessor?

Sinister 2 follows a family as they struggle with evil. Courtney Collins (Shannyn Sossamon) moves her twin sons Dylan and Zach (real-life brothers Robert and Dartanian Sloan) to an empty farmhouse while running from the abuse of their father Clint. What she doesn’t expect, is that there are forces much worse in her new home.

Although Bughuul is in Sinister 2 a bit more, it doesn’t make it scarier than the first film. In my opinion, I found the videos where children were acting out the murders of their families were far more disturbing. Director Ciarán Foy (Citadel) goes out of his way to explain the myth of Bughuul by going into more detail, which just ends up killing a bit of his mystery. I really did enjoy the creepy...

Coming our way in 2012, Sinister, from director Scott Derrickson and screenwriter C. Robert Cargill, presented itself as a refreshing new horror property, not one that shunned typical cliches but did provide some neat, disturbing twists to the well worn genre. As is the way with successful horror movies, a sequel has come our way, with Derrickson and Cargill saying on to pen the script and helming duties passed off to Irish director Ciarán Foy (Citadel). Foy does do a good job of recreating the creepy atmosphere of the first movie, and while it works best expanding on the mythology of the original’s literal, family murdering boogey man, Bughuul, Sinister 2 unfortunately just serves as a rehash of what came before. We’re pretty much thrown into the story from the opening scene, with James Ransome returning as the still unnamed ex-deputy dedicating his life to stoping pagan deity Bughuul from taking anymore victims.

Disjointed, incohesive, and psychologically ridiculous. And actually repulsive on multiple levels in ways that the first film was not. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

The only good thing about Sinister was Ethan Hawke’s portrayal of a writer having what looked like a mental breakdown, to the degree that it was easy to suspect that perhaps he was the perpetrator of the family murder he was investigating for a true-crime book. Before that film was half over, however, such a potentially intriguing scenario was rendered impossible, and Sinister became yet another by-the-numbers demon-haunted funhouse. And here’s Sinister 2, which doesn’t have anything so minimally compelling going for it.

Another family has been targeted for ritual killings by the devil Bhughul, which is just a fancy name for the Boogeyman, and he’s...

Read More: Meet the 2012 SXSW Filmmakers #1: Ciaran Foy, 'Citadel' In the age of indie filmmakers turned blockbuster directors, Irish writer-director Ciarán Foy is charting his own unique path to major motion pictures. His 2012 feature debut, "Citadel," was a small-budget psychological horror film about a widowed father suffering from agoraphobia, and it turned more than a few heads while tearing up various midnight sections on the festival circuit. Foy, an obsessive genre fan since childhood, ended up winning the Audience Award at SXSW and the Best Horror prize at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, but the critical acclaim and growing cult status of his breakout film didn't grant him the instant success as some of his indie-minded contemporaries.  As Foy told Indiewire while discussing the horror sequel "Sinister 2," the only thing his debut provided was a handful of "horrible screenplays," from boring horror plots to phased.

The Reusable Bughuul: Foy Marks a Franchise for Death

The only thing effectively murdered in the utterly unnecessary and awkwardly bungled sequel to Scott Derrickson’s mostly effective 2012 film Sinister, unrolled with the equally uninspired moniker of Sinister 2, is the material’s once lucrative franchise capabilities. But perhaps Irish helmer Ciaran Foy, taking over for Derrickson, is doing us all a big favor with this perplexingly lethargic follow-up to a film that was already reconstituting elements from a variety of other known genre entities (such as the exposure to vintage cinematic documents necessitating a sort of initiation into the specific paradigm of this particular dark realm a la The Ring).

No longer part of the police force following his involvement with the fiery end greeting the Oswalt family in Sinister, the now Ex-Deputy So & So (James Ransone) is committed to following up on the demonic entity known as Bughuul.

In this workmanlike sequel, a nervous cop heads for an ever eerie Indiana – and a shoddy ending

This workmanlike sequel to 2012’s unusually effective snuff horror – again penned by Scott Derrickson, but directed by Irishman Ciarán Foy (Citadel) – introduces Insidious-like chuckles in dispatching nervy deputy James Ransone to ever eerie Indiana, where Shannyn Sossamon’s son has started sneaking away to eyeball his own midnight movies. With their anodyne titles (“Kitchen Remodel”) and grinding soundtracks, these bloody offcuts remain credibly unsettling. It’s the framework thrown up around them that feels makeweight: a Peeping Tom story rushed through as quiet-quiet-loud popcorn-spiller, with replacement players gabbling footnotes to the original legend, and a shoddily edited hide-and-seek finale.

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Plot: A woman and her twin boys living in a house where a horrible murder was committed discover that the Bughuul may be coming for them. Review: When Ciarán Foy’s name came up as the one who would be bringing us the sequel to Sinister, I was excited at the prospect. The director has a way with creepy kids and frightened adults. His feature film Citadel was a disturbing little film... Read More...

A few years ago, Irish filmmaker Ciarán Foy made a name for himself with Citadel, his haunting tale of agoraphobic horror that premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. His latest directorial effort, Sinister 2, is set to debut later this week and Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with him about coming on board the sequel, working with the cast, his experiences collaborating with Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who co-wrote the script, and much more.

Sinister 2 is being released on August 21st from Gramercy Pictures and stars James Ransone as Deputy So & So, who has been tracking Bughuul since the events of the original Sinister and finds a woman (Shannyn Sossaman) and her twin sons (Robert and Dart Sloan) living in a rural house that just so happens to be the demonic force’s latest target. It’s soon a race against time for the...

Coming from a man who once relied on a nightlight to ward off evil closet-dwelling monsters, the original Sinister sufficiently creeped me out. Evil dead children, a demon with a reputation for popping out of nowhere, and intolerable home movies – Scott Derrickson’s haunted house rehash scored some serious points in my book. But after watching Sinister 2, I now understand that it wasn’t Bagul’s terrifying hypnosis that sent chills up my spine. Not in the least. It was Derrickson’s direction and tone that ensured each of Bagul’s scares dug its fangs deeper than the last, while Sinister 2 is a wholly different beast of a sequel with a laxer grasp of horror under the guidance of Citadel director Ciarán Foy.

Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill return to unleash Bagul on another unsuspecting family, bringing along a familiar face in James Ransone’s “Ex-Deputy So & So” character (seriously,...

The director of Citadel and Sinister 2 has made a new deal with Blumhouse to direct a thriller set in his native Ireland. Ciarán Foy will make The Shee, an “elevated thriller” that features supernatural elements presumably from Irish folklore about faeries. Deadline first reported the news, saying, Set in 1960’s Ireland, The Shee is the story of […]

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Director Ciaran Foy talks about making the horror sequel Sinister 2 For a director, tackling the sequel to such a popular and original horror movie like Scott Derrickson’s Sinister might not be an enviable task, but for Irish filmmaker Ciaran Foy, who got attention for his 2012 thriller Citadel, taking on Sinister 2 offered quite…

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