David Slade’s ‘Hard Candy’ Subverts the Concept of Predator and Prey [The Lady Killers Podcast]

“I am every little girl you ever watched, touched, hurt, screwed, killed.” Being a teenager is hard. In addition to raging hormones, awkward social interactions, and the never ending quest to be cool, every action, choice, or identifying marker may be ruthlessly picked apart by peers just as concerned with maintaining their own social status. […]

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Taking a Bite Out of the Controversial ‘Hard Candy’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

I Fucking Hate Goldfrapp. After spending our month-long theme on toxic masculinity with difficult watches like Funny Games (listen) and Deadgirl (listen), as well as an easier watch in Murder By Numbers (listen), we’re wrapping up the month with a look at David Slade‘s controversial 2005 film Hard Candy. Hard Candy sees precocious teenager Hayley (Elliot Page) go […]

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‘Dark Harvest’ Review – Halloween Carnage Upstages Barebones Story

Norman Partridge’s 2006 Bram Stoker Award-winning novel Dark Harvest introduced a grim Halloween hunt set in a scenic 1963 hamlet. Like a campfire tale, the brisk novel embraced Halloween iconography and small-town rot, told with an almost poetic prose and simplicity befitting of a Twilight Zone episode. Director David Slade (30 Days of Night) and screenwriter Michael Gilio (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among […]

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‘Dark Harvest’ Trailer – David Slade Set to Unleash Halloween Legend Sawtooth Jack This October

Set on Halloween 1963, Norman Partridge’s novel Dark Harvest is finally headed to the screen, with David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, “Hannibal”) directing the long-awaited adaptation. That wait is nearly over, with the brand new trailer today introducing the Halloween legend of Sawtooth Jack. Are you ready for the harvest? Check out the brand new trailer […]

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MGM Halloween Movie ‘Dark Harvest’ Resurfaces With “R” Rating for “Strong Horror Violence”

Set on Halloween 1963, Norman Partridge’s novel Dark Harvest is headed to the screen, with David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, “Hannibal”) directing a feature film that was at one point in time scheduled for release on September 9, 2022. That’s likely no longer the case, however, as we’re now less than a month from that […]

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Elizabeth Reaser and Jeremy Davies Join the Cast of David Slade’s Halloween Movie ‘Dark Harvest’

Set on Halloween 1963, Norman Partridge’s horror novel Dark Harvest is headed to the big screen, with David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night, “Hannibal”) directing. THR reports today that Elizabeth Reaser (“The Haunting of Hill House”), Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal,” pictured above) and Luke Kirby (No Man of God) will star. Casey Likes (“The Birch”) and Emyri Crutchfield (“Tell Me Your […]

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