SXSW 2023

‘Evil Dead Rise’ – Alyssa Sutherland Drew from Surprising Jim Carrey Movie for Deadite Performance [Interview]

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“Mommy’s with the maggots now.” Actor Alyssa Sutherland immediately grabbed our attention as Ellie, in Deadite form, when she uttered this line in the Evil Dead Rise trailer. The new entry in the beloved franchise, written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), arrives exclusively in theaters on April 21, 2023. Cronin’s Evil […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Director Lee Cronin on Hidden Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi’s Advice and The #1 ‘Evil Dead’ Rule [Interview]

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Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s (The Hole in the Ground) Evil Dead Rise relocates the terror from a cabin in the woods to a high rise Los Angeles apartment building, bringing a new style of Deadite mayhem to the franchise. Evil Dead Rise is coming exclusively to theaters on April 21, 2023, and it brought the house down during its world premiere at […]

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‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ Director and Star Discuss the Film’s Frankenstein Origins [SXSW Interview]

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Writer/Director Bomani J. Story’s feature debut, The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (read my review) gives a righteous reinterpretation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The film, which premiered at SXSW this month, stars Laya DeLeon Hayes as Vicaria, an angry teen whose turbulent life prompted a determination to cure death. Bloody Disgusting spoke with Story and Hayes after […]

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‘Late Night with the Devil’ – Horror Fan David Dastmalchian Discusses His New Horror Movie [SXSW Interview]

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Up next from Australian writing-directing team Colin and Cameron Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres, Scare Campaign) is found footage horror Late Night With the Devil, with David Dastmalchian (Dune, The Suicide Squad) starring as the host of a late-night talk show that descends into a nightmare. Dastmalchian stars as Jack Delroy, the charismatic host of “Night Owls,” and the film traces the ill-fated […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ SXSW Poster from BossLogic Puts the Cheese Grater Front and Center

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The brand new movie Evil Dead Rise just premiered at SXSW last night, earing rave reviews from most horror fans in attendance. Bloody Disgusting’s Head Critic Meagan Navarro published her review in the wee hours of the morning, writing: “Evil Dead Rise is an absolute crowd pleaser that’s best enjoyed with a rowdy crowd of […]

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‘The Wrath of Becky’ Directors and Star Lulu Wilson Explain How Edgar Wright Inspired the Sequel [SXSW Interview]

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The sequel to 2020’s home invasion action-thriller Becky, The Wrath of Becky, goes bigger and bloodier (read my review here). In the film, “Two years after she escaped a violent attack on her family, Becky attempts to rebuild her life in the care of an older woman – a kindred spirit named Elena. But when a group […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Review – Gnarly Crowd Pleaser Forges Bloody New Ground for the Franchise

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Bloody Disgusting’s Evil Dead Rise review is spoiler-free. A lakeside cabin opening sequence in Evil Dead Rise, written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), operates as a declaration that the latest installment of this franchise will fit snugly within the world of Evil Dead while branching out into new terrain and ideas. That means a […]

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‘Brooklyn 45’ SXSW Review – Paranoid Chamber Piece Explores Morality Through Haunted Pasts

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Despite the spooky séance setup in Brooklyn 45, writer/director Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here, Mohawk) is less interested in exploring a literal interpretation of ghosts. Instead, the filmmaker connects the ghosts of our past as a metaphor for present-day national turmoil and paranoia. The period set chamber piece gives precedence to fraught tension among friends over […]

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‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ – Meet Villainess Sofina the Necromancer [SXSW Interview]

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A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic in the upcoming feature film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, releasing in theaters on March 31, 2023. You can read my SXSW review here. The misfit group’s quest sees them taking on a variety of monsters […]

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‘It Lives Inside’ SXSW Review – Cultural Metaphor Gives Demonic Horror a Smart, Refreshing Update

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Writer/Director Bishal Dutta refreshingly gives a new spin on demonic possession for his feature film debut, It Lives Inside. Dutta uses a familiar framework of teen horror as an accessible introduction to underexplored mythology exacerbated by a cultural divide and adolescence. While Dutta wears his influences on his sleeves, the gnarly new demon and the complexities of its […]

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‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ SXSW Review – A Righteous Reinterpretation of the Mad Scientist

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Mary Shelley’s seminal novel Frankenstein inspired countless works in the centuries since its initial publication in 1818, and most focus on the empathetic Creature’s narrative. The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster instead examines the mad scientist responsible, reinterpreting the archetype with righteous fury in a contemporary setting. Its strengths lie far more in the humanity of its characters […]

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‘The Wrath of Becky’ SXSW Review – Bigger, Bloodier Sequel Embraces the Silliness

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Lulu Wilson tapped into a primal ferocity for her turn as the enraged teen taking down violent home intruders in 2020’s Becky. Its follow-up, The Wrath of Becky, reveals that the time passed between films hasn’t diminished the teen’s volatile rage in the slightest. Armed with John Wick-like motivation, Becky plunges into a new vengeful quest that provokes more […]

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‘Satan Wants You’ SXSW Review – Compelling Documentary Chronicles Destructive Roots of Satanic Panic

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The early ’80s Satanic Panic phenomenon frequently spills over into horror thanks to the wave’s systematic targeting of the genre and heavy metal. Recent horror comedies or even the latest “Stranger Things” season highlight the absurdity of moral panic mania founded in baseless claims of Satanic ritual abuse. Documentary Satan Wants You chronicles one of the prominent […]

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‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ SXSW Review – A Fun Romp Through High Fantasy Adventure

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves isn’t the first feature to adapt the beloved tabletop role-playing fantasy game to screen, but it might be the first to emphasize the fun. In an expansive world where anything goes, directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein pack in elaborate set pieces in an epic-sized fantasy adventure, assembling a Rogues’ gallery of stars […]

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‘Late Night with the Devil’ SXSW Review – Salute to Late Night Television Transforms Into a Raucous Horror Ride

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The late night talk show has been a television staple as far back as the late ‘40s, though its form would crystalize and surge in popularity in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The format relied on humor; it’s late at night, so why not relay the news or conduct interviews with biting wit for entertainment? Late Night […]

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