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“It’s Okay,” “Men are just like that,” and “He’s just joking” are only a few phrases that you might overhear around you when toxic and dangerous male behavior is often rationalized or normalized because it’s just too much task to make them understand how to behave right. Kitty Green’s chilling second feature, “The Royal Hotel,” is set in a remote outback mining town in Australia and follows two women forced to work as bartenders at the local pub after their backpacking trip is cut short as they run out of money.

Based on Pete Gleeson’s 2016 documentary “Hotel Coolgardie,” Oscar Redding co-wrote Green’s film, which stars Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as Hanna and Liv, two American backpackers who agree to work as bartenders at Royal Hotel, a pub run by Billy (Hugo Weaving). Billy’s wife, Carol (Ursula Yovich), who also serves as the pub’s chef,...

Apple TV+ has revealed BAFTA Award nominee Maxine Peake, Brendan Cowell, Daniel Henshall, Jessica Wren, Zahra Newman and newcomer Chloe Geisker have joined the cast of the new six-episode thriller ‘The Dispatcher.’

The newly revealed cast joins previously announced Gotham Award winner Patrick Brammall in the lead role.

The story follows Police Detective Ian Hunt, whose life fell apart ten years ago when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace. Now, working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever. When he receives a distress call from a young girl he is certain is Maggie, he will stop at nothing to find her and reunite his broken family, whatever the cost.

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Directed and executive produced by Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker Christian Schwochow,...

Australians Daniel Henshall, Brendan Cowell, Zahra Newman, Jessica Wren and newcomer Chloe Geisker have joined UK star Maxine Peake and the previously announced Patrick Brammall on the Victorian set of AppleTV+ series 'The Dispatcher'.

The post AppleTV+ series ‘The Dispatcher’ to film in regional Victoria as Daniel Henshall, Brendan Cowell, Zahra Newman added to cast appeared first on If Magazine.

Exclusive: The Dispatcher, Apple TV+’s series adaptation of Ryan David Jahn’s eponymous thriller novel, is adding to its ranks.

The streamer has rounded out the cast of the six-part series with stars including Maxine Peake, who recently starred in FX’s Say Nothing, Dune: Prophecy’s Brendan Cowell, Mickey 17’s Daniel Henshall, Mr. Inbetween’s Jessica Wren, Thirteen Lives’ Zahra Newman and newcomer Chloe Geisker.

The group joins Colin From Accounts star Patrick Brammall, who is the lead of the series.

Christian Schwochow, who has directed multiple episodes of Netflix’s The Crown, has also joined as director and executive producer.

The Dispatcher is set in Australia. Police detective Ian Hunt’s life fell apart ten years ago when his young daughter Maggie disappeared without a trace. Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept...

Australian horror month began with Greg McLean’s Wolf Creek (listen), then tackled Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich’s 2007 creature feature Black Water (listen). For week three, Jenn and I are back in human villain territory with the “bodies in the barrels” murders depicted in Snowtown (2011) or The Snowtown Murders (2012).

In the mid to late ’90s, serial killer John Bunting groomed teenager Jamie Vlassakis to commit multiple murders under the guise of protecting their Adelaide suburb from pedophiles and queer men. Director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant adapt the horrifying true story, which explores how Bunting was able to bend a whole community of malleable minds to his will, how he inserted himself into Jamie’s life, and how this garden variety murderer targeted vulnerable communities, including victims who were developmentally disabled and addicts.

It’s an exceptionally rough film because it’s not flashy. The performances are also extremely grounded and frightening,...

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho has expressed his interest in directing a new installment to Ridley Scott’s long-running Alien franchise. Bong is no stranger to the sci-fi horror genre, after previously directing the 2006 monster movie The Host, which is currently one of Bong’s highest-rated movies to date.

During a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, Bong was asked if he ever had plans to direct big-budget movies for popular franchises like Star Wars or James Bond. The South Korean filmmaker admitted that he’s not really interested in doing franchise movies. However, if given the opportunity, he would like to try to do an Alien movie. "I’m not drawn to franchise films, but I did think at one point that I would like to do an Alien film," Bong shared over Zoom through his interpreter, Sharon Choi. Interestingly, he also teased his vision for the potential project,...

At the center of Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17, an anti-capitalist satire that’s as timely as it is entertaining, is an “expendable” named Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson). He’s a disposable worker aboard a government spaceship lorded over by Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo), a failed politician and religious wingnut seeking to escape the strictures of Earth and establish Niflheim, a genetically “pure” colony of devotees on a distant ice planet.

Tasked with doing the most dangerous jobs on the ship, Mickey expires frequently but is reprinted each time, assigned a new number, and re-uploaded with the old Mickey’s memories, after which it’s back to being subjected to nasty experiments. But when Mickey 17 is prematurely presumed dead after being sent on a mission to study creepers—the lifeforms causing trouble for the colonists of Niflheim—he comes face to face with his replacement: Mickey 18.

Affably gangly in structure, Bong...

Exclusive: Lydia West, Abbie Cornish and Brooke Satchwell are among high-profile acting talent leading Stan’s tenth anniversary slate, we can reveal.

The Australian streamer is today unveiling its latest TV series, films and acquisitions at a splashy showcase event held at Linseed House at the Grounds of Alexandria in Sydney. In total, it unveiled 14 originals — three scripted series, six features and five docs — along with a host of acquisitions.

On the originals front, Stan’s Chief Content Officer Cailah Scobie and Head of Originals Amanda Duthie are announcing the likes of He Had It Coming, Love Divided By Eleven and Whale Shark Jack, and a horror-comedy series, Gnomes.

He Had it Coming stars Lydia West (It’s a Sin), Natasha Liu Bordizzo (Ahsoka: Star Wars) and Liv Hewson (Yellowjackets). It follows Elise (West), an awkward English scholarship student who forms an unlikely alliance with fashion influencer Barbara (Liu Bordizzo) after...

Horror is one of the most iconic genres because there’s a film for every type of fan. It can blend other genres like comedy and drama, leaving room for a compelling scare. Fans can find something for almost everyone to get satisfying thrills among horror's different subgenres.

With more than a century of horror movie masterpieces, there's no shortage of choices for horror fans. From slashers to ghost stories to found footage movies, each subgenre has created some of the most horrific moments in film history. So, while there are numerous horror films for everyone, a select few movies stand above the rest.

Updated on February 17, 2025, by Robert Vaux: There have been some great horror movies recently that will surely become cult classics in the future, but when it comes to all-timers, there are many unbeatable titles that come first. This list has been updated to discuss more of...

Bong Joon Ho has long been one of world cinema’s most original voices indicting the borderless scourge of late-stage capitalism, class polarization, climate disaster and the oppression of unchecked power. Using satirical allegory, broad farce, horror and violence, the visionary Korean master has made a string of standout genre films that double as subversive takes on sociopolitical rot, from Memories of Murder to The Host, Snowpiercer to Parasite, frequently making a virtue of tonal whiplash. Following his four-time Oscar-winning 2019 smash, the director returns in Mickey 17 to sci-fi, skewering autocracy and even attempted genocide in a pitch-dark comedy about colonization.

Or as Mark Ruffalo’s egomaniacal leader Kenneth Marshall puts it, an attempt to create “a pure, white planet full of superior people like us.” With much of the world swerving rightwards, the timing seems ideal for an anti-fascist comedy that uses recycled humans and uploaded intelligence as a...

While the Sundance Film Festival mulls a big move for 2027, the 2025 program, its 41st edition, kicked off January 23 in Utah, and you can look below for all of Deadline’s reviews from the fest.

Sundance founder Robert Redford promised that audiences “can expect a 2025 program that showcases varied and vibrant filmmaking globally.” Running through February 2, the lineup includes more than 85 features and six episodic projects set to screen in Park City, Salt Lake City and online.

Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest. Click on the movie’s title to read our full take.

Atropia ‘Atropia’

Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition

Director-screenwriter: Hailey Gates

Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy

Deadline’s takeaway: Ripe with aughts nostalgia around the Og iPod, frosted lip gloss and Guy Fieri’s favorite flame-printed shirts, Atropia is ultimately a clever meditation on the atmosphere of war...

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are stopping by IMDb’s portrait studio at Acura House of Energy during the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and we’ve got all the photos!

On Friday and Saturday (January 24 and 25), the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Dave Franco, Olivia Colman, Lili Reinhart, Jesse Williams and Callum Turner stopped by to post for celebrity photographer Mat Hayward with their castmates.

Keep reading to find out more…

Benedict was joined by Grief is a Thing With Feathers director Dylan Southern. Callum attended with Atropia costar Alia Shawkat and director Hailey Gates.

Dave was there with Bubble & Squeak costars Himesh Patel and Sarah Goldberg and director Evan Twohy.

Olivia was with Jimpa costars Eamon Farren, John Lithgow, Daniel Henshall and Aud Mason-Hyde and director Sophie Hyde.

Lili was joined by with Hal & Harper creator Cooper Raiff and costars Alyah Chanelle Scott, Addison Timlin, Havana Rose Liu and Christopher Meyer.

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival just days after Trump clarified his Make America Great Again agenda, Sophie Hyde’s “Jimpa” is a film about progress, not going back. Inspired by lessons of living with an activist gay father (John Lithgow’s richest role since “The World According to Garp”) and a nonbinary child (Aud Mason-Hyde), the semi-autobiographical drama captures — and celebrates — the ripple effects of the Sexual Revolution across three generations.

With its inclusion-minded ensemble, frank and occasionally frustrating ”woke”-abulary and tradition-bending “gender ideology,” “Jimpa” feels as “Sundance” as any film in this year’s festival. Hyde, who hails from Australia, taps Olivia Colman to play her on-screen counterpart, Hannah, an indie filmmaker whose “mostly” monogamous marriage to a straight, cisgender man (Daniel Henshall) is the closest the film gets to showing a heteronormative couple. Gay men like Hannah’s dad (Lithgow) may teasingly refer to such people as “breeders,...

After Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, a virtuoso showcase for Emma Thompson that was also a rare candid conversation about an older woman’s sexuality, Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde returns in Jimpa to territory closer to 52 Tuesdays. That 2014 debut feature, a prize-winner for direction at Sundance, felt highly personal. This new film takes that quality several steps further, drawing inspiration from the death of Hyde’s father and casting her nonbinary teenager as a 16-year-old presumably not unlike themself. Made with love and acted with great empathy by a cast led by always dependable pros Olivia Colman and John Lithgow, Jimpa is nothing if not sincere.

But to be brutally honest, it’s also kind of a cringey bore, like being stuck in a room with a bunch of oversharers from queer studies class. Even the novel sight of Lithgow cavorting in an Amsterdam sex dungeon, naked aside from...

Director and co-writer (with Matthew Cormack) Sophie Hyde takes inspiration from her own life as daughter of a gay man and mother of a trans nonbinary teenager to tell the moving story of an Australian family on a visit to Amsterdam to spend time with the father and grandfather known affectionately as Jimpa.

Hyde most recently directed the Emma Thompson sex comedy Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, which also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. This one features an exceptional lead performance from Olivia Colman as Hannah, a filmmaker (think Hyde) navigating her experience growing up in a family where the father left after 13 years to find a new life as a gay man in Amsterdam. Now with a trans teenager, Frances (played by the filmmaker’s trans nonbinary child Aud Mason-Hyde), who is exploring their own identity and budding sexuality, they take a trip to visit Jimpa (John Lithgow...

Paul Kelly’s song “How to Make Gravy” captures a deeply personal story of family tension and redemption. The film adaptation by Nick Waterman and Megan Washington expands the track’s emotional landscape, transforming its compact narrative into a broader cinematic experience.

The adaptation skillfully sidesteps literal interpretation. Instead of direct song quotations, the directors craft a nuanced backstory for Joe (Daniel Henshall), a troubled father who ends up in prison after a violent confrontation with his brother-in-law.

This narrative approach allows exploration of complex themes like family dynamics and personal struggle. The film examines Joe’s internal conflicts and attempts to reconnect with his family, creating a rich emotional terrain that echoes the song’s raw sentiment.

While the expanded narrative sometimes feels stretched, the central emotional thread remains compelling. Joe’s journey of self-reflection and potential redemption drives the film’s dramatic core, staying true to the spirit...

Genres within television and film have evolved over the years, with several combining to form new genres and subgenres. One such instance has been spy and espionage TV and movies, which incorporate elements of thrillers, dramas, and more action-oriented fare. Television makes a good outlet for the genre, allowing for first-rate action without requiring the big budget of a movie, and able to develop slow-burn plots over many episodes instead of one two-hour story.

More often than not, spy TV shows emphasize the genre's action elements, comparable to movies like James Bond. More rarely, though, shows will lean more toward the espionage side of these stories, in which spies and agents are sent deep into the heart of a convoluted and intriguing plot. The best shows in the genre balance the two, combining harrowing thrills with fascinating characters and clever plots.

Updated on December 24, 2024 by Robert Vaux: The spy genre...

The Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” has taken center stage in the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards nominations.

“Better Man” earned a record-breaking 16 nominations, the most ever received by a single film in the awards’ 66-year history. Directed by Michael Gracey, the musical film secured nods across key categories, including Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Screenplay, as well as multiple acting, technical, and creative honors.

“Better Man” is joined in the Best Film category by George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “How to Make Gravy,” both with 15 nominations, the horror standout “Late Night with the Devil” with 14, the animated feature “Memoir of a Snail” with 11, and “Runt,” which received four.

For the first time, the Aacta Awards have recognized motion capture and voice performances in acting categories. Jonno Davies received a nomination for his motion capture portrayal of Robbie Williams in “Better Man,...

Justin Kurzel’s neo-Nazi thriller The Order opened the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival on Friday evening, with the director jetting over from Australia where he recently wrapped WWII drama The Narrow Road to the Deep North with Jacob Elordi.

Kurzel told Deadline that the Moroccan festival had been a special place for him ever since he made the 24-hour trip from Australia in 2011 to compete with first feature, true crime drama Snowtown, which won the jury prize and best actor for Daniel Henshall.

“The French distributor pleaded for me to come. It’s a long away… she said, ‘You better come… the festival will change you.’ I did… and just the city, it’s really quite magical. It was the first time I was with first-time filmmakers, so I was able to establish a bit of a posse, a bit of tribe,” he said.

Kurzel was joined by AGC boss Stuart Ford,...

Nearly three years have passed since it was first announced that Abbey Lee (Old) and Christopher Abbott (Possessor) had signed on to star in the Australian Outback thriller Fear Is the Rider, which is coming to us from John Michael McDonagh, the BAFTA-nominated writer/director of the 2011 film The Guard… and while the project has lost Abbott in that time, it’s still alive, and Abbey Lee is still attached to star in it. Deadline reports that Lee has now been joined in the cast by Ben Mendelsohn (Star Wars: Rogue One), Toby Wallace (The Bikeriders), and Eliza Scanlen (Babyteeth). Film Constellation and CAA Media Finance will be seeking distribution deals at this week’s American Film Market.

McDonagh’s plan is to make a trilogy of Fear Is the Rider thrillers – and if you look at the synopses provided, you’ll see that the current version of the film...

Spoiler Alert: Spoilers follow for The Babadook

Quick Links The Babadooks Director Refuses to Allow a Sequel The Babadook Doesnt Need a Sequel The Babadook Still Terrifies 10 Years Later

10 years ago, the horror genre had one of its most prolific years ever. While we hadnt quite hit the renaissance that the combined efforts of Jordan Peele and A24 would bring about a few years later, 2014 was still a surprisingly solid year for audiences looking for a good fright. Sequels like The Purge: Anarchy and Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones brought continued success to their franchises, while original stories like As Above So Below, Deliver Us From Evil, and especially It Follows proved profitable to varying degrees.

Yet far and away, horrors crown jewel of 2014 was The Babadook, which earned rave critical reviews and saw a worldwide gross of over $10 million on a budget of just $2 million. In the years since,...

Fear is the Rider, described as an ode to “gore-drenched Ozploitation slashers of the 1970s,” sees a woman pursued in the Australian Outback by a pack of ruthless serial killers. While that already has our attention, Deadline reports the nod to gory slashers has lined up an impressive cast so far.

Ben Mendelsohn (Star Wars: Rogue One), Abbey Lee, Toby Wallace (The Bikeriders) and Eliza Scanlen (Caddo Lake) have been cast in lead roles.

As for plot, the film follows “a lone woman, searching for her missing mother, who is pursued into the Australian Outback by a terrifying family of serial killers, with only an ex-con and a young girl willing to help her.”

Fear is the Rider is an adaptation of the novel The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser, written and directed by John Michael McDonagh‘s (The Guard).

Daniel Henshall (Mickey 17), Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales...

Exclusive: Heading into the American Film Market, Film Constellation and CAA Media Finance will be looking to scare up deals on writer-director John Michael McDonagh’s (The Guard) Fear Is The Rider.

An adaptation of the novel The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser, the team has attached Ben Mendelsohn (Star Wars: Rogue One) Abbey Lee (Horizons: An American Saga), Toby Wallace (The Bikeriders) and Eliza Scanlen (Babyteeth) in lead roles.

In a nod to the gore-drenched Ozploitation slashers of the 1970s, the film follows a lone woman, searching for her missing mother, who is pursued into the Australian Outback by a terrifying family of serial killers, with only an ex-con and a young girl willing to help her.

Pic is being produced by McDonagh and Elizabeth Eves’ House of Un-American Activities (The Forgiven), Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon of Brookstreet Pictures (The Brutalist) and Kate Glover (Foe). The film is set...

A decade has passed since the release of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, and the titular boogeyman has since become an icon of the genre. To celebrate, Bloody Disgusting is giving away three (3) copies of the 10th Anniversary Blu-ray, which contains over two hours of bonus content.

Here are all the special features…

This Is My House: Interview with Actor Essie Davis The Sister: Interview with Actor Hayley McElhinney Don’t Let It In: Interview with Producer Kristina Ceyton Conjuring Nightmares: Interview Producer Kristian Moliere Shaping Darkness: Interview with Editor Simon Njoo If It’s in a Name or in a Look: Interview with Production Designer Alex Holmes The Bookmaker: Interview with the Book Designer Alexander Juhasz Ba-Ba-Ba…Dook!: Interview with Composer Jed Kurzel

In The Babadook, “Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles...

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The much-awaited sequel of the brilliant 2022 psychological mystery horror thriller film Smile is finally here and thankfully it doesn’t suck. Written and directed by Parker Finn, the 2024 film follows a young pop star who begins to experience a series of disturbing events while on tour. Overwhelmed by the horrors she must face her dark past to regain her sanity. Smile 2 stars Naomi Scott in the lead role with Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Ray Nicholson, Dylan Gelula, and Rosemarie Dewitt starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the psychological horror, thrilling story, and compelling characters in Smile 2 here are some similar movies you should check out next.

It Follows Credit – Northern Lights Films

It Follows is a supernatural horror thriller film written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. The 2014 film follows the story of a teenager...

Jennifer Kent has revealed a sequel to ‘The Babadook’ is unlikely.The beloved horror movie - which stars Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall and Hayley McElhinney - is celebrating its 10th anniversary but its 55-year-old director has admitted there probably won’t be a follow-up flick because she is "too involved" with other projects.When Screen Rant asked Kent if a sequel was on the table, she said: "No, I think I'm too involved in other films that I'm trying to get made. "I mean, if there suddenly became some desperate urge to tell a story related to that, I would probably say, ‘Okay, all bets are off. I'm going to go and make the sequel.’ But I just can’t see that happening. I feel that the idea has really been explored."‘The Nightingale’ director then teased she was currently working on some horror projects for both the big and small screen.

Ahead of The Babadook's nationwide re-release in theaters, director Jennifer Kent addressed how the film remains popular among horror fans all these years later, and provided some details as to what project she is working on next.

The Babadook is a psychological horror film centered around a "single mother (Essie Davis) plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's (Noah Wiseman) fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her," per the official synopsis. The film also stars Haley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Ben Winspear, and Craig Behenna, and was Kent's feature directorial debut.

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Director Jennifer Kent believes that viewers would have grown tired of The Babadook.

The film has remained popular in the decade since its release, often cited as one of the...

The Babadook's director reflects on the main monster's status as an LGBTQ+ icon. The Babadook is a 2014 psychological horror film written and directed by Jennifer Kent. It stars Essie Davis as a woman named Amelia, a widowed single mother who becomes paranoid when an eerie children's picture book called "Mister Babadook" randomly appears in her home. In addition to Davis, The Babadook features a leading cast including Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall and Hayley McElhinney.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Kent reacts to the Babadook character becoming an LGBTQ+ icon. When asked to speak on The Babadook film and character's status as an LGBTQ+ icon, Kent started by trying to explain the phenomenon, which started as a joke and then "people just went with it." Kent personally says she "love[s] hearing drag queens talk about The Babadook." To the director it feels like she has "made it," because...

At long last, the official trailer for Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 has arrived, offering a delightfully bizarre first look at the 3x Academy Award-winning director's upcoming sci-fi film starring The Batman star Robert Pattinson in the lead role as a disposable employee who repeatedly killed and cloned, during an effort to colonize a mysterious new ice world.

As per the trailer, the seventeenth iteration wll take center stage in the film, and there's plenty of twists and turns heading our way as he finds himself face to face with a multiple...

In addition to Pattinson, the cast features Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes, Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker; Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody), Steven Yeun (Minari; The Walking Dead), Toni Collette (Hereditary; The Sixth Sense), Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight; Avengers: Endgame), Holliday Grainger (The Borgias; Animals), Anamaria Vartolomei (Happening; My Revolution), Thomas Turgoose (This Is England...

One of the most iconic horror movies of the past decade is coming back to theaters with The Babadook's 10th anniversary re-release. The 2014 film served as the feature directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent, based on her 2005 short film Monster. In the years since, Kent has steadily built a filmography of acclaimed projects, including the 2018 historical psychological thriller The Nightingale and an episode of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, which reunited her with Babadook star Essie Davis.

The Babadook centered on Davis' Amelia Vanek and her son, Samuel, both of whom are still grieving the sudden death of her husband and his father, Oskar, in a car accident while driving Amelia to the hospital to give birth to Samuel. Amelia, already exhausted by the extra attention her son requires amid growing behavioral problems, finds her life thrown into turmoil after reading a mysterious pop-up book, Mister Babadook,...

Although it wasn't an instant hit, The Babadook eventually became a cult favorite in the horror genre. A decade after its release, director Jennifer Kent reveals why the 2014 movie never got a sequel.

"[Producer] Kristina [Ceyton] and I, we could have made millions out of sequels," Kent told ComicBook. "But Kristina knew that I didn't want to make a sequel. She knew that when we signed the contracts early on. We were lucky enough to have the rights, which now is really hard for filmmakers. It's often a trade-off to give away the rights to you or to any future endeavors in order to get the first one made. But with this, I just explored what I wanted to say. It just doesn't feel like a... You know, it could have been, but I think everyone would be really sick of Mr. Babadook by now."

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Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook celebrates its 10th anniversary with a return to theaters this September, and we’ve learned that a 10th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray is also on the way.

IFC Films brings The Babadook back to DVD & Blu-ray on October 22, 2024.

The 10th anniversary release includes Over 2 Hours of bonus contents…

This Is My House: Interview with Actor Essie Davis The Sister: Interview with Actor Hayley McElhinney Don’t Let It In: Interview with Producer Kristina Ceyton Conjuring Nightmares: Interview Producer Kristian Moliere Shaping Darkness: Interview with Editor Simon Njoo If It’s in a Name or in a Look: Interview with Production Designer Alex Holmes The Bookmaker: Interview with the Book Designer Alexander Juhasz Ba-Ba-Ba…Dook!: Interview with Composer Jed Kurzel

In The Babadook, “Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old,...

Somehow, 10 years have already passed since the release of writer/director Jennifer Kent’s horror film The Babadook (watch it Here) – and to mark the occasion, IFC Films is teaming up with Iconic Events Releasing to give the film a theatrical re-release on September 19th! Fans who attend this re-release will also get to see an exclusive Q&a with writer/director Jennifer Kent. Tickets will be available to purchase at This Link as of August 14th. In the meantime, IFC Films and Iconic Events Releasing have put together a 10th anniversary re-release trailer, which can be seen in the embed above.

The Babadook has the following synopsis: Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old, Samuel, a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster he believes is coming to kill them both.

"You'll see him if you look..." IFC Films has revealed the official 10th Anniversary re-release trailer for the modern horror classic The Babadook, by Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent. The film first premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and played at numerous festivals that year before opening in the fall and becoming an instant horror favorite for many. IFC Films, in partnership with Iconic Events Releasing will bring the Aussie horror film back to theaters featuring an exclusive Q&a with the writer & director Jennifer Kent. A single mother and her young child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home. When Amelia begins to see glimpses of a sinister presence all around her, it slowly dawns on her that the thing her son Samuel has been warning her about may be real. Essie Davis stars as Amelia, with Daniel Henshall,...

The critically acclaimed cult classic The Babadook from director Jennifer Kent turned 10 this year! To honor the film's legacy, IFC Films is teaming up with Iconic Events for a nationwide anniversary re-release beginning on September 19.

After its Sundance debut in 2014, The Babadook received a limited theatrical release yet still managed to gross over $10 million at the global box office on a $2.1 million budget. It received multiple accolades, including several Fangoria Chainsaw awards and Critics' Choice nominations.

Beloved by critics and fans alike, The Babadook exploded in popularity when the titular monster became a meme online. Users declared him an openly gay icon and Shout! Factory even released a special LGBTQ Pride Edition of the Blu-ray.

The 10th-anniversary re-release will include an exclusive Q&a with Kent, who directed the film and wrote the script based on her short film "Monster."

Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman in Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook.

If it’s in a word, or it’s in a look, you can’t get rid of The Babadook.

Writer/Director Jennifer Kent’s feature debut shook audiences and helped usher in a new era of horror, and it’s turning ten this year. To celebrate, IFC Films, in partnership with Iconic Events Releasing, is bringing the modern horror classic back to theaters nationwide starting on September 19, featuring an exclusive filmed Q&a with Jennifer Kent.

Tickets go on sale on August 14.

The writer/director will also be touring with the film for select to-be-announced special screenings and in-person discussions in September to commemorate the special anniversary.

In The Babadook, “Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6-year-old, Samuel (Noah Wiseman), a son she finds impossible to love. Samuel’s dreams are...

Brace yourselves: “The Babadook” is back.

The beloved horror feature, which marked Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent’s directorial debut, will return to theaters courtesy of IFC Films and Iconic Events Releasing to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.

“The Babadook” infamously centers on widow Amelia (Essie Davis) who struggles to parent her 6 year-old son Samuel (Noah Wiseman), especially due to his disturbing outbursts. Yet when Samuel tells his mother that he’s been dreaming of a murderous monster, it turns out he might be trying to save them both. Enter creepy storybook “The Babadook” and Samuel’s visions just might be stranger than fiction after all.

Daniel Henshall, Tim Purcell, amd Tiffany Lyndall-Knight also star in the 2014 indie film that was produced by Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere. The executive producers were Jan Chapman, Jeff Harrison, Jonathan Page, and Michael Tear. “The Babadook” featured cinematography from Radek Ładczuk and first debuted at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

A modern horror classic is leaving Hulu this month, but there's still time to watch it before it leaves the platform. The film is currently streaming but it will be removed from Hulu on July 17.

Unfortunately, a ton of great movies are departing Hulu in July, including 2014's psychological horror film, The Babadook. The unsettling horror flick follows a grieving widow, who is raising her troubled son who believes that a monster from the children's book, Mister Babadook, has come to life and is haunting the two in their home. The Australian writer-director, Jennifer Kent, made her directorial debut with The Babadook. The film stars Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Haley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Ben Winspear, Cathy Adamek, and Craig Behenna.

Related The Inspiration Behind This Breakout Horror Movie Is Still One of the Most Frightening British Films Ever Made

Late Night With the Devil took audiences by storm when it debuted,...

If you have been a fan of David E. Kelley‘s legal dramas, then there is no chance you missed his latest Apple TV+ series, Presumed Innocent, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role. Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by author Scott Turow, Presumed Innocent follows the story of a Chicago city prosecutor whose life turns upside down when he is accused of murdering a colleague he has been having an affair with. Presumed Innocent also stars Ruth Negga, Bill Camp, O-t Fagbenle, Chase Infiniti, Nana Mensah, Renate Reinsve, and Peter Sarsgaard. So, if you loved the courtroom and family drama in Presumed Innocent, here are some similar shows for you to watch next.

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Anatomy of a Scandal is a political and legal thriller drama miniseries created by David E. Kelley and Melissa James Gibson. Based on the 2018 novel of...

Olivia Colman and John Lithgow head the cast of “Jimpa,” a multi-generational family tale involving a nonbinary teenager and her mother who take a trip to see their gay grandfather. The Australia- and Europe-set film is directed by Sophie Hyde, whose most recent film was the breakout “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.”

The film is now in its third week of production in Amsterdam and will later shoot in Adelaide, Australia and Helsinki, Finland.

Rights to the film are being handled by Protagonist Pictures in much of the world and by CAA Media Finance in North America, with sales kicking off at the Cannes Market next week. The film has already locked in Cineart as distributor in the Benelux region and Kismet and The Unquiet Collective for Australia and New Zealand.

Oscar winner Colman’s recent credits include “The Favourite,” “The Lost Daughter” and the hit Netflix series “The Crown.

Olivia Colman and John Lithgow are leading Jimpa, a movie about a trans non-binary teenager visiting their gay grandfather from Sophie Hyde, with Protagonist Pictures launching international sales at Cannes.

Filming on Jimpa has entered its third week in Amsterdam and a first-look image can be seen above.

The pic follows Hannah (Colman), a mother who takes her trans non-binary teenager Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde) to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather Jimpa (Lithgow). But Frances’ desire to stay with Jimpa for a year abroad means Hannah is forced to re-consider her beliefs about parenting and finally confront old stories about the past.

Mason-Hyde is making their feature debut and they are joined by Daniel Henshall (The Royal Hotel), Kate Box (Erotic Stories), Eamon Farren (The Witcher), Cody Fern (American Horror Story), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (I Am Woman), Deborah Kennedy (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart), Hans Kesting (Nr.

Sophie Hyde’s personally inspired multi-generational family story Jimpa, starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow, has been acquired by Protagonist Pictures. CAA Media Finance is repping North American rights.

Screen Australia and Align are backing the film with the Netherlands Film Fund and Netherlands Film Production Incentive support. Cinéart has Benelux rights, while Kismet will distribute in Australia and New Zealand. The Unquiet Collective, six women who work with filmmakers to help their films engage better with audiences, is involved in the Australian release.

The fictional story includes characters based on Hyde’s father Jim/Jim-Pa (Lithgow) and Hyde’s child Aud Mason-Hyde,...

Civil War is an extremely powerful, effective movie that thrusts you into the middle of an American civil war seen through the eyes of a war photographer. It’s brutal. It’s extraordinarily violent. The sound design is bordering on abusive. And if you watch it in IMAX you can reasonably expect to leave the theater with more than a little motion sickness. It is, however, excellent, with great performances from Kirsten Dunst as the older, jaded photographer and Cailee Spaeny as the reckless youngster new to the game. So see it. But we’d be very surprised if you decide to rush back for a second viewing.

Here’s our celebration of the wonderful, must-see movies where once is quite enough, thank you very much.

Hereditary

To no one’s surprise, Ari Aster’s harrowing debut immediately makes the top of this list. You might think the early, shocking...

It never gets easier to look up the horrors of what real life humans are willing to perpetrate but some of them are harder than others. Looking into the purported Scottish myth that inspired The Hills Have Eyes for example is a whole heck of a lot easier to do than find out the absolutely abysmal crimes that were committed against a young girl in The Girl Next Door. Sadly, today’s movie The Snowtown Murders, a.k.a. Snowtown (watch it Here), is a lot closer to the sickening facts that happened to The Girl Next Door. While Australia already got our notorious spotlight shined on the fictional Mick Taylor who was a composite of two backpack killers, today we will look at the man who is known as the country’s worst serial killer and unpack what he did and who with. The movie is hard to watch...

Foxtel is backing the screen adaptation of Paul Kelly's Christmas classic 'How to Make Gravy' as a recipe for Binge's entry into feature films, with the project to shoot on the Gold Coast and star Hugo Weaving and Daniel Henshall.

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Exclusive: Hugo Weaving is leading Australian streamer Binge’s first original film, How to Make Gravy.

The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix star will lead an ensemble cast alongside side Daniel Henshall in the feature.

Brenton Thwaites (Titans, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mr Inbetween), Kate Mulvany (The Twelve, Hunters) and French actress Agathe Rouselle (Titane) in her debut English-language performance will also star, with more cast members to be announced. The film will also feature cameo performances from Australian musicians, including Adam Briggs and rising rap talent Dallas Woods.

How to Make Gravy is based on Paul Kelly’s iconic Australian song that tells the story of an inmate writing a letter home as his family prepares to celebrate their first Christmas without him. The 1996 song has such a place in Australian hearts that Gravy Day,...

‘Adapt to survive’ is a fitting mantra for the latest tense drama from The Assistant writer-director Kitty Green. This time, she places the star of her #MeToo-styled 2019 film, actor Julia Garner, in the heart of the Australian Outback to serve drinks to booze-addled patrons of a dysfunctional pub.

Inspired by fascinating 2016 documentary Hotel Coolgardie, The Royal Hotel takes a compelling look at ingrained toxic masculinity and the dominance of alcohol culture, as well as sobering isolation through the eyes of two backpacking female foreigners. An uneasy, maddening decline into the inevitable, Green’s film explores the effects of the unhealthy environment on two independent young women and the choices they must make for their well-being.

‘Gen Z’ Americans Hanna (Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick of Glass Onion fame) reluctantly take live-in bartending jobs fund the rest of their Australian trip after finances run out. Dropped off at the rundown Royal...

Writer/director Kitty Green made a big splash with her searing and smart drama The Assistant, which starred Julia Garner as a young woman toiling away in the office of a powerful executive who grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position. Green and Garner are back with a new movie that looks at power dynamics between men and women, this time set against the dusty backdrop of a small Australian Outback mining town. With the new film – The Royal Hotel – making its UK debut at the BFI London Film Festival, we now have the full UK trailer. Take a look…

The Royal Hotel, for which Green drew inspiration from documentary Hotel Coolgardie, sees Garner and Jessica Henwick as Hanna and Liv, best friends backpacking in Australia.

After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, persuades Hanna to take a temporary...

A pair of American tourists working to support their travels contend with rampant misogyny and sexual aggression from hostile patrons at a remote Australian bar. The Royal Hotel makes less sense with each passing minute. The young women, supposedly best friends who look out for each other, have radically different views of an obviously dangerous situation. Self-preservation becomes a point of contention when it shouldn't. I didn't buy the premise or their reactions. The film has decent thriller moments but is entirely unbelievable. It also generalizes Aussie men as dangerous, sexist perverts and drunken louts.

Liv (Jessica Henwick) dances feverishly on a party boat in Sydney. She flirts with the cute bartender when buying another drink. His countenance changes when her credit card gets declined. Meanwhile, on the deck, a playful Hanna (Julia Garner) makes out with Torsten (Herbert Nordrum), a random Swedish guy she just met. They cheer as...

If there’s a theme cutting across Kitty Green’s work, it’s the dangers that lurk in everyday society for young, idealistic women. Whether using the tools of re-enactment in the hybrid documentary Casting JonBenet or a process-focused minimalism in the #MeToo workplace drama The Assistant, she never approaches the shared subject in the same way.

With The Royal Hotel, Green further expands her toolkit by drawing on the conventions of genre filmmaking. She doesn’t overtly tip her hand as to what kind of situation Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) walk into when they gain employment at the titular bar. As two broke Americans in desperate need of cash on a work-tourism trip in Australia, they have little choice but to take a gig bartending at the lone watering hole in a desolate mining town.

The film unnervingly aligns our experience with that of Hanna and Liv.