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CAA and Untitled Entertainment had the most scripts in the 20th edition of The Black List, the annual compilation of Hollywood’s best-liked unproduced screenplays.

CAA scored 15 executive mentions, leading on the agency side for the fourth year in a row, with Untitled landing nine. Leading the pack with by far the most mentions, at 60, is Travis Braun’s One Night Only, about two strangers who scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal. UTA and Echo Lake rep the scribe, who also topped the 2023 list with Bad Boy. Will Gluck’s Olive Bridge is on board to produce.

Untitled’s highest ranked script, at 38 mentions, is Natan Dotan’s Alignment, the hot AI-themed piece that Fifth Season recently secured in a seven-figure deal, with Makeready coming aboard to produce, as we were first to report. Securing 37 mentions, CAA...

Exclusive: After signing on to a handful of promising indies, 1883 breakout Isabel May has come aboard to star opposite Past Lives‘ Teo Yoo in Karoshi, the mysterious action thriller that Takashi Doscher wrote and will direct for Lionsgate.

May’s role is being kept under wraps, as is the plot of the film, which is described as a corporate thriller with a samurai twist. 87Eleven Entertainment’s Chad Stahelski, Alex Young, and Jason Spitz will produce as one of the first projects through their first-look production deal with Lionsgate.

Best known for her breakout role of Elsa Dutton in Taylor Sheridan’s Western drama 1883, which she reprised as narrator of 1923 — another of Sheridan’s prequels to hit Paramount+ series Yellowstone — May is coming off of a role in Apple TV+’s starry miniseries Masters of the Air.

Upcoming projects for May include the horror film Menace, which she also...

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Time Cut is a sci-fi slasher horror film directed by Hannah MacPherson who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Kennedy. The Netflix film follows a high school senior student and amateur inventor who accidentally finds a time machine and travels back to the year 2003 when an unknown killer killed her sister in hopes of saving her. Time Cut stars Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Michael Shanks, Griffin Gluck, Megan Best, Samuel Braun, Sydney Sabiston, Kataem O’Connor, and Rachael Crawford. So, if you loved the inventive element in the slasher horror genre and the compelling characters in Time Cut here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Totally Killer (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video

Totally Killer is a slasher horror comedy film directed by Nahnatchka Khan from a screenplay co-written by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo.

List of targets? Check. Bullets? Check. Diapers? Check? You heard me. Lionsgate is loading up on formula and onesies for the action comedy spec Three Hitmen and a Baby. The newly-announced project comes from Dave Matalon (Totally Killer) and Matt Altman (Red Widow). While the title is obviously a play on the 1987 comedy Three Men and Baby, plot details remain elusive. However, the talent behind the film is not. Kelly McCormack and David Leitch will produce through their 87North studio, which bodes well for this curious production.

In Three Men and a Baby, three bachelors have their worlds rocked when a mysterious baby arrives on their doorstep. With almost no experience, the trio must put their one-night-stand lifestyle on hold to ensure the child’s safety, learning valuable lessons about parenthood and themselves. The laugh-out-loud comedy got a sequel in 1990 called Three Men and a Little Lady, which finds the...

Exclusive: Lionsgate has snapped up rights to Three Hitmen and a Baby, an action comedy spec from Dave Matalon (Totally Killer) and Matt Altman (Red Widow), Deadline can exclusively reveal.

Pic’s logline is being kept under wraps, though its title clearly riffs on the classic 1987 comedy Three Men and a Baby, starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson, about three bachelors whose lives change forever when a baby suddenly appears on their doorstep. Kelly McCormick and David Leitch will produce through their company 87North, for whom Max Jacoby is overseeing the project. Meredith Wieck and Jon Humphrey are overseeing for Lionsgate.

Screenwriter Matalon most recently co-wrote the slasher comedy Totally Killer! for Blumhouse and Amazon, which headlined Prime Video’s Halloween season last year. As we first reported, his sci-fi action script Level Up, also written with Altman, is in development with The Hideaway and Vandal Entertainment.

Aliens are hot right now – don’t miss Hulu’s No One Will Save You, for starters! – and writers David Matalon (Totally Killer) and Matthew Altman (Feed the Devil) just sold their own take on the sub-genre. Deadline reports today that The Hideaway Entertainment has acquired the rights to a “high concept” spec script from the duo, which is titled Level Up.

The project is being described as “a sci-fi action comedy.”

Deadline details, “Level Up is about a man who wakes up bound and blindfolded in a top-secret facility deep beneath Area 51, soon discovering that he has amazing but inexplicable new abilities. His only hope to escape is the alien he’s imprisoned with… and she hates humans.

“But as they navigate their way out, their unconventional alliance becomes the key to saving the world from an impending global catastrophe.”

Jonathan Gray and Matthew Rhodes will produce on behalf of Hideaway,...

Exclusive: The Hideaway Entertainment has snapped up rights to Level Up, a high concept spec script from screenwriters David Matalon (Totally Killer) and Matthew Altman (Feed the Devil).

A sci-fi action comedy, Level Up is about a man who wakes up bound and blindfolded in a top-secret facility deep beneath Area 51, soon discovering that he has amazing but inexplicable new abilities. His only hope to escape is the alien he’s imprisoned with… and she hates humans. But as they navigate their way out, their unconventional alliance becomes the key to saving the world from an impending global catastrophe.

Jonathan Gray and Matthew Rhodes will produce on behalf of The Hideaway Entertainment, alongside Navid McIllhargey of Vandal Entertainment and Erik Olsen of Apocalyptic Entertainment. The Hideaway’s Ryan Cassells will serve as executive producer. The team is currently meeting with directors and plans to shoot next year.

“As writers,” Matalon and Altman said,...

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Now I’ve been off and on for a while, personal tragedies, the actors and writer strike, other work projects held me back for a bit, but I am back with a whole new lineup of guests. Today I am chatting with director Nahnatchka Khan about her latest horror slasher film Totally Killer. It debuted on Prime Video on October 6, and stars Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Julie Bowen and Randall Park.

Written by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D’Angelo, Totally Killer follows the shocking murder of three teens, as the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer“ returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. Jamie (Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Bowen) warning and comes face to face with the masked maniac and while running for her life, accidentally time travels...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Totally Killer

Totally Killer combines horror and slasher elements with time travel, bringing 80s nostalgia and a mix of Back to the Future and Scream. The film features a soundtrack with well-known 80s songs like "Lady in Red" and "Venus" as well as an original song by The Werewolves. The music plays a significant role in the film, setting the tone and enhancing important scenes, like the introduction of characters and moments of tension and action.

Totally Killer is primarily set in the 80s and its song selection reflects the era. Directed by Nahnatchka Khan from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo, Totally Killer combines horror and slasher elements with time travel, bringing a healthy mix of Back to the Future and Scream with some 80s nostalgia thrown in for good measure. Totally Killer’s music selection is a big...

Totally Killer is a comedy horror film directed by Nahnatchka Khan, from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo. The Prime Video film follows the story of Jamie, who goes back in time to 1987 in order to stop the killer who killed her mother’s friends on Halloween. Totally Killer stars Kiernan Shipka in the lead role with Julie Bowen and Olivia Holt in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Prime Video film here are some similar shows you could watch next.

Happy Death Day (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures

Synopsis: Blumhouse produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy Death Day, in which a college student relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity.

Scream (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Dimension Films

Synopsis: Starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and Drew Barrymore,...

It’s always refreshing when a filmmaker takes a risk, and it pays off. That is what cinema is: a risk. On one hand, you can try and make a great film, and it might turn out to be a pretentious bore. On the other hand, there is just too much money riding on the film for you to be having all the fun without worrying about the final product. Totally Killer, directed by Nahnatchka Khan, is one of those films that did take risks and, within the given budget, managed to be a wacky film that really caters to a large part of the audience. Broadly, this has to fall under the horror-comedy genre, but believe it or not, this is as much a sci-fi film as it is a horror or a comedy. The risks are not too obvious, but this combination of genres usually does not gel very well.

You know it’s October when more than fifteen horror movies release in a single week. In the wake of this past Tuesday’s seven new movies, ten more have been unleashed today alone.

Here’s all the new horror that released on October 6, 2023!

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The franchise’s first movie in 20 years, The Exorcist: Believer is now playing in theaters nationwide, the first film in a planned trilogy of legacy sequels from Universal, Blumhouse, and Morgan Creek, and director David Gordon Green (Halloween).

Here’s the full plot synopsis for The Exorcist: Believer…

“Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding has raised their daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) on his own.

“But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Olivia Marcum) disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened,...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Totally Killer

Totally Killer adds some new rules to the time travel genre, making it a genre mashup of slasher horror and time travel shenanigans. It crafts its own narrative around a different set of parameters. The time travel rules in Totally Killer involve using extra metal alloy and needing a strong Wi-Fi signal to transport through time and space effectively. Any involvement in past events can alter the present day directly and changes occur simultaneously across different time periods. The film incorporates the concept of the Mandela effect, where memories and facts surrounding the original Sweet 16 Killer case are altered and resemble ghost-like memories. The protagonist's disappearance and return to the present cause all of her memories to face the Mandela effect, while other characters have false memories to her.

Time travel movies can be confusing, and Totally Killer adds some new rules...

Totally Killer is a fun and engaging horror comedy that mixes slasher horror with time travel, although it tries to do too much with its plot. The film successfully balances nostalgia with criticism, cleverly juxtaposing Gen Z sensibilities with 1987 behaviors. While the mystery surrounding the killer's identity loses momentum, the film's distinct flair, charm, and entertaining nature make it worth recommending.

Totally Killer gets clever by mixing slasher horror and time travel. A horror comedy can be hard to nail, but Totally Killer, directed by Nahnatchka Khan from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo, is fun and engaging. While it’s trying to do too much in terms of its plot, and doesn’t fully live up to its potential in terms of its slasher moments, the film has a great cast, and there are enough heartfelt moments and intrigue to keep the momentum going.

Jamie Hughes...

Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Julie Bowen, Lochlyn Munro, Kelcey Mawema, Kimberly Huie, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson | Written by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, Jen D’Angelo | Directed by Nahnatchka Khan

If you mixed Back to the Future and Halloween, or if The Final Girls had involved traveling in time instead of into a movie, the results might be something like Totally Killer. It’s a time traveling spoof of slasher movies from Blumhouse who already visited this territory with Happy Death Day and its sequel.

The fact it was from Blumhouse was just one of the reasons I debated watching Totally Killer. It was directed by Nahnatchka Khan who is best known for Always Be My Maybe and Young Rock and had no genre experience. Similarly, the three writers David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver (Let’s Get Married) and Jen D’Angelo were lacking in that regard as well. But since it...

Totally Killer is a horror film with a killer cast, combining slasher horror with sci-fi time travel for a chilling and intriguing premise. The ensemble cast, led by Kiernan Shipka, impresses and adds depth to the story, making the most of the film's genre mashup. The cast includes well-known actors like Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, and Randall Park, who bring their talent to their respective roles in Totally Killer.

Totally Killer, Prime Video’s latest horror film, has a killer cast. Just in time for Halloween, Totally Killer arrives with a chilling and intriguing premise, marrying a slasher horror with the sci-fi element of time travel. Directed by Nahnatchka Khan from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D'Angelo, Totally Killer features a cast of well-known actors and relative newcomers.

Totally Killer brings together a large and talented cast, with each role adding to the film — be they as red herrings,...

(l-r) Kiernan Shipka as Jamie and Olivia Holt as young Pam, in Totally Killer. Courtesy of Amazon Prime Video

It’s the spooky season, and teen thriller Totally Killer looks to satisfy that itch for scares. But what appears to be a horror film spoof at first, suddenly morphs into a mash-up of Halloween and Back To The Future, when a sixteen-year-old girl goes back in time to the 1980s to solve a Halloween triple killing by the “Sweet Sixteen Killer.”

A Halloween – Back To The Future mash-up isn’t a bad idea but that idea gets bogged down in 1980s nostalgia that sucks the energy out of the horror scares, and even the humor, like a vampire. Do you long for the ’80s? Even if you don’t remember them? Well, someone wanted to revisit that era of big hair, big shoulders, garish fashions and John Hughes films, so we get Totally Killer.

The easiest way to describe Totally Killer is by listing all the other movies it calls to mind. Plot-wise, it’s a Back to the Future-style time travel adventure crossed with a Halloween-inspired slasher, all cast in a Scream-lite sense of self-awareness; tonally, its mashup of comedy and horror lands in the same general area as The Final Girls or the Happy Death Day movies.

If it its ingredients feel familiar, however, the script (by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D’Angelo) injects them with just enough heart and humor to keep them from feeling stale. Totally Killer may not be destined to become a classic in its own right. But the Amazon release is fun enough for a spooky season night in.

Its unwitting Marty McFly is Jamie (Kiernan Shipka), a stereotypically rebellious teenager whose stereotypically overprotective parents (Julie Bowen and Lochlyn Munro) have more reason than most to be paranoid: 35 years ago,...

Nahnatchka Khan’s Totally Killer is an entertaining riff on John Carpenter’s Halloween by way of Robert Zemeckis’s Back to the Future. It might not be quite as incisive a piece of genre dismemberment as Wes Craven’s Scream or Drew Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods, but it has a lot of fun poking at the tricks and tropes of slasher movies all the same.

Totally Killer begins in a small suburban town where a masked murderer known as The Sweet Sixteen Killer gruesomely slayed three teenage girls on Halloween night in 1987. Fast-forward to the present and the one that got away, Pam (Julie Bowen), still fears that one day the killer will return for her or, worse, for her 16-year-old daughter, Jamie (Kiernan Shipka). It turns out that Pam is paranoid but not paranoid enough, as the masked man reappears on Halloween night while Pam is...

The past few years have brought a handful of fantastic horror-comedies that have really hit home with fans. Films like Happy Death Day, Freaky and Tragedy Girls have delivered stories and characters that we connect with, along with the requisite blood and body count that we all crave. Fantastic Fest closed another wonderful year with a new comedy that is definitely going to be a crowd-pleaser. Totally Killer is a massively fun film that keeps you laughing until the end.

At first glance, the small town of Vernon seems like any small town. And it is, really. Except for that triple murder that took place in 1988, of course. Three teenage girls were viciously killed within days of one another, and the masked killer was never caught. But the town remembers. Every year there are people out trick or treating in the guise of the killer and there is even a...

Plot: In 1987, a slasher known as the Sweet Sixteen Killer claimed the lives of three 16-year-old girls. When the killer returns in modern day, a young woman figures out a way to travel back to ‘87… where she hopes to stop the killing before it ever began.

Review: Working with director Christopher Landon, Blumhouse Productions has brought us a few really fun slasher-with-a-twist horror comedies in recent years: the time loop slasher Happy Death Day (and its sequel) and the body swap slasher Freaky. Landon wasn’t involved with their new release Totally Killer, but the movie really feels like a companion piece to those Landon projects – and if you enjoyed Happy Death Day and Freaky, chances are that you’ll like Totally Killer as well.

The high concept gimmick in this one is time travel. The story begins on Halloween night 2023 in the small town of Vernon, which is still...

The time travel slasher comedy Totally Killer is scheduled to begin streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video on October 6th, but today, one week out from the release, the marketing department has unveiled a clip from the film that I would have deemed too much of a Spoiler to show off. But showing it off they are, so I have embedded it above. This scene shows the masked murderer know as the Sweet 16 Killer crossing paths with Liana Liberato from Scream VI, but if you don’t want to know how that encounter turns out, avert your eyes.

Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe) directed Totally Killer from a screenplay by Hocus Pocus 2 writer Jen D’Angelo, based on an original script by David Matalon (The Clearing) and Sasha Perl-Raver (Let’s Get Merried). The story follows Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) whose mom, Pam, is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen...

When the trailer for Totally Killer was released a few weeks ago, there was a bit of an uproar on social media claiming that the film was ripping off The Final Girls (review). While there are undoubtedly similarities between the two films, Nahnatchka Khan‘s horror comedy has far more in common with something like Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day films (specifically Happy Death Day 2U) than that 2015 film, aiming for a more absurdist, comedy-forward take on the “time travel slasher” sub-genre that apparently exists now. It’s also an incredibly charming little film that wears its influences on its sleeves and has so much fun with them in the hopes that you will too.

Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) has a strained relationship with her overprotective mother Pam. You see, back in 1987 Pam’s three friends were brutally murdered by the “Sweet 16 Slasher” and Pam, who has lived a life of fear ever since,...

Halloween slasher-comedy Totally Killer is on the way from Blumhouse and Amazon Studios, promising an outrageously killer time. To prove it, Bloody Disgusting has been provided with an exclusive clip introducing retro mayhem over a waterbed and a special ticket giveaway to the slasher’s Beyond Fest screening taking place on October 4 at 7:30pm Pt at Aero Theatre.

Totally Killer hits Prime Video on October 6, 2023! The film is rated “R” for “Bloody violence, language, sexual material, and teen drug/alcohol use.”

The exclusive clip below gives a closer look at the masked killer in action as he stalks his prey.

As if that’s not enough, we have 25 tickets to giveaway to the special Beyond Fest screening on October 4, which will include a Q&a with director Nahnatchka Khan, moderated by Christopher Landon! To enter, fill out the form below. Winners will be selected October 3.

“Thirty-five years after the shocking murder of three teens,...

Enter the contest below (be sure to enter the following code when prompted: Totallynerdz) for the chance to win a pair of passes to attend an advance screening of Totally Killer on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 7:00pm at the Emagine Royal Oak!

Synopsis: Thirty-five years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer” returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. Seventeen-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and, on the run for her life, accidentally time-travels to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with her teen mom (Olivia Holt) to take down the killer once and for all, before she’s stuck in the past forever.

About The Film Genre: Comedy, Horror Cast: Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie,...

Horror-slasher-comedy film ‘Totally Killer’ has just released its new poster, and its devilishly diabolical in the very same vein as ‘American Psycho’ mixed with ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ and ‘Halloween’, though with more of a comedic twist, paying tribute to 1980’s slasher films.

The official synopsis of the film reads: “35 years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous ‘Sweet Sixteen Killer’ returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. 17-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face to face with the masked maniac and on the run for her life, accidentally time travels back to 1987, the year of the original killings.”

“Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with her teen mom (Olivia Holt) to take down the killer once and for all before she’s stuck in the past forever”, it further mentions.

Kiernan Shipka bonds with her mom’s teenage self while trying to stop a masked murderer in the first full trailer for the forthcoming horror-comedy film Totally Killer.

Nahnatchka Khan’s feature hails from Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Television, and it hits Prime Video exclusively on Oct. 6. The movie centers on Jamie (Shipka), who goes out on Halloween night despite her protective mother’s (Julie Bowen) warnings and finds herself attacked by the infamous killer who murdered her mom’s friends years ago. Jamie then accidentally time-travels to the 1980s, to just before the original crimes took place, and has to prevent them from happening in order to return to present day.

The trailer features plenty of comedic moments, including Shipka’s lead character attempting to get to know the high school version of her mom, played by Olivia Holt. While learning about life in 2023, Holt asks, “Do the machines kill us all?...

Blumhouse and Prime Video are going back to the future this October when the studio releases Totally Killer, a comedic horror film starring Kiernan Shipka as a time-traveling final girl trying to save her friends from a slasher’s milestone massacre. Today’s Totally Killer trailer finds Shipka’s Jamie Hughes returning to 1987, hoping to stop the killer before he can claim more victims in the present day.

Here’s the official synopsis for Totally Killer:

Thirty-five years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer “returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. Seventeen-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and, on the run for her life, accidentally time-travels to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with...

[Editor's Note: This article was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the film being discussed here wouldn't exist.]

"Thirty-five years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer“ returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. Seventeen-year-old Jamie (Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and, on the run for her life, accidentally time-travels to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with her teen mom (Holt) to take down the killer once and for all, before she’s stuck in the past forever."

Directed by Nahnatchka Khan Screenplay by David Matalon & Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D’Angelo Story by David Matalon & Sasha Perl-Raver Produced by Jason Blum, Adam Hendricks, p.g.a., Greg Gilreath, p.g.a. Starring Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro, Troy L. Johnson, Liana Liberato, Kelcey Mawema, Stephi Chin-Salvo, Anna Diaz, Ella Choi, Jeremy Monn-Djasgnar, Nathaniel Appiah...

Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) is zapped back to 1987 and the weird fashion choices that come with dipping your toes in the late ’80s in the trailer for Prime Video and Blumhouse’s Totally Killer. The slasher comedy’s trailer finds Shipka unable to get the cops to believe she’s having a Back to the Future experience and that there’s a killer on the loose about to increase his victim count.

Joining Kiernan Shipka in the R-rated comedy are Julie Bowen, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, and Liana Liberato. The cast also includes Kelcey Mawema, Stephi Chin-Salvo, Anna Diaz, Ella Choi, Jeremy Monn-Djasgnar, Nathaniel Appiah, Jonathan Potts, and Randall Park.

Nahnatchka Khan directs from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo. Jason Blum, Adam Hendricks, and Greg Gilreath served as producers.

Totally Killer premieres on Prime Video on October 6, 2023.

Poster...

It's tough to imagine a more challenging job these days than to come up with an original, high-concept movie involving time travel. For one thing, the industry is pretty much drowning in scripts relying on this tried-and-true gimmick, making it that much more difficult to separate oneself from the rest of the pack. For another, any project will be doomed from the start with comparisons to all-time classics like "Back to the Future," "Groundhog Day," and more. So what's a filmmaker to do? The trailer for the upcoming Prime Video and Blumhouse movie, "Totally Killer," suggests one possible approach: embrace the high expectations, fully lean into the self-aware humor, and go as far as the clever script and killer cast will take you.

In what can only be described as "Back to the Future" meets "The Final Girls" with a pinch of "Happy Death Day," the premise of "Totally Killer...

Halloween slasher-comedy Totally Killer is on the way from Blumhouse and Amazon Studios, promising an outrageously killer time based on the new trailer that debuted today.

Totally Killer hits Prime Video on October 6, 2023! The film is rated “R” for “Bloody violence, language, sexual material, and teen drug/alcohol use.”

The brand new trailer below leans into the Back to the Future meets The Final Girls concept, fully embracing the comedy.

“Thirty-five years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous ‘Sweet Sixteen Killer’ returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. Seventeen-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and, on the run for her life, accidentally time travels back to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with her teen mom (Olivia Holt...

Prime Video’s teaser for Totally Killer features past Blumhouse killers showing up at Julie Bowen’s front door. The killer lineup includes The Grabber from The Black Phone, The Butcher from Freaky, Babyface from Happy Death Day, Lady Liberty from The Purge: Election Year, and Pooka from Into the Dark: Pooka!.

The teaser wraps up with a reveal of The Sweet 16 Killer from Totally Killer.

In addition to Modern Family‘s Julie Bowen, Blumhouse’s new slasher-comedy stars Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, and Liana Liberato The cast also includes Kelcey Mawema, Stephi Chin-Salvo, Anna Diaz, Ella Choi, Jeremy Monn-Djasgnar, Nathaniel Appiah, Jonathan Potts, and Randall Park.

Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe) directed from a screenplay by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo. Jason Blum, Adam Hendricks, and Greg Gilreath served as producers.

Totally Killer premieres on Prime Video on October...

In addition to working with slasher icon Michael Myers on the three most recent Halloween movies, Blumhouse Productions has introduced audiences to maniacs like The Grabber from The Black Phone, The Butcher from Freaky, Babyface from Happy Death Day, Lady Liberty from The Purge: Election Year, Pooka from Into the Dark: Pooka! Next up from them is the Sweet 16 Killer, the masked murderer that will be featured in the time travel slasher comedy Totally Killer, which is scheduled to begin streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video on October 6th. With that date just a month away, they have given us an early introduction to the Sweet 16 Killer with a newly unveiled image and a promo video, both of which can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe) directed Totally Killer from a screenplay by Hocus Pocus 2 writer Jen D’Angelo, based on an original...

The slasher-comedy Totally Killer is on the way from Blumhouse and Amazon Studios, and today we’ve been provided with a first look at the film’s new slasher villain.

Their name is “The Sweet Sixteen Killer,” described in a press release as “the frightening, fresh new face joining iconic villains from Blumhouse’s horror canon.”

That lineup to date includes…

The Grabber / The Black Phone The Butcher / Freaky Babyface / Happy Death Day Lady Liberty / The Purge: Election Year Pooka / Into the Dark: Pooka! Sweet Sixteen Killer / Totally Killer

Meet “The Sweet Sixteen Killer” in the new teaser video below.

Totally Killer hits Prime Video on October 6, 2023. The film has been rated “R” for “Bloody violence, language, sexual material, and teen drug/alcohol use.”

Totally Killer sounds quite a bit like the brilliant slasher-comedy The Final Girls, similarly transporting characters back in time and putting them inside of a classic 80s slasher setup.

Director Todd Strauss-Schulson accuses the new horror movie Totally Killer of copying his 2015 film The Final Girls on Twitter, stating, "Didn't I already make this movie?" Both films share similar plot elements, including a protagonist who has lost their mother and is transported into a new reality to face a killer. The Final Girls received critical acclaim for its meta-horror and horror-comedy slant, and it remains to be seen if Totally Killer will have a similar tone. The film will be released on Prime Video on October 6.

The new horror movie Totally Killer is called out by director Todd Strauss-Schulson for copying his 2015 meta-slasher The Final Girls. Produced by Jason Blum, Totally Killer stars Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka as a young woman who, following the death of her mother at the hands of a serial killer, finds herself flung back in time to 1987 where she must team up with...

You can feel it, can't you? You have that itch, that buzz that only comes with the promise of another spooky season blowing in the last remnants of the Summer breeze. It is time for you start taking notes and building your spooky season watching list. Prime Video and BlumhouseTelevision have given us our first look at horror favorite Kiernan Shipka in Nahnatchka Khan's slasher-comedy Totally Killer! Written by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo Totally Killer will premiere on Prime Video on October 6th. Looks like the frist Friday in October has been spoken for. Check Out the First Look From the Film Totally Killer will premiere globally on October 6, exclusively on Prime Video The film...

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Kiernan Shipka as Jamie Hughes and Olivia Holt as Teen Pam in ‘Totally Killer’ | Credit: Prime Video

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Kiernan Shipka headlines Totally Killer, a time-traveling horror comedy from Prime Video and Blumhouse Television. The first batch of photos confirms that ’80s hairstyles aren’t the only horrifying thing Shipka will encounter as she travels back in time.

In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Shipka said she’s happy to be back in the horror genre – a genre she really loves. Shipka also offered a description of her character.

“Jamie is a very modern teen girl – she’s flawed, spends too much time on her phone, and is not yet thinking about the bigger picture of her life,” stated Kiernan. “All of the sudden, she’s forced to grow up very quickly to take control of her situation and, through this awakening, discovers how brave she is.”

In addition to Shipka,...

Prime Video has announced that they will begin streaming their latest Blumhouse collaboration, the time travel slasher comedy Totally Killer, on October 6th – and while there isn’t a trailer available for the film just yet, they have unveiled a batch of first look images, and you can check those out at the bottom of this article!

Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe) directed Totally Killer from a screenplay by Hocus Pocus 2 writer Jen D’Angelo, based on an original script by David Matalon (The Clearing) and Sasha Perl-Raver (Let’s Get Merried). The story follows Jamie (Shipka) whose mom, Pam, is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer — a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the ‘80s. With the help of her friend Amelia, Jamie travels back in time to 1987 and teams up with the teen version of her mom (Holt) to try and stop the killer.

Amazon on Monday morning unveiled a series of first-look stills for Totally Killer, its horror-comedy starring Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), which debuts on Prime Video October 6th.

Marking a continuation of Prime Video’s partnership with Blumhouse Television, forged in 2019, the film watches as the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer” returns on Halloween night, 35 years after their shocking murder of three teens, to claim a fourth victim. 17-year-old Jamie (Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and, on the run for her life, accidentally time travels back to 1987, the year of the original killings. She’s then forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, teaming up with a teenage version of her mom (Olivia Holt) to take down the killer once and for all, before she’s stuck in the past forever.

Directed by Nahnatchka Khan, Totally Killer was written by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver and Jen D’Angelo. Rounding out the cast are Charlie Gillespie, Lochlyn Munro, Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson, Liana Liberato, Kelcey Mawema, Stephi Chin-Salvo, Anna Diaz, Ella Choi, Jeremy Monn-Djasgnar, Nathaniel Appiah, Jonathan Potts and Randall Park.

Producers on the pic included Jason Blum for Blumhouse and Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath for Divide/Conquer. The exec producers are Khan and Chloe Yellin for Fierce Baby Productions, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold for Blumhouse Television, and Brian Parker. Check out the first-look photos for Totally Killer below.

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The slasher-comedy Totally Killer is on the way from Blumhouse and Amazon Studios, and we’ve learned this morning that the film will be released in time for Halloween.

Totally Killer hits Prime Video on October 6, 2023! The film is rated “R” for “Bloody violence, language, sexual material, and teen drug/alcohol use.”

While you wait for a trailer, check out a gallery of first-look images below.

Totally Killer sounds quite a bit like the brilliant slasher-comedy The Final Girls, similarly transporting characters back in time and putting them inside of a classic 80s slasher setup.

The film is a continuation of the deal forged by Blumhouse and Amazon Studios in 2019 and will star Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Mad Men), Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer), Julie Bowen (Modern Family, Life of the Party), and Randall Park (Always Be My Maybe, Fresh off the Boat). Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe,...

Thirteen months ago, we learned that Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer) had signed on to star in the time travel slasher Totally Killer for Blumhouse. Now the Motion Picture Association has confirmed that their ratings board has given Totally Killer an R rating for “bloody violence, language, sexual material, and teen drug/alcohol use“… which is pretty much what I would expect to see in a slasher.

Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe) directed the film from a screenplay by Hocus Pocus 2 writer Jen D’Angelo, based on an original script by David Matalon (The Clearing) and Sasha Perl-Raver (Let’s Get Merried). The story follows Jamie (Shipka) whose mom, Pam, is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer — a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the ‘80s. With the help of her friend Amelia, Jamie travels back in time...

Coming soon from Blumhouse and Amazon Studios, the slasher-comedy Totally Killer has officially been rated “R” by the MPA this month. Totally Killer is rated “R” for…

“Bloody violence, language, sexual material, and teen drug/alcohol use.”

Totally Killer sounds quite a bit like the brilliant slasher-comedy The Final Girls, similarly transporting characters back in time and putting them inside of a classic 80s slasher setup.

The film is a continuation of the deal forged by Blumhouse and Amazon Studios in 2019 and will star Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Mad Men), Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer), Julie Bowen (Modern Family, Life of the Party), and Randall Park (Always Be My Maybe, Fresh off the Boat). Nahnatchka Khan (Always Be My Maybe, Young Rock, Don Wong) is directing, and Jen D’Angelo penned the screenplay based on an original script by David Matalon and Sasha Perl-Raver.

The film follows Jamie (Shipka) whose mom,...

Amazon Studios and Blumhouse have teamed for a new slasher comedy, "Totally Killer." Nahnatchka Khan ("Always Be My Maybe") is set to direct the film, with Jen D'Angelo penning the screenplay, which is based on an original script by David Matalon and Sasha Perl-Raver. Filming is already underway as of today in Vancouver, Canada, so they are wasting no time in getting this one off the ground. And they've got an A-list cast in tow. 

The cast is led by Kiernan Shipka ("Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"), Olivia Holt ("Cruel Summer"), Julie Bowen ("Life of the Party"), and Randall Park ("Fresh off...

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Amazon Prime Video and Blumhouse Television are teaming up for a new slasher-comedy starring Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt, Julie Bowen and Randall Park.

“Totally Killer” follows Shipka’s Jamie, whose mom Pam (Bowen) is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer — a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the ‘80s. With the help of her friend Amelia (Kelcey Mawema), she travels back in time to 1987 and teams up with the teen version of her mom (Holt) to try and stop the killer.

“We thought this genre mash-up of slasher/comedy with a twist of time travel was just so fun, and Nahnatchka Khan is perfect to direct,” said Chris McCumber, president of Blumhouse Television.

Jen D’Angelo is penning the screenplay based on an original script by David Matalon and Sasha Perl-Raver. Production begins Thursday in Vancouver.

“The idea of a horror-comedy time travel movie is,...

Exclusive: Production starts today in Vancouver on the new Prime Video and Blumhouse Television horror-comedy slasher feature Totally Killer, starring Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), and Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat).

The film follows Jamie (Shipka) whose mom, Pam (Bowen), is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer — a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the ‘80s. With the help of her friend Amelia (Kelcey Mawema), Jamie travels back in time to 1987 and teams up with the teen version of her mom (Holt) to try and stop the killer.

Nahnatchka Khan is directing, and Jen D’Angelo penned the screenplay based on an original script by David Matalon and Sasha Perl-Raver.

The pic is a continuation of the deal forged by Prime Video and Blumhouse Television in 2019.

The cast...

Crackle will debut a zombie feature, titled The Clearing, this May and June. This is David Matalon's first feature. And, The Clearing hopes to capitalize on zombie tropes, while bringing something fresh and a bit dead to the screen, according to the director. The story takes place in a zombie apocalypse, in which Tom (Liam McIntyre) is bonding with Mira (Aundrea Smith). Out in the woods, they have picked the worst time to go fishing as a living dead disaster unfolds. As well, The Clearing stars: Sydelle Noel ("G.L.O.W.") and Steven Swadling ("Kickboxer"). The film's trailer and poster have come out this week and are found below. Matalon pays homage to zombie films of the past, in The Clearing. Matalon says of the action and conflict in the film: "I’m thrilled to take viewers on this action-packed ride." The Clearing joins other films which have been exclusive to Crackle,...

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"Run!!" Crackle has unveiled the official trailer for an indie zombie horror film titled The Clearing, which will be premiering exclusively on the Crackle Channel streaming early next month. The zombie thriller stars Liam McIntyre as a father who takes his young daughter, played by Aundrea Smith (seen on "Diary of a Future President"), on a weekend camping trip during a mysterious disease outbreak. They end up trapped in his camper in a clearing near the woods, fighting vicious zombies in hopes of making it out alive. Also starring Sydelle Noel and Steven Swadling. Writer/director David Matalon's goal with this was "to pay homage to beloved zombie tropes while blazing his own way with imaginative screenwriting and innovative filmmaking techniques." The tagline in the trailer is pretty ballsy: "You think your quarantine is rough?" Ha. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for David Matalon's The Clearing, direct from...

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