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Stephen King is one of the most legendary writers in the world, and in the horror genre he is basically a god and his work has been adapted endlessly in movies and TV shows. With Netflix having such a huge content library we though of picking out the best of the best Stephen King adaptations you should check out right now.

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Stand by Me is a coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay co-written by Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon. Based on the 1982 novella The Body by Stephen King, the 1986 film follows four friends who decide to go hiking to find the dead body of a local teenager who was hit by a train. Stand by Me stars Will Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland.

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A Novel Noel stars Julie Gonzalo and Brendan Penny as part of the Miracles of Christmas event on Hallmark Mystery.

Book-loving fans are getting a treat as Hallmark Mystery is set to premiere the new, original movie, A Novel Noel. The movie premieres as part of the network’s Miracle of Christmas programming event and stars Julie Gonzalo and Brendan Penny. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast.

A Novel Noel on Hallmark Mystery Photo: Kheon Clarke, Brendan Penny

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According to TV Insider, a New York City book editor (Gonzalo) takes on a temporary gig running a Maine bookstore. While she has always been passionate about fostering creativity, she experienced some disheartening problems that made her lose hope.

Meanwhile, she found hope again when she was selected to...

Hallmark Mystery’s A Novel Noel is part of the Miracles Of Christmas programming. This holiday movie stars Julie Gonzalo and Brendan Penny.

“A NYC book editor takes on a temporary gig running a Maine bookstore. Battling with the owner’s son, she rediscovers her passion for nurturing creativity.”

Here is more about this new Christmas romance.

Photo: Julie Gonzalo, Brendan Penny Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster What Is Hallmark Mystery’s A Novel Noel About?

Hallmark Mystery is premiering a new Miracles of Christmas movie. This is called A Novel Noel, and it stars Julie Gonzalo and Brendan Penny. What is it about?

According to TV Insider, a woman who is successful as a New York City book editor needs a pivot. Although she was always passionate about fostering creativity, she experienced some disheartening problems that has made her lose hope.

However, she gets that much needed pivot...

Project Paranoia is a horror thriller film written and directed by Francesco Monti. The horror movie follows the story of Andrew, who falls into a depression after the disappearance of his wife, to help Andrew, his friend invites him to his house for the weekend, and that’s where things take a turn for the worse. So, if you loved Project Paranoia here are some similar movies you could watch next.

1922 (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Synopsis: 1922 is based on Stephen King’s 131-page story telling of a man’s confession of his wife’s murder. The tale is told from from the perspective of Wilfred James, the story’s unreliable narrator who admits to killing his wife, Arlette, with his son in Nebraska. But after he buries her body, he finds himself terrorized by rats and, as his life begins to unravel, becomes convinced his wife is haunting him. Starring: Thomas Jane,...

The people who are the most at peace with themselves and their existences are often those who have the courage to take risks and pursue the ambitions they have set for themselves. That’s certainly the case for both the filmmakers and characters of the new horror movie, ‘The Sinners,’ which is inspired by such ’90s […]

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Stars: Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Llewellyn, Brenna Coates, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Jasmine Randhawa, Carly Fawcett, Natalie Malaika, Aleks Paunovic, Lochlyn Munro, Dylan Playfair, Tahmoh Penikett, Loretta Walsh, Elysia Rotaru, Michael Eklund | Written by Courtney Paige, Erin Hazlehurst, Madison Smith | Directed by Courtney Paige

What do attractive teens get up to in 2020? They vape and go on that TikTok, right? Wrong! They form cults. Honestly, kids today. Back when I was young, I used to drink alcohol until I lost control of my body and my Mum had to come and rescue me. As God intended.

The Sinners kicks off strong as we are introduced to our narrators’ body in a lake, with a rose in her mouth, and then skip back to a normal, morning some time before in which Christianity is rammed down her throat as a matter of course.

The protagonist, and her group of friends have stumbled into...

A cultish clique of teenage bullies commit a sin against cinema’s first commandment to show, don’t tell

Several past-it tropes from 1990s and 00s teen horror films strut the corridors of high school once more in this debut by director Courtney Paige. In a devoutly Christian small town, local preacher’s daughter Grace Carver (Kaitlyn Bernard) rebels against her conservative community by wearing scarlet lipstick and conducting a strenuously titillating affair with her Bff (very Cruel Intentions). The actual scandal though is her cultish clique, the Sins (very The Craft), founded with six of her naughtiest classmates. The group is so named because each member is reputed to embody a different one of the seven cardinal vices. Flirtatious Grace is Lust, rich girl Katie is Greed and so on.

When “Pride”, Aka Aubrey (Brenna Llewellyn), is perceived to have transgressed their code – by recording her innermost thoughts in...

For The Sinners, actress Courtney Paige takes the directorial reins on her first feature film to tell the story of a clique of high school girls, known as “The Sins,” who find themselves caught up in the middle of a deadly murder mystery where someone is looking to eliminate the group, one member at a time. Co-written and directed by Paige, The Sinners stars Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Coates, Brenna Llewellyn, Lochlyn Munro, Michael Eklund, and Tahmoh Pinikett.

During the recent press day for The Sinners, Daily Dead spoke with Paige about the project, and she discussed the inspiration behind the story, her love for ’90s teen-centric genre movies, the challenges of taking on such an ambitious story for her feature film debut, and more.

The Sinners will be released this Friday, February 19th, courtesy of Brainstorm Media.

Great to speak with you today, Courtney. I really love this idea of...

Signature previously acquired UK rights.

Arclight Films has closed a North American deal on The Sinners (formerly The Color Rose) with Brainstorm Media and licensed the teen cult thriller in two major territories.

Company managing director Gary Hamilton also announced on Thursday (January 21) that Defiant has picked up Courtney Paige’s film for Australia, and At Entertainment has taken Japanese rights.

Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Llewellyn, and Brenna Coates lead the cast in the story about a clique of young women who start a cult where each of them must embody one of the seven deadly sins.

Meyer Shwarzstein’s Brainstorm...

We're back with a new installment of Horror Highlights! Watch the trailer for The Sinners, learn more about the upcoming novel Shelter for the Damned, watch the trailer for A Writer's Odyssey, and learn more about the upcoming movie Safer at Home:

The Sinners: "Seven schoolgirls, part of a clique dubbed The Sins, become the lethal target of an unknown killer after a harmless prank goes horribly wrong."

Director: Courtney Paige Writers: Courtney Paige, Erin Hazlehurst, Madison Smith Cast: Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Llewellyn, Brenna Coates, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Jasmine Randhawa, Carly Fawcett, Natalie Malaika, Aleks Paunovic, Lochlyn Munro Run Time: 88 mins

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Shelter For The Damned: "While looking for a secret place to smoke cigarettes with his two best friends, troubled teenager Mark discovers a mysterious shack in a suburban field. Alienated from his parents and peers, Mark finds within the shack an escape greater than anything he has ever experienced.

"They are asking for trouble with that behavior!" Brainstorm Media has released an official trailer for an indie thriller titled The Sinners, formerly known as The Color Rose, marking the feature directorial debut of actress Courtney Paige. This originally premiered at the Mammoth Film Festival last year, and arrives on VOD early next month. The Sinners is a thrilling murder mystery about seven girls from a religious town that start a cult where they embody the seven deadly sins. They realize there's more to their small religious town after they go missing one by one after a prank goes wrong. The indie horror-thriller stars Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Coates, Brenna Llewellyn, Aleks Paunovic, Lochlyn Munro, Michael Eklund, and Tahmoh Pinikett. It looks a tad cliche and cheesy, with the religious undertones, but still quite eerie. Here's the new official trailer (+ poster) for Courtney Paige's The Sinners, direct from YouTube: You...

Stars: Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Llewellyn, Brenna Coates, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Jasmine Randhawa, Carly Fawcett, Natalie Malaika, Aleks Paunovic, Lochlyn Munro, Dylan Playfair, Tahmoh Penikett, Loretta Walsh, Elysia Rotaru, Michael Eklund | Written by Courtney Paige, Erin Hazlehurst, Madison Smith | Directed by Courtney Paige

I think you all know me by now and realise that I am willing to give pretty much anything a fair shake. The Sinners synopsis did read like a bit of a change pace as well, moving into the more teen angs drama territory with a promise of some sort of “Mean Girls meets The Craft” hybrid. Of course I wasn’t the biggest fan of Let’s Scare Julie which felt like it was trying to do a similar things. So I was quietly hoping that this one would win me over…

The Sinners, formerly known as The Color Rose (our review of the film under that title...

A high school clique. Glamour, exclusivity, bad reputations. Artfully arranged dead girls with roses pressed between their lips. The Sinners plays the part so well that you'd be forgiven for thinking it was just more of the usual, but this is Courtney Paige's film, and she's taking it somewhere very different.

One of the opening night selections for Frightfest's October 2020 edition, this is the story of a group of girls who don't so much choose to form a clique as get pushed into one, being labelled sinners because they don't share the values held by most people in their Evangelical Christian town (though one remains keen to point out "We're not atheists!"). Taking ownership of the slur, they decide that each of them will embody one of the Deadly Sins, though only Wrath (Brenna Coates) seems committed to it full time. Lust (Kaitlyn Bernard) is a pastor's daughter and.

Also picks up true horror ‘Red Soil’.

UK distributor Signature Entertainment has acquired rights to four genre titles.

What Lies Below (formerly Viscous) is a thriller from writer-director Braden R. Duemmler, starring Mena Suvari. The film follows a teenager who begins to encounter otherworldly happenings when her mother introduces her to her mysterious new fiancé. Signature acquired the film from XYZ Films.

Red Soil, acquired from Wtf Films, is inspired by the true story of a young nurse who uncovers hidden secrets about her dad’s chemical factory. Farid Bentoumi directs the French-Belgian co-production, which stars Zita Hanrot and Sami Bouajila.

Stars: Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Llewellyn, Brenna Coates, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Jasmine Randhawa, Carly Fawcett, Natalie Malaika, Aleks Paunovic, Lochlyn Munro, Dylan Playfair, Tahmoh Penikett, Loretta Walsh, Elysia Rotaru, Michael Eklund | Written by Courtney Paige, Erin Hazlehurst, Madison Smith | Directed by Courtney Paige

What do attractive teens get up to in 2020? They vape and go on that TikTok, right? Wrong! They form cults. Honestly, kids today. Back when I was young, I used to drink alcohol until I lost control of my body and my Mum had to come and rescue me. As God intended.

The Color Rose kicks off strong as we are introduced to our narrators’ body in a lake, with a rose in her mouth, and then skip back to a normal, morning some time before in which Christianity is rammed down her throat as a matter of course.

The protagonist, and her group of friends have stumbled...

Cast’s TV credits include The Killing, Riverdale, The Man In The High Castle.

Arclight Films and Untitled Entertainment are teaming up on worldwide sales on the teen cult thriller The Color Rose heading into the Cannes virtual market.

Courtney Paige directed the story of an A-list girl clique that launches a cult where each must embody one of the seven deadly sins. Then one-by-one the girls begin to go missing.

The cast brings TV credits from The Killing, Riverdale and The Man In The High Castle among others and includes Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Llewellyn, Brenna Coates, Tahmoh Penikett, Loretta Walsh,...

"All my friends are dying, and it's all my fault..." Rock Salt Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for an indie cult drama titled The Color Rose, marking the directorial debut of Canadian filmmaker Courtney Paige - who also co-stars in the film. Seven girls decide to start a cult where each of them must embody one of the seven deadly sins. They realize there's more to their religious town after they go missing one by one. Described as "a compelling and haunting tale with eerie twists", of course, which is exactly what the story sounds like anyway. This stars Kaitlyn Bernard, Loretta Walsh, Elysia Rotaru, Brenna Llewellyn, Brenna Coates, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Jasmine Randhawa, Carly Fawcett, Aleks Paunovic, and Lochlyn Munro. This looks rather bland and derivative, without anything new or interesting going on. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Courtney Paige's The Color Rose, direct from YouTube...

Writer-Director Courtney Paige (The Arrangement) has teamed up with award-winning producer, Siena Oberman and seven-time recognized cinematographer, Stirling Bancroft for Neon Cinema Films’ edgy teen horror, The Color Rose. Starring Kaitlyn Bernard (The Professor), Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale), Tahmoh Penikett, Aleks Paunovic (Percy Jackson: […] The post Exclusive: Haunted Schoolgirls Horror The Color Rose Acquired by Rock Salt Releasing + First Images! appeared first on Dread Central.

It’s kind of interesting to see Johnny Depp in a movie like this. Years ago, the A-lister would take risks in smaller fare, playing oddball characters in simple character studies. However, it has been a long time since Depp has popped up in something of that sort. So, this week’s release of The Professor marks a return to the past for the man. Unfortunately, it’s also an incredibly forgettable work with little to offer. Pleasant enough to watch, it disappears from your memory as soon as the end credits roll. What’s worse, despite giving Depp a prime opportunity to go all out, he plays it oddly low key, opting for minor drunkenness over something more extreme and, frankly, interesting. The film (formerly known as Richard Says Goodbye) is a dramedy about how a college professor deals with a cancer diagnosis. When Richard (Depp) is told he has a terminal illness,...

"Are you alright?" "Well... no." Saban Films has debuted the official trailer for an indie drama titled The Professor, the second feature from writer/director Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye). Johnny Depp stars in this as a world-weary college professor diagnosed with a terminal illness who throws caution to the wind and indulges in numerous vices while attempting to live his life to the fullest. It's described as a dark comedy and has an impressive ensemble cast with Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Zoey Deutch, Danny Huston, Justine Warrington, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Kaitlyn Bernard, Odessa Young, and Matreya Scarrwener. This seems like an odd role for Depp to take, but he's been staying out of the spotlight anyway, so why not an indie film. Just doesn't look that great. Here's the first official trailer for Wayne Roberts' The Professor, direct from YouTube (via People): Johnny Depp delivers a wickedly funny performance as Richard,...

Director Paco Arango has donated his earnings on the film to childrens cancer charities.

Vision Films is in Cannes with new sales title The Healer, a former number one release in Colombia that was also a hit in Mexico, Central America and Spain and has raised more than $3m for children with cancer.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Camilla Luddington, Jonathan Pryce, Jorge Garcia and Kaitlyn Bernard star in the story of a debt-ridden young man with healing powers who is enticed by his uncle to live in Canada, where his gift reveals itself.

Director, producer and philanthropist Paco Arango has donated his...

Every October, horror fans in Los Angeles celebrate the Halloween season with diverse scares on the big screen at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival, and this year, in addition to a slate of exciting new films, the festival will honor the late, great Tobe Hooper with a special screening of The Funhouse, and Child's Play fans can also look forward to a screening of the first Chucky movie followed by a Q&A with director Tom Holland.

Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. – September 26, 2017 – Screamfest Horror Film Festival, America’s largest, and longest running horror movie festival, announces its 2017 official schedule and the second wave of its festival line up. The fest will run from Oct. 10 - 19, 2017 at the Tcl Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. Over its seventeen-year run, the female-run festival has launched careers - providing a platform for filmmakers and actors to showcase their latest work to enthusiasts and general audiences.

Trailer for the Netflix movie adaptation of Stephen King's '1922' is now below. Directed by Zak Hilditch the film stars Thomas Jane, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian D’Arcy James and Neal McDonough.

A simple yet proud rancher in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

'1922' debuts on Netflix on October 20, 2017.

1922 Trailer Zak Hilditch‘s 1922 (2017) movie trailer stars Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Brian d’Arcy James, and Kaitlyn Bernard. 1922‘s plot synopsis: “1922 is based on Stephen King’s 131-page story telling of a man’s confession of his wife’s murder. The tale is told from the perspective of Wilfred James, the [...]

Continue reading: 1922 (2017) Movie Trailer: Thomas Jane is Haunted by His Murderous Decision...

Based on the novella by Stephen King comes a new Netflix film, 1922. Look for it to premiere October 20th, but right now though you can dig on the trailer. 1922 stars Thomas Jane, Molly Parker, Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard,… Continue Reading →

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Netflix has just released the first trailer for their adaptation of Stephen King's novella, 1922, which is set to debut next month. Not only does the trailer look creepy, but it also sounds unsettling, thanks to Mike Patton's fantastic soundtrack that recalls a twisted take on a Hitchcock score. In a recent interview to promote the incredibly successful It, King alerted fans that this adaptation was really special and that it really "creeped" him out when he saw the rough cut. The legendary horror author also mentioned that he couldn't stop thinking about it, which is a good indicator since he basically said the same thing about the big screen adaptation if It.

The first trailer for 1922 comes to us courtesy of the official Netflix YouTube account and it is an uncomfortable two and a half minutes to say the least. Adding to the uneasiness is the original score...

"A woman have to be crazy to leave a nice house like this one." Netflix has debuted an official trailer for yet another Stephen King adaptation this year, this one titled 1922 based on one of his short stories. From director Zak Hilditch, 1922 is about a rancher who wants to kill his wife to make money, and attempts to convince his teenage son to participate. Thomas Jane stars, and the cast includes Molly Parker, Neal McDonough, Brian d'Arcy James, Dylan Schmid, and Kaitlyn Bernard. This joins the growing list of Stephen King adaptations in 2017, including The Dark Tower, It, Netflix's Gerald's Game, and "The Mist" TV series. This film looks like it has some style, and is as dark and twisted as everything from King's mind. Here's the first official trailer for Zak Hilditch's 1922, direct from Netflix's YouTube: "Life is rarely fair." A simple yet proud rancher in the year...

Netflix produced a film adaptation of Stephen King's novella 1922 and today they've released the first trailer. The movie stars Thomas Jane (The Punisher, The Mist) and it looks like a freakin' great and creepy movie! I don't know why, but I was surprised by this trailer and how good the movie looks. I'm super excited about seeing this! If you're not familiar with the story, here's the synopsis:

1922 is based on Stephen King's 131-page story telling of a man's confession of his wife's murder. The tale is told from the perspective of Wilfred James, the story's unreliable narrator who admits to killing his wife, Arlette, with his son in Nebraska. But after he buries her body, he finds himself terrorized by rats and, as his life begins to unravel, becomes convinced his wife is haunting him.

The movie was written and directed by Zak Hilditch and it also stars Molly Parker,...

One of the more haunting stories to come from the mind of Stephen King this century is his novella 1922 (included in Full Dark, No Stars), his tale of farm life, familial murder, and ravenous rats. In what has already been a year filled with adaptations of the master of horror's work, Netflix has even more for Stephen King fans to look forward with their October premiere of 1922, and we have the new trailer for you to watch right now... just make sure no sounds are coming from within your walls first.

Synopsis: "1922 is based on Stephen King's 131-page story telling of a man's confession of his wife's murder. The tale is told from from the perspective of Wilfred James, the story's unreliable narrator who admits to killing his wife, Arlette, with his son in Nebraska. But after he buries her body, he finds himself terrorized by rats and, as his life begins to unravel,...

Netflix's 1922 is an adaptation of Stephen King's short novella of the same name from the Full Dark, No Stars collection and the legendary author is claiming that the rough cut that he saw of the movie is "super creepy" and that it "won't leave his mind." Netflix quietly announced that the adaptation of 1922 was underway in November of last year and that the project would be helmed by Zak Hilditch (These Final Hours) and star Thomas Jane (The Punisher, The Mist) and Molly Parker (The Road) with Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian D'Arcy James, and Neal McDonough. The project is apparently near completion and even in the rough-cut stage, it has Stephen King's seal of approval.

Not much has been reported about Netflix's 1922, but King seemed pretty excited to bring it up during a recent interview. King spoke to Yahoo Movies about 1922 as well as the many other...

Netflix has just announced an October 20, 2017, release for 1922, an adaptation of Stephen King’s novella that follows the events after a man kills his wife. Thomas Jane (The Punisher, The Mist) and Molly Parker (The 9th Life of Louis Drax, The Road) stars in the adaptation with Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian D’Arcy […]...

Thomas Jane is no stranger to bringing Stephen King's written works to life onscreen. Having already appeared as David Drayton in The Mist and Henry in Dreamcatcher, Jane will next play Wilfred James, a husband with a dark secret in Netflix's movie adaptation of King's novella 1922.

According to THR, Jane will be joined by Molly Parker as Wilfred's wife, Arlette, in 1922, which is filming in Vancouver with Zak Hilditch (These Final Hours) behind the camera, directing from a script he wrote based on King's haunting tale of family murder and vengeance from beyond the grave. 1922 was published as one of four novellas in King's 2010 story collection, Full Dark, No Stars.

THR reveals that the cast also includes Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian D’Arcy James, and Neal McDonough, with Ross M. Dinerstein on board as a producer.

Packed with rats, guilt, and a creeping sense of unshakable dread,...

Thomas Jane and Molly Parker are set to star in Netflix’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novella 1922. This will be the third Stephen King film that Jane has starred in. He previously starred in 2003’s Dreamcatcher and 2007’s The Mist. I’m a big fan of the actor, who I think is underrated. It’s great to see him attached to star in another King project.

The story follows a man who confesses to his wife's murder. “The tale is told from from the perspective of Wilfred James, the story's unreliable narrator who admits to killing his wife, Arlette, with his son in Nebraska. But after he buries her body, he finds himself terrorized by rats and, as his life begins to unravel, becomes convinced his wife is haunting him.”

Jane is playing Wilfred James and Parker is taking on the role of Arlette. They will be joined by Dylan Schmid,...

Thomas Jane has already starred in two Stephen King adaptations (one good, one less good), but now he’s adding another notch to his Stephen King belt with a movie version of the novella 1922. That comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which says relative newcomer Zak Hilditch will direct from a screenplay he also wrote, with Netflix producing the adaptation. The original story is about a man who gradually becomes more and more unhinged after killing his wife, forcing his son—who was complicit in the murder—to help weave intricate lies about her disappearance. Eventually, he begins to believe that killer rats and the ghost of his wife are stalking him, which just makes things worse.

Jane will play the guy, Wilfred James, with Molly Parker plaing his wife. Dylan Schmid, Kaitlyn Bernard, Brian D’Arcy James, and Neal McDonough will also appear. This is Netflix’s second Stephen ...

Hybrids Short Film. Patrick Kalyn‘s Hybrids (2013) short film stars Daniella Evangelista and Kaitlyn Bernard. Hybrids‘ plot synopsis: “In the wake of an alien infestation, an ex-special forces soldier loses her daughter in alien attack. Seeking revenge, she leads a team on a mission deep into alien territory. Soon, she makes [...]

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