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Exclusive: Spain’s Movistar Plus+ has gone shopping at Sony Pictures Television.

The streamer has acquired medical drama Doc, British crime drama Dope Girls, police thriller Long Bright River, the Jacob Elordi-starring Narrow Road to the Deep North and Outlander prequel Outlander: Blood of My Blood.

Each show will premiere in Spain in 2025, with launch date due to be announced in due course. They were all introduced to buyers at May’s LA Screenings, where they began to create buzz.

Given this deal also includes library film titles, it something of a throwback to the former days of output deals — albeit in a 2024 manner. As such, Movistar Plus+ will premiere six features from the Sony Pictures library, namely Sundance title I Saw the TV Glow; Diana O. Pusić’s Julia Louis-Dreyfuss debut Tuesday; Saoirse Ronan film The Outrun; Daddio, starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn; Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples; and Summer Camp,...

Starz has released several first look images from the highly anticipated second half of “Outlander” season seven, showing a return to Scotland for the first time since the series’ third season. Starz also released a first look at the prequel series, “Outlander: Blood of My Blood,” revealing an early sneak peek of Claire’s parents, Henry and Julia in WWI-era England and Jamie’s parents, Brian and Ellen in the early 18th century Scottish Highlands. The 10-episode first season of “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” is currently in production in Scotland and will air in 2025.

“Outlander” season seven part two will premiere on Friday, November 22 with new episodes available weekly on Fridays at midnight Et on the Starz app, all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. On linear, new episodes will debut at 8:00 Pm Et/Pt on Starz in the U.S. In addition to the eight remaining episodes in season seven,...

Stars: Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Jacob Batalon, Avantika, Humberly González, Wolfgang Novogratz, Larsen Thompson | Written and Directed by Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg

Adapted from Nicholas Adams’ 1992 novel, the much better titled Horrorscope, Tarot is the feature directorial debut from writers/directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg. The story opens at a rented mansion inhabited by a group of college students celebrating a birthday, although tensions are high due to a recent break-up within the group. When they run out of beer, the group search the mansion for hidden alcohol only to discover strange tarot cards within the basement.

Despite saying that it is a sacred rule of Tarot to not use someone else’s deck, Hayley (Harriet Slater) agrees to use the strange deck to read everyone else’s horoscopes. One by one, their horoscopes come true as they meet their ends, with it becoming clear that the group are...

Batman: Caped Crusader is an animated pulp-noir superhero action-adventure series created by Bruce Timm, JJ Abrams, and Matt Reeves. Based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, the Prime Video series is set in the 1940s and it follows the story of Bruce Wayne newly working as Batman as he goes against several masked weirdos, criminals, and corruption in Gotham City. Batman: Caped Crusader’s voice cast includes Hamish Linklater, McKenna Grace, Minnie Driver, Toby Stephens, Christina Ricci, Jamie Chung, Diedrich Bader, Reid Scott, Jason Watkins, Tom Kenny, and Krystal Joy Brown. So, if you love the visuals, dark storyline, and noir aspects of Batman: Caped Crusader here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Batman: The Animated Series is an animated pulp-noir superhero action-adventure series created by Eric Radomski and Bruce W. Timm.

Until "Longlegs" became the biggest box office surprise of the year, things weren't looking all that great for horror in 2024. A usually reliable genre was seemingly losing some of its appeal, as no one single film was able to repeat the breakout success of 2023's "Talk To Me" or "Skinamarink." Sydney Sweeney's dour nun horror pic "Immaculate" failed to wow critics and the generic yet enjoyable "Night Swim" couldn't quite become the breakout hit Universal were surely hoping for. Neither of these films were out and out financial failures, but it's actually quite difficult to lose a ton of money when your budgets are around the to $9-15 million mark.

Of course, the aforementioned "LongLegs" has proven that horror can still very much succeed at the box office, especially if you deploy one of the best marketing campaigns of recent years to support it. Which, as it happens, is...

Where are all my horror fans? Netflix recently added 10 horror films to its platform on the first of August. While I recommend checking out each new release, the one that should be at the top of your watchlist is the 2024 supernatural horror film Tarot. This movie is criminally underrated, in my opinion, when it really deserves all the love and attention.

Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (The Expendables 4) wrote and directed Tarot, making it their feature film directorial debuts. Like most movies nowadays, Tarot is based on another piece of work. It's based on Nicholas Adams' 1992 novel Horrorscope. Although panned by critics, the horror flick still managed to be a box-office success, grossing $49 million worldwide against a budget of $8 million.

Here's how I see it. It's okay to read critic reviews but don't let what someone else has said and their opinions deter you from watching a movie. Who knows,...

We've officially started a new month, and Netflix has already released many horror movies on its platform. In fact, several more horror films are set to be released on the streamer throughout the rest of August. Below, we shared some of the best horror flicks you can watch on Netflix this month.

Tarot (2024)

This supernatural horror film follows a group of college friends who, after playing with a cursed deck of tarot cards, begin to meet their demises in ways related to their fortunes told in the cards. Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika Vandanapu, Wolfgang Novogratz, Humberly González, Larsen Thompson, Jacob Batalon, and Olwen Fouéré make up the cast. You can stream Tarot on Netflix right now.

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Continuing the story of the killer doll, Cult of Chucky follows Chucky as he invades a mental institution to terrorize his human victim from the previous film, Nica Pierce. Meanwhile,...

Get ready to confront your deepest fears as Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announces the digital release of Tarot. This supernatural horror film, directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, is set to send shivers down your spine starting 29th July 2024. Tarot brings a new dimension of terror by intertwining modern life with ancient curses, ensuring a heart-pounding experience for viewers.

In Tarot, a group of friends find themselves trapped in a nightmarish reality after their innocent curiosity leads them to violate a sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck. This seemingly harmless act unleashes an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards, forcing the friends to confront the grim fates foretold by their readings.

The film boasts a stellar cast including Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Wolfgang Novogratz, Humberly González, Larsen Thompson, and Jacob Batalon. Their performances bring depth and intensity to the chilling story, making...

After a successful box office run, Sony’s Screen Gems’ Tarot card-themed movie Tarot (formerly titled Horrorscope) is heading to streaming next month.

Look for Tarot to arrive on Netflix on August 1, 2024.

The plot sees a group of friends unleashing a curse when they decide to play with a mysterious box of tarot cards. One by one, they come face to face with their fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings.

Larsen Thompson, Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika and Jacob Batalon star in the gateway horror movie Tarot, which was directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg. The film is very loosely based on a novel by Nicholas Adams.

I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “Tarot has the makings of a breezy gateway horror movie perfect for sleepovers, though it’s undermined by surface-level characters and storytelling.” Her review continues,...

Outlander‘s universe is expanding as Starz prepares to share the love stories of flagship franchise couple Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) parents. Set in two different times, Outlander: Blood of My Blood will focus on the romances of Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy) and Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) in 18th-century Scotland, and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) and Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) in World War I England. Below, we’re breaking down everything we know about the upcoming spinoff so far, ranging from its impending premiere date to the cast, and beyond. When Will Outlander: Blood of My Blood Premiere? It’s already been announced that Starz will welcome the new series to its TV slate in 2025. Outlander: Blood of My Blood will debut next year, with an exact premiere date yet to be revealed. So stay tuned for specifics as we await the show’s 2025 arrival. Who...

"Outlander: Blood of My Blood", is the new live-action prequel to the “Outlander” time travel romance adventure series, inspired by author Diana Gabaldon's books, debuting in 2025 on Starz:

“…the new series will reveal the lives and relationship of the parents of ‘Claire'…

“… ‘Julia Moriston’ (Hermione Corfield) and ‘Henry Beauchamp’ (Jeremy Irvine)…

‘…and the parents of ‘Jamie’, ‘Ellen MacKenzie’ (Harriet Slater) and ‘Brian Fraser’ (Jamie Roy).”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Starz has released several first-look photos from the highly anticipated second half of Outlander season seven, showing a return to Scotland for the first time since the series’ third season.

Starz also released a first look at the prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood, revealing an early sneak peek of Claire’s parents, Henry and Julia, in WWI-era England and Jamie’s parents, Brian and Ellen, in the early 18th-century Scottish Highlands. The 10-episode first season of Outlander: Blood of My Blood is currently in production in Scotland and will air in 2025.

Outlander Season 7 Part 2

Outlander season seven part two will premiere on Friday, November 22, with new episodes available weekly on Fridays at midnight Et on the Starz app, all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. On linear, new episodes will debut at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt on Starz in the U.S. In addition to the eight remaining episodes in season seven,...

“Outlander” will wrap up its eight-season run soon, but the timeless love story of Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) will continue on — through the love stories of their parents on “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.” Starz released the first images from the prequel spin-off series Thursday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

Set in two different time periods, “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” will feature the parallel love stories of Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), and Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy). Julia and Henry’s story takes place in England during World War I, while Ellen and Brian’s is set the early 18th century Scottish Highlands.

See Starz casts key roles for ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’

Production is currently underway on the 10-episode first season in Scotland with an eye on a 2025 premiere.

Droughtlander is nearing its end at last!

Outlander‘s Season 7 Part 2 is set to premiere on Starz on November 22 with new episodes available weekly on Fridays at midnight Et via the official network app and on-demand. Via linear, new episodes will be released at 8 p.m. Et/Pt in the U.S.

In anticipation of the new episodes, six new photos revealing Claire (Caitríona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan) and the gang return to Scotland for the first time since Season 3. The images can be found below.

Picking up after the first half of Outlander Season 7, viewers find Claire, Jamie and Young Ian (John Bell) leaving the colonies and arriving in their beloved homeland: Scotland. The perils of the Revolutionary War force them to choose between standing by those they love and fighting for the land they have made their new home. Meanwhile, Roger (Richard Rankin) and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) face...

Sony’s Screen Gems has a hit on their hands with Tarot, a not-good movie that nevertheless managed to scare up $45 million at the box office on an $8 million production budget.

The horror movie is now available at home, up for Digital rental for $9.99 and Digital purchase for $14.99, and we’ve learned that the Blu-ray will release on July 9 via Sony.

Special Features include:

A Twist of Fate: Making the Film Circle of Friends Outtakes

As we’ve previously explained, artist Trevor Henderson designed the eight unique monsters featured in Tarot, with the Tarot card-based entities including the High Priestess, The Hermit, The Hanged Man, The Fool, The Magician, Death and The Devil.

Larsen Thompson, Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika and Jacob Batalon star in the new horror movie Tarot, which was directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg.

Meagan wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Tarot has the makings...

Despite big stars such as Henry Cavill and Ryan Gosling having blockbuster releases this year, the first half of 2024 seems to be a lackluster year for Hollywood. The industry has seen many sure-shot films bomb at the box office this year. While Dune: Part Two remains the highest-grossing film of the year, it was released in March.

Films such as The Fall Guy and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which were touted to be huge hits have all taken a huge loss at the box office, making studios reconsider their strategies. Making it worse is the success of small-budget films such as Tarot, which has become the year’s most profitable film with a $45 million box office against an $8 million budget.

Henry Cavill And Ryan Gosling’s Flops Worsen After Tarot’s Success Henry Cavill in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Credits: Black Bear Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Toff Guy...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tarot.

Tarot is one of the oldest and most popular methods of divination. A form of cartomancy, it’s the practice of connecting with ancestors, spirit guides, or hidden aspects of the self by drawing cards and interpreting their hidden meanings. British occultist Pamela Colman Smith illustrated the iconic Rider-Waite-Smith deck which remains the standard representation of each card and forms the basis of most tarot analysis today. But there are endless interpretations of the 78-card structure. Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg’s Tarot imagines a similar deck with the power to bring a reading’s final outcome to bloody life. Designed by a witch who infused the deck with her dying blood, this grisly stack contains malevolent variations of tarot’s most frightening faces.

Haley (Harriet Slater) and her friends stumble upon the deck while searching for alcohol in a rented house. A self-taught tarot reader,...

It’s seemed like an interminably long wait, but everything we know about Outlander Season 7 Part 2 has just increased.

As part of the World Outlander Day celebration, Starz announced today that the highly anticipated second half of the seventh will premiere on Friday, November 22.

Coming off of the first half of Outlander Season 7, viewers find Claire (Caitríona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Young Ian (John Bell) leaving the colonies and arriving in their beloved homeland: Scotland.

The perils of the Revolutionary War force them to choose between standing by those they love and fighting for the land they have made their new home.

Meanwhile, Roger (Richard Rankin) and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) face new enemies across time, and must battle the forces that threaten to pull their family apart.

As loyalties change and painful secrets come to light, Jamie and Claire’s marriage is tested like never before.

With their love...

The second half of “Outlander” Season 7 has set its premiere date at Starz.

The final eight episodes of the season will premiere on Nov. 22. New episodes will be available each week on Friday at midnight Et on the Starz app and on all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms ahead of their linear premiere at 8 p.m. Et. The announcement was made as part of “World Outlander Day.”

The official description of the remaining episodes states: “Coming off of the first half of ‘Outlander’ season seven, viewers find Claire (Caitríona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Young Ian (John Bell) leaving the colonies and arriving in their beloved homeland: Scotland. The perils of the Revolutionary War force them to choose between standing by those they love and fighting for the land they have made their new home. Meanwhile, Roger (Richard Rankin) and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) face new enemies across time, and must...

It’s a big week for horror, with two recent theatrical releases coming home, one of the best slashers of the modern era hitting theaters, and a new Takashi Miike film coming to Netflix.

Here’s all the new horror releasing May 27, 2024 – June 2, 2024!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

After scaring up $53 million at the worldwide box office, director Arkasha Stevenson’s prequel The First Omen is now available for Digital purchase ($19.99) at home.

The First Omen is available to own at digital retailers such as Apple TV, Prime Video and Fandango at Home. It also arrives on Hulu May 30 and comes to Blu-ray and DVD July 30.

The First Omen is an exceptional expansion on a classic, earning rave reviews across the board and impressing all of us here at Bloody Disgusting. Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Thanks to the exquisite craftsmanship on display,...

Big-budgeted films with a stellar cast are normally expected to perform better at the box office than low-budgeted films. However, the 2024 box office so far has seen more major flops, big-budget films failing to make it to the breakeven point, and low-budgeted movies garnering millions across the world. And so it was for actors like Henry Cavill and Ryan Gosling, who despite their fanfare and talent, failed to woo the audiences with their feats.

Henry Cavill in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare | Lionsgate Films

While Henry Cavill so far has recorded two flops this year (Argylle & The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) despite some pretty astounding collaborations, last year’s box-office dominating stars Gosling and Emily Blunt failed to live up to expectations with their action-packed romantic comedy, The Fall Guy.

So while Henry Cavill and Ryan Gosling try to figure out what made their movies perform way below expectations, here...

Look, far be it from me to tell a young, diverse, and predominantly non-male group of horror-movie protagonists what to do. But if I were ever in a situation that involved dabbling with the supernatural in highly creepy settings while also breaking long-established rules involved with the aforementioned dabbling, I would simply not do that. Of course, there wouldn't be a movie for us to talk about here in that hypothetical, but that ain't my problem!

For better or worse (you can probably guess which one it is), nobody involved with the production of "Tarot" bothered to listen to my advice. For this group of college kids who committed the faux pas of all faux pas by messing with a tarot deck that wasn't theirs to begin with, the end result was ... pretty messy, to put it mildly. Writer/directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (along with co-writer Nicholas Adams...

Earlier this month, Sony / Screen Gems sent a horror movie called Tarot (which was formerly going by the title Horrorscope) out to theatres, and it has racked up over $37 million at the global box office. If you didn’t catch Tarot on the big screen (read our review Here), you now have the chance to watch it in the comfort of your own home, as it has received a digital release today! The film is available for rent on Amazon for the price of $9.99, or it can be purchased for $14.99.

Best known for playing Peter Parker’s best friend Ned in the recent Spider-Man movies, Jacob Batalon plays the title character in the horror comedy Syfy / Hulu / Amazon series Reginald the Vampire, and also has a lead role in Tarot. He’s joined in the cast by Avantika (Mean Girls), Adain Bradley (Wrong Turn: The Foundation), Humberly González (Ginny & Georgia...

Stars: Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Jacob Batalon, Avantika, Humberly González, Wolfgang Novogratz, Larsen Thompson | Written and Directed by Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg

Adapted from Nicholas Adams’ 1992 novel, the much better titled Horrorscope, Tarot is the feature directorial debut from writers/directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg. The story opens at a rented mansion inhabited by a group of college students celebrating a birthday, although tensions are high due to a recent break-up within the group. When they run out of beer, the group search the mansion for hidden alcohol only to discover strange tarot cards within the basement.

Despite saying that it is a sacred rule of Tarot to not use someone else’s deck, Hayley (Harriet Slater) agrees to use the strange deck to read everyone else’s horoscopes. One by one, their horoscopes come true as they meet their ends, with it becoming clear that the group are...

From Sony’s Screen Gems, the fresh-out-of-theaters horror movie Tarot is now available at home, up for Digital rental for $9.99 and Digital purchase for $14.99 beginning this morning.

As we’ve previously explained, artist Trevor Henderson designed the eight unique monsters featured in Tarot, with the Tarot card-based entities including the High Priestess, The Hermit, The Hanged Man, The Fool, The Magician, Death and The Devil.

Henderson recently explained to Bloody Disgusting, “I couched it as doing a fun slumber party horror movie, like a Thirteen Ghosts kind of thing, and having the chance to do a whole bevy of different monsters in one film really excited me a lot.”

To dive further into the movie’s monsters, watch an exclusive clip from the bonus features package below. The cast also shares their personal favorite creatures in this featurette video.

Larsen Thompson, Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika and Jacob Batalon star...

It is, generally speaking, ill-advised to go into creepy basements in rented mansions. It is also not a good idea to play with the hand-painted, sinister tarot cards found in the aforementioned basement. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what the group of college pals in Tarot do.

Based on the 1992 YA novel Horrorscope, co-directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg’s debut feature is horror-by-numbers, with characters that scarcely deserve (or get) a name. Instead, they are introduced through their horoscope-assigned personalities, when they convince resident astrology girl Haley to read their tarot. Almost immediately, the malevolent force attached to the tarot cards starts picking them off, matching their deaths to the specific tarot cards they were dealt.

Walks the line between goofy and gruesome.

The inventiveness of the kills is what salvages Tarot from the depths of the digital bargain bin. The film walks the line between goofy and gruesome, particularly...

There has been much pessimism floating around regarding this past weekend's box office. I myself have tossed some of that pessimism into the void. Much of that has to do with the fact that the summer movie season kicked off with "The Fall Guy" opening to a wildly disappointing $28.5 million, marking the worst start to summer in more than 20 years. Far less ink has been spilled regarding Sony's new horror movie "Tarot," which also opened over the weekend and snuck into the top five on the domestic charts with a $6.5 million debut. At first glance, it's not a good look for a movie from a major studio opening on more than 3,100 screens across North America. However, this might actually end up being a sneaky little hit.

"Tarot" also pulled in $3.7 million internationally, giving it a $10.2 million global start. Again, that number isn't going to break any records. It's not...

This Article Contains Spoilers For Tarot (2024)

While the horror genre will always remain a favorite, we can’t help but notice that films are getting a bit too predictable. Now, only a handful actually manage to keep you up at night, afraid of using the bathroom at 3 A.M. But then, out of the misty shadows, emerges a gem like Tarot – a spine-chilling film that most definitely be a treat to everyone who watches horror for fun, thanks to its unique storyline.

Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg’s Tarot (2024)

Written and directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, Tarot is the type of film that will have you wondering what inspired the creators to tell the story in the first place. Well, in a recent interview, the film’s co-director spilled the secret behind their inspiration for the film and how the Covid-19 pandemic had a big hand in it all.

Filmmakers often say that they have to personalize their work. After all, they painstakingly devote at least two years of their lives to bring a film to fruition, but in the case of Tarot co-directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, they turned what would normally be a genre exercise into something from the heart.

Tarot — which serves as the writer-directors’ feature directorial debut — is a supernatural horror film involving a group of college friends who, during a weekend getaway, crack open a cursed deck of tarot cards to learn their ominous horoscopes. The tarot card reading is reluctantly led by Harriet Slater’s Haley, who, like Halberg, is a Minnesota native, and shortly after the friend group returns to their Boston-area university, all hell breaks loose as each individual reading comes true in lethal fashion.

Haley’s sole reason for originally getting into tarot as a child was based on...

Sony’s Screen Gems brought horror back to the box office with the Tarot card-themed movie Tarot (formerly titled Horrorscope) over the weekend. The film debuted in theaters nationwide on Thursday, May 2, but how did it stack up against other new releases for the genre this year?

Directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg, Tarot debuted in the #4 spot on the domestic box office charts, scaring up $6.5 million and giving it the third lowest opening for a wide release horror movie at the box office here in 2024 so far. For the sake of comparison, here are the domestic opening weekend numbers for this year’s big screen horror offerings…

Night Swim – $11.7 million Abigail – $10.2 million Imaginary – $9.9 million The First Omen – $8.3 million Tarot – $6.5 million Immaculate – $5.3 million Lisa Frankenstein – $3.6 million

Worldwide, Tarot‘s box office total sits at $10.2 million. The good news for Screen Gems is that the horror movie’s reported production budget was just $8 million,...

A Pisces, a Taurus, a Capricorn, a Leo, a Virgo, and an Aquarius walk into a rented mansion for their Libra friend’s birthday party. The seven college kids soon run out of booze, go poking around in places they shouldn’t, and summon a fate worse than death when they find a mysterious deck of cards harboring a hidden evil. Title card: “Tarot.” All signs… point to yikes.

Written and directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, Screen Gems’ latest scary movie is willfully ridiculous. It’s also the most original take on the haunted party game since last year’s well-loved “Talk to Me” with its own franchising potential as a supernatural series. If open-minded audiences buy into this transparently trendy gimmick and its melodramatic narrative execution, what feels like a spiritual “Final Destination” spinoff — told by way of an Urban Outfitters’ small gifts display — could very well...

If you’ve ever fumbled through a dusty old deck of tarot cards, hoping they’d reveal something about your future, Tarot (2024) might just make you think twice before you shuffle again. This horror flick, helmed by first-timers Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg, deals a hand that’s both terrifying and delightfully over-the-top. The film taps into the old-school charm of supernatural slashers, where a group of friends find themselves in a deadly game of cosmic consequences.

“[Tarot combines] inventive beasties with the kind of jump scares that’ll fling popcorn from your lap.” See Also80%SCOREReviews[Review] Dev Patel’s Action Epic Monkey Man Delivers Blood-Soaked Revenge

The premise of Tarot hinges on a birthday bash gone terribly wrong in a creepy Catskills mansion. Cue the horror movie checklist: a group of college friends, a recently-ended relationship stirring the pot, and, of course, a mysterious item unearthed in the least welcoming part of the house.

If we're comparing failed Final Destination rehashes, Tarot is up there with the worst. Writers and directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg aim for PG-13 sleepover-branded chills in Tarot, but sell the entire experience abysmally short. Their story about a cursed tarot deck is ludicrously underwritten and dopey, discarding established in-universe rationale mere minutes after cement dries. It's a movie that sequences events like they're mistakenly out of order, with Cohen and Halberg treating the audience like they’ve never seen a horror movie before — or maybe they’re praying we haven’t

In the film, stereotypical college students rent the equivalent of Scrooge McDuck's mansion on Airbnb for one of their birthdays. When the last beer can pops open, partiers panic and search the premises for hidden alcohol, which leads them into a musty once-locked basement filled with astrological artifacts — one being a hand-drawn deck of tarot cards in an engraved container.

Horror movies can grow from any place. That’s one of the most exciting aspects of the genre – any idea can become scary as hell in the right hands. With flicks like Ouija: Origin of Evil and Annabelle: Creation surprising audiences, it’s not unreasonable to find great hits from even thin concepts. Tarot, the latest Sony and Screen Gems horror film, seeks to replicate this success. Unfortunately, despite great creature designs, Tarot stumbles over its own feet at every opportunity. The result is not only frustrating but an absolute slog.

Tarot Plot

During a weekend in the Catskills, a group of young college students celebrate Elsie’s (Larsen Thompson) birthday. After the group runs out of alcohol, they stumble upon a deck of tarot cards. Haley (Harriet Slater) uses a combination of horoscopes and Tarot to read their futures. Paxton (Jacob Batalon), Paige (Avantika), Grant (Adain Bradley), Madelyn (Humberly González...

Plot: When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death.

Review: I almost had to check my calendar and make sure we weren’t in January. Usually, this level of horror is relegated to those dark winter months so I was surprised to see Tarot getting a May release. And then even further shocked to not see a single advertisement for the film. I go to the theater a lot and yet I wasn’t exposed to a single Tarot trailer. Never a good sign of a film’s quality. But also brings the advantage of having absolutely nothing spoiled for me leading in. Even still, this film is so generic that I feel like I’d not only seen the trailer,...

Jacob Batalon in Tarot Photo: Slobodan Pikula/Screen Gems “Frustrating” is a word that came to mind a lot while watching Tarot, the new horror film from directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg based on Nicholas Adams’ 1992 novel Horrorscope. For one thing, it’s frustrating that the studio decided to...

Jacob Batalon in TarotPhoto: Slobodan Pikula/Screen Gems

“Frustrating” is a word that came to mind a lot while watching Tarot, the new horror film from directors Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg based on Nicholas Adams’ 1992 novel Horrorscope. For one thing, it’s frustrating that the studio decided to change...

“Tarot” has the makings of a classic sleepover horror movie, fine-tuned for an astrology-obsessed Gen Z. When a group of friends accidentally read their horoscopes with the help of a cursed set of Tarot cards, scary symbols like “The Magician” and “The High Priestess” come to life and start haunting the group. Blending elements of classic supernatural slashers and the “Final Destination” movies, the film stars a game group of twentysomethings, including Harriet Slater, Jacob Batalon and Larsen Thompson.

Here, Thompson, who has also appeared in spooky projects such as the 2018 film “Bloodline” and the 2022 series “The Midnight Club,” reveals the tricks of the trade for surviving as an actor on the set of a horror film.

1) How to play dead

A lot of that, of course, is holding your breath. For me, the trick has always been “belly breathing.” Most of my work is leading up to when I need to hold my breath,...

Set in a world where every door creaks and there isn’t a single well-lit location, “Tarot” is little more than a clearinghouse of horror clichés.

Co-written, directed and executive produced by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (the podcast series “Classified”), the supernatural thriller repeatedly leverages the genre’s laziest mood-setting and suspense-building devices to keep its audience on the edge of their seats. But even featuring a moderately charming ensemble led by “Spider-Man: Homecoming” breakout Jacob Batalon, the film’s PG-13 rating — and lack of virtually any characters other than its doomed protagonists — severely limits the efficacy of those techniques and tropes even when they’re deployed skillfully.

Batalon plays Paxton, the wisecracker among a studiously diverse college-age friend group that rents a remote mansion to celebrate the birthday of Elise (Larsen Thompson). Scouring their rental for booze, the group foolishly breaks into a room marked “Keep Out,” where...

Writers/Directors Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg keep it simple with the PG-13 horror movie Tarot. Instead of a cold open to hook audiences on the horror, Tarot launches straight into introducing the group of seven friends partaking in a party weekend at an isolated manor.

It’s there that they dabble with things they shouldn’t, setting in motion a curse that will pick them off one by one, slasher style. With an equal group of monsters to match, Tarot has the makings of a breezy gateway horror movie perfect for sleepovers, though it’s undermined by surface-level characters and storytelling.

The moment the beer runs dry, forcing the friends to seek entertainment elsewhere, birthday girl Elise (Larsen Thompson) insists that Haley (Harriet Slater) puts her tarot knowledge to good use when they find a mysterious deck within the house. Haley warns that it’s extremely bad luck to borrow...

The return of a fan favorite franchise, the critically acclaimed new movie from a modern day genre visionary, and a slasher from the perspective of the Jason Voorhees-like killer.

It’s all headed our way in the coming weeks. And it’s only the tip of the iceberg…

Here’s all the new horror releasing in theaters and at home in May 2024!

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I Saw The TV Glow – May 3 (Limited), May 17 (Wide)

Fresh off the haunting and singularly creepy indie We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Jane Schoenbrun is back with A24‘s I Saw the TV Glow, releasing only in theaters May 3.

In I Saw the TV Glow, “Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own.

Anya Taylor-Joy, Ryan Gosling, Ry Barrett, Garfield, Odie, Owen TeaguePhoto: Warner Bros. Pictures, Eric Laciste (Universal Pictures), Pierce Derks (IFC Films & Shudder), Project G Productions, LLC, 20th Century Studios

And so the summer movie season begins with a whimper. Unfortunately, because of the work stoppages last summer that the studios...

Six more have joined the cast of the Outlander prequel series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood. Sally Messham, Terence Rae, Sadhbh Malin, Ailsa Davidson, Annabelle Dowler, and Harry Eaton have been added to the upcoming Starz series. Ten episodes are being produced for season one.

Starring Rory Alexander, Sam Retford, Séamus McLean Ross, Conor MacNeill, Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine, Brian McCardie, Jhon Lumsden, Sara Vickers, and Peter Mullan, the series will show the love stories of Jamie and Clare’s parents.

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“Outlander” fans, even though your favorite fantasy show may be leaving the airwaves after Season 8, there is good news as the franchise will live on in the form of an upcoming spin-off series titled “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.” This highly anticipated prequel show will detail the parallel love stories of the parents of Claire Beauchamp (Caitríona Balfe) and the parents of Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan). While there is still no air date yet, production on the 10-episode season is currently underway in Scotland. Starz has already announced several key roles, so read on for the “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” cast announcement.

Claire’s parents will be played by Hermione Corfield (as Julia Moriston) and Jeremy Irvine (as Henry Beauchamp), and their story will take place during World War I in England. Other cast members in this narrative will include:

Annabelle Dowler as Lizbeth, Julia’s boss at the...

The prequel series to Starz’s Outlander has found its lead actors and is heading into production.

Filming has begun in Scotland on Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a show that will focus on the parents of the leads in the main series. Starz previously said the prequel would center on Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) mother and father; the premium cabler now confirms that Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) parents will also be part of the story.

Harriet Slater (Pennyworth) and Jamie Roy (Lifetime’s Your Boyfriend Is Mine) will play Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser, who will eventually become Jamie’s parents in 18th century Scotland. Hermione Corfield (We Hunt Together) and Jeremy Irvine (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) will play Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp, Claire’s parents, whose story unfolds in World War I-era England.

“We’re thrilled to be telling the stories of these two couples,...

The ensemble for Starz‘s upcoming Outlander prequel spinoff Outlander: Blood of My Blood continues to expand as the show unveils casting for familiar characters and new additions. In the latest round of reveals, Sadhbh Malin and Terence Rae join as Joscasta Cameron and Arch Bug, two characters who have made quite an impression on audiences over the flagship show’s run. As fans will recall, Jocasta is the feisty youngest child of the MacKenzie clan and sister to Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) mother, Ellen (Harriet Slater). The character is played by Maria Doyle Kennedy in the original series. Sally Messham, Alisa Davidson, Annabelle Dowler, and Harry Eaton (Phil Sharp; Callum Heinrich; Ori Jones; We Are Lumosia) Meanwhile, Hugh Ross plays Arch Bug in Outlander, and he memorably made a move to acquire the lost Jacobite gold that had been hidden under Fraser’s Ridge in Season 7 but lost his wife in the process.

The prequel series “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” at Starz is rounding out its cast with six new additions.

As previously announced, the series will explore the lives of Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), and Jamie’s parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy).

The new additions are: Sally Messham as Mrs. Fitz, Ellen’s maid at Castle Leoch and Murtagh’s aunt; Terence Rae as Arch Bug, who’s working as a bodyguard to Clan Grant in the prequel; Sadhbh Malin Jocasta Cameron, the youngest child of the MacKenzie clan; Ailsa Davidson as Janet MacKenzie, the fifth MacKenzie sibling; Annabelle Dowler as Lizbeth, Julia’s boss at the War Department; and Harry Eaton as Private Charlton, Henry Beauchamp’s fellow soldier and friend.

Production on the series is currently underway in Scotland. Starz has commissioned 10 episodes for the first season.

Outlander: Blood of My Blood has added 6 new actors to its cast including Sally Messham as “Mrs. Fitz,” Ellen’s maid at Castle Leoch and Murtagh’s aunt. Terence Rae will be playing “Arch Bug,” who’s working as a bodyguard to Clan Grant; Sadhbh Malin will be playing “Jocasta Cameron,” the feisty youngest child of the MacKenzie clan; and Ailsa Davidson will be playing her sister “Janet MacKenzie,” the fifth and final MacKenzie sibling.

Additionally, casting for characters set in the 20th century are Annabelle Dowler will play “Lizbeth,” Julia’s boss at the War Department; and Harry Eaton as “Private Charlton,” Henry Beauchamp’s fellow soldier and friend.

Production has been underway since February on the 10-episode prequel to the Starz hit period drama Outlander in Scotland.

Outlander: Blood of My Blood has added more to its cast. Brian McCardie, Jhon Lumsden, Sara Vickers, and Peter Mullan are joining the cast of the upcoming Outlander prequel series. The series' initial ten episodes are currently being filmed for Starz.

The drama, which will follow the love stories of Outlander's Jamie and Clare’s parents, stars Rory Alexander, Sam Retford, Séamus McLean Ross, Conor MacNeill, Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, and Jeremy Irvine.

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The latest round of Outlander spinoff casting includes an Easter Egg for a subset of the book-loyal fandom.

Starz on Wednesday announced the addition of four roles to the forthcoming prequel, Blood of My Blood. Among them: Watchmen‘s Sara Vickers in the part of Brian Fraser’s mother (and, therefore, Jamie Fraser’s grandmother). The character is a housekeeper in the Lovat household, which is good and all, but we’re super into how she’s also named after someone many devotees of author Diana Gabaldon will recognize: Davina Porter, who narrates the audiobook versions of Gabaldon’s Outlander book series.