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Warning: Contains potential spoilers for Dandadan Season TwoDandadan's first season took the anime world by storm, stealing the hearts of viewers with its energetic pacing and lovable characters. With Season Two just around the corner, the series' return in July is shaping up to be one of 2025's most anticipated releases. Outside of a new trailer and some promo art, little has been revealed regarding how much of the manga's events will be covered, though it seems the team behind the production has sneakily shared some new information about it.

Brought to light by X user, DheeruPra, a recent interview gave a look at some Season Two storyboards, revealing at least one arc that will be covered to completion in the upcoming release. Given that the earliest portions of the Evil Eye arc began during Season One's final episodes, fans expected Season Two to cover the rest of the section's events.

Dandadan was arguably 2024's hottest anime, skyrocketing the series to mainstream success and landing itself comfortably in Netflix's most popular titles with every episode released. The supernatural romantic journey shared between split protagonists Momo and Okarun captured the hearts of fans worldwide, elevating the series to the forefront of the anime world. Now, a new report from Japanese media outlet Mantanweb has revealed that the sales of Dandadan's original manga have doubled since the anime's premiere.

Written and illustrated weekly by Yukinobu Tatsu, Dandadan debuted on Shōnen Jump's digital publication, Jump+, in August 2021, and slowly built a sizable following for the many reasons its anime adaptation has found success. Already spanning nearly 200 chapters of story, it seems Tatsu has no current plans for halting his series. In fact, the series creator even assisted with production on the anime. Given the boost in sales following the anime's release, Dandadan...

Which Dandadan Characters From the Manga are Expected to Show Up Next Season? - Main Image

The first season of Dandadan is set to introduce several characters from the manga, but like any shonen anime, Okarun and Momo’s group is expected to grow as their adventures continue.

The anime had just finished the arc of Aira/Acrobatic Silky, so the next series mainstay is expected to make an appearance in Momo’s childhood friend Jiji. Some fans expect Jiji’s Evil Eye arc will close the series, but it’s possible that he could only be appearing for a few episodes that won’t even close his story.

That being said, there are some recurring characters in the manga that aren’t expected to show up just yet, but for a heads up, here’s who fans could be expecting to join Momo and Okarun’s ranks come the next season.

Stars: Mateo Ortega Casillas, Leonardo Cervantes, Carla Adell, Farid Escalante Correa, Norma Flores, Horacio F. Lazo, Noé Hernández, Juan Carlos Remolina | Written by Isaac Ezban, Ricardo Aguado-Fentanes | Directed by Isaac Ezban

Mexican horror movies have always been about it seems but there’s never been enough of them in the mainstream to make them popular enough that fans would call it a sub-genre of any kind. Issa Lopez has perhaps changed this in recent years, starting with the excellent Tigers Are Not Afraid. Parvulos is hoping to continue the high quality of that Mexican horror movie.

Unfortunately, or maybe not because it’s a good thing, you don’t want to know too much about Parvulos before watching it. But what I will say is that it involves two brothers living in a cabin in the woods, in some kind of post-apocalyptic world. We soon discover that they are hiding...

The second and final wave of The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival have been announced and it's filled with horror movie premieres, special events, and much more!

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival announces today the second and final wave of titles for their upcoming 2022 edition, presented by Shudder, running October 13th to the 20th with screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg and Williamsburg Cinemas.

The 7th edition of New York City’s celebrated genre event will close with the U.S. Premiere of the “straight cut” of Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible, also a highlight of the festival’s Fear In Focus: French Extremity sidebar, coinciding with the film’s 20th anniversary, and will spotlight Charlotte Le Bon’s supernatural coming-of-age feature debut Falcon Lake — hot off of its North American premiere at TIFF — as Centerpiece. In addition, Bhff is proud to host a special event screening of the new genre anthology Give Me An A.

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival announced today an impressive second wave of titles for their explosive 2022 edition running from October 13th to the 20th with screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg and Williamsburg Cinemas. Following last year’s return to theaters, BHFFs presents its most robust slate to date.

From the press release:

The 7th edition of New York City’s celebrated genre event will close with the U.S. Premiere of the “straight cut” of Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible, also a highlight of the festival’s Fear In Focus: French Extremity sidebar, coinciding with the film’s 20th anniversary, and will spotlight

Charlotte Le Bon’s supernatural coming-of-age feature debut Falcon Lake — hot off of its North American premiere at TIFF — as Centerpiece. In addition, Bhff is proud to host a special event screening of the new genre anthology Give Me An A. Executive produced by Natasha Halevi, member...

Our friends at Celluloid Screams announced their programme for this year's festival.    This year's programme is bookended by two Spanish-language films. The Elderly, a film I rather enjoyed this Summer, will open the festival while the much anticipated horror flick, Evil Eye, from our friend Isaac Ezban is slated to close out the festival. Other Spanish-language films include The Passenger, the first film from the duo behind The Elderly, Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez, and Huesera, the Tribeca award winner from Michelle Garza Cervera.    Other festival faves include The Harbinger, Something in the Dirt, Watcher and Holy Shit! There are a couple rep screenings worth noting - Bubba Ho-tep and Evil Dead 2 - but what really has our attention is the Ghostwatch: A 30th Anniversary...

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Exclusive: Sunita Mani will topline the horror Wilder Than Her from Bombo Sports & Entertainment, which has wrapped production in Guerneville, CA. The three other leads for the film, written and directed by Jessica Kozak, are Kate Easton (When They See Us), Kayla Foster (Call Jane) and Danny Deferrari (Oppenheimer).

Examining grief, gaslighting and female friendship with a thriller twist, Wilder Than Her picks up with tight-knit friends Emilia, Finn and Lucey as they attempt to reconnect on an annual camping trip, after the death of their best friend Bea. But things grow increasingly strange and uncomfortable in the isolated forest as their friendship unravels.

Kozak’s script for Wilder Than Her was selected for the 2020 Blood List as one of the best unproduced genre scripts of the year. Bombo’s Head of Development, Shannon Reilly, is producing the film alongside Chelsea Davenport and Kimberly Hwang, with...

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...

Isaac Ezban, hailing out of Mexico, is back with his latest horror entry, Mal de Ojo (Evil Eye), which is currently in post-production. Bloody has the first stills and poster art for the film that follows Nala, a 13-year-old girl from the city, who travels with her family to her grandmother’s home in the countryside, […]

The post ‘Mal de Ojo’ – Granny Gives the Evil Eye in Isaac Ezban’s Latest [Photos] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

Apple TV+ has released the trailer for ‘Roar,’ the highly anticipated darkly comedic anthology series set to debut globally with all eight episodes on Friday, April 15.

Based on a book of short stories by Cecelia Ahern, spanning genres from magical realism to psychological horror, these eight stand-alone stories feature ordinary women in some pretty extraordinary circumstances. In the series, women eat photographs, date ducks, live on shelves like trophies. And yet, their struggles are universal.

Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”), who also executive produces; Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”); six-time Emmy Award-nominee Issa Rae (“Insecure”); Emmy Award winner Merritt Wever (“Unbelievable”); SAG Award nominee Alison Brie; three-time Emmy Award-nominee Betty Gilpin; Meera Syal (“Yesterday”), Fivel Stewart (“Atypical”) and Kara Hayward (“Us”) star.

Each instalment of the anthology series will also feature notable stars such as Nick Kroll (“Big Mouth”), Judy Davis (“Nitram”), Alfred Molina (“Spider-Man: No Way Home...

Franz Ferdinand are back with a new track, “Billy Goodbye,” which will appear on the Scottish outfit’s upcoming compilation, Hits to the Head, out March 11 via Domino.

“Billy Goodbye” finds Franz Ferdinand firmly in their wheelhouse, blending grin-inducing power pop with some clever art-rock flourishes. The track arrives with a black-and-white video — directed by Diane Martel, Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos, and Ben Cole — that captures Franz Ferdinand delivering a lively performance of the song as they and their friends joyously bounce around a studio space.

“Billy Goodbye” is...

Exclusive: The third installment in the Sister Act franchise looks to be gaining momentum at Disney as sources tell Deadline Tim Federle has been brought on to direct with Madhuri Shekar writing the script on the sequel starring Whoopi Goldberg. Goldberg will reprise her role as Deloris, the nightclub singer turned nun, and will also produce the pic along with Tyler Perry. Tom Leonardis is also producing.

The original pic followed Deloris, a nightclub singer who is forced to go into a hiding as a nun at a a convent , and inadvertently ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire, until the sudden popularity of the choir jeopardizes her identity. The original pic went on to be a huge hit leading to a sequel in 1993. As Disney continues to try to build up its content on Disney+, the studio has been taking a...

Are you ready for the season finale of Ultra City Smiths?

The thrilling conclusion airs Thursday on AMC+, and it's going to be fun!

"There’s a darkness here in Ultra City. Yeah, something heavy’s coming down. Mills has to figure it out and stop it. And now he’s all alone," reads the official logline for the finale.

AMC+ shared an exclusive look at the episode, and the clip shows Donella on a mission to pass the torch for a Mayoral candidate.

The problem is that she can't find anyone who will be allowed to do the job.

The clip is fun and shows off the signature humor we've come to expect from this addictive series.

From AMC Studios and created by Conrad, Ultra City Smiths hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City’s most famous magnate (Kurtwood Smith).

Two intrepid detectives...

"The gore is brutal...I had to skip over parts just to get through it." Can you make it all the way to the end? April A. Taylor's Evil Eye: A Slasher Story is now available and we have a copy to give away to one lucky Daily Dead readers! To learn more about Evil Eye: A Slasher Story and purchase it for yourself, visit: http://mybook.to/evileye

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HBO Max’s Sex and the City revival And Just Like That... continues taking shape with the addition of Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker, and Karen Pittman joining the cast.

The trio will join returning franchise leads Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis as their respective characters, Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbs, and Charlotte York, as they begin a new journey navigating the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s. The 10-episode series began production in the Big Apple last week.

The incoming stars will portray three powerful New York women whose connection to Carrie and the gang is as yet unclear.

Choudhury stars as single, self-made powerhouse Manhattan real estate broker, Seema Patel. Parker, who most recently had a recurring role in NBC’s Chicago P.D., will bring to life Lisa Todd Wexley,...

Exclusive: Sunita Mani has joined the cast of Apple Original Films’ Spirited, starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds and Octavia Spencer. Mani will play Past, known as The Ghost of Christmas Past, in the musical rendition of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story A Christmas Carol that will feature all original music.

The pic will be directed by Sean Anders, who also serves as writer alongside writing partner John Morris. In addition to starring, Reynolds will produce through his Maximum Effort banner, as will Ferrell, who will produce through his Gloria Sanchez Productions alongside Jessica Elbaum and David Koplan. George Dewey serves as executive producer for Maximum Effort.

Best known for her role of Arthie on the Netflix series Glow as well as the hit USA series Mr. Robot, Mani recently wrapped production on the HBO limited series Scenes from a Marriage and was most recently seen in the Apple TV+ series Servant.

Exclusive: Amazon is launching its next YA drama Panic later this month.

The series, which stars Camron Jones, Ray Nicholson and Olivia Welch, is also getting an audio companion series, Panic: Ghosts and Legends.

Amazon Prime Video sister company Audible has ordered an original three part “novella” written by Lauren Oliver, author of the book that the series is based on as well as the drama.

It will also launch on May 28 and will feature the voices of the cast members Jones, Nicholson and Welch.

Panic is centered around a legendary game played by graduating seniors in the middle-of-nowhere town of Carp, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher: after a series of challenges ranging from sleeping in a haunted house to running across a highway blindfolded, one winner takes home a cash prize in the tens of thousands at the end of the summer. Participating players are sworn to secrecy,...

Following the success of the Inaugural Blumfest in 2020, producer Jason Blum has announced the second Blumfest will return this October. In a video featuring the mega-producer in full Star Wars attire in honor of “May the 4th Be With You”, Blum delivered the news that is sure to excite fans of all things Blumhouse. Like last year’s event, the event will be entirely virtual.

Last year’s Blumfest was held on October 30th and feature a number of panels on upcoming Blumhouse properties include Freaky, The Craft: Legacy and Halloween Kills as well as a conversation between Blum and Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios for a conversation about the collaboration between Amazon and Blumhouse on the recently launched movies The Lie, Nocturne, Evil Eye and Black Box.

This year’s festival will be held on October 1 with panels still being kept under wraps. You can watch Blum’s announcement above.

Exclusive: Management and production company, Magnolia Entertainment, has added manager Michael Klein to further expand its literary division, and its international client roster and production activities. Klein’s clients include filmmakers, Evil Eye directors Rajeev & Elan Dassani, Never Back Down director Kellie Madison, Loteria writer Felipe Vargas, Oscar nominated animator/director, Javier Recio Gracia and Korean production company Zanybros.

“We are thrilled with Michael’s joining Magnolia. He brings years of management and production expertise to the Company, as well as further extending Magnolia’s deep interests in artists and productions which are culturally rich and diverse. Michael’s international clients are an excellent complement to Magnolia’s roster and we are thrilled to welcome him to the company,” said Magnolia’s CEO, Shelley Browning.

Magnolia Entertainment’s client list include Dev Patel, Rachel McAdams, Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Bill Skarsgard director Daniel Espinosa and director Tarik Saleh, among others.

L. Scott Caldwell will star in Blumhouse and Amazon’s “Bingo,” the latest thriller on the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” slate.

The Tony Award-winning actor, known for her roles as Rose in “Lost” and in “The Fugitive” will star as Delores, the “witty, loyal and tough grandmother” at the center of “Bingo’s” story.

Caldwell joins previously announced stars Adriana Barraza (Oscar nominee for “Babel”), who plays Delores’ best friend Lupita, and “The Good Lord Bird” breakout Joshua Caleb Johnson, as her grandson Caleb.

Set in the barrio of Oak Springs, the film follows a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Lupita is the leader of the group, keeping them together as a community, a family, but little do they know, their beloved Bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.

“Bingo” is directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero...

Announced as part of the next wave of "Welcome to the Blumhouse" movies last Halloween season, Gigi Saul Guerrero's new movie Bingo has now cast Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza in the lead role of Lupita:

"Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominee Adriana Barraza will star in Bingo, the upcoming film in the Welcome to the Blumhouse slate from Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios, directed and co-written by Gigi Saul Guerrero, currently in production.

Barraza plays the lead character of “Lupita,” a strong and stubborn “chingona” (bad ass) who grew up in the barrio of Oak Springs, a neighborhood formerly full of crime and dangerous characters. Lupita has dedicated her life to cleaning up the neighborhood, and creating a community the residents could be proud to call home.

Bingo presents an exciting, seldom-seen collaboration in Hollywood between esteemed Mexican actress Barraza and Mexico City-born and raised Guerrero,...

Exclusive: Oscar-nominated actress Adriana Barraza is set to serve up some scares in the next slate of films in the horror anthology Welcome To The Blumhouse at Amazon studios. The influential Mexican actress will star in Bingo directed and co-written by rising genre filmmaker Gigi Saul Guerrero. The film is currently in production.

The collaboration is a Latinx-driven narrative that includes two generations of Mexican artists. In this case, it is legendary veteran actress Barraza and the up and comer Guerrero. This is a major win as we have seen a severe lack of Latinx representation in film and TV.

Set in the barrio of Oak Springs, Bingo follows a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Barraza plays the leader of the pack, Lupita, a “chingona” (aka bad ass) who grew up in the neighborhood formerly filled with crime and dangerous characters.

New Delhi, Feb 18 (Ians) Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she is a little more creative and a little more fearless, and she wants to hold onto the feeling while navigating her career in India and abroad.

Over the years, the actress says, she has found a certain confidence where she wants to take chances, and not stick to what is perceived safe.

"I think I am a little bit more fearless. I don't know if that has to do with being exposed to global entertainment, but to certain confidence over the years that I have found myself where I like to take chances," Priyanka told Ians in an interview.

"Now, I am not sticking to safe. I'm not sticking to 'if this will work in this specific way'. I'm not a hamster on a wheel right now. I'm feeling creative. I'm feeling free. And feeling like I want to do so many things,...

Songs or scores from “Soul,” “Minari,” “Tenet,” “News of the World,” “”Euphoria” and “The Queen’s Gambit” were among the winners Wednesday night at the 11th annual (and first virtual) Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Breaking down categories by genre affords the HMMAs the opportunity to cast a wide net in its awards. Film-related trophies went to James Newton Howard for “News of the World,” for outstanding score in a feature film; Emile Mosseri for “Minari” in the independent film category; Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste for “Soul” as the outstanding animated film score; Ludwig Göransson’s work on “Tenet” for sci-fi/fantasy score; Benjamin Wallfisch’s “The Invisible Man” score in the horror division; and Steven Price for documentary score for Netflix’s “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet.”

(Although it’s not yet certain how the Oscars will handle the different musical contributions of Batiste and Reznor/Ross for “Soul,...

Evil Eye Review — Evil Eye (2020) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani, written by Madhuri Shekar, and stars Sarita Choudhury, Asad Durrani, Pritesh Shah, Kamran Shaikh, Kim Patel, Satya Nikhil Polisetti, Ash Thapliyal, Lena Clark, Sunita Mani, Rachel Cora Wood, Anjali Bhimani, Bernard White, and Omar [...]

Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Evil Eye (2020): This May Be the Worst Film of the Year...

Exclusive: Glow alumna Sunita Mani is set for a supporting role in HBO’s Scenes from a Marriage, a limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic miniseries. Starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac, it comes from Our Boys and The Affair co-creator Hagai Levi, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Endeavor Content.

Written and directed by Levi, the series adaptation re-examines the show’s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.

Levi executive produces with Ellenberg via Media Res, Lars Blomgren (The Bridge), Chastain, Isaac, Daniel Bergman, Blair Breard and Amy Herzog. The series is a co-production with Media Res and Endeavor Content.

2020 HBO Pilots & Series Orders

Best known for her role as Arthie in Netflix’s hit comedy Glow, Mani can currently be seen as the lead opposite John Reynolds in the quirky romantic comedy,...

We're not going to say these are the best horror flicks to watch, ever.

But we are gonna say there are a bunch of random streaming spooks with which to busy ourselves this pandemic-riddled All Hallow's Eve. We've checked many out for you here -- but are you like me, thinking there isn't really a such thing as a "scary" movie?

Anyhoodles, instead of sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves with nothing to do, we can sit around feeling sorry for ourselves and watch some creepy shit. Now, in no particular order:

Jessabelle (Hulu) - 2014

Just as they are about to start a new life together, Jesse (Sarah Snook) and her boyfriend get into a hardcore car accident, killing him, crippling her.

Moving in with her estranged father to recover back "home," Jesse encounters a lingering, dark spirit.

Is this entity the tormenting or the tormented? And what does it...

Amazon & Blumhouse's partnership on "Welcome to the Blumhouse" has proven to be a big hit and they've just announced the next four movies that will be released on Amazon Prime Video in 2021, including The Manor from Axelle Carolyn, Black as Night from Maritte Lee Go, Madres from Ryan Zaragoza, and Bingo from Gigi Saul Guerrero:

"Following the highly-anticipated global launch of “Welcome to the Blumhouse”, Prime Video announced today the next chapter of four films in this collection of eight genre-movies produced by Amazon Studios and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television. The slate of titles are: The Manor written and directed by Axelle Carolyn, Black as Night from director Maritte Lee Go, Madres directed by Ryan Zaragoza and Bingo from director Gigi Saul Guerrero. The suspenseful thrillers will launch in 2021 on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

The “Welcome to the Blumhouse” program continues the legacy of original,...

The first footage from Halloween Kills was unveiled today during Blumfest, a one-day online event focused on new and upcoming movie and TV projects from the Blumhouse production company.

The sequel to 2018’s Halloween, the successful, acclaimed reboot and follow-up to John Carpenter’s original 1978 classic, is bringing back several legacy characters from that movie, with the teaser giving us our first quick glimpses of three of them. Take a look and see if you can spot them!

At approximately :20 in the 36-second trailer, that is Nancy Stephens as Nurse Marion Chambers, who was Dr. Sam Loomis’ assistant in the original Carpenter film and played the role in Halloween II (1981) and Halloween H20 (1998). Although the character died in the latter film, the current Halloween movies pretty much ignore or retcon everything that happened in the sequels, so Marion is back!

Next up at :23 is Kyle Richards, best known...

The next chapter of Welcome to the Blumhouse is ready to deliver thrills while highlighting some of today’s emerging and inclusive talent in front of and behind the camera. Amazon Prime Video has unveiled The Manor, Black as Night, Madres and Bingo as the final four films in the eight-film genre anthology. The quartet will debut on the streaming platform in 2021.

Welcome to the Blumhouse kicked off at the beginning of October with its first slate of films including The Lie from Veena Sud, Black Box from up-and-coming writer-director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., Evil Eye from emerging filmmakers Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani, and Nocturne from filmmaker Zu Quirke.

“Coming off the successful launch of the first four films of the program, which has surpassed our expectations, we are excited to reveal the next chapter coming in 2021,” said Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios. “The spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat thrills continues in...

By Natalia Ningthoujam

New Delhi, Oct 28 (Ians) Indian-American writer Madhuri Shekar says discrimination does not have to be overt, but is happy to see the tide changing in American showbiz.

Madhuri is the woman behind plays like "In Love And Warcraft", "A Nice Indian Boy", "House Of Joy" and "Dhaba On Devon Avenue". Her audio play "Evil Eye" has been adapted into a film backed by popular names like producer Jason Blum and actress-producer Priyanka Chopra.

Asked about the challenges she faced to earn a spot in American showbiz, Madhuri told Ians: "I have never experienced overt or blatant sexism or racism in my career, but I also know that there are far fewer people of my background working in this field than there ought to be. Discrimination doesn't have to be overt! But the tide is changing and I am so excited by the many 'desi' writers, directors and...

Stay at home orders may still be in place this October so your friends at Blumhouse want to bring the Halloween fun to you at home, with our first annual BlumFest.

Join the stars from the upcoming Blumhouse films Freaky and The Craft: Legacy; talent and filmmakers from some of your favorite Blumhouse feature films and television series; and several surprise guests, on Thursday, October 29 at 10am Pt on Blumhouse’s YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/blumhouseproductions) and Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/blumhouse) for a celebration composed of virtual panels, sneak previews, updates and news announcements from your favorite genre movies and TV shows, which will help get you through these scary days.

Freaky – Writer / director Chris Landon; stars Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton; and producer Jason Blum talk about the highly anticipated body swapping horror comedy that will arrive in theaters on Friday, November 13 in the US and in select international markets.

Want to know the latest on all things Blumhouse? Make sure to head over to Blumhouse's YouTube channel this Thursday for BlumFest 2020, which will include new project announcements and virtual panels!

Stay at home orders may still be in place this October so your friends at Blumhouse want to bring the Halloween fun to you at home, with our first annual BlumFest.

Join the stars from the upcoming Blumhouse films Freaky and The Craft: Legacy; talent and filmmakers from some of your favorite Blumhouse feature films and television series; and several surprise guests, on Thursday, October 29 at 10am Pt on Blumhouse’s YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/blumhouseproductions) and Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/blumhouse) for a celebration composed of virtual panels, sneak previews, updates and news announcements from your favorite genre movies and TV shows, which will help get you through these scary days.

“This year has sidelined...

In keeping the spirit of Halloween alive while the pandemic mandates most of us to stay at home, Blumhouse is celebrating its first BlumFest. The virtual event, taking place Thursday at 10 a.m. Pt on Blumhouse’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, will feature panels of talent from the studio’s upcoming movies, both big screen and PVOD, and more.

“This year has sidelined a lot for all of us, but Halloween is a treasured season at Blumhouse, so we conceived BlumFest to celebrate with our fans via a virtual event that will feature exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage on an upcoming release or two,” said Jason Blum, Blumhouse’s CEO and founder.

Panels featured include:

Welcome to the Blumhouse – Join Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios and Blum for a lively convo about the collaboration between Amazon and Blumhouse on the recently launched movies The Lie, Nocturne, Evil Eye and Black Box.

You might not be able to go trick-or-treating this year, but Blumhouse Productions won’t leave you hanging in terms of Halloween fun.

Jason Blum’s production company is launching its first annual BlumFest, where stars of upcoming Blumhouse films including “Freaky” and “The Craft: Legacy,” as well as several surprise guests, will join a celebration on Blumhouse’s YouTube channel and Facebook page on Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. Pt.

Virtual panels, sneak previews, updates and news announcements will be revealed. Rotten Tomatoes editor Jacqueline Coley will host and moderate the event.

“This year has sidelined a lot for all of us, but Halloween is a treasured season at Blumhouse, so we conceived BlumFest to celebrate with our fans via a virtual event that will feature exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage on an upcoming release or two,” Jason Blum, Blumhouse CEO & founder, said.

See below for the festival’s lineup:...

The psychological thriller Evil Eye is now available to watch on Amazon Prime Video now. The film is based on the Audible Original by Madhuri Shekar and is directed by award winning directors Rajeev and Elan Dassani. The film is produced under actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ home banner Purple Pebble Pictures and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions.

Leading actress Sarita Chaudhry recently spoke out about what it was like working on the film co-produced by Priyanka. “What impresses me is that Priyanka, where she’s at with her career, could continue solo just thinking about her career. But the fact that she wanted to produce something and get other actors to be in it and to be represented. She said somewhere she really wanted to have an Indian lead on a poster, and she has two, two women on a poster. And I thought when she said that I was...

Evil Eye (Amazon Prime)

Starring Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mani, Omar Maskati, Bernard White

Directed by Elan & Rajeev Dassani

There is very little reason why we should sit through this blindly fallacious fear fare. Yes, there is one good performance. And it’s always a pleasure to watch Sarita Cahoudhary ever since she made her memorable debut opposite, ahem, Denzel Washington in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala. We don’t see her often enough. But if this is the kind of cinema we get to see her in then we might as well not see her.

The evil in Evil Eye is such a dispensable imposition that we are left looking at a plot that seems to have been written with the sole purpose of making super naturalism look cool. Regrettably the eerie twist at the end is anything but convincing, let alone credible.

The story works better as a mother-daughter...

Priyanka Chopra Jonas recently spoke about her new all South Asian cast release, Evil Eye, produced under her home banner Purple Pebble Pictures and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions. The actress says the project is “a big deal” for her because of multiple aspects, one of which is the ‘two really strong female parts’, played by actresses of South Asian heritage: Sarita Choudhury and Sunita Mani.

Speaking with US-based entertainment television newsmagazine Entertainment Tonight, Priyanka weighed in on the diverse cast and said she wants to create opportunities for South Asian artists in Hollywood through her production house. “My quest in life, as a producer, is to influx Hollywood with brown people, because we don’t see enough of us. And to be able to do an all South Asian cast in a movie with Amazon and Blumhouse — who are both powerhouses — was a dream come true for me.”

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Lover Come Back: The Dassani Brothers Explore Obsessive Love Through Genre Veil

For their feature film debut Evil Eye, brothers Elan and Rajeev Dassani straddle a set of juxtapositions, across two continents, two time periods and the thin distinction between life and death. Unfortunately, it’s somewhat of a Trojan Horse, masquerading as an ill-suited genre effort merely as a way to avoid explaining any real parameters for the supernatural conceit serving as the dramatic catalyst.

Still, it’s a welcome lead opportunity for the ever-luminous Sarita Choudhury, even though her character’s deep-seated cultural convictions could have been more deeply drawn. A notable supporting cast assists in keeping the narrative rolling to the end credits, but your own eyes might be turned skyward in displeasure if you make it to the fade out.…...

The sheer range of genres represented by this week’s new releases — from Liam Neeson thriller “Honest Thief” to romantic weepie “2 Hearts” — suggests that distributors of all kinds are doing their best to give audiences the kind of selection they enjoyed before the lockdown.

Well, nearly all kinds of distributors.

The major studios are still playing it safe and holding their tentpoles for a time when they can pack the megaplexes, although Paramount has stepped in with a fun post-apocalyptic adventure, “Love and Monsters,” which goes straight to PVOD, and Sony picked up an unconventional neo-noir called “The Kid Detective” out of the Toronto Film Festival that sneaks into theaters today. Pre-Halloween horror offerings continue, as Amazon Prime releases two more titles in its Welcome to the Blumhouse series: “Evil Eye” and “Nocturne.”

Art-houses land a major title in 2019 Venice Film Festival winner “Martin Eden,” an Italian adaptation of the Jack London novel.

Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Television in partnership with Little Cinema, presents Welcome to the Blumhouse Live: a first-of-its-kind virtual adventure celebrating the exclusive release of four highly-anticipated Blumhouse features on Amazon Prime Video this October with special performances by Ludacris and DJs Questlove, Toro Y Moi, and Jadalareign. Step inside the worlds of Nocturne, Black Box, Evil Eye, and The Lie, for an interactive mystery designed to unnerve and delight. The […]...

Blumhouse’s “Evil Eye” is a horror film that delves deeply into reincarnation and other Hindu philosophies, and star Sunita Mani saw similarities between the film and her personal life — one that was particularly “spooky.”

“My mom’s name is Usha, so when I read that in the script, I was like, spooky!” Mani told TheWrap, referencing Sarita Choudhury’s character, who plays Mani’s mother in the film. She explained that her connection to India became ingrained in her from a very early age, living in a south Indian household in Tennessee. She was made aware of the religion and customs through her parents and letters from her cousins who still lived in India.

“I definitely grew up with the concept of Evil Eye and reincarnation and the idea that family members or my mom would check charts and astrological signs, that’s huge in conversation and something that...

For their contribution to the Welcome to the Blumhouse collection of films, brothers Rajeev Dassani and Elan Dassani explore the horrors of modern dating and familial expectations in Evil Eye. The story, written by Madhuri Shekar, introduces us to confirmed bachelorette Pallavi (Sunita Mani), who lives in New Orleans, but still remains close with her family back in India, especially her mother, Usha (Sarita Choudhury), who she chats with regularly on the phone. One day, Pallavi ends up meeting the man of her dreams (Omar Maskati), but something doesn’t sit right with Usha, leaving the matriarch concerned that her daughter is in danger, and she has to do everything she can so that her daughter doesn’t end up meeting a cruel fate.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with both Rajeev and Elan about their experiences working on Evil Eye, and they discussed the importance of...

Ludacris and Questlove will be among the artists performing at Welcome to the Blumhouse Live, a virtual event celebrating the premiere of four new thrillers –“Nocturne,” “Black Box,” “Evil Eye” and “The Lie” — from producer Jason Blum’s horror empire. The movies are debuting on Amazon Prime Video in October.

Joining Ludacris and Questlove at the live at-home festivities, taking place on Oct. 16 and 17, are DJs Toro Y Moi and Jadalareign. Admission for Welcome to the Blumhouse Live is free, but spots are limited.

The event, in partnership with Blumhouse and Little Cinema, is an interactive murder mystery. The whodunit centers on a missing student and a strange family, taking participants through a house filled with virtual sanctuaries, live performances, interactive tarot readings and an escape room.

Questlove, to kick off things off Friday, will spin tracks throughout the entire night. Ludacris will perform in the basement of the house on Oct.

Amazon Studios upcoming film Evil Eye is set to take audiences on a wild ride of twists and turns. Starring Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mani, Omar Maskati and Bernard White, the chilling, psychological thriller Evil Eye is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video now.

A seemingly perfect romance turns into a nightmare when a mother becomes convinced her daughter’s new boyfriend has a dark connection to her own past. Based on the audiobook by writer Madhuri Shekar, Evil Eye is directed by award-winning filmmakers Elan and Rajeev Dassani and co-produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Jason Blum (Get Out).

In the tradition of the best horror filmmakers, the Dassanis crafted innovative ways to frighten viewers using sound and image. “What’s great about making a film like Evil Eye is that you can play around with the genre elements,” says Elan. “You can shoot scenes entirely in silhouette, or add creepy audio effects,...

Sunita Mani discusses her role in the new horror film Evil Eye in the latest edition of The Breakdown series. The film — directed by Elan and Rajeev Dassani — arrives on Tuesday.

The Glow actress kicked off the episode by explaining how she got involved with the project; she received an email from Amazon, Blumhouse Productions, and executive producer Priyanka Chopra. “I’m not a horror genre buff or a thriller enthusiast,” she says of Blumhouse. “But I do love their movies. And I think it’s this alluring psychological horror situation they create,...

Any story can be a horror story with just the right twist. Such is the apparent thrust of filmmaking brothers Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani’s “Evil Eye,” which Shekar, who also wrote the screenplay for this latest entry into Blumhouse and Amazon’s burgeoning streaming film series, first presented the story of mother-daughter Usha and Pallavi through a series of phone calls and voicemails, all the better to build on their bond and then explode it outward into something very different. That idea doesn’t quite work in the cinematic adaptation, which tries to inject the story’s supernatural element too early — all the better to set up the film as a thriller worthy of the Blumhouse label — and robs it of the source material’s cleverness in the process.

It’s a strange pickle, to be sure. The film’s greatest strength — that it tackles a culturally specific storyline with care and respect,...

While the Welcome to the Blumhouse experiment continues to leave something to be desired, the way these titles are being released is rather clever. The films in the Amazon/Blumhouse partnership aren’t connected, but they’re being paired-off in ways that make sense, at least thematically. The first two releases – The Lie and Black Box – featured stories dealing […]

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With all four 2020 films in the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series available this week—the second half will be launched at a Tba time in 2021—it’s easier to see the complete picture of what Jason Blum and Amazon Prime Video are offering with this feature film anthology. The first two films, “Black Box” and “The Lie,” were disappointments, and the second pair only barely rises above that standard.

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