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[OMFG] Roland Emmerich’s 1984 Horror Film ‘Making Contact’!
When you become my age, it’s rare when a movie slips by you, which is probably why I’m literally flipping out over this discovery. I’m sure a few Bloody members will scream, “How the hell have you never seen this?” To which I will reply, “I just haven’t.” But my hope is that I point some readers into picking up this lost gem from an A-list Hollywood director…
While watching The Peanut Butter Solution on VHS, my friend Zak stumbled across a trailer for Joey (on DVD as Making Contact), directed by a young Roland Emmerich. It’s a fantasy horror film that’s clearly inspired by Steven Speilberg’s ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Poltergeist.
The plot concerns an 11-year old boy (played by Joshua Morell) who loses his father, but makes contact with what he believes is his deceased parent via a small phone. The boy develops the power of telekinesis, which soon gets out of hand.
Emmerich has since gone on to direct mega-budget end of the world thriller from Independence Day to The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. By clicking the image below you’ll find a slew of screengrabs, with the trailer inside.
Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and director David Robert Mitchell are reuniting for It Follows sequel They Follow, and Deadline brings us the latest casting news this week.
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Justine Lupe (Succession), Anna Mirodin (Ivan), Jayne Taini (Unbelievable), Michael Gandolfini (Daredevil: Born Again), Tom Pecinka (Stereophonic), Melora Walters (Magnolia), Ben Krieger (Song Sung Blue), Natalie Shinnick (The Brutalist) and Jan Hoag (The Fabelmans) have joined the cast this week.
Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice) has also been confirmed to join They Follow.
Deadline notes in their report this afternoon, “Plot details for the long-anticipated sequel are under wraps, other than it taking place a decade after the events of the original film.”
They Follow is expected to enter production this Summer. Stay tuned for updates.
In the first movie, Maika Monroe’s Jay Height is a young woman followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter. In the sequel, the threat is now EVERYWHERE.
“It’s very dark,” Monroe recently teased. “We’re pushing the boundaries on this one for sure.”
“It’s very different from the original,” Monroe told Discussing Film. “The original is a little more heightened and dramatic, and this is really quite grounded and follows the story of these two women that are mentally dealing with a lot. I thought it was really an interesting take on it.”
NEON and Good Fear Content are producing They Follow.
They Follow will feature a new score from Disasterpeace.
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