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‘The Invitation’ Alternate Ending – Dracula Drinks Blood Aboard the Demeter! [Exclusive Video]

Published

2 years ago

September 22, 2022

Released into theaters last month, Sony’s The Invitation has thus far scared up $30 million worldwide in theaters, and the film’s Unrated version is available on Digital NOW.

Deleted Scenes and an Alternate Ending are also included with the home video release, and Bloody Disgusting is exclusively sharing that alternate ending this afternoon.

While the theatrical version of the movie ends with Dracula being vanquished by heroine Evie, this alternate ending changes the game completely. It reveals that Dracula is very much still alive, and it serves as a short adaptation of the “Last Voyage of the Demeter” storyline from Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel. Dracula lives, and he’s boarded a Russian sailing vessel…

For those who weren’t aware, The Invitation is positioned as a stealth Dracula adaptation, with Thomas Doherty‘s Walter De Ville being revealed to be the iconic blood-sucker. He’s lured distant relative Evie to his castle to make her one of his Brides, a twist audiences likely wouldn’t have seen coming had the trailers not spilled the beans on the vampiric threat.

Watch The Invitation‘s alternate ending below, which suggests that we maybe haven’t seen the last of Thomas Doherty’s take on Dracula. Perhaps Evie is this universe’s Van Helsing…

In the film from director Jessica M. Thompson…

“After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel) takes a DNA test…and discovers a long-lost cousin she never knew she had. Invited by her newfound family to a lavish wedding in the English countryside, she’s at first seduced by the sexy aristocrat host but is soon thrust into a nightmare of survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history and the unsettling intentions behind their sinful generosity.”

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‘Dancing Village: The Curse Begins’ – Exclusive Clip and Images Begin a Gruesome Indonesian Nightmare

Published

3 hours ago

April 24, 2024

John Squires

Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel (Macabre, Headshot, The Queen of Black Magic) is back in the director’s chair for MD Pictures’ Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari (aka Dancing Village: The Curse Begins), a prequel to the Indonesian box office hit KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village. Lionsgate brings the film to U.S. theaters on April 26.

While you wait, whet your appetite for gruesome horror with a gnarly exclusive clip from Dancing Village: The Curse Begins below, along with a gallery of bloody exclusive images.

In the horror prequel, “A shaman instructs Mila to return a mystical bracelet, the Kawaturih, to the ‘Dancing Village,’ a remote site on the easternmost tip of Java Island. Joined by her cousin, Yuda, and his friends Jito and Arya, Mila arrives on the island only to discover that the village elder has passed away, and that the new guardian, Mbah Buyut, isn’t present.

“Various strange and eerie events occur while awaiting Mbah Buyut’s return, including Mila being visited by Badarawuhi, a mysterious, mythical being who rules the village. When she decides to return the Kawaturih without the help of Mgah Buyut, Mila threatens the village’s safety, and she must join a ritual to select the new ‘Dawuh,’ a cursed soul forced to dance for the rest of her life.”

Kimo Stamboel directs from a screenplay by Lele Laila.

Aulia Sarah, Maudy Effrosina, Jourdy Pranata, Moh. Iqbal Sulaiman, Ardit Erwandha, Claresta Taufan, Diding Boneng, Aming Sugandhi, Dinda Kanyadewi, Pipien Putri, Maryam Supraba, Bimasena, Putri Permata, Baiq Vania Estiningtyas Sagita, and Baiq Nathania Elvaretta star.

KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village was the highest grossing film in Indonesian box office history when initially released in 2022. Its prequel is the first film made for IMAX ever produced in Southeast Asia and in 2024, it will be one of only five films made for IMAX productions worldwide. Manoj Punjabi produces the upcoming Indonesian horror prequel.