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[Sundance ’12]: ‘Grabbers’ First Clip High On Character, Low On Octopus

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12 years ago

January 23, 2012

Pegged as Waking Dead meets Tremors, with tentacles, Jon Wright directs the Irish horror comedy Grabbers that stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley and Russell Tovey in a film that takes to “a sleepy Irish fishing village forced to fend off a blood-sucking sea creature.”

Earlier this month we landed an exclusive first look at the film and now Twitchfilm has landed a clip from the movie.

I think the clip shows a nice strength of economy in terms of both setting up the characters and the tone of the piece. It’s nice to see indie filmmakers embracing the jaunty spirit that studios used to allow in their horror comedies more often in the 1980’s. Nothing wrong with a horror film being fun.

Hit the jump to check it out!

Sundance Screening Schedule:
Wednesday, January 25th at 6:30pm- Eccles Theatre, Park City
Thursday, January 26th at 9:00am- Eccles Theatre, Park City
Saturday, January 28th at 8:30am- MARC, Park City
Saturday, January 28th at 9:00pm- Salt Lake City Library, SLC

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Dan Stevens and Al Pacino Starring in Exorcism Horror Movie ‘The Ritual’

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51 mins ago

April 23, 2024

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Pictured: Dan Stevens in 'The Guest'

Dan Stevens is everywhere lately, from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to Abigail and the upcoming Cuckoo. We’re not complaining. Up next? He’s starring in horror movie The Ritual.

Al Pacino and Dan Stevens have both joined the cast of the upcoming exorcism horror movie from XYZ Films and director David Midell, Variety reports this afternoon.

Based on a true story, the film “follows two priests — one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) — who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms.”

Variety details, “The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms. Her case remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history.”

David Midell and Enrico Natale wrote the screenplay for The Ritual.

XYZ Films is planning to release the horror film theatrically in 2025.