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New ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ Review, Sequel Talk and More!
Last night Screamfest Horror Film Festival held the world premiere screening of Michael Dougherty’s highly-anticipated Trick ‘r Treat (trailer), which we caught last June at an early test screening. We have since revised our review to reflect the final cut of the film, while B-D reporter BC has posted his official review over at his website Horror Movie a Day. In addition, Dougherty chatted a bit about his future in the industry, all of the details can be found inside.
First he gave some details on his next project he’s writing with Breehn Burns and Simeon Wilkins entitled CALLING ALL MONSTERS. He reveals that the film is actually a kids movie with Robert Zemeckis and Walt Disney Pictures. They’re going to use motion capture like Zemeckis did with MONSTER HOUSE. He says the film was inspired by ’50s movies with giant robots and monsters.
He also revealed that he’s working on a new TV series with Warner Bros. entitled BITCHES, which is being produced for Fox. The show will follow four women in New York who happen to be werewolves. He called it “Sex in the City” meets HOWLING.
Lastly, he revealed that even with all the BS behind getting TRICK ‘R TREAT into theaters, he’d love to do a sequel. His ideas range from having it take place in the future to having it take place on another location that takes local mythos into account, such as Louisiana. He also joked that he’d love to have the “school bus” kids back for the sequel, only by then they’ll be going through puberty and it’ll just be weird…
Whether or not you’ll be seeing TRICK ‘R ‘TREAT soon is still up in the air, and supposedly the screening could help boost the release. Fingers crossed.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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