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Danielle Harris Vamps Up for ‘New Blood’
B-D caught up with the always-lovely horror vet Danielle Harris on Thursday night at the Saturn Awards, and in the process she hinted at her next project, the intriguing-sounding vampire flick New Blood, written and directed by William Forsythe (Halloween, The Devil’s Rejects) in his first outing behind the camera. Read on to get a taste (no pun intended) of what you can expect.
After nearly being eaten alive by Avatar actor Stephen Lang, who won for Best Actor at the Saturn Awards ceremony in Burbank, California on Thursday night, it was a pleasant breath of fresh air to run into Danielle Harris, horror vet and star of the upcoming Hatchet 2, who let us in on her next project – William Forsythe-directed vampire flick New Blood.
“I’m gonna be doing a film with William Forsythe actually called New Blood that he wrote and is directing and also acting in with me,” Harris told me after plugging the rest of her numerous upcoming projects, including Stake Land (which they’re hoping will garner a premiere slot at September’s Toronto Film Fest) and Night of the Living Dead: Origins (currently in post-production). “It is a really beautiful, amazing, intense vampire movie. And I am completely petrified to be directed by William, but we’re great friends. It scares the crap out of me, but I’m so ready for it.”
Harris, the first to be cast, will be playing the lead role, and while she wouldn’t let me in on exactly what the nature of her character is (“I don’t wanna give too much away“), she did indicate the shoot would be ramping up this Fall: “I think we’re gonna start mid-September, September 15th,” said Harris. “It’s just incredibly intense and character-driven, and Bill wrote it, so it’s really well-written. Gorgeous, dramatic, contemporary vampire movie…that’s gonna be set in a stunning location.”
Alas, she couldn’t tell me where, but we’ll let you know when more info becomes available. Stay tuned!
Director Sébastien Vaniček has been set to helm the next Evil Dead movie, but up first from the filmmaker is the creepy crawly spider horror movie Infested. An exclusive new clip gives a discomfiting closer look at the spider terror, and it’ll make you intensely afraid of all bathroom drains and fixtures.
Infested will induce a new wave of arachnophobia this week; the spider horror film arrives on Shudder on April 26, 2024.
If you’re brave enough to face your fears, watch the new clip below to get a feel for the unrelenting wave of spiders that the characters (and the audience) will face in the film.
In the film, “An underprivileged suburb has been thrown into chaos following an invasion of venomous spiders. Ordered to be placed in quarantine, the project sees inhabitants living on lockdown alongside terrifying spiders that are becoming bigger and bigger.
“The story revolves around Kaleb, who’s about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over a matter of inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend.
“Passionate about exotic animals, he comes home one day with a venomous spider and accidentally lets it slip away.”
Théo Christine (“Suprêmes”), Finnegan Oldfield (“Final Cut”), Jérôme Niel (“Smoking Causes Coughing”), Sofia Lesaffre (“Les Misérables”) and Lisa Nyarko star.
Florent Bernard co-wrote the script.
In his review out of Fantastic Fest last year, Bloody Disgusting’s Trace Thurman raved that Infested (aka Vermines) is “one of the best spider attack movies in years,” noting in his 4-star review that the creature feature uses practical spiders – REAL SPIDERS – as much as possible. Thurman also wrote that the spider horror movie is “full of moments that will get under your skin (I kicked my legs up more than a few times in my screening).”
The spiders will be everywhere in Infested, are you ready?
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