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Update: An Explosive True Crime Connection in ANOTHER ‘Amityville’ Film?
Update: I’m being told that while the character’s names are those similar to the Benson murders (which was optioned by the original ‘Amityville’ filmmakers back in 1986), there is NO relation to the actual people nor events. In addition, I’ve learned this will be an Asylum production.
There are so many Amityville Horror connected movies in the works it’s actually kind of annoying. Dimension Films is developing an official sequel, The Amityville Tapes, with directors Casey La Scala and Daniel Farrands. Film Regions International is working on “My Amityville Horror,” Eric Walter’s documentary about the infamous “Amityville Murders” that will “set the record straight” with the help of Daniel Lutz, the eldest son of George and Kathleen Lutz. And then there’s Amityville: The Legacy 3D, based on the book “Amityville: The Evil Escapes” (also the title of the 1989 made-for-TV movie) by John G. Jones.
Bloody Disgusting got exclusive word on a FOURTH that’s currently casting for a shoot in Los Angeles beginning next week. Geoff Meed, who is listed as an actor and stuntman on IMDB, will be directing the “found footage” film that tells the tale of a “new family” that moved into the infamous Amityville house.
The title: Amityville Haunting.
Now, we’re being told that the film is based on the true crime story of the Benson family of Naples, where Steven Benson was accused of the pipe-bomb murders of his mother and brother. According to Wiki, Benson is a convicted double murderer of his mother, tobacco heiress Margaret Benson; and his brother, tennis player Scott Benson.
On July 9, 1985 Benson placed a car bomb on the family car, in which Margaret, Scott, and Steven’s sister, Carol Lynn Benson Kendall, (a former Miss Florida runner-up) were waiting for Steven to join them in the vehicle when the Suburban exploded. Kendall survived but was badly burned; Margaret and Scott died instantly from the bomb impact.
Mug shot of Benson
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‘Dancing Village: The Curse Begins’ – Exclusive Clip and Images Begin a Gruesome Indonesian Nightmare
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.
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