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Updated: Even More ‘Innocence’ Casting; A Vampire ‘Rosemary’s Baby’!

Published

12 years ago

April 26, 2012

There’s a lot of casting ins and outs regarding Bankside Films and Killer Films’ Innocence, their vampire tale announced last February. Back in 2011, both Abigail Breslin and Julianne Moore were cast. As of today, we have a wide array of different information ~~we’re digging into~~ that we’ve confirmed.

First, it looks like Moore is out, but Breslin, the Zombieland star recently cast in The Hive, is still locked for a lead role. Bloody Disgusting has also exclusively learned that Kelly Reilly (Sherlock Holmes) and Chloe Sevigny (Zodiac, American Psycho) have joined the cast, with Sophie Curtis (The English Teacher) ~~also in talks~~ also confirmed to star in the lead.

Curtis plays “Beckett Warner,” “A recently bereaved teenage girl who finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony. As she deals with her mother’s death, her father’s new relationship and falls in love for the first time, she is blissfully unaware that the school is home to a house of vampires who have their sights firmly set on capturing her and making her the subject of a ritual virgin sacrifice. As she struggles against time to uncover the truth, the vampires carefully close their net with those around her questioning whether or not she is losing her mind.” Reilly will play “Pamela Hamilton.”

Hilary Brougher is still directing the vampire tale in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby. Shooting begins this June in New York City

Pictured above: Sophie Curtis

Pictured above: Kelly Reilly

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

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17 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.