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AMC Airing Thanksgiving Weekend Monster Movie Marathon

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7 years ago

November 23, 2016

Because nothing beats turkey leftovers and Graboids!

AMC has been killing it with their post-Halloween horror movie marathons, the network recently celebrating franchises like Child’s Play, Alien, and Ghostbusters with all-night programming blocks – okay, so the Ghostbusters marathon was only two films played on a loop, but that’s not their fault. In celebration of Thanksgiving, AMC is serving up a smorgasbord of MONSTERS.

The great thing about Thanksgiving is that it provides us with four days to do nothing but eat, drink, and loaf around on the couch, and AMC understands that you’ll probably be so bloated, tired, and otherwise lazy that the idea of grabbing movies off your shelf and sliding them into your player is way too much to even consider. So they’ve chosen your Thanksgiving weekend marathon for you, and they want to make sure that it’s packed with as much monster action as possible.

AMC’s Monstergiving Marathon kicks off at 1pm EST on Saturday, November 26th with the classic creature feature Tremors, followed by underrated sequels Tremors 2: Aftershocks and Tremors 3: Back to Perfection. From there, Predators joins the fun at 7:45pm, and the marathon continues through Sunday morning with Lake Placid, Alien, and replays of Tremors 2 and Predators.

So there. Your weekend is planned. Enjoy.

John Squires

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘The Exorcism’ Trailer – Russell Crowe Gets Possessed in Meta Horror Movie from Producer Kevin Williamson

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37 mins ago

April 25, 2024

John Squires

Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) is starring in a brand new meta possession horror movie titled The Exorcism, and Vertical has unleashed the official trailer this afternoon.

Vertical has picked up the North American rights to The Exorcism, which they’ll be bringing to theaters on June 7. Shudder is also on board to bring the film home later this year.

Joshua John Miller, who wrote 2015’s The Final Girls and also starred in films including Near Dark and And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, directed The Exorcism.

Joshua John Miller also wrote the script with M.A. Fortin (The Final Girls). This one is personal for Miller, as his late father was the star of the best possession movie ever made.

Miller said in a statement this week, “The origins of the film stem from my childhood spent watching my father, Jason Miller, playing the doomed Father Karras flinging himself out a window at the climax of The Exorcist. If that wasn’t haunting enough on its own, my dad never shied away from telling me stories of just how “cursed” the movie was: the mysterious fires that plagued the production, the strange deaths, the lifelong injuries— the list went on and on. The lore of any “cursed film” has captivated me ever since.”

“With The Exorcism, we wanted to update the possession movie formula (“Heroic man rescues woman from forces she’s too weak and simple to battle herself!”) for a world where no one group owns goodness and decency over another,” he adds. “We were gifted with an extraordinary cast and creative team to tell a story about how we’re all vulnerable to darkness, to perpetuating it, if we fail to face our demons. The devil may retaliate, but what other choice do we have?”

The film had previously been announced under the title The Georgetown Project.

“The Exorcism follows Anthony Miller (Crowe), a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter (Ryan Simpkins) wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.”

Sam Worthington (Avatar: The Way of Water), Chloe Bailey (Praise This), Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer) and David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) also star.

Of particular note, Kevin Williamson (Scream, Sick) produced The Exorcism.