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Poster for James Wan’s ‘Malignant’ Hammers In the Tension! [Exclusive]
After co-creating the SAW and Insidious franchises, and also giving birth to The Conjuring Universe, horror maestro James Wan drove off into mainstream with a Fast and the Furious sequel and DC’s Aquaman. But before the titan dove back into his Aquaman sequel, he returned to his roots with the Giallo-inspired Malignant, which Warner Bros./New Line Cinema will release in theaters day-and-date with HBO Max on September 10, 2021.
Bloody Disgusting has the exclusive poster debut ahead of this morning’s trailer drop! The striking piece of art immediately grabs the attention, taking a stab at eye trauma and calling to mind classic eye mutilation scenes from Lucio Fulci’s Zombie to Dario Argento’s Opera, Guinea Pig, and even Final Destination 5.
In addition to the one-sheet, we also scored the film’s first synopsis:
“In the film, Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.”
“I wanted to do something original and genre-bending, and different to my other work, but still in the spirit of the horror-thrillers I grew up with,” Wan has previously teased.
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise but Malignant has been rated “R” for:
“Strong horror violence, gruesome images, and for language.”
The cast includes Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, Mckenna Grace, Jake Abel, George Young, Ingrid Bisu, Michole Briana White and Jacqueline McKenzie.
Trailer soon.
A gnarly infection threatens to claw its way out of a moving camper in the first trailer for Shudder’s claustrophobic Hellcat.
The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.
In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”
Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.
Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”
In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.
Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.
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