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‘World of Death’ Films ‘House on the Lake’ and ‘Ding Dong’ Bring Vampires, Isolation, and Terror! [Watch]
Hello out there all you loyal viewers!
We hope everyone is doing well and performing their civic duties in every form and fashion. Today we have a couple shorts that embody both the approaching Halloween season and the isolation of the past six months in various forms. I like to think these couple of creature features are manifestations of all of our fears in 2020, lurking in the shadows, just waiting for the right time to pounce.
The first one up is called The House on the Lake, coming from director Damien Kazan. Here, we have a story of a young woman at home alone in a seemingly isolated woodland area right on the lake. What could possibly go wrong? I’ll tell you what can go wrong. While going to the bathroom you start hearing strange knocks on the door, at your most vulnerable state. I love the tension building in this very simple “go check on the strange noises” horror trope. We’ve seen it a million times before. However, sometimes it’s about how you do it, rather than what you did. The lighting and camera setups do a great job of telling the story in this one.
The second short we have for you this month comes from director Timothy Troy, entitled Ding Dong. No, it’s not what you think…the popular chocolatey, cream-filled treat some of us spent time stuffing down our gullets during quarantine. I’m talking about the sound a doorbell makes when we’re all alone in our house trying to get into bed, scaring us half to death. That’s exactly what happens in this vignette. Poor Alexis just wants to get some damn sleep, but that just isn’t possible with someone ringing your doorbell every two minutes. Is it just the neighborhood kids screwing around? Or is it something far more sinister? I guess you’ll have to watch and find out.
Stay safe out there, folks. Fall is approaching and it’s our time to shine. So get out your pumpkin-scented candles and big sweaters and cozy up to a good horror movie. We’ll do our part and offer up some appetizing options.
– Dominick DeLuca
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The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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