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“World of Death”: Gulp Down This Four-Pack of Terror for St. Patrick’s Day! [Video]
Hola Amigos and welcome back to the World of Death!
St Patrick’s Day festivities may be canceled this year but this series certainly ain’t! In an ever-changing world filled with growing uncertainty, it’s nice to know there are institutions like the World of Death that are still with us (for 226 episodes!). In a testament to the seemingly never-ending supply of films at our disposal, this month we have four shorts to share with you guys!
First up we have Dawn of Man, written and directed by Victor Ridaura. I really can’t say much about Dawn of Man because the first three minutes are some of the tautest, surprising, masterworks of short storytelling I think I’ve ever seen on display in the WOD. That’s not hyperbole. What I can say is that Dawn of Man stars indie horror veteran A.J. Bowen and starts off with a hostage scenario that takes a decidedly Richard Matheson-esque turn. The first three minutes though… really f*&king clever.
Doorways, written and directed by Danny Takacs, needs little explanation if you’re someone that A) Watches Dr. Who B) Reads Stephen King C) Habitually smokes marijuana cigarettes. This short tells more story in three minutes than most full length films do in two hours. I dug it. Nerdy yet haunting. It’s like reading The Dark Tower while listening to RUSH and then orcs materialize in your laundry room.
Third this month (but not last!) is Blood Will Have Blood, co-directed by Meg Swertlow and Miles Szanto and a great original score by Jacques Brautbar. Blood Will Have Blood proudly declares that it was “Filmed entirely in quarantine under the Los Angeles County ‘Safer at Home’ order” and is all about having a beard and stabbing your girlfriend. Yikes! Moving right along…
You know, when everything is said and done a lot of creative people are going to have “quarantine projects”, and Peril is definitely John Denton‘s. Shot on location in San Francisco in his apartment during the 2020 pandemic (with Denton doing everything himself), Peril tells the tale of what happens when Amazon delivers the Hand of Glory to your door. Kinda makes you wonder what all your neighbors were doing in all the apartments you lived next door to over the years? Probably freaking the f*&k out and stabbing boxes and sh*t. Craziness. This movie reminded me of going to film school in the ’90s. It plays like Eraserhead without the dude with the Kid ‘n Play haircut. Seriously though, this movie is bananas. I will never grow tired of people fully committing to making weird, ultra-personal sh*t like this. Rock on John Denton, rock on.
Well, that’s it for March’s WOD. Let’s not make a big deal out of this.
Good Journey,
Pat O’Sullivan
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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