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Honest Trailers Dares to Dive Against ‘Jaws’
If you haven’t seen the “Honest Trailers” series that Screen Junkies airs, you’re kinda missing out. They take movies and skewer them in the most delightful and hilarious of ways, never really by saying anything negative but more by aiming a spotlight at any sort of glaring error or silly occurrence that pops up.
This week, the series has decided to brave the waters of Amity Island to face the greatest shark horror movie put to celluloid, Jaws! Listen and chuckle along with the review as it pokes fun at Quint’s sea shanties, the town’s despicable mayor, and the gratuitous amount of leg shots!
But seriously, I think we can all agree that Jaws is a prime example of brilliant horror. Likable characters, fantastic suspense, and an iconic score that would clear out a swimming pool in no time flat.
Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 psychological horror movie Possession is getting a remake from Smile writer/director Parker Finn, and Deadline reports that The Batman actor Paul Dano has joined the cast.
No word at this time on character details, though.
The original film starred Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into a supernatural nightmare. In Finn’s update, Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner will star as the turbulent couple in Finn’s Possession, and Adjani has officially given her blessing on Qualley’s casting.
Parker Finn is writing and directing the new take on Possession.
He’s also producing alongside Jonathan Fass via Bad Feeling, along with Roy Lee and Andrew Childs via Vertigo, and Robert Pattinson. Marc Bienstock is serving as exec producer.
Our own Brian Keiper celebrated Possession‘s 40th anniversary here on BD back in 2021, writing: “Few movies depict emotional turmoil as effectively and daringly as Andrzej Zulawksi’s Possession. It is a challenging and sometimes inscrutable film, both for the mind and the emotions. Zulawski struggles through a number of deep issues throughout the course of the film; issues that speak to some of humanity’s deepest pains and fears. In many ways it is about loss— loss of political ideals, loss of faith, and loss of innocence. But most of all, Possession is about the fear, pain, and anger that comes from the loss of a marriage.”
This will mark Dano’s first horror role. The actor previously appeared in sci-fi hits Looper and Okja.
Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill in Possession
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