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‘The Good Neighbor’ Clip Tells a Creepy Story and Also Lacks Basic Manners
A clip for the upcoming horror/thriller The Good Neighbor, which previously had the title The Waiting, has been released and it shows Kiel Gilchrist (It Follows) telling his pal about a “messed up experiment” with a baby named “Little Albert”. The clip then intersperses footage of James Caan’s character doing menial tasks around his place. Pretty much the only thing creepy here is the slowly building ambient background noise.
However, can we talk about Gilchrist’s complete and utter lack of manners? Your friend’s mom(?) invites you over for dinner and you don’t say “thank you”? Then she puts food in front of you and you fail to say “thank you” yet again? How rude.
Trace caught the film at the Austin premiere, where he wrote in his review:
‘The Waiting’ is a very strong directorial debut for Farahani, and showcases strong performances throughout… [it] packs an emotional wallop of an ending that makes the slow pace of the film worthwhile.
“Mysterious events occur in The Good Neighbor when two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor. The fun begins as the duo’s suspicions grow and, as the tension mounts, they realize too late that the man they’re manipulating is the last person they should’ve chosen for their project.”
The Good Neighbor was written by Mark Bianculli and Jeff Richard. It comes to theaters and VOD/On Demand platforms on September 16, 2016.
The full cast includes: James Caan, Logan Miller, Keir Gilchrist, Laura Innes, Edwin Hodge, Bailey Noble, Lili Reinhart, Anne Dudek, Mindy Sterling, and Tamlyn Tomita.
The buried origins of the cinema zombie will be explored in upcoming documentary Black Zombie, and Deadline reports that Kino Lorber has picked up the doc for U.S. release.
Kino Lorber will release Black Zombie in theaters later this year.
From writer and director Maya Annik Bedward, Black Zombie digs beneath the blood-soaked spectacle of modern horror to uncover the zombie’s buried and unsettling origins.
Long before it became associated with flesh-eating ghouls, the zombie was a living metaphor for slavery: not a monster, but the ultimate victim of colonial power.
Deadline further details, “Director Maya Annik Bedward traces the evolution of the zombie from colonial Haiti to contemporary Hollywood, reconsidering iconic films like White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and The Serpent and the Rainbow alongside archival footage, vérité scenes, and interviews with cultural historians, artists, and genre legends including Yves-Grégory Francois, Mambo Labelle Déesse, Slash, Tom Savini, and Zandashé Brown. Part cultural reckoning, part horror remix, Black Zombie exposes how a figure born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance was transformed into one of pop culture’s most profitable monsters.”
“I’m thrilled to partner with Kino Lorber on the release of Black Zombie,” said Maya Annik Bedward. “The film explores the power of images to shape our understanding of history, culture, and race, making it especially meaningful to work with a distributor so deeply engaged with cinema’s past and present. Their passion for films that challenge, illuminate, and expand our understanding of the world makes them an ideal partner for bringing this story to audiences across the U.S.”
Kino Lorber’s Karoliina Dwyer adds, “The zombie is one of the most iconic images in cinema, and you’ll never look at them the same after watching Black Zombie. Maya Annik Bedward has crafted a fascinating, deeply researched documentary that unearths the long-buried Haitian origins of the genre, interrogating colonial, political, and Hollywood history to powerful and illuminating effect. We’re so proud to bring this documentary to U.S. audiences this fall.”
Executive producers for the documentary include music legend Slash.
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