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This Malaysian ‘Amityville’ Poster Stole From ‘The Possession Experiment’
We didn’t want to make baseless accusations without doing the work first, but after doing some digging it appears that the Malaysian poster art for Amityville: The Awakening, being distributed by TVG Pictures on June 29th, plagiarized The Possession Experiment‘s art in more than one way.
THE EVIDENCE:
On first glance, you’ll notice they are similarly designed, with a demonic/possessed face in the top left corner, and a structure of sorts underneath. Copying a layout is nothing new, and isn’t even all that big of a deal, but to actually use imagery from another film is absolutely bonkers. The far right screencap of actress K.T Fanelli comes directly from The Possession Experiment‘s trailer that we dropped in April 2016. As you can see, whoever designed the Malaysian art for Amityville used not only the same layout but also the same shot from The Possession Experiment. It’s pretty crazy.
While this is blatant thievery, it should be known that there are different distributors for films across the globe and that many, if not most of the people involved in Amityville were most probably unaware such an atrocity took place. It’s uncommon for filmmakers to get approval on art from all distributors and to see everything that’s being created and released in all of the different territories. It’s so, so, so important to understand this because the last thing I want is to see horror fans with torches going after Blumhouse, Dimension, The Weinstein Company or the film’s director and producers. The only people who need to answer for this at this time are Malaysian distributor TVG Pictures. We’ll update if there’s carry over.
In the meantime, watch this spot for another Amityville delay here in the States as I’m told it’s imminent.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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