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Exclusive: Meet ‘The Gravedigger’ Who Discovers Frankenstein’s Monster [Popcorn Frights]

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Set to have its World Premiere at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival on Thursday, August 15th is The Gravedigger, the Erynn Dalton-directed horror film in which harkens back to Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”.

“I’ve always been drawn to gothic horror stories with complex characters that can’t easily be labeled as ‘good’ or ‘evil’, which is why I chose The Gravedigger for my first feature,” Dalton explained. “Also, Joseph Zettelmaier (the writer) did such a beautiful job adding new dimensions to Mary Shelley’s classic ‘Frankenstein’ characters that I think the story will feel fresh and really resonate with the audience.

“It’s beyond special for my directorial debut to be making its world premiere at Popcorn Frights. I’m such a big fan of this festival and am honored that The Gravedigger will be a part of it!” she added. “I’ve worked with much of this cast and crew from The Gravedigger for a long time on other projects here in Fort Lauderdale, and we are such a tight-knit group, so the fact that we all get to be together for the world premiere here in our city will make this experience memorable for all of us.”

Dubbed “a Frankenstein story”, the film takes place in one of Bavaria’s forgotten cemeteries in the 1700s where a lone gravedigger discovers a hideously scarred man hiding in a fresh grave. What the gravedigger doesn’t know is that the man is none other than the legendary monster created by mad doctor, Victor Frankenstein! What the scarred man doesn’t know is the gravedigger’s hand in his creation. And what neither men know is that they are hunted by their shared past.

Paul Homza, Arlette Del Toro, Tyler Charles Kane and Gisbert Heuer star.

Here’s an exclusive first look at the film:

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‘The Watchers’ Has a New Release Date and It’s the Same as the Original Release Date

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In the wake of this week’s brand new trailer, Ishana Night Shyamalan’s upcoming horror movie The Watchers once again has a new release date. And as the headline of this article suggests, New Line Cinema has moved it back to its original release date. Say what?!

The Watchers had originally been set for theatrical release on June 7 before being recently bumped to June 14. But we’ve learned tonight that it’s been moved back into the June 7 slot.

That’s Hollywood for ya. In any event, watch this week’s new trailer below.

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The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out”) and Olwen Fouere (The Northman).

The upcoming mystery-horror film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer.

Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”).

The Watchers is based on the novel by A.M. Shine.

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