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Devon Sawa Stars in ‘Death Rider’, Glenn Danzig’s Vampire Spaghetti Western!
As we wait for Glenn Danzig‘s hotly-anticipated Verotika to arrive on VOD platforms sometime next year, the film continues to quietly tour across the country. Those in Philadelphia got the chance to experience the next great so-bad-it’s-good movie when it screened tonight at the Philadelphia Film Society.
Danzig was on hand for the screening and dropped two bombs during the film’s Q+A.
Not only is Devon Sawa (Casper, Final Destination, Idle Hands, The Fanatic) starring in Danzig’s Vampire Spaghetti Western, but the film is already close to wrapping production.
Also, we’ve confirmed the film’s title: Death Rider. Fuck. Yeah.
Unfortunately, the rest of the cast is being kept under wraps, but what we do know is that the score is already completed and that everyone in the film is a bloodsucker.
“The soundtrack has been done for two years and of course it sounds almost exactly like an Ennio Morricone soundtrack,” Danzig told audiences in Los Angeles earlier this year. “I think I’m actually going to do a small part in it too.
“Everybody in the movie is a vampire,” he added. “So, you won’t have to wait around to see the vampire. They’re all fucking vampires!”
Danzig’s Verotika has become an instant cult sensation and the talk of the town. For those who are dying to see it, watch for more tour dates and release news in early 2020.
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‘Abigail’ on Track for a Better Opening Weekend Than Universal’s Previous Two Vampire Attempts
In the wake of Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man back in 2020, Universal has been struggling to achieve further box office success with their Universal Monsters brand. Even in the early days of the pandemic, Invisible Man scared up $144 million at the worldwide box office, while last year’s Universal Monsters: Dracula movies The Last Voyage of the Demeter and Renfield didn’t even approach that number when you COMBINE their individual box office hauls.
The horror-comedy Renfield came along first in April 2023, ending its run with just $26 million. The period piece Last Voyage of the Demeter ended its own run with a mere $21 million.
But Universal is trying again with their ballerina vampire movie Abigail this weekend, the latest bloodbath directed by the filmmakers known as Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream).
Unlike Demeter and Renfield, the early reviews for Abigail are incredibly strong, with our own Meagan Navarro calling the film “savagely inventive in terms of its vampiric gore,” ultimately “offering a thrill ride with sharp, pointy teeth.” Read her full review here.
That early buzz – coupled with some excellent trailers – should drive Abigail to moderate box office success, the film already scaring up $1 million in Thursday previews last night. Variety notes that Abigail is currently on track to enjoy a $12 million – $15 million opening weekend, which would smash Renfield ($8 million) and Demeter’s ($6 million) opening weekends.
Working to Abigail‘s advantage is the film’s reported $28 million production budget, making it a more affordable box office bet for Universal than the two aforementioned movies.
Stay tuned for more box office reporting in the coming days.
In Abigail, “After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom is watch the girl overnight. In an isolated mansion, the captors start to dwindle, one by one, and they discover, to their mounting horror, that they’re locked inside with no normal little girl.”
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