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Canadian Horror Cinema Gets the Spotlight in Upcoming Documentary ‘They Came from Within’
Horror movies such as Black Christmas, Ginger Snaps, My Bloody Valentine and Scanners call Canada home, with those and others spotlighted in Caelum Vatnsdal’s 2004 book They Came from Within: A History of Canadian Horror Cinema. Rue Morgue brings us the word this week that Vatnsdal’s book is now being turned into a documentary nearly twenty years later.
Justin McConnell (Clapboard Jungle) will be directing the feature length documentary.
McConnell tells Rue Morgue, “I’m excited to start working on They Came from Within. Canada has a rich history of horror cinema and unique circumstances that have brought that cinema to life. I was looking for a new project I could make safely ‘in these uncertain times,’ and this fits the bill nicely while waiting for the world to spool back up.”
“Other countries have had their genre cinema showcased in an entertaining way with films like Not Quite Hollywood and Machete Maidens Unleashed, and Canada is long overdue for this kind of treatment,” McConnell adds.
Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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