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The Criterion Channel’s October Lineup Includes ‘Jennifer’s Body’ and Tons of Classic Horror Movies!
It seems Karyn Kusama’s Jennifer’s Body was indeed ahead of its time, as the critical reappraisal of the 2009 movie has now led all the way to a Criterion spotlight here in 2021!
The Megan Fox-starring Jennifer’s Body will be making its way onto The Criterion Channel streaming service on October 6, and that’s just the beginning of the Halloween offerings.
Criterion teases, “This October, look back to the origins of the Hollywood horror movie at the studio where some of cinema’s most legendary monsters were born. Or test your stamina against the white-knuckle shocks of film history’s most chilling home-invasion thrillers.”
The 8-film Universal Horror collection includes: Dracula (Spanish-Language Version) (1931), The Mummy (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), The Black Cat (1934), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Raven (1935), The Wolf Man (1941), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).
The 20-film Home Invasion lineup features: Blind Alley (1939), The Desperate Hours (1955), Private Property (1960), Viridiana (1961), Cape Fear (1962) , Cul-de-sac (1966), Violence at Noon (1966), In Cold Blood (1967), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Anderson Tapes (1971), The Visitors (1972), Black Christmas (1974), Demon Seed (1977), The Plumber (1979), Angst (1983), To Sleep with Anger (1990), Bad Influence (1990), Funny Games (1997), Them (2006), Inside (2007).
Both of these collections will be launching on October 1, 2021.
Head over to Criterion’s website for the full October 2021 lineup.
If you haven’t signed up yet, head to CriterionChannel.com and get a 14-day free trial.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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