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Víctor García Tells the Haunting Tale of ‘Communion Girl’ [Image]
Bloody Disgusting learned today that Víctor García, the Spanish horror filmmaker known for The Damned, Mirrors 2, Hellraiser: Revelations, and Return to House on Haunted Hill, has next directed Communion Girl (La Nina de La Comunion) for Warner Bros Entertainment Spain.
We also scored a first look at the film, which tells of a creepy urban legend about the ghost of a girl dressed for her first communion, ready to shed blood and take revenge on anyone unlucky enough to cross her path.
“Spain, late 1980s. Newcomer Sara (Carla Campra) tries to fit in with the other teens in this tight-knit small town in the province of Tarrgona. If only she were more like her extroverted best friend, Rebe (Aina Quiñones). They go out one night at a nightclub, on the way home, they come upon a little girl holding a doll, dressed for her first communion. And that’s when the nightmare begins.”
The film also stars Carlos Oviedo, Marc Soler, and Olimpia Roch.
Communion Girl hails from Atresmedia Cine and The Innocent writer Guillem Clua.
It’s worth noting that the company’s previous film, Echoes of Crime, was released on HBO Max here in the States following its theatrical run in Spain. It’s likely we’ll see Communion Girl on HBO Max late in 2022 or in early 2023 following its October release in Spain. More as it comes in.
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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