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Watch Jamie Lee Curtis Thank Horror Fans in Her Academy Awards Acceptance Speech! [Video]
Jamie Lee Curtis is one Hollywood star who has never forgotten her horror roots, most recently reprising her iconic role as Halloween final girl Laurie Strode in a series of legacy sequels. The very same year that the final film in the trilogy was released, Jamie Lee Curtis also starred in Everything Everywhere All At Once, a genre film that just won big at the Oscars.
Everything Everywhere All At Once won a whopping SEVEN statues at the 2023 Academy Awards, and one of those awards went directly to one of horror’s most iconic living legends.
For her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, Jamie Lee Curtis won the “Best Supporting Actress” trophy, and she made sure to bring some horror love into her acceptance speech.
“I know it looks like I’m standing up here by myself, but I am not,” Jamie Lee Curtis began her speech, shouting out all the other people who made the moment possible for her.
Curtis went on to add, “To all of the people who have supported the genre movies that I have made for all these years – the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people… WE JUST WON AN OSCAR TOGETHER. And my mother [Janet Leigh] and my father [Tony Curtis] were both nominated for Oscars in different categories. I just won an Oscar.”
The genre movies that Curtis was referring to of course include Halloween, The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train, and Road Games, early roles in her career that established Jamie Lee Curtis as one of the all-time great “Scream Queens.” While some actors move on from the genre and never mention it again, Curtis is clearly proud of her horror lineage. And it’s safe to say that we speak for all horror fans when we say how proud we are of Jamie Lee Curtis right now.
Congratulations, Jamie Lee Curtis!!
An Indonesian remake of Justin Powell and David Charbonier’s intense 2021 thriller The Boy Behind the Door, titled Monster, is on its way. Netflix has unveiled images from the twisted thriller ahead of its debut on the streaming service.
In Monster, “After being abducted and taken to a desolate house, a girl sets out to rescue her friend and escape from their malicious kidnapper.”
As of now, Netflix hasn’t set an official date for Monster, only that it’s coming soon.
Monster is directed by Rako Prijanto and written by Alim Sudio. It stars Sultan Hamonangan, Anantya Kirana, Alex Abbad, and Marsha Timothy.
The Boy Behind the Door follows twelve-year-old Bobby and his best friend, Kevin, as they’re abducted from a park. Bobby wakes alone in a trunk and escapes, only to return when he realizes his best friend is still held captive inside a desolate house.
The Indonesian remake gender swaps the ill-fated kids embarking on a harrowing cat-and-mouse chase to escape, but, according to an interview with Kapanlagi, Monster also updates the original story by making one of the main characters mute. Meaning, expect very little dialogue in this update. The change will likely make the horror-thriller even more suspenseful, which is saying a lot considering how intense The Boy Behind the Door is.
I wrote in my review of The Boy Behind the Door that “it gives a unique and intense spin on the home invasion. The constant ratcheting of tension leaves you alternating between edge-of-your-seat panic and cringe-worthy repulsion; this thriller isn’t afraid to put its children through absolute hell.”
Check out new images from Monster below, as well as a tense trailer from the film’s premiere at the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival last November.
Stay tuned for an official release date as it’s announced, but expect this to arrive on Netflix soon.
Monster. Anantya Kirana as Alana in Monster. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024
Monster. Alex Abbad as Jack in Monster. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024
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