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High School Horror – 13-Film Criterion Channel Collection Includes ‘The Faculty’, ‘Ginger Snaps’ and More in September
Is there anything scarier than being a teenager? BD has learned that the Criterion Channel will be launching their 13-film High School Horror collection on September 1!
The streaming service previews, “Relive your high school nightmares with these tales of terror unleashed in classrooms, gyms, locker-lined halls, and cafeterias, where psychotic slashers and supernatural monsters pursue jocks, nerds, and prom queens alike.
“The everyday fears of adolescence—social anxiety! changing bodies!—have inspired some of horror cinema’s most giddily bloodthirsty visions, from VHS-era exploitation shockers like Massacre at Central High and Slumber Party Massacre to ’90s teen-movie touchstones like I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Faculty and cult favorites like Donnie Darko and Battle Royale.”
Of particular note, Dario Argento’s Suspiria will be included in the collection, marking the worldwide streaming premiere of the restored uncut version from Synapse Films!
The full “High School Horror” lineup includes…
- Massacre at Central High, René Daalder, 1976
- Suspiria, Dario Argento, 1977
- Prom Night, Paul Lynch, 1980*
- Slumber Party Massacre, Amy Holden Jones, 1982
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, David Lynch, 1992
- The Craft, Andrew Fleming, 1996
- I Know What You Did Last Summer, Jim Gillespie, 1997
- The Faculty, Robert Rodriguez, 1998*
- Battle Royale, Kinji Fukasaku, 2000
- Ginger Snaps, John Fawcett, 2000
- Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, 2001
- Battle Royale II: Requiem, Kinji Fukasaku and Kenta Fukasaku, 2003
- Unfriended, Levan Gabriadze, 2014* (premieres October 16)
*Available in the U.S. only
Watch the trailer below and subscribe to the Criterion Channel today.
Since 1984, the Criterion Collection has been dedicated to publishing important classic and contemporary films from around the world in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements.
No matter the medium-from laserdisc to DVD and Blu-ray to streaming on the Criterion Channel-Criterion has maintained its pioneering commitment to presenting each film as its maker would want it seen, in state-of-the-art restorations with special features designed to encourage repeated watching and deepen the viewer’s appreciation of the art of film.
High School Horror — Criterion Channel Teaser from Criterion Collection on Vimeo.
Ishana Night Shyamalan’s feature debut The Watchers is headed to theaters on June 7 from New Line Cinema, and the film has received its official MPA rating this week.
The Watchers is rated “PG-13” for…
“Violence, terror and some thematic elements.”
The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
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The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Georgina Campbell (Barbarian), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out”) and Olwen Fouere (The Northman).
The upcoming mystery-horror film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer.
Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”).
The Watchers is based on the novel by A.M. Shine.
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