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‘Immaculate’ – NEON Acquires Horror Movie Starring Sydney Sweeney

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Pictured: Sydney Sweeney in 'Nocturne'

Emmy Award nominee Sydney Sweeney (“The White Lotus”, “Euphoria”) will star in the upcoming “gripping psychological horror” film Immaculate, and it’s been acquired for release by Award-winning studio NEON.

The film reunites Sweeney with director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs), who directed from a script by Andrew Lobel.  Principal photography finished earlier this year; NEON is planning a theatrical release.

No date has been announced just yet.

Immaculate also stars Simona Tabasco (“The White Lotus”), Alvaro Morte (“Money Heist”), Benedetta Porcaroli (“Baby”), and Dora Romano (The Hand of God).

Sweeney stars in Immaculate as “Cecilia, a woman of devout faith who is offered a fulfilling new role at an illustrious Italian convent. Her warm welcome to the picture-perfect Italian countryside is soon interrupted as it becomes clearer to Cecilia that her new home harbors some dark and horrifying secrets.”

The actor most recently appeared in horror films Night Teeth and Nocturne, and will next appear in Madame Web.

Sweeney and Jonathan Davino will produce for Fifty-Fifty Films alongside David Bernad (The Mule, “The White Lotus”), who developed the project with Sweeney following their collaboration on the Emmy-winning “The White Lotus,” along with Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler producing for Black Bear.

Black Bear’s John Friedberg and Christopher Casanova will executive produce along with Will Greenfield (“Euphoria”).

NEON & Black Bear are also collaborating on Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs starring Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe. NEON is also behind the recently announced sequel They Follow from writer/director David Robert Mitchell.

Stay tuned for additional details on Immaculate as they arrive.

Horror journalist, RT Top Critic, and Critics Choice Association member. Co-Host of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast. Has appeared on PBS series' Monstrum, served on the SXSW Midnighter shorts jury, and moderated horror panels for WonderCon and SeriesFest.

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The Birthday Murders: Viral Marketing Website Launches for ‘Longlegs’

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NEON has been absolutely slaying the marketing game for their horror output this year, and they’re kicking the Longlegs campaign into high gear with one more month until release.

A cryptic ad in The Seattle Times today (seen below) has led clever horror fans to discover TheBirthdayMurders.net, the brand new official viral marketing website for Longlegs.

The in-universe website details the victims of the serial killer known as Longlegs (Nicolas Cage), described as a “Satan-worshipping psycho” who has terrorized families throughout the Pacific Northwest for nearly three decades.

The website details, “A bloody trail of bodies here in the great state of Oregon attests to the depraved savagery of this one-of-a-kind serial killer. With over three dozen victims that we know of, LONGLEGS is one of the most prolific mass murderers ever to have graced the region, and his gruesome endeavors are the stuff of nightmares. At first, all of the killings appeared to be straightforward murder-suicides: the handiwork of average men who suddenly snapped and slaughtered their wives and children. But a series of eerie coded messages left at the crime scenes indicate that someone – or something – is influencing these horrific crimes. The cryptic letters are signed by someone calling himself LONGLEGS.”

“With thirty-eight kills to his name, LONGLEGS has torn apart the lives of eleven different families throughout the Beaver State. His victims were good people: honest fathers, decent mothers, innocent little children.”

The website is loaded with secrets, clues, and gruesome (faux) crime scene photos, and you might even find a mention of yours truly nestled in there. Poke around. Stay a while.

Longlegs arrives in theaters July 12.

The upcoming serial killer horror movie marks the return of director Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel). Nicolas Cage stars alongside Maika Monroe, with Monroe playing an FBI agent and Cage playing a serial killer.

In the film, “FBI Agent Lee Harker (Monroe) is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Cage). As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

The film is rated “R” for “Bloody violence, disturbing images and some language.”

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