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‘Amelia’s Children’ Trailer Teases One Monstrous Family Secret

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Alba Baptista in AMELIA’S CHILDREN, a Magnet release. Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing.

Family isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be in the haunting new trailer and poster that debuted today for Amelia’s Children, a supernatural horror film from writer/director/producer Gabriel Abrantes.

Magnet Releasing will release the psychological, ghostly horror movie in theaters and on VOD on March 1, 2024.

In Amelia’s Children: “When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin brother. Finally, he will discover who he is and where he comes from. But nothing is as it seems, and Edward will soon learn that he is linked to them by a monstrous secret.”

The horror film stars Brigette Lundy-Paine, Alba Baptista, and Carloto Cotta.

All three actors have a background in horror, with Brigette Lundy-Paine recently starring in the upcoming A24 horror film I Saw the TV Glow. Alba Baptista leads the cast of the recently resurrected series “Warrior Nun”. Carloto Cotta most recently starred in the witchy folk horror tale You Won’t Be Alone, and also appeared in Abrantes’ feature Diamontino that was co-directed with  Daniel Schmidt.

Amelia’s Children marks Abrantes’ first solo, English-language feature effort, and, judging by the trailer, leans into Dario Argento horror influences.

Watch the trailer below ahead of the film’s release this March.

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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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