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‘undertone’ – Bloody Disgusting Presents FREE Sneak Screenings of A24’s Paranormal Nightmare
Billed as “the scariest movie you’ll ever hear,” A24’s slow-burn paranormal nightmare undertone haunts theaters on March 13.
Lucky for you, Bloody Disgusting has the early ticket.
On Wednesday, March 4th, we’re presenting FREE special sneak screenings in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.
RSVP below and let us know what you think by tagging @BDisgusting on Facebook, X, Instagram, or TikTok after the show.
Austin, TX – AMC Dine-In Tech Ridge @ 7:30 p.m.
Boston, MA – AMC Boston Common @ 7:30 p.m.
Chicago, IL – AMC River East @ 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles, CA – AMC Century City 15 @ 7:00 p.m.
New York City, NY – AMC Lincoln Square @ 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco, CA – AMC Metreon @ 7:30 p.m.
Washington, DC. – AMC Georgetown @ 7:30 p.m.
The film follows a paranormal podcast host who moves into her dying mother’s house to be her primary caregiver. When she receives audio recordings of a young pregnant couple experiencing supernatural noises, she realizes the woman’s story mirrors her own.
Nina Kiri (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) stars in the film, which marks the feature debut of writer-director Ian Tuason. Tuason will next tackle the eighth installment in the Paranormal Activity franchise.
Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet (The Virgin Suicides), Keana Lyn Bastidas (“The Hardy Boys”), and Jeff Yung (The Shrouds) round out the cast.
Joe Lipsett came away from the film’s Fantasia premiere a massive fan of the scares. He wrote in his 4.5-skull review, “I can’t remember the last time a movie made every hair on my body stand up, but undertone got me good.” Of the film’s use of sound, he writes, “It’s more than that, though; more so than any other recent horror film, The Undertone lives and dies on how sound and silence are used. And it is used incredibly well.”
Slaterverse Pictures’ Dan Slater and Black Fawn Films’ Cody Calahan produce. Executive producers include Steven Schneider and Roy Lee for Spooky Pictures, Chad Archibald for Black Fawn, Brit MacRae and Daril Fannin for Kino Studios, and DimensionGate.
undertone is rated R for “language.”
Turn the lights down low and the volume way up and listen to the sound of fear below.
Fangoria Studios and Panick Studios are turning horror comic Black Diamond into a film, and Variety reports that Ernest Dickerson (Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight) will direct.
Black Diamond comic book creator Brendan Columbus will write the screenplay.
Black Diamond follows Owen and Victoria Welch on a family ski trip that spirals into a nightmare. When their son is abducted by a mysterious cult, the couple is pushed to the brink and faced with a soul-crushing ultimatum: sacrifice another child or lose their own forever.
The comic book series from Panick Entertainment is described as a “chilling folk horror thriller blending Hitchcockian psychological tension with the dread of The Wicker Man.”
“Black Diamond was my attempt to put everything I love about thrillers on the page,” Columbus tells Variety. “I want to make sure it feels like you physically can’t leave the theater or else you’ll miss the next twist or turn. With his masterful cinematic eye and his great story sense, Ernest is going to scare the hell out of everyone with this one.”
“Black Diamond immediately grabbed me because its horror is rooted in impossible human choices,” says Dickerson. “It taps into parental fear, morality, isolation, and survival in a way that is so unsettling and emotionally real. That combination will make for a very suspenseful and exciting cinematic experience.”
Ernest Dickerson is directing and executive producing the feature film. Black Diamond will notably be Ernest Dickerson’s first feature film as director since Double Play in 2017, though he has in more recent years been directing for an impressive string of television shows including “The Man in the High Castle,” “The Purge,” “Raised by Wolves,” “Bosch,” and “DMZ.”
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