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‘Martyrs’ Director Prepping ‘The Tall Man’?
We learned of some exciting news, although the French director is keeping tight-lipped. We had heard Pascal Laugier was currently prepping a non-US horror production, but could only confirm details would be revealed at next month’s AFM. What I discovered will please hardcore Laugier fans who have been following him since his early days up until the recent release of Martyrs. We’re TOLD, and have yet to confirm, that his next project will in fact be the long-planned The Tall Man, a film he’s been talking about since 2006. After the release of Saint Ange, Laugier spoke with Allocine.fr and told them that the “story is too similar to a recently released movie, but it is a beautiful project that I keep patiently in the drawers.” He also has always kept the plot details tight-lipped. If anyone has any more info, please pass it by.
A bedtime lullaby soothes an unsettling newborn in our exclusive clip from Nightborn, from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm.
The dark fable makes its debut on Shudder on July 31.
Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star as new parents in Nightborn, and this exclusive clip highlights mom’s harrowing transition into motherhood.
In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”
Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson also star.
Bergholm teased of her maternal horror movie, “In Nordic countries, there’s a long-standing mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga’s emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind.”
“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”