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“The Walking Dead” Stars Become ‘Invaders’
Jordan Woods-Robinson (Eric Raleigh on “The Walking Dead”) and Ricky Wayne (Officer O’Donnell on “The Walking Dead”) star in writer/director Jason Kupfer’s fantastic short horror comedy film Invaders. Playing on films like You’re Next and The Strangers, with a bit of a holiday twist, the short shows Woods-Robinson and Wayne gearing up to invade a family home. As can be expected, things do not go as planned and we’re treated to one of the bloodiest shorts I’ve seen in a long time!
While watching, make sure to pay attention to how beautifully it’s filmed. The POV shot of the knife as Woods-Robinson is air stabbing is quite fascinating and isn’t something I recall having seen.
I probably shouldn’t have to say this but I wouldn’t recommend watching this while at work. There’s no nudity or anything like that but there is a fair bit of gore and some swearing, so your boss might not take too kindly to that.
On a side-note, can you imagine just how fun a Home Alone-style horror movie would be where the invaders and the hunted kinda bumble kill each other off? Yeah, David Unger Music kinda went that route but I want an original movie that would do something like this. If done right, it could be one of the greatest horror comedies ever released!
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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