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Samara Appears On the “Today” Show for Another ‘Rings’ Prank
While Sadako battles Kayako, Samara is out pranking the world!
Earlier this week we shared with you a particularly clever Rings prank that saw franchise villain Samara literally emerging from televisions at an electronics store; the video quickly became a viral hit, proving that prank videos sure aren’t a bad way to drum up interest in a film. Paramount wants to make sure the asses are in the seats for Rings, so they sent Samara out for another prank.
This time, the long-haired spirit made an appearance on “Today,” pranking anchor Natalie Morales. Co-host Matt Lauer present a faux segment about the top 5 most ridiculous items confiscated by airport security; five suitcases were placed on the studio floor, each one containing one of those items. In the first suitcase? Rubber snakes. In the second? SAMARA MORGAN.
Samara popped up out of one of the suitcases, terrifying Morales like only Samara can.
I gotta say, no matter how much damage the various sequels and spinoffs have done to the character, and no matter how many times she’s spoofed and otherwise used as a source of comedy, Samara still manages to be scarier to me than any other horror icon. The mere image of her still sends chills up my spine all these years later, which is a testament to how creepy she is.
In any event, check out the “Today” prank below!
Director David Robert Mitchell (It Follows) is back this summer with dinosaurs-in-suburbia mystery box movie The End of Oak Street, and tickets are on sale NOW.
To celebrate tickets being put up for grabs this morning, Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for The End of Oak Street along with a few new official posters.
Check out the brand new The End of Oak Street posters and trailer below and look for the sci-fi/horror movie in theaters August 14 from Warner Bros. and producer J.J. Abrams.
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor come face-to-face with a monstrous threat in The End of Oak Street, which looks like M. Night Shyamalan with retro-style Amblin vibes.
As Mitchell explained to Entertainment Weekly, inspirations for the film include Jurassic Park, The Twilight Zone, Poltergeist, The Valley of Gwangi, and M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs.
The End of Oak Street is set in the early 1980s…
In the film, “After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.”
Maisy Stella and Christian Convery also star.
The film is written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and produced by J.J. Abrams, Hannah Minghella, Jon Cohen, David Robert Mitchell, Matt Jackson and Tommy Harper. The executive producers are Chris Bender, Jake Weiner, Joanne Lee and Leeann Stonebreaker.
David Robert Mitchell’s team behind the camera for WB’s The End of Oak Street includes director of photography Michael Gioulakis, production designer Maya Shimoguchi, editor John Axelrad, composer Michael Giacchino and costume designer Erin Benach.
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