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‘A Ghost Story’ Trailer: Casey Affleck Wears a Sheet and Watches Over Rooney Mara
Ironically similar to Patrick Swayze’s Ghost, David Lowery’s (Pete’s Dragon, Peter Pan) festival hit A Ghost Story it set to hit theaters on July 7th.
Oscar nominated Casey Affleck (ParaNorman, The Killer Inside Me) and Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Nightmare on Elm Street) star in this story of a ghost and the house he haunts. In the first trailer it appears that Affleck puts on the sheet and looks over Mara similar to how Swayze watched over Demi Moore in Ghost. It’s clearly not a horror story, although you have to wonder if the two will interact come the film’s finale.
A Ghost Story was one of the hottest tickets out of this past January’s Sundance Film Festival where A24, the company behind The Witch, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Green Room and Ex Machina, acquired it.
Will Oldham, Sonia Acevedo, Rob Zabrecky and Liz Franke also star.
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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