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[TV] “Extant” Promo Gives Birth to Evil Android?!
You can create the perfect child, but can you make it human?
The first TV Spot aired for the sci-fi horror “Extant,” starring Academy Award winner Halle Berry. While we thought the movie was about Berry rockin’ an alien fetus, the new promo, which carries tones of Rosemary’s Baby, shows that this child is actually what we think is an android. A super dangerous android. The question is: what does the female astronauts return have to do with the creation of this little boy? I’m intrigued.
“ ‘Extant’ is a mystery thriller about a female astronaut (Berry) trying to reconnect with her family when she returns after a year in outer space. Her experiences lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.”
CBS has set the series for premiere on July 9.
A film student finds herself trapped in a giallo nightmare in lo-fi horror movie City Wide Fever heading to streaming next month.
The meta horror movie by debut writer/director Josh Heaps begins streaming on Midnight Pulp on July 7.
In City Wide Fever, “Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to investigate his mysterious disappearance, Sam finds herself pulled into a violent conspiracy eerily similar to those of the films she adores.”
Diletta Guglielmi, Angelica Kim, and Nancy Kimball star with Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood), Larry Fessenden (You’re Next), Carolyn Farina (The Age of Innocence), and comedian Ian Fidance.
Paul Lê wrote in his review, “To Heaps’ credit, this isn’t just a case of throwback filmmaking that’s been achieved with contemporary technology; the director used era-authentic equipment to help create this striking and nostalgic piece of modern horror. The end result is a movie that, despite all appearances, doesn’t entirely escape convention, but it’s also teeming with enough verve and style to make it feel fresh.”
Heaps produces alongside Vincent “Chenzy” Graziano. Maddin executive produces with Robert Forbes, Richard Stoeffel, Jim Stoeffel, Brooks May, Amanda Romo, Franklin Laviola, and Nicholas Laviola.
City Wide Fever is also available on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome.