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With nearly 200 horror films on Netflix at any given moment, there’s never a shortage of great films to induce paralytic fear. As a true fan of the macabre, that’s what you want, right? As Stephen King refers to a member of his unparalleled fandom, the Constant Reader craves that jolt to the soul.

Happily, Netlifx is delighted to scare you to your very core, night after sleepless night. I’m certain they’d like nothing better than to see you as their Constant Viewer. My apologies to Mr. King, but he cribs a lot himself, as he’s more than happy to acknowledge. Of course, when King borrows, it typically results in a towering achievement. Clowns were always scary but were never as terrifying until Pennywise entered the culture.

It is not in the following group of films. A property grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide didn’t exactly fly under the radar.

Nicolas Cage, an actor known for his performances that span the whimsical to the intense, has real-life love stories that are just as captivating. At 60, he has been married five times, with his current wife being more than 20 years his junior, reflecting a love journey as unpredictable as the roles he embodies.

Nicolas Cage in National Treasure | Credit: Walt Disney Studios

Cage, a nephew of the legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, boasts a chapter of romances that include unions with Patricia Arquette and the late Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the iconic Elvis Presley. Currently basking in marital bliss with his fifth wife, Riko Shibata, 29, whom he wed in 2021, Cage demonstrates how love knows no bounds—even when technology steps in and one has to propose virtually.

Nicolas Cage & Riko Shibata: A Love Story Like No Other

In the words of the great poet Maya Angelou, “Love recognizes no barriers.

The Nicolas Cage-starring creature feature Arcadian heads to Shudder this month! And it’s not the only must-see horror arriving on streaming in July.

Look for the streaming service to celebrate Cage in a big way when Arcadian arrives on July 12. Additional Nicolas Cage films will also be available on the service in July, including Bangkok Dangerous, Sympathy for the Devil, A Score to Settle, Mandy, Prisoners of the Ghostland, and Color Out of Space.

Caitlin Cronenberg‘s eat-the-rich feature debut Humane arrives on Shudder on July 26. Season 6 Episodes of “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” continues its biweekly Live premieres on Shudder TV. Look for new episodes on Friday, July 5 and Friday, July 19.

Read on for additional repertory titles arriving in July:

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Dr. Giggles

The Shining

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while...

AMC Networks’ Shudder has announced the titles that will be available on the streaming service next month. The Shudder July 2024 slate includes horror, thriller, and supernatural titles.

The July highlights include the films Arcadian and Humane, as well as new episodes of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs. Numerous repertory titles will also be available throughout the month.

Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Shudder July 2024 Highlights

The Shudder premiere schedule for next month.

Arcadian (Shudder Exclusive Film)

Streaming on Shudder July 12 (Available in the US and CA)

Set in the near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden Martell) and Joseph (Maxwell Jenkins), find tranquility by day but torment by night. When the sun sets, ferocious...

Nicolas Cage, the star of the National Treasure films, is one of the most unique and adored actors in the world. He has an over-the-top presence that still manages to convey humanity and vulnerability —a trait that has come to define the later parts of his career. In addition to this, he is also one of Hollywood's most prolific performers, having released 14 films in the 2020s, with another on the way later this year.

Since Nicholas Cage puts out so many films, it's easy to miss some of the truly amazing roles that he has played. Of course, not every Nicolas Cage movie is brilliant — some are even quite bad — but there are plenty of hidden gems in his modern catalog over the past decade.

Related 10 Movies That Made Nicolas Cage A Meme From Face/Off to Kick-Ass and the recent Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, some of Nicolas Cage's...

Nicolas Cage's Arcadian earns 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, his second Fresh score in a row. Cage's career has seen long stretches of Rotten scores since 2000, but his 2020s movies are trending positively. With upcoming films like Longlegs and Lords of War, Cage may continue his Fresh streak.

The new Nicolas Cage monster movie Arcadian has continued the star's Rotten Tomatoes redemption. Cage's career is marked by long alternating stretches of Fresh and Rotten scores on the review aggregator service, with huge strings of splats encroaching more and more after 2000. Although the star had a run of critical hits in the early 2020s, 2023 saw him earn four splats in a row before swinging back with a Certified Fresh score of 93% for Dream Scenario.

Rotten Tomatoes has now aggregated an official critic score out of 50 Arcadian reviews. While the score could still fluctuate as the movie gets further into its release, the...

Nicolas Cage has successfully transitioned into the horror genre, receiving high praise for his unhinged performances. Cage's recent horror films, including Mandy and Willy's Wonderland, have ranked among his highest-rated recent works. Cage's upcoming projects, such as Arcadian and Longlegs, showcase his versatility and commitment to the horror genre.

With six years' worth of relatively understated but outrageously fun performances in the genre and a new monster movie releasing very soon, Nicolas Cage has been quite unexpectedly dominating in horror on the low. Cage's enthralling horror streak roughly began with his 2018 role in the fantasy horror Mandy. Fending off Mandy's demonic biker gang and sadistic cultists was a far step away from the exploits of Cage's previous character roles, such as National Treasure's Benjamin Franklin Gates or Kick-Ass' Big Daddy, though Cage was well received nonetheless, with reviews applauding the actor for his unhinged and beautifully crafted performance.

How does this sound: Nicolas Cage indignantly peddling an old orange bicycle while clad in a black leather jumpsuit? How about this: Nicolas Cage wearing an old football helmet and swinging around a katana attached to his arm? If that's not enough, try this: Nicolas Cage furiously giving a rousing speech at the top of his lungs to a rapt audience. For any other actor, these moments may all comprise a career-spanning montage of outrageous moments. For Cage, this is just Prisoners of the Ghostland. At this point, it should be obvious, and you can take it from Cage himself, Prisoners of the Ghostland is a pretty crazy movie. It's a post-apocalyptic Samurai-Western that comes from the director Sion Sono, an infamous Japanese auteur with an eye for madcap excess. What one might not expect, however, is how these two renegades combine their distinct sensibilities to actually say something. Underneath...

Every year, we here at IndieWire take on the daunting and potentially insane task of plowing through seemingly endless lists of potential Sundance entrants to pick out the films that not only could make their way onto the annual festival’s slate, but the ones we’d most like to actually land in Park City in January. As ever, there’s no shortage of possibilities for the upcoming festival, including a wide variety of films shot under various Covid protocols, a slew of holdovers from the before times, and some long-gestating films we’ve been expecting and hoping to see for entire years.

And while we don’t yet know how the twin strikes will have impacted the overall lineup — as this article is published, the SAG-AFTRA strike has been over for barely 12 hours — and who will be on hand to attend this year to tout their work, we do know that,...

Exclusive: Matthew Wilder has been set to write and direct an untitled film that chronicles the life and work of author Joan Didion.

The plan is to paint a dreamlike day in the life of Didion and California in the late 1960s, when the brilliant young journalist is hurtled from encounters with jailed Manson girls to protesting Black Panthers, and from Nancy Reagan pausing in a photo op to Vietnam War POWs — climaxing with an epilogue in a near-future California where an AI Joan encounters a dystopia beyond her wildest anxiety dreams.

The film, produced under David Michaels’ Enfant Terrible Cinema, will shoot in Los Angeles in the first or second quarter of 2024. Financing is being discussed with potential partners this week at AFM.

A National Book Award winner and recipient of a National Humanities Medal, Didion’s account of grief and loss in 2005’s The Year of Magical Thinking...

AMC Networks’ The Walking Dead spinoff Fear the Walking Dead will air the series’ final episodes in November 2023. The zombie apocalypse action-horror series will wrap up its eight-season run with a two-part finale on November 18th.

AMC and AMC+’s November lineup also includes Planet Earth III presented by Sir David Attenborough, new films every Friday, a Nicolas Cage-A-Thon, and the kick-off of winter holiday programming.

2023 November AMC and AMC+ Schedule

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Now that Shrike (Maya Eshet) and her influence are gone, Madison (Kim Dickens) sets sights on transforming Padre into the safe haven the old Stadium was meant to be. But in doing so the island becomes a target as well as a beacon as word of Madison and this land of resources spreads, attracting unwanted attention that puts Padre back in peril and questions whether our heroes even deserve to save it.

Nicolas Cage haunts dreams in a new trailer as a meek college professor in the comedy Dream Scenario.

Cage shines in the first trailer for Dream Scenario, playing a balding, unremarkable man who becomes a celebrity after appearing in everyone's dreams in the official trailer released by A24. In the trailer, strange things start happening. Many people notice that Cage's character, Paul, is showing up in their dreams, even though he's not doing anything special. But as Paul becomes famous for this, his life takes a turn for the worse as the dreams become scarier and more disturbing.

Related: How a Nicolas Cage Viral Video Led to His Next Film

The official synopsis for Dream Scenario is as follows: “Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn,...

2023 is Nicolas Cage’s year of horror movies, as he's already played Count Dracula in Renfield and will star in the upcoming Sympathy for the Devil. While Renfield delved into supernatural elements, Sympathy for the Devil focuses on psychological horror with Cage as an ominous carjacker who bears the actor's trademark over-the-top mannerisms. The movie is helmed by Israeli director Yuval Adler whose previous work includes the internationally co-produced thriller The Operative and the American thriller drama The Secrets We Keep. Newcomer Luke Paradise pens the screenplay for Sympathy for the Devil, which promises to be a roller coaster ride full of road movie genre tropes and bleak humor.

With the potential to offer one of Cage's wildest movie performances, Sympathy for the Devil’s major selling point is its leading star. But beyond the casting, the movie also offers an atmospheric, nerve-inducing journey with its premise of a carjacking...

Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage's appearance in Dead by Daylight marks his first foray into the world of video games, but hopefully not his last. Across a decades-long career, Cage has made a name for himself as one of the most daring and distinct actors in Hollywood. He boasts a diverse list of credits, with roles spanning almost every imaginable genre. Recently, he garnered acclaim for his understated performance in Pig, and for portraying an exaggerated version of himself in 2022's The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Nicolas Cage will next reprise his most iconic role - Nicolas Cage - in Dead by Daylight.

Sure, Cage is an accomplished film actor, but his video game debut is long overdue. Cage is a powerhouse in the horror film industry, so his breaking into horror games makes perfect sense. But he's also excelled in action, fantasy, science fiction, crime drama, and superhero roles,...

Mixed martial arts thriller “Glass Dragon” has been picked up for international sales by MPI Media. The company is launching the title at the Cannes Market.

The film, now in post-production, is produced by Asia-facing Los Angeles company Eleven Arts and Re:Anime, a firm that adapts beloved anime series into captivating live-action films.

“Glass Dragon” stars Miki Mizuno (“Bayside Shakedown”), a martial artist and single mother who has to accelerate her life plans when things go badly wrong for her and her daughter. The picture also stars the veteran martial arts film star Mark Dacascos (“Cradle 2 the Grave,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “John Wick 3,” “Iron Chef America”). Other acting credits got to Maryjun Takahashi (“Rurouni Kenshin”) and Kiki Sukezane (“Westworld,” “Lost in Space”).

The film marks the feature directorial debut of Nik Shaw, the Los Angeles-based director and producer behind Re:Anime, whose short films have generated over 100 million views and 1 million subscribers on YouTube.

Having been involved in the film industry since the late-80s, Michael Mendelsohn knows first-hand just how hard it is to make a movie. Indeed, Mendelsohn has been producing and financing movies under his company, Patriot Pictures, since 2005, with 2022's Blackout (starring Josh Duhamel and Abbie Cornish) and 2021's Nicolas Cage-led Prisoners of the Ghostland being a couple of his most recent projects. Up next is God Is a Bullet from director Nick Cassavetes. However, not unlike anyone who finds themselves on a Hollywood movie set, it was a long, winding road for Mendelsohn to get to where he is today — and it started in Johnny Carson's mailroom on The Tonight Show.

"I was dealing the mail for everyone from John Travolta to Bill Cosby to Cheap Trick, Foreigner, and David Letterman," Mendelsohn said in our Zoom interview. In addition to working in the mailroom, there were instances...

Exclusive: Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films have brought on Wayward Entertainment to release Nick Cassavetes action-thriller God Is A Bullet.

Maika Monroe, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Karl Glusman, January Jones, Paul Johansson, David Thornton and Jamie Foxx star in the movie, which producers say will have a wide domestic theatrical release on June 23, 2023, followed by a digital roll out from July 11, 2023.

The film follows detective Bob Hightower (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who finds his ex-wife murdered and his daughter kidnapped by an insidious cult. Hightower takes matters into his own hands and infiltrates the secretive cult to try to save his daughter. With the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin (Maika Monroe), Hightower and Hardin go down the rabbit hole with The Ferryman (Jamie Foxx) to save his daughter and find closure for Hardin from the cult – and its maniacal leader (Glusman).

Inspired by true events and based on...

Isn’t it amazing to have Nicolas Cage back in cinemas?! There is truly is no one like the mercurial, surreal performer but of course we don’t mean he has been completely gone from our screens: it’s just a lot of his output in the last decade or so has seen him predominantly confined to the smaller ones. Still, in recent years, he has graced us with his presence in ways only The Cage can with some of his most outlandish work in Mandy, Willy’s Wonderland, Prisoners of the Ghostland, and Color Out of Space, each showcasing the actor’s penchant for the extreme, the expressionistic and the fascinating.

He went full meta last year with The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, a brilliant satire film that poked fun at his long filmography and his unique persona, one that showed an often-forgotten funny side that helped him in his early career.

Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase | Written and Directed by Sogo Ishii

Electric Dragon 80.000 V’s opening narration, delivered by Masakatsu Funaki, informs us that dragons are not mythical creatures, they exist with the bodies of men. That’s followed by scenes of a young boy climbing an electrical pylon only to get a massive shock from the high-tension wires.

This does something to the part of his brain that “we inherited unchanged from lizards” and results in Dragon Eye Morrison frequently getting in trouble for fighting. Attempts to cure it with electric shock therapy only make it worse, turning him into a walking battery. Now an adult he collects lizards and plays guitar to work out his aggression. As the narrator puts it “what saved him from ruin was…The Electric Guitar” as we watch him play.

But ruin in the form of Thunderbolt Buddha has come looking for him.

Rlje Films, a unit of AMC Networks, has picked up the North American rights to Sympathy for the Devil, a psychological thriller staring Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman.

Also included in the deal were rights to U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The deal marks the eighth time the company is releasing a Cage movie.

Rjle has set a July 28, 2023, release date for the film, which is directed by Yuval Adler (Bethlehem, The Operative).

According to the announcement, the story is set in motion after a man is forced at gunpoint to drive a mysterious passenger. He finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in which it becomes clear that not everything is at it seems. Luke Paradise wrote the script.

“This is our eighth collaboration with Nicolas Cage, which includes Mandy, a critically acclaimed film that has a huge cult following,” said Rlje Film chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward.

Two weeks ago, we heard that Longlegs, the latest horror project from The Blackcoat’s Daughter (a.k.a. February), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, and Gretel & Hansel director Osgood Perkins, has racked up distribution deals with multiple companies around the world. Now Deadline has revealed the names of two actors who have joined previously announced leads Nicolas Cage (Prisoners of the Ghostland) and Maika Monroe (It Follows) in the cast: they are Alicia Witt (Urban Legend) and Blair Underwood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D). Details on the characters Witt and Underwood are playing in the movie have not been shared.

The story Perkins wrote for Longlegs is said to be “in the vein of classic Hollywood psychological thrillers.” Monroe is taking on the role of FBI Agent Lee Harker, a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Cage). As the case takes complex turns,...

As his resurgence continues, the Nicolas Cage cult classic Willy's Wonderland has gotten a promising sequel update from writer G.O. Parsons. Cage starred in the 2021 horror-action-comedy movie as The Janitor, an unnamed and silent drifter who finds himself stranded in a small Nevada town, where he is hired to clean up an abandoned family entertainment zone. The Janitor quickly learns of the restaurant's haunted past, with the animatronic characters possessed by the souls of a serial killer and his acolytes, putting him into a fight to survive the night.

In honor of the film's two-year anniversary, G.O. Parsons took to Twitter to look back on the Nicolas Cage cult classic, Willy's Wonderland.

Willy’s Wonderland anniversary❗️ I appreciate you, our expendable employees, for making the past 2 years a blast. Sequel❓ Trending positively. It’s matter of timing/conditions/budget/luck… and I’m working like The Janitor to make it happen.

Nicolas Cage scholars might quibble with the promotional claim that Brett Donowho’s “The Old Way” is the actor’s “first traditional Western” — a choice of words that’s careful not to step on the spurs of neo-genre fare like “Butcher’s Crossing” and “Prisoners of the Ghostland” — but

The first part of the problem is that Donowho’s competent but uncompelling oater doesn’t have enough fresh meat on its bones to fill out its Western cosplay. While Morgan Smith’s jaunty score does its best to summon memories of “My Darling Clementine,” and Carl W. Lucas’ threadbare script channels the same one-way modernity that “Shane” once rode towards an uncertain sunset, “The Old Way” clearly lacks the ambition to shoot for any identity of its own.

Even worse is that it gestures towards one anyway, as this low-budget genre exercise allows its characters just enough ammunition for us to...

XYZ Films, the distributor of such recent genre releases as The Mean One, Gatlopp: Hell of Game, and Prisoners of the Ghostland, has unveiled a teaser poster for the supernatural horror film Huesera: The Bone Woman – and along with the poster comes the announcement that XYZ will be giving the film a theatrical release in the United States on February 10th! A VOD release will follow on February 16th. The movie will also be available to watch on the Shudder streaming service in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand at a later date.

The feature directorial debut of Michelle Garza Cervera (who wrote the screenplay with Abia Castillo), Huesera: The Bone Woman received a lot of praise from critics and racked up awards while making the festival rounds. The film stars Natalia Solián (Zapatos Rojos) as Valeria, a young woman expecting her first child who becomes cursed by a sinister entity.

Screen Rant is thrilled to present an exclusive new clip from Rlje Films' latest horror thriller, The Friendship Game. The movie follows four teenage friends who discover a strange object which pulls them into a game that will test their loyalties and sanity with devastating consequences the deeper they become entrenched. The Friendship Game will be available in theaters, On Demand, and on digital platforms November 11.

The horror film stars an impressive young cast led by Peyton List (Cobra Kai) including Brendan Meyer (The Oa), Kelcey Mawema (Superman & Lois), Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Flash), and Dylan Schombing (Watchmen). The Friendship Game will test each of the players with fears coming to the surface, especially after Cotton Allen (Juana) goes missing. The game will bring into question the friends' loyalty to each other as they must continue playing in order to try and find their missing companion.

Related: A Friday The...

Prolific Japanese director Sion Sono, known for such films as Love Exposure and Antiporno, as well as the recent Nicolas Cage-starrer Prisoners Of The Ghostland, has reportedly been accused of sexual harassment by several actresses in Japan.

The accusations came to light in a post on local site Shukan Josei Prime with actresses anonymously alleging impropriety. According to Deadline’s sister publication, Variety, the alleged predatory behavior has been linked to Sono’s acting workshops and an upcoming workshop has been cancelled.

Actor Yuki Matsuzaki, who has appeared in such films as Letters From Iwo Jima and The Pink Panther 2, has been tweeting about the allegations:

Now that Sion Sono is outed as a sexual predator who preys on young actresses luring them with roles in his films, I wonder if Any of the major Japanese film studios and TV networks would condemn such predatory practices? How about Japan Academy Awards?...

Sion Sono, the Japanese cult film director of movies like “Love Exposure” and who in 2021 directed Nicolas Cage in “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” is being accused of sexual assault by two anonymous actresses who say that he offered roles in his films in exchange for sex.

The accusations as published Monday in the Japanese magazine Shukan Josei link his alleged predatory behavior to his acting workshops, and in addition to the two unnamed women, the piece also includes a quote from a Japanese film executive who accused Sono of misconduct.

“Even now, there is a director who has no qualms about saying ‘If you screw me, I’ll give you work’. His films are acclaimed and many actresses want to appear in them. He uses that to assault women as if it’s nothing. That director is Sion Sono,” the executive told the magazine.

One woman identified as Actress A...

Japanese director Sion Sono has been accused by two women of sexual assault in a new report from Shukan Josei Prime.

Sono is known for provocative indie films like 2008’s “Love Exposure,” which screened at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival and won two awards. The almost four-hour film follows the erotic adventures of a peeping tom photographer.

An unnamed actress told entertainment magazine Shukan Josei Prime that Sono told her that women have had sex with him for years to gain parts in his films, and that he is to thank for their success in the industry. She said that after Sono offered her a role, he attempted to force her to have sex with him (via Variety). After she refused, the director allegedly called another actress he had previously worked with and proceeded to engage in sexual acts in front of her. An assistant director then allegedly led her outside...

Sono Sion, the self-proclaimed maverick Japanese film director known for raunchy indie movies including “Love Exposure” and “Antiporno,” has been accused of sexual harassment by several actresses in Japan’s film industry.

The accusations were published Monday by the Shukan Josei Prime entertainment news and gossip site. In a lengthy article, several actresses made accusations against Sono under the protection of anonymity. According to the piece, Sono, now aged 60, boasted of making sexual advances to “most of [his] leading ladies.” Sono’s alleged predatory practices have been linked to his acting workshops.

On Tuesday, Sono responded to the allegations with a statement from his company. “To whom it may concern. Thank you very much for your continued support. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and concern this may have caused to all parties concerned. We will make a new announcement after sorting out the facts.” His upcoming acting workshop has been canceled.

Ahead of the film's March premiere at SXSW, Shudder has acquired The Cellar, with plans to release it on streaming services this April!

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced today the acquisition of The Cellar, from critically-acclaimed Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney and starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken, ahead of the film’s world premiere at SXSW. The film is also the closing film of FrightFest Glasgow. The Cellar will have a day-and-date premiere on April 15th, streaming exclusively on Shudder in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand with a U.S. theatrical release through Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks.

Filmed on location in Roscommon, Ireland, The Cellar tells the story of Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and...

AMC+ and Rlje Films have acquired worldwide rights to the holiday comedy Christmas with the Campbells, starring Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect franchise), Justin Long (He’s Just Not That Into You), Alex Moffat (Saturday Night Live), Julia Duffy (Newhart), George Wendt (Cheers) and JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Sweet Magnolias). The film produced by Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show will simultaneously hit theaters and AMC+ in the U.S. in late fall.

Christmas with the Campbells is billed as a traditional holiday romance story executed with unfiltered adult humor. Specifics as far as its plot are being kept under wraps.

Clare Niederpruem is directing from a script by Vaughn, Dan Lagana (American Vandal) and Barbara Kymlicka. Vaughn and Lagana are also producing alongside Peter Billingsley (Couples Retreat) under their Wild West Picture Show banner, with Stan Spry (Creepshow) exec producing. The feature is the second from Rlje and Wild West, on...

There's a true art to using Nicolas Cage in your film. It's not enough to pair the actor with an outlandish premise and let him go wild for a couple of hours, as last year's "Willy's Wonderland" and, to a lesser degree, "Prisoners of the Ghostland" did. No, what Cage needs are roles with real depth that call on him to use his full range of skills as a performer, like he's done in such recent movies as "Mandy" and "Pig." It's in these instances that his passion for his craft really shines through, in the same way...

The post Nicolas Cage Has a Pet Crow Who Profanely Insults Him, Because of Course He Does appeared first on /Film.

It's that frightfully delightful time of year again for Fangoria's highly anticipated Chainsaw Awards, with this year's nominees including Nia DaCosta's Candyman, Don Mancini's Chucky series, Jill Gevargizian's The Stylist, and many more!

You can check out the full list of nominees below, and to cast your votes, visit:

https://www.fangoria.com/original/chainsaw-awards-2022/

In their most recent magazine issue, Fangoria officially announced the nominations for its 2022 Chainsaw Awards, and horror fans everywhere can currently cast their votes at https://www.fangoria.com/original/chainsaw-awards-2022/ for their favorite films, television series, directors, artists, and more that kept us all thrilled, chilled and entertained throughout the course of 2021. Winners will be celebrated later this year during a yet-to-be-revealed Chainsaw Awards event.

The 2022 Chainsaw Awards Nominees include fan favorite films such as James Wan’s Malignant, Candyman from Nia DaCosta, and Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho,...

Following its world premiere at this year's virtual Sundance Film Festival, Riley Stearns' Dual has been acquired for US distribution by Rlje Films.

Dual will have a theatrical release sometime this year. We have the official press release with additional details below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's interview with Stearns, along with the rest of our Sundance 2022 coverage!

Press Release: XYZ Films, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group closed the deal with Rlje Films last night in a competitive bidding situation. XYZ is also handling world rights outside the US.

The film is slated for a theatrical release in 2022. XYZ Films and Rlje Films previously collaborated on the successful theatrical release of Sundance film Mandy starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Panos Cosmatos.

Dual stars Karen Gillan (Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle), Aaron Paul (“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Film” and “Westworld...

Rlje Films last night acquired U.S. rights to Riley Stearns’ thriller Dual in a competitive bidding situation, striking a low-mid seven figure deal for the film, which recently premiered in U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival.

XYZ Films, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group closed the deal with Rlje Films, with the former company also handling world rights outside of the U.S. The film is slated for release in theaters this year.

Dual centers on Sarah (Karen Gillan), a woman who, upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a sudden and miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death.

Aaron Paul and Beulah Koale also star in the film produced by Stearns, XYZ and Resolute Films and Entertainment.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday revealed the 276 feature films that are eligible for consideration at the 94rd Oscars, which are set to air live March 27 on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The number is 90 fewer than last year’s 366, but this year’s eligibility period was only 10 months.

To be eligible for Best Picture consideration, films must have submitted a confidential Academy Representation and Inclusion Standards entry as part of the submission requirements. Nominations voting begins January 27 and concludes on February 1. The Oscar nominations will be revealed on Tuesday, February 8.

Today’s news comes about a month after the Academy released its shortlists in the International Film, Documentary Feature, Original Score, Original Song, Makeup & Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Sound and the Live-Action, Documentary and Animated Shorts categories.

Here is the full list of films eligible for Best Picture at the 94rd annual Academy Awards,...

Exclusive: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1972 drama, is being reimagined for the second time in as many years, this time by a team of Iranian filmmakers.

Fassbinder’s movie has also been adapted by high-profile French filmmaker François Ozon, with his French-language version starring Denis Menochet, Isabelle Adjani and Hanna Schygulla set to open the Berlin Film Festival next month.

The Bitter Tears of Zahra Zand, which is Farsi-language, has now wrapped filming in London.

Directed and co-written by Vahid Hakimzadeh (Greater Things) along with co-writer and star Boshra Dastournezhad (Radio Dreams), the film is a tragicomic melodrama that tells the story of Zahra Zand (Dastournezhad), a high society fashion designer from Iran who has fled the Islamic revolution of 1979. Recently divorced, she lives in the fantasy world of her glamorous apartment in 1980s London. Distraught at the loss of her country, she descends...

As we continue to explore the best in 2021, today we’re taking a look at the articles that you, our dear readers, enjoyed the most throughout the past twelve months. Spanning reviews, interviews, features, podcasts, news, and trailers, check out the highlights below and return for more year-end coverage as well as a glimpse into 2022 in the coming weeks.

Most-Read Reviews

10. The Dig

9. WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

8. kid 90

7. The Green Knight

6. Dune

5. The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

4. Mortal Kombat

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After a major year featuring one of the best roles of his career in Pig and also one of his wildest with Sion Sono’s Prisoners of the Ghostland, Nicolas Cage is getting meta to kick off 2022. Tom Gormican’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent finds the actor starring as a fictionalized version of himself as he accepts a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal) and things get crazier from there.

Also starring Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Lily Sheen, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tiffany Haddish, the first trailer has now landed ahead of an April 22, 2022 theatrical release. “[‘Nick Cage’] is an invented version of Nic Cage,” the actor tells EW. “The character is feeling unfulfilled and contending with the rejection that can happen so often in the small town that is Hollywood. It’s not me. I’m feeling pretty good about things.

2021 marks another year of Nicolas Cage’s unflagging commitment to star in virtually any film his agent offers him. And par usual, Cage brought his idiosyncratic A-game to each film that starred him. This year was a particularly vibrant crop of Cage performances: “Wally’s Wonderland,” “Prisoners Of The Ghostland,” and “Pig” (which some think earns the actor an Oscar nom).

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As always, though, the Cage train keeps on rolling, and next year brings four more films to his expansive catalog.

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You know who's enjoying a sneakily great 2021? Nicolas Cage, that's who. Taken together, all three of the films he's starred in this year have shown off the full range of acting talent that the man, myth, and legend is fully capable of. "Prisoners of the Ghostland" feels like a classic unhinged Cage performance filtered through a very specific Eastern lens. "Willy's Wonderland" somehow dials up the Cage-meter even higher, pitting the him against an army of creepy animatronic characters. Neither of those films have anything on "Pig," however, which challenges audiences to leave all their preconceptions of the actor...

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Seemingly appearing out of nowhere, “Red Post On Escher Street” is a Sion Sono movie that can be best described as a return to the rebellious style where he shines the brightest. While news of its production was not totally unknown with a fact or two being revealed throughout the year, the eyes of every Sono fan were fixed towards his East-meets-West thriller “Prisoners Of The Ghostland”, so the release did feel like a genuine surprise.

“Red Post on Escher Street” is Screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

Sono’s 2020 release follows a filmmaker, known in the movie industry as a festival magnet, who is asked by a major film studio to direct a film for them, which the studio boss hopes shall receive a warm welcome at the festival circuit. When Kobayashi, the filmmaker, decides to hold a mass audition to select his cast, a multitude of characters...

Occasionally, and particularly during the last years, a number of Sion Sono works look like a tribute to himself, with him implementing aspects of his great movies of the past. This approach actually worked for some titles, with “Tokyo Vampire Hotel” being a great sample. It seems though, it does not work at all in a Hollywood-Japanese collaborative setting, with “Prisoners of the Ghostland” functioning as a faulty mixture of “Sukiyaki Western Django”, “Mad Max”, “Preacher” and Sono’s past movies. Let us take things from the beginning though.

“Prisoners of the Ghostland” is streaming exclusively on AMC+ and Shudder

The story is set in the frontier city of Samurai Town, wherea ruthless bank robber, Hero, who supposedly did not shy away from killing innocent bystanders during his “jobs” is sprung from jail by the wealthy and quite sinister kingpin The Governor, who wants him to find the whereabouts of his adopted granddaughter Bernice.

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Bill Moseley, Sofia Boutell, Nick Cassavetes, Tak Sakaguchi, Young Dais, Charles Glover, Tetsu Watanabe | Written by Aaron Hendry, Reza Sixo Safai | Directed by Sion Sono

I love Nicholas Cage movies, the crazier the better. Sometimes though some movies feel like they just weren’t made for him. Prisoners of the Ghostland is a film that holds so much promise but in the end feels like other movies have done the same thing, just way better.

When the Governor (Bill Moseley) sends out notorious criminal Hero (Nicolas Cage) to find his Bernice (Sofia Boutella), Hero believes this could be his chance to redeem himself for his past. Strapped into a suit that will blow him up if he doesn’t succeed in his task, he is fighting time to find the girl and hopefully save himself.

The start of Prisoners of the Ghostland shows a lot of promise,...

Hello, everyone! We’re back with a brand new round of horror and sci-fi 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD releases coming out tomorrow, and I gotta say, November 16th is a good day to be a genre fan, because we have a lot of cool stuff coming our way. If you missed it in theaters, you can finally catch up with Nia DaCosta’s Candyman and both Maniac Cop 2 and 3 are getting a 4K upgrade courtesy of Blue Underground. Lionsgate has put together the impressive 4K set The Evil Dead: Groovy Collection that includes the first two Evil Dead films and all three seasons of Ash vs Evil Dead (plus a bevy of bonus content) that would make a killer addition to anyone’s home media collection.

Other releases for November 16th include Mulholland Dr. 4K, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Megan is Missing, Caveat, The Resort, and the Mad Max Anthology 4K.

Prisoners of the Ghostland screenwriter/producer Reza Sixo Safai joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss his wildest cinematic experiences.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Infested (2002)

The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

Hollywood Boulevard (1976) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary

Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary

Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)

Mandy (2018)

Candy (1968) – Glenn Erickson’s trailer commentary

S.O.B. (1981)

The Shining (1980) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary

Robin Hood (1973)

The Story of Robin Hood (1952)

Modern Times (1936)

The Kid (1921)

The Deer (1974)

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary

Qeysar (1969)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

The Warriors (1979)

New Jack City (1991)

Colors (1988)

The Whip And The Body (1963)

Blow Out (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Porky’s (1981)

Cinema Paradiso (1988) – Glenn Erickson’s Region B Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review

Circumstance (2011)

Ninja 3: The Domination (1984)

Flashdance (1983)

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Sometimes the best way for people to save themselves and uncover their true purpose in life is to embark on a vital journey to rescue someone else. That’s certainly the case for Nicolas Cage‘s anti-hero in the new action-sci-fi movie, ‘Prisoners of the Ghostland.’ The Oscar-winning actor’s character is promised freedom and redemption in his […]

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To mark the release of Prisoners of the Ghostland on 15th November, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.

In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman — and his own path to redemption.

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Not too long ago, the Japanese film industry was enclosed in a tight domestic bubble, with local filmmakers mostly making local films for local audiences. Japanese studios appreciated international recognition, but regarded foreign sales as a sort of after-dinner mint – a nice extra, but not essential.

One reason for this “Japan only” mentality was the size of the local market – still the third-largest in the world in terms of box office — which allowed local films at all budget levels to comfortably recoup at home. Another was the long list of missteps and failures by Japanese filmmakers and studios when they ventured abroad or tried to target foreign markets.

The most notorious example was the firing of Kurosawa Akira after two weeks of shooting the 1970 WWII epic “Tora, Tora, Tora.” More recently, one-time uber-producer Sento Takenori lost his production company Rumble Fish in 2008 after his strategy of making art films for...

The premium streaming bundle AMC+ and Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Prisoners Of The Ghostland will stream exclusively on both platforms in the U.S. starting on November 19. The film, starring Nicolas Cage (Mandy), made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). In addition to Cage, the film stars Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy, The Raid: Redemption, The Greatest Showman) composed the original score.

Prisoners Of The Ghostland is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by...