Disappearance at Clifton Hill, 2020. Directed by Albert Shin Starring Tuppence Middleton, Hannah Gross, Marie-Josée Croze , Eric Johnson, David Cronenberg, Colin McLeod, Andy McQueen, Noah Reid, Dan Lett, and Aaron Poole SYNOPSIS: When Abby (Tuppence Middleton) returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, echoes from her childhood trigger memories that could help solve a […]
Tuppence Middleton stars in UK trailer for abduction thriller Disappearance at Clifton Hill
Lightbulb Film Distribution has released a UK poster and trailer for director Albert Shin’s thriller Disappearance at Clifton Hill which stars Tuppence Middleton as a troubled young woman who returns to her home town following the death of her mother, and tries to uncover the truth behind what happened to a young boy she saw […]
David Cronenberg to direct Consumed for Netflix
Cult filmmaker David Cronenberg is getting back behind the camera for the first time since 2014’s Maps to the Stars, with the director revealing to World of Reel that he is set to helm a limited series adaptation of his debut novel Consumed for streaming service Netflix. The official Amazon description for Consumed, published in […]
Favourite films and remaking Rabid with directing duo The Soska Sisters | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #50
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, for the 50th episode of the podcast, horror maestros The Soska Sisters get on the phone to talk about their favourites, as well as remaking a David Cronenberg classic… On this special 50th […]
Blu-ray Review – Rabid (1977)
Rabid, 1977. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Marilyn Chambers, Frank Moore, Joe Silver, Susan Roman, and Howard Ryshpan. SYNOPSIS: Reissue of David Cronenberg’s second feature from 1977 in a 2K scan and featuring new extras. A quick search through the Flickering Myth archives will reveal that David Cronenberg’s Rabid has already been reviewed, on Blu-ray, […]
Movie Review – Rabid (2019)
Rabid, 2019. Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska. Starring Laura Vandervoort, Ben Hollingsworth, Hanneke Talbot, Mackenzie Gray, Ted Atherton, Phil “CM Punk” Brooks, AJ “AJ Lee” Mendez, Stephen Huszar and Stephen McHattie. SYNOPSIS: A fashion designer develops a thirst for blood when she undergoes experimental stem cell treatment to repair facial injuries sustained in a […]
Filmmaking With No Money and Big Ideas
Tom Jolliffe offers an insight into no budget film-making, and why you should aim as high as those means can reach… I won’t claim to be Steven Spielberg (or even Steven Spielbergo) but aspiring film-makers can learn a lot from not just the industry masters of past and present, but from each other. I’ve spoken […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 29 – Nightbreed (1990)
Nightbreed, 1990. Directed Clive Barker. Starring Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid and Doug Bradley. SYNOPSIS: Mental patient Aaron Boone is haunted by recurring nightmares of a monster-infested town named Midian. Convinced by his psychiatrist that he has committed several grisly murders, Boone goes on the run, seeking refuge in the town from […]
The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #6 – Script editor and #tweetnotes writer Andrew Ellard discusses The Fly
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, script editor and #tweetnotes writer Adam Ellard drops in to talk about Jeff Goldblum’s crumbling face in The Fly… This week on the podcast, I got the chance to chat with Andrew Ellard, […]
Soska Sisters’ remake of David Cronenberg’s Rabid to shoot in April
Back in February of 2016, it was announced that the Soska sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska (American Mary, Dead Hooker in a Trunk) would be remaking David Cronenberg’s classic 1977 horror Rabid, and now THR is reporting that the project will begin production in April. Shout! Studios has picked up the U.S. rights to the reboot, which […]