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Look fear in the face with the trailer for DC’s Batman villain body horror Clayface

April 22, 2026 by Matt Rodgers

DC Studios has unleashed the teaser trailer for their first-ever foray into the horror genre, Clayface, a gross-out thriller starring Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines) in the title role of the Gotham City villain. Directed by James Watkins, from a script by horror maestro Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, Clayface tells the story of one […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Batman, Clayface, DC, dc studios, DC Universe, Eddie Marsan, James Watkins, max minghella, Mike Flanagan, Naomi Ackie, Tom Rhys Harries

Naomi Ackie in talks for DC Studios’ Clayface movie

July 27, 2025 by Gary Collinson

Having found their title character in Tom Rhys Harries (The Return), DC Studios and director James Watkins (Speak No Evil) have reportedly identified their female lead for the body horror film Clayface. According to THR, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody star Naomi Ackie is in talks […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: DC, dc studios, DC Universe, James Watkins, Naomi Ackie, Tom Rhys Harries

DC’s Clayface movie finds its lead in Tom Rhys Harries

June 17, 2025 by Gary Collinson

DC Studios has found its lead for its Clayface movie, with up and coming Welsh actor Tom Rhys Harries signing on for the title role in director James Watkins’ (Speak No Evil) horror-tinged DC Comics adaptation. Harries is best known for his roles in Apple TV+’s Suspicion and the Ralph Fiennes-led The Return, while his other […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Clayface, DC, dc studios, DC Universe, James Gunn, James Watkins, Tom Rhys Harries

Movie Review – Speak No Evil (2024)

September 13, 2024 by Robert Kojder

Speak No Evil, 2024. Written and Directed by James Watkins. Starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West Lefler, Aisling Franciosi, Dan Hough, Kris Hitchen, and Motaz Malhees. SYNOPSIS: A family gets invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they’ll soon realize that […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder, Top Stories Tagged With: Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough, James McAvoy, James Watkins, Kris Hitchen, Mackenzie Davis, Motaz Malhees, Scoot McNairy, Speak No Evil

New trailer for Speak No Evil starring James McAvoy

July 25, 2024 by Amie Cranswick

Lionsgate and Blumhouse have released a new trailer and poster for Speak No Evil, director James Watkins’ upcoming remake of the 2022 Danish film. The psychological thriller follows an American family as they head to the British countryside to spend a weekend with a family they met on vacation, but their idyllic break quickly takes […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Daniel Hough, James McAvoy, James Watkins, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil: James McAvoy stars in unsettling first trailer for horror remake

April 11, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

Universal and Blumhouse have dropped the unsettling first trailer for their James Watkins (Eden Lake) directed horror film Speak No Evil, which sees Split‘s James McAvoy once again tapping into his darker side to terrorise an unsuspecting family.  Based on the screenplay of 2020’s Danish psychological horror thriller Gæsterne by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Top Stories, Trailers Tagged With: Aisling Franciosi, Blumhouse, Gæsterne, James McAvoy, James Watkins, Scoot McNairy, Speak No Evil

Black Mirror Season 3 Episode 3 Review – ‘Shut Up and Dance’

October 24, 2016 by Tony Black

Tony Black reviews the third episode of Black Mirror season 3, ‘Shut Up and Dance’… You know those TV episodes or movies that are almost unqualified genius but you can’t ever bring yourself to watch them again? Black Mirror has given me one here with ‘Shut Up and Dance’, which might well be the most […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Television, Tony Black Tagged With: Alex Lawther, Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker, James Watkins, Jerome Flynn

Exclusive interview with Bastille Day director James Watkins

April 21, 2016 by Scott J. Davis

With the release of Bastille Day only a day away, Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis was lucky enough to sit down with the film’s director James Watkins to discuss the action thriller. Watkins, who made his name with dark thrillers such as The Woman in Black and Eden Lake, was always keen to do an […]

Filed Under: Articles, Opinions and Long Reads, Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Scott Davis Tagged With: Bastille Day, James Watkins

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