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- Us
Stars: Lupita Nyong’o, Elisabeth Moss,
Winston Duke, Tim Heidecker
Director: Jordan Peele
Release date: 15 March 2019
We’re just a few months away from the release
of Get Out filmmaker Jordan Peele’s sophomore
effort and the levels of secrecy around Us have
not been lowered an inch. Reportedly about two
couples and operating in the same “social thriller”
(horror) genre as Get Out, or as star Elisabeth
Moss put it to Indiewire, “thought-provoking
popcorn movies”. The cast is ace and we can’t
wait to see what he’s got in store for us this time.
- The Twilight Zone
Stars: Adam Scott, Kumail Nanjiani
Creator: Jordan Peele
Release date: TBC
Speaking of Peele, the wheels are in motion
on his new take on The Twilight Zone and the
casting announcements have begun. While we
don’t know whether or not Kumail Nanjiani will
be starring in a new or retooled story, Adam
Scott will be starring in a new take on the classic
‘Nightmare At 20,000 Feet’, stepping into the
illustrious shoes of William Shatner and John
Lithgow as he struggles to convince everyone that
there’s something on the wing...- Grudge
Stars: Andrea Riseborough, John Cho,
Betty Gilpin
Director: Nicolas Pesce
Release date: 21 June 2019
“Do we really need another Grudge reboot?”
cried the world. Then the world saw Nicolas
Pesce’s first two films The Eyes Of Mother and
Piercing, got a look at that incredible cast and
muttered something about actually quite looking
forward to it. Both of his films are visually striking
but totally different in tone, so the idea of him
taking on a J-horror classic is actually pretty damn
exciting and Riseborough is on a roll.- Pet Sematary
Directors: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
Cast: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow,
Obssa Ahmed
Release: 5 April 2019
“Sometimes, dead is better.” A generation
of moviegoers was scarred for life by Mary
Lambert’s 1989 take on one of Stephen King’s
darkest novels, adapted by the man himself.
Whether it was Gage stalking Jud Crandall,
the eerie warnings of friendly ghost Victor
Pascow or (most likely) the terrifying Zelda,
chances are every horror fan will have a
memory that’ll make them shiver. And while
it’s one of the most critically overlooked King
adaptations, the cult around the movie seems
to grow with each passing year.
Speaking of passing years, the remake of
Pet Sematary had been in the works since
2010 with various writers and directors
attached until the success of IT finally got
the project going. Directing duo Kevin Kölsch
and Dennis Widmyer have got horror cred
following their excellent debut Starry Eyes,
and they’ve assembled a hell of a cast. Jason
Clarke and Amy Seimetz star as Louis and
Rachel Creed, who pack up and move to a
beautiful new home in Maine. Their friendly
neighbour Jud (John Lithgow) tells them
about the old Pet Sematary, where the kids
used to bury their dead animals. But there’s
another sematary further into the trees,
where things that are laid to rest sometimes
come back. They’re just not the same as they
were before they went into the ground...
Given just how nasty Starry Eyes got, we
should expect the directors to fully embrace
the grim, deeply horrible horror at the heart
of King’s story and they’ve already assured
fans that they’re aiming for an R-rating.
While IT: Chapter 2 is the arguably the
biggest of the studio horror releases next
yea r, Pet Sematary could be the one to
determine whether or not the Stephen King
movie renaissance is here to stay or if the
ground is sour. We’ve got our hopes up.