Zeb Wells is bringing Buck Rogers into the 21st century. Wicked: For Good‘s John M. Chu talks about not showing Dorothy off. Plus, Osgood Perkins and Tatiana Maslany are already teaming up for another movie after Keeper. To me, my Spoilers!
The Conjuring
The InSneider reports that James Wan will return to help produce a new Conjuring film, a prequel to the supposedly complete series. Rodrigue Huart is in talks to direct the film, with Last Rites‘ Richard Naing and Ian Goldberg reportedly on board to write the script.
Buck Rogers
According to Deadline, Zeb Wells has been hired to write a Buck Rogers movie for Legendary Entertainment. Unfortunately, no further details are currently available.
The Young People
Deadline reports Tatiana Maslany, Brendan Hines, Cush Jumbo, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville, Lexi Minetree, and Lily Collias have joined the cast of Osgood Perkins’ The Young People in undisclosed roles.
FOMO
Bloody-Disgusting also reports Kurtis David Harder will direct FOMO, a “horror-thriller” described as “Midsommar meets Squid Game.” Written by Yalun Tu, the story concerns “a party trip to the Greek islands that turns sinister when a group of friends realize they’ve become unwilling participants in an ancient ritual with life-or-death stakes. Survive a series of hedonistic trials and be rewarded with an endless lifetime of pleasure; fail, and be offered as a sacrifice to the gods. The party only ends when the last man is standing…”
Wicked: For Good
During a recent interview with People, John M. Chu revealed Wicked: For Good will not reveal Dorothy’s face.
I didn’t want to step on who you think Dorothy is in whatever story that you came into this with [The movie] is still Elphaba and Glinda’s journey, and she is a pawn in the middle of all of it.
Meanwhile, a new featurette focuses on how the film brings Elphaba and Glinda’s friendship to its climax.
Hello Kitty
Warner Bros. has announced a Hello Kitty movie is now in development and will reach theaters July 21, 2028.
Deathstalker
Bloody-Disgusting also reports Steven Kostanski’s Deathstalker remake will be available on VOD this November 11.
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
When the sole reader of a self-published guide on surviving the apocalypse contacts the author, doomsday suddenly strikes exactly as written in the trailer for Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy.
Ghosts
Finally, Spoiler TV has images from “T-Daddy,” the November 13 episode of Ghosts. As always, click through to see the rest.
[This story contains spoilers for The Conjuring: Last Rites.]
Billed as the “fourth-and-final” film in The Conjuring series, Last Rites has grossed a franchise record of nearly $500 million at the worldwide box office. That puts director Michael Chaves in the unenviable position of having to answer questions about the subfranchise’s future and whether a tenth film is in the cards for the greater Conjuring universe. (If you’re a truther for Chaves’ 2019 feature debut, The Curse of La Llorona, then it’d be the eleventh film.)
“It’s absolutely done. It’s absolutely the end. No more Conjuring movies,” Chaves cheekily tells The Hollywood Reporter in support of Last Rites‘ recent digital debut and Nov. 25 4K release.
In any event, Last Rites very much feels like a sendoff for Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga‘s demonologist characters, Ed and Lorraine Warren. The film even ends with Lorraine’s prophetic vision of their remaining years together as grandparents. But unlike other series cappers, Last Rites didn’t try to be a summation of every demonic threat the duo has ever encountered, instead opting for another familial story by way of 1986’s Smurl haunting in Pennsylvania.
“One of the references that I kept on giving [for a final chapter] was Logan. I’ve always loved how Logan wasn’t this big, sprawling movie where every villain is unleashed on Wolverine,” Chaves says. “These fan-made trailers would show up online, and every demon that the Warrens have ever trapped is unleashed. So I thought it was awesome, but I was like, ‘I’m so glad we’re not doing that version of the movie.’ Ultimately, it would be a very hollow experience.”
Last Rites also ends with Wilson’s Ed essentially passing the torch to his soon-to-be son-in-law, Tony Spera (Ben Hardy), followed by the nuptials between Tony and the Warrens’ daughter, Judy (Mia Tomlinson). The wedding ceremony allowed the franchise to have a sequence à la Tony Stark’s funeral in Avengers: Endgame, where familiar faces from all the Conjuring movies appear and show their gratitude to the family that saved them from various malevolent forces.
To name just a few, Lili Taylor and Mackenzie Foy returned as Caroyln and Cindy Perron from James Wan’s franchise-launching The Conjuring (2013), and Wan himself also cameoed. Sadly, scheduling conflicts prevented Joey King and Ron Livingston from reprising their roles as fellow Perron family members.
But the biggest heartbreak of all involves Vera Farmiga’s younger sister, Taissa Farmiga, who starred as Sister Irene in the Conjuring universe’s two ’50s-set Nun movies. Chaves directed her in 2023’s The Nun II, which confirmed that Irene and Lorraine’s resemblance was not just because the roles were being played by real-life sisters. They’re fictionally from the same bloodline too. Alas, scheduling also prevented Taissa from appearing in the wedding scene, however, she wouldn’t have been aged up with prosthetics to play a 56-year-old Irene.
“The idea of bringing in this long lost relative in Sister Irene, and then also dealing with the difference of age, was too complex once you did the math. It would’ve become too big and too sprawling,” Chaves admits. “I did text Taissa to say, ‘You should show up at the wedding, just as a little glimpse, a cameo. We won’t worry about the [25-year] age gap or anything.’ But she was shooting something, and we couldn’t do that.”
Below, during a recent conversation with THR, Chaves also addresses his own future among the Conjuring universe’s brain trust.
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After a franchise record $482 million worldwide, are we sure The Conjuring: Last Rites is still the last hurrah for Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s Ed and Lorraine Warren?
It’s absolutely done. It’s absolutely the end. No more Conjuring movies. (Chaves smiles after his tongue-in-cheek answer.)
Patrick Wilson’s Ed Warren and Vera Farmiga’s Lorraine Warren in Michael Chaves‘ The Conjuring: Last Rites.
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What led to the current decision in the first place? Did Patrick and Vera feel like they’ve gone as far as they can go with these characters?
It really came from a place of wanting to end on our own terms. I love and grew up with the Nightmare on Elm Street series. It’s such a fun, in some ways, horror franchise, and it’s really innovative. They just kept on making those until they couldn’t make them anymore. So the hope with [Last Rites] was to tell a final chapter that would bring it all together and be a really nice close to the series and give people a conclusion.
Your previous Conjuring movie did very well at the box office despite being a day-and-date release ($206 million against a $39 million budget). But seeing what Last Rites put on the board as a theatrical exclusive, have you tortured yourself yet over what The Devil Made Me Do It would’ve done under normal circumstances?
No, not at all. Conjuring 3 was such a hard journey, and it was such a hard movie to make before going into COVID. [Writer’s Note: The pandemic also upended the film’s scheduled reshoot period.] I didn’t even know if the movie was going to come out. I didn’t even know if the world was going to survive. So I look back on that as an incredible victory and an incredible relief. That movie was either the first or second highest-grossing R-rated movie of the pandemic. It even made more money than The Suicide Squad. So the pandemic had a major impact on this business, and while we’re still feeling the repercussions, I totally count that as a victory. It did great considering those times.
We last spoke for The Nun II, and you intimated that the flash of Lorraine’s (Vera Farmiga) eyes in Sister Irene’s (Taissa Farmiga) vision was confirmation that they share the same bloodline. Did you and the rest of Conjuring brain trust know back then that you would at least try to bring them together in Conjuring 4?
That was as far as we could go with that storyline. We didn’t bring Irene into the fourth film, even though I love working with Taissa. I want to work with all the Farmigas eventually. But it just didn’t really work in the [Last Rites] storyline. The focus really was going to be Ed and Lorraine, and their relationship with their child, Judy. So the idea of bringing in this long lost relative in Sister Irene, and then also dealing with the difference of age, was too complex once you did the math. It would’ve become too big and too sprawling.
Going into the movie, one of the references that I kept on giving was Logan. I’ve always loved how Logan wasn’t this big, sprawling movie where every villain is unleashed on Wolverine. It was actually the smallest, most intimate Wolverine story, and by being the most intimate Wolverine story, it’s such a beautiful final chapter because it’s big emotionally.
When we were making Last Rites, these fan-made trailers would show up online, and every demon that the Warrens have ever trapped is unleashed. It was as if Ghostbusters was being applied to the Conjuring. So I saw that and thought it was awesome, but I was like, “I’m so glad we’re not doing that version of the movie.” There’d be a lot of busyness from going through the family tree of demons and Lorraine’s connections. And ultimately, it would be a very hollow experience.
Taissa Farmiga’s Sister Irene in The Nun II.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Wasn’t there a plan to age up Taissa for a wedding appearance?
No, there wasn’t. I don’t know where that was shared from. I did text Taissa to say, “You should show up at the wedding, just as a little glimpse, a cameo. We won’t worry about the [25-year] age gap or anything.” But she was shooting something, and we couldn’t do that.
At least you had Murph from Interstellar present. (Mackenzie Foy played one of the Perron kids in the first film.)
(Laughs.) Exactly.
I forgot Joey King was also in James Wan’s first Conjuring. You can’t include everyone, obviously, but was she or Ron Livingston ever thrown out there?
We were totally talking to them, but they were also shooting something else at the time. If we were all in the same city, then it would’ve been possible for them to just duck over, but we were shooting in England. Honestly, we were trying to get everybody who has ever been in a Conjuring movie into that wedding scene, but we just couldn’t. It’s really hard to schedule something like that.
James Wan’s future involvement in the franchise is reportedly up in the air at the moment, but do you think you’ll have a place at the table in whatever form the franchise takes?
Well, this is the final chapter. This is the last movie. We’re not going to make any more Conjuring. (Chaves again flashes a tongue-in-cheeksmile.) I don’t know. It’s been such a great journey, and I’ve loved being a part of it. So I would totally love to be called back.
Patrick Wilson’s Ed Warren, Ben Hardy’s Tony Spera and Vera Farmiga’s Lorraine Warren in Michael Chaves’ The Conjuring: Last Rites.
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When you cast the roles of Judy (Mia Tomlinson) and Tony (Ben Hardy) in this film, was the decision made with an eye toward the future as well?
The goal with casting them was just getting the best actors possible. Without a doubt. New Line told me this advice a long time ago, but in terms of planting seeds for sequels, they always say, “Just make the best movie possible and let the audience tell you they want a sequel.” There’s been so many examples through the years of filmmakers planting all these seeds or proposing these big universes and imagining these big slates that never end up going anywhere. The core movie just wasn’t great enough. So it was really just casting the best people possible.
Speaking of sequels, did you get a heads-up that the sequel to your feature debut, The Curse of La Llorona (2019), was on its way?
Oh yeah. I know everybody involved. So I’m very happy and very excited for them.
Lastly, you said something to me a couple years ago that I still ponder from time to time. You said that you were trying to rely less on past films for inspiration and more on outside sources such as photography. Are you still in that same mindset?
There’s this great site called ShotDeck, which became very popular. It has all these images from all these different classic movies, and everyone uses it as a reference. So I was also using that initially, and I thought it was incredible. But so much of The Nun II was inspired by ‘50s street photography, and it’s such a great place to get your ideas. You’re not just referencing movies; you’re actually referencing the real world. You’re getting great ideas from photographers that you might not have heard of before, so I’ve been trying to move into that and find my references from things that are outside of movies. It’s hard because we all love movies, and so it’s natural to have the kneejerk response of, “Oh, it’s just like that movie.” But I think my filmmaking has gotten better when the references I bring to the table are deeper and broader.
*** The Conjuring: Last Rites is now available on digital ahead of its Nov. 25 4K UHD Release.
Warner Bros. and Legendary horrors have taken over Six Flags Fright Fest to add more thrills to the national coaster theme park chain. Combining scares with metal behemoths of adrenaline-pumping rollercoasters is the main draw, but over the years, as competitors began to rely on major IP to up the ante, Six Flags has made some effort to catch up. Every year tends to improve upon the last; it’s still outpaced by the bigger names in the theme park industry, but with its 2024 initiated merger with Cedar Fair (which runs Knott’s Scary Farm), we were hopeful that things might be changing for the better.
io9 was invited to attend media night for the opening of the annual Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Southern California, which this year featured haunted houses from a host of cinema greats, including the Conjuring universe, Trick ‘r Treat, and Saw. While the latter two are repeat mazes from 2024, this year the Conjuring house was updated to reflect the latest film, The Conjuring: Last Rites. Here’s what we thought about the Halloween offerings at this year’s fright fest.
The Conjuring Universe: This house plays as a Warren family investigations greatest hits. It’s good, though; as you enter, you’re met face-to-face with Annabelle behind the glass (at first) before venturing through some of the scariest moments from the Warren files. It’s Fright Fest’s best house that perfectly evokes the scares of the Warrens’ most horrifying cases. You get to walk through their collection of haunted relics as they’re summoned around you. Yes, there’s a nun behind the portrait, but even though you know it, you’re simply not prepared to have that experience.
Like in the film, Valak comes out of the walls right at you, and your soul flies out of the room faster than you can get your body to follow. It does feel a little all over the place, as the fearsome highlights include the Perron possession case among the chaos of the iconic demon entities, an old-school filmstrip of the Crooked Man being expanded on walls warning of his presence, and Annabelle being freed in so many forms.Then, of course, there are devilish forces waiting to get their claws on you, which end up manifesting as a dark hidden form within the shadows that reaches out to you with long black claws as you make your escape.
Trick ‘r Treat: Based on the Halloween anthology film, this house feels so festive and fun as you venture into its horrors. Fright Fest did a really good job at establishing the vibe of an inviting spooky season neighborhood house you want to enter that only gets more and more nightmarish as you make your way further in. You encounter teases of the iconic Sam, the mischievous pumpkin-headed demon child that connects each of the stories in Trick ‘r Treat, while you relive the creepiest moments from the movie, which is a genre spookshow. There’s the teenage werewolf party in the forest where a girl dressed as Red Riding Hood hides a dark secret. Another great recreation includes the school bus haunting of kids who died on Halloween years ago that included the crashed vehicle, as well as the creepy masked kids who spring up on you from beyond. The fog in that room is perfectly deployed to make you discombobulated enough to not see them coming. But it’s the end, where Sam chases you through a mirror maze (I looped it twice) before meeting him in his throne room, that really shines as one of the park’s most fun Halloween experiences.
Scare Zones: There were several new interesting concepts this year! The twisted Wonderland area was a pastel fever dream with mad hatters and demented-looking rabbits chasing you. And just in time for the Oz renaissance, there was a steampunk take on the lore with an evil witch, tin man, lion, and flying monkeys lurking about. However, while the makeup designs were a highlight of inspired monster creations, the settings were really sparse, and there weren’t very fully formed environments to feel immersed in. At least there was a yellow brick road projection, but both Oz and Wonderland needed a showstopping backdrop. If there was one, it was too dark.
Saw: The Saw house plays up the torture device set pieces in creative and showstopping ways thanks to the actors in the houses, but it’s the scares that are lacking. The monsters that come at you are mostly the pig-masked hooded figures, which got really repetitive. And there was a big lack of Billy the Puppet. He only really appears once on his trike, if it’s working, which undercuts why he’s so scary when he’s supposed to be the figurehead that asks, “Do you wanna play a game?” When we went through, he was stuck on his automated track, and we nearly missed him. There was more Billy on the merch!
The Merch: Fright Fest shines with its original art merchandise based on the park’s original houses and roaming characters, such as the clown sliders, Medusa-inspired psychics, or retro zombie ladies. Those designs really capture the energy that makes Fright Fest unique and are usually an instant buy. This year it released some spooky Looney Tunes gear that was great despite there not being anything Looney in Bugs Bunny World besides a creepy carnival area. I was excited to buy a truly unhinged shirt that features Sylvester as the Bride of Frankenstein and Tweety as Frankenstein’s monster, which in a really weird way I sort of get. The merch for the movie properties, however, was a mixed bag; it would have been cool to get the Six Flags artists to do a take on the characters in The Conjuring, but those shirts mostly felt like licensed marketing images slapped on things.
Carnage: New for this year is a house that takes you into the fortress of an anarchic clown’s hub of madness and recruitment in a “city under siege.” While the house was fun and filled with chaotic jump scares, I couldn’t help but think this was maybe meant to be a Joker house. It doesn’t help that it was literally in the DC Universe area of the theme park! While going through, some set pieces reminded me of Joker moments from Suicide Squad and even Joker in aesthetic. At one point the clown leader jumps on a car and talks to you. So I was very distracted by how cool a Gotham run by Joker and his goons could have been to experience as a maze. The rights that Fright Fest has on how it can use DC characters remain so confusing, so maybe it would’ve been better to try and avoid the parallels here.
Themed foods/drinks: There was a variety of items based on just Halloween, but none inspired by the major IP houses, which I was looking forward to. But I’ll preface that with I was setting myself up for that disappointment here: I saw the official Six Flags Instagram promote drinks based off The Conjuring universe and thought they’d be at Magic Mountain. I mean, it’s the park closest to Hollywood and other major haunt competitors, so it would have made sense, right? So I was very surprised when I realized that the drink in question, Valak’s Vice, was nowhere to be found to represent the best house at the event.
Old houses: The last time I went to Fright Fest was before I had my now one-year-old child. So I was a little bummed to discover that a good number of houses I’ve already experienced were still there. And if there were recent additions, they felt so generically similar to older houses that I couldn’t tell you what’s new. This is something I hope changes, as I hope there’s more collaboration within the merger, allowing for a bit of the Knott’s Scary Farm magic to get sprinkled onto Fright Fest. Knott’s historically is the first park to really turn haunted houses into immersive storytelling you can experience through its legendary Scary Farm offerings and stands apart from the parks that rely on only movie and TV properties. Six Flags has the opportunity to be the best of both worlds with its WB and DC horror connections and its original houses within the sheer amount of good space they were given to build on. Here’s hoping the potential of the Knott’s merger sees an upgrade in years to come.
Hail, Bathsheba, The Conjuring franchise had a killer opening weekend at the box office. Over the course of the post–Labor Day weekend of September 5, The Conjuring: Last Rights made $194 million internationally, per Variety. That means it beat out 2017’s It, which scored $190 million, to become the best opening ever for a horror movie. The film also had the best box-office weekend ever for a film in the Conjuring franchise, which includes not only other Conjuring films but also the successful film The Nun and three Annabelle movies.
The movie’s wild success extends an all-timer run for Warner Bros.: The studio is now the first to have seven movies in a row debut at over $40 million, per Variety. The studio’s hot streak began withA Minecraft Movie, after which it scored consecutive hits with Sinners, Final Destination Bloodlines, F1, Superman, Weapons, and now Last Rites. That’s a lot of achievements in just one weekend. Below, find a list of every record The Conjuring: Last Rites could exorcise as it continues its run.
By its third weekend, The Conjuring: Last Rites passed $322 million worldwide. It is now the highest grossing of the direct “Conjuring” films, beating out 2016’s The Conjuring 2. It has now also passed The Nun, which made $366 million in 2018. Big Annabelle is really, really big.
Until now, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was the highest-grossing horror movie of 2025 internationally, with $365 million total. The Conjuring: Last Rites has made $372.9 million globally in its third week, becoming the highest-grossing horror movie of the year.
The highest grossing-horror movie of all time is the 2017 adaptation of It, whose opening-weekend record Last Rites already beat. Now, the question is if Last Rites will have the same legs as It. That movie ultimately made $702 million at the global box office. From here, The Conjuring will still have to magic up a significant sum to beat that high, but it’s already done it once. Don’t bet against Bathsheba.
The Conjuring: Last Rites had a massive opening weekend. The ninth film in the Conjuring franchise and fourth entry in the main series racked up over $190 million globally and set a new record for horror films. And it continues Warner Bros’ incredible and historic hot streak.
Arriving in theaters on September 5, The Conjuring: Last Rites brought in $84 million domestically alone, making it the largest domestic opening in the franchise’s history. The horror flick, which stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, collected $110 million internationally, as reported by Variety. Combined, the film brought in $194 million total.
That bonkers total, which far exceeds WB’s expectations, is not only the biggest opening in the franchise’s history, but it also beat out 2017’s It, which earned $190 million during its opening weekend, and is now the largest debut for a horror flick ever. The entire Conjuring universe, which started in 2013, now sits at $2.3 billion in earnings, making it the highest-grossing horror franchise of all time.
And despite lukewarm critical reviews, Last Rites continues WB’s impressive and historic box office hot streak. The Conjuring: Last Rites is now the seventh film in a row from WB to make $40 million or more during its opening weekend. It started with Minecraft in April and has continued with each WB movie released since then. This kind of hot streak has never happened before. Will it continue? WB’s next movie, One Battle After Another, might not be able to keep the streak going, but we’ll find out when it arrives in theaters later this month.
One final fact: The top three horror film openings in the United States are now The Conjuring: Last Rites, It, and It: Chapter Two. And guess which studio produced and distributed all of those films? Warner Bros.
After a longer-than-expected wait, the fictionalized versions of Ed and Lorraine Warren have financially gone out with a bang.
Per the Hollywood Reporter, this weekend’s The Conjuring: Last Rites has made $187 million worldwide. Of that, $83 million came domestically, becoming the best launch for a Conjuring movie, the third-biggest open for a horror movie overall, and well past initial projections from Warner Bros. and box office analysts. Internationally, its $104 million take also defied expectations and became the second horror biggest opening for a Hollywood horror movie.
Last Rites once again sees real-life couple Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as the Warrens as they investigate the Smurl hauntings. The movie’s marketing has leaned heavily on this being the pair’s last case as paranormal investigators, and by extension the end of the Warrens’ tenure in these movies. Despite that, The Conjuring itself isn’t going anywhere, as there’s a TV show in the works for HBO Max. Rites has earned mixed reviews, but nothing outside the norm for the overall franchise.
Outside of Conjuring, New Line’s Weapons continues to clean up. Now in its fifth week, the horror-thriller has made another $10 million worldwide—$5.4 million domestic, and $4.6 million international—to bring its overall total to $250 million. Earlier this week, New Line revealed the film would be hitting digital platforms on Tuesday, September 9 before its physical release on October 14. No word yet on an HBO Max date.
Looking ahead, the month’s theatrical genre movies include The Long Walk on September 12, Him and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey on September 19, and The Strangers: Chapter 2 on September 26.
Can we all just admit that it’s totally intentional at this point? These popcorn buckets are well out of hand. From the Dune 2 monster p*ssy to the glory hole Deadpool & Wolverine, there’s no limit to what perverted vessel we’ll be eating out of these days.
With the latest installment of Annabelle’s story, The Conjuring: Last Rites hitting theaters on September 5th, studios had to up the ante.
Since 2013, Warner Bros.’ Conjuring movies has been going along with mainline installments and spinoffs for various villains of the Warren family. But all scary things must come to some kind of end, and the upcoming The Conjuring 4 is aiming to bring the mothership series to some kind of close.
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Chaves has been brought on to direct the new film. All his previous films have been Conjuring offshoots such as The Curse of La Lloronaand The Nun II, along with the previous mainline film, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. This new film, subtitled Last Rites, will once again feature Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren as they deal with another supernatural problem only they can solve. Filming is expected to take place in the summer over in Atlanta.
Interestingly, THR notes that Conjuring 4 will be the final entry in the main series. What that means for the remainder of the Conjuring universe is up in the air: James Wan, a key creative for the whole enterprise, has taken his Atomic Monster banner over to Blumhouse. (Fellow collaborators like Gary Dauberman, David F. Sandberg, and Akela Cooper have either joined Wan or are focusing on their own projects.) A Conjuring TV show was announced back in April 2023, but it’s entirely possible that WB quietly gave it the axe between then and now. It’s doubtful Last Rites will mark the complete end of TheConjuring altogether, but it would allow WB to take a few years off and retool the franchise with some new creative staff on hand.
Halloween is here and during the week – so you have a whole pre weekend to enjoy the boo-tiful season. Why not spend an evening (or afternoon) chilling with your favorite snack and maybe some cannabis. Marijuana tends to a movie more immersive, the sensory bombardment brings out the thrill and makes you see and feel it much more.
So this is the prefect weekend for weed and a scary movie! Here are some suggestions.
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film directed by creative master James Whale. Bride of Frankenstein was the sequel release 1935 and as with the first film directed by James Whale. A cinema lover’s black and white delight with the addition of a couple of campy great scenes. Perfect bing watch.
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is a 1988 American is a fantasy, horror, comedy film directed byTim Burton.The visuals alone are worth the watch and you immerse yourself into the entire movie. One great singalong coupled with the rhythm of the movie will make for an enjoyable high.
Psycho
Psycho is a 1960 classic horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The pace is a slow build and allows you to feel each moment. With a tight cast, Hitchcock knows how to keep you focused in the move.
Hocus Pocus/ Hocus Pocus 2
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy Halloween movie film directed by Kenny Ortega. The sequel came out in2022 was directed by Anne Fletcher. Lighthearted fun movie with music and lots of visuals to delight all the senses. When the edibles hit, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy will be your besties and keep you humming, laughing and enjoying the colors and rhythm of the film.
The Shining
The Shining is a 1980 classic horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. Again, the visual and the script will draw you end and you will feel you are in the hotel. More of a true horror flick, be prepared for excitement and surprise.
The Conjuring is a 2013 supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and based on the true life of the Ed and Lorraine Warren, paranormal investigators and authors. This was the first of the movies in the Conjuring Universe and also the best. Definitely a nail biter and a movie to get the heart pumping.
Bonnie Aarons has been a major part of TheConjuringuniverse, initially as an actor in The Conjuring 2, and then as the title character of the spinoff series The Nun. Unfortunately, it seems this demon isn’t being given her due.
According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Aarons claims that she is not being paid what she is owed for the use of her likeness connected to The Nun movies. The initial contract she signed to play the character supposedly guaranteed her $71,500, along with a $175,000 bonus if the film performed well at the box office, as well as a share of merchandising profits. More specifically, her contract allegedly gave her her a “pro-rata share of 5% of 50% of the gross receipts.”
The suit Aarons filed claims that “Instead of accounting and paying in a transparent fashion, Warner Bros. obscures and hides the true amount of Ms. Aarons’ rightful share of merchandising revenues, all while continuing to exploit her.” When she reached out to ask for an itemized list of all the merchandizing streams with a breakdown of the math leading to her payout, she claims that she was sent a spreadsheet that omitted multiple known revenue streams for products featuring her likeness.
While The Nun has been out for a few years and its merchandise sales have undoubtedly gone down since its release, it was a huge film. To make matters even more egregious, the Conjuring universe has grossed $2.1 billion dollars across all of its films. That makes it the number one most profitable horror film franchise of all time.
Aarons will be seen as the Nun once again in The Nun II, which is opening in theaters on September 8.
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There seem to be two kinds of people in this world — those who are genuinely frightened by horror movies, and those who dismiss them as nothing more than some predictable jump scares and plot devices. Either type of person can enjoy a horror film, just in different ways. But no matter how scary — or not scary — you deem a film to be, there’s no denying that the productions behind many of these movies are a little, well, cursed.
Now, we’re not saying that there was any real paranormal activity going on behind the scenes of The Exorcistor The Conjuring, but you’d be surprised to learn just how many bizarre and sometimes tragic incidents occurred while making these movies. Does it have anything to do with the fact that these films deal with occult-ish matters? Or is it merely a coincidence? Sure, accidents happen on movie sets from other genres, but there seems to be a trend with films that focus on the supernatural.
Typically, these on-set accidents can be attributed to more explainable causes — such as unsafe working conditions and pre-existing health complications. However, in the cases of these 10 movies, it almost seems like there’s some sort of curse at play. Sure, some might call it bad luck, but the filmmakers and actors involved believe there’s more to it than that. Learn more about the “curses” that plagued these scary movies — and then decide for yourself whether or not you think otherworldly forces were involved.
10 Horror Movies That Are Supposedly Cursed
From mysterious on-set accidents to unexplainable audience reactions, these movies have all gained a reputation for being cursed.
