sandwichjohnfilms

The Phoenix Film Festival and International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival have announced a special horror themed film series, “Faith, Fear and Film” taking place at Harkins Scottsdale 101 that will showcase religious/horror themed films followed by an in-depth discussion with film experts. The series will lead up to the Arizona premiere of A24’s SAINT MAUD as part of the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival. SAINT MAUD is the debut film from writer-director Rose Glass. The scheduled lineup is as follows: · THE WICKER MAN (1973) – Wednesday, March 4 at 7:00 p.m. o Synopsis: A puritan Police Sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl who the townsfolk claim never existed; stranger still are the pagan rites that take place there. Directed by Robin Hardy. Starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee and Diane Cilento. · THE CONJURING (2013) – Wednesday, March 11 at 7:00 p.m. o Synopsis: Before there was Amityville, ther...

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously... again? You'll have your chance this Friday, April 1 when A24's THE WITCH, "a film so f*cked up, Satan would see it twice," comes back into theaters nationwide for a limited time. Once more, experience the unnerving terror of Robert Eggers' instant horror classic. In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family's frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another become...

Hyped horror film only casts a modest spell. Review by Brandon Wolfe After its debut at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Robert Eggers’ The Witch cultivated a buzz that heralded it as the next great horror masterpiece. Here, the reviews proclaimed, was one of those truly rare gems, a horror film that operated as something like art, both genuinely frightening and impeccably crafted. Hearing chatter like this is a surefire way to get horror fans salivating a puddle at their feet, given the steady diet of slop being a fan of the genre requires one to consume. After endless streams of lousy sequels and cookie-cutter Blumhouse offerings, the prospect of a horror film at a top-shelf level of quality will always be greeted like a frosty Gatorade in the sun-scorched dunes of the Sahara. But now a film like The Witch has to grapple with living up to such effusive, effervescent praise. Being better than Insidious VII is no longer good enough. It now has to be one for the books, something t...

Don't take your eyes off the new trailer for THE WITCH . Please find the chilling and disturbing third trailer for writer/director Robert Eggers' masterful exercise in terror, in theaters nationwide on February 19. Also, visit the newly launched "Face of Evil" site and design your own Evil Takes Many Forms poster at EvilTakesManyForms.com . In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family's frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and...

For your daily dose of dread-soaked terror, please find the hypnotic and unsettling new trailer for A24's THE WITCH , in theaters nationwide on February 19. Additionally, "The Hare" joins "The Raven" and "Black Phillip" for a delicious poster triptych of evil. In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family's frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an ev...

THE WITCH will be chilling your bones this winter one week earlier. This year's most anticipated horror movie will now open nationwide in theaters on FEBRUARY 19, 2016. Look out for the brand new trailer on Tuesday, January 12. In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family's frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members a...

Here is the final poster for A24's THE WITCH , a chilling and groundbreaking horror film that explores what happens when a God-fearing New England family crosses paths with evil. In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family's frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members accuse teenage daughter Thomasin of witchcraft, cha...

THE WITCH is celebrating Friday the 13th with the introduction of The Raven . A messenger of the Devil, The Raven invites you to commune with him through Twitter and Snapchat for new content in the weeks to come. The film stars Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson. New site here: www.EvilTakesManyForms.com In Theaters February 26, 2016 In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family's frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately -...