Shaman, directed by Antonio Negret and written by his brother Daniel — with some additional Negrets working behind the scenes — is a familiar but interesting tale of modern-day demonic possession. Filmed on location in Ecuador, it’s scare fare with a little something extra. Perhaps not enough to entirely succeed overall, but certainly enough to […]
After offering sneak peeks at this summer’s hottest titles, Collider returns with an Exclusive Preview Event focused on fall releases you won’t want to miss. Covering over 50 unreleased titles, the preview event took place throughout this week, updating fans and cinephiles alike. A social media moderator becomes a key participant in solving a shocking murder case […]
Any seasoned horror fan has seen their share of possession films. From The Exorcist (1973) to The Conjuring (2013), the genre has produced countless iterations of a tried and true format. The subject, usually young or otherwise vulnerable, encounters a demonic entity through direct contact with a cursed artifact, entrance into a forbidden locale, or […]
In Shaman, director Antonio Negret and screenwriter Daniel Negret venture into the terrain of folk horror, possession, and postcolonial views, weaving together a tale that is equal parts exorcism and indictment of spiritual assimilation. The picture, set in rural Ecuador, appears to follow familiar possession genre patterns at first, but it gradually evolves into something […]
Last year, we heard that Barry Levinson, director of Best Picture winner Rain Man (for which Levinson also won the Best Director Oscar), was producing a mystery thriller called American Sweatshop with Oz showrunner Tom Fontana, and Riverdale, Look Both Ways, and Hustlers star Lili Reinhart had been cast in the lead role. Now, it has been announced that American Sweatshop is set to receive a […]
Hopefully you like movies that keep you on the edge of your seat because, in 2025, there will be many of them. A handful of exciting thriller movies are on the way, from whodunits that will keep you guessing until the end to espionage dramas to book-to-movie adaptations of popular mystery-thriller books. So chances are, […]
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There’s a moment in Shaman where silence feels like a scream. A breath held too long, a prayer whispered too late. In Antonio Negret’s deeply unsettling possession thriller, the horror doesn’t just lie in demonic growls or shadows slithering across the walls—it’s in the quiet unraveling of belief. Of a mother’s certainty. Of the fragile […]
Brainstorm Media has acquired North American rights to the social media thriller “American Sweatshop,” starring Lili Reinhart, TheWrap can exclusively reveal. The film, which premiered at SXSW, marks the feature directorial debut of Emmy-nominated filmmaker and cinematographer Uta Briesewitz (“Severance”) and will be released later this year. The film is produced by Anita Elsani (“Operation […]
Myriad Pictures will launch international sales in Cannes on Queen Of The Ring, the biopic of pioneering female pro wrestler Mildred Burke starring Emily Bett Rickards, Josh Lucas, Walton Goggins, and Tyler Posey. Myriad founder Kirk D’Amico and his team will screen the film in the market. Ash Avildsen directs from a screenplay by Avildsen and […]