
Emil Rudd’s performance as Nami in the One Piece live-action adaptation by Netflix has made her a fan favorite. She shot to fame as soon as the series came out, and ever since then, she has developed quite a big fanbase who are eager to watch her play Nami once again in the second season of One Piece live-action.
Emily Rudd as Nami in One Piece live-action | Netflix
While playing Nami is one of her best performances in her career, it certainly is not the first or the best thing that has happened to her. Her acting journey started in the early 2010s when she started featuring in music videos, and ever since then, she has not stopped. She has done about six movies and a few TV shows.
However, according to critics, her best-rated work is the movie Fear Street Part Three: 1666, which is the third installment in the Fear Street trilogy,...
Emily Rudd as Nami in One Piece live-action | Netflix
While playing Nami is one of her best performances in her career, it certainly is not the first or the best thing that has happened to her. Her acting journey started in the early 2010s when she started featuring in music videos, and ever since then, she has not stopped. She has done about six movies and a few TV shows.
However, according to critics, her best-rated work is the movie Fear Street Part Three: 1666, which is the third installment in the Fear Street trilogy,...
- 7/22/2024
- by Tarun Kohli
- FandomWire
Netflix’s release of the newest Fear Street trilogy has got everyone talking. And for a good reason, too, the trilogy of films is based on R.L Stine’s Fear Street book series, which was published in the ’90s. Those who grew up in the ’90s probably remember how big of a deal the Fear Street books were. I spent many afternoons glued to my copy of The New Girl, eager to discover what would happen next. And who could forget the chill-inducing commercials for TV movies?
If you’re feeling nostalgic or just curious about what all the fuss was about, then you’re in luck. This blog post will provide a complete list of all the Fear Street movies. So whether you’re looking to relive some childhood memories or are simply curious about these cult classics and want to watch “Fear Street Series,” we have listed each film with the official trailer.
If you’re feeling nostalgic or just curious about what all the fuss was about, then you’re in luck. This blog post will provide a complete list of all the Fear Street movies. So whether you’re looking to relive some childhood memories or are simply curious about these cult classics and want to watch “Fear Street Series,” we have listed each film with the official trailer.
- 11/9/2022
- by Israr
- buddytv.com

20th Digital Studio’s Bite Size Halloween Brings 20 Spooky Shorts from Diverse, Emerging Filmmakers for Huluween: "In celebration of Huluween, 20th Digital Studio’s Bite Size Halloween series of spooky shorts is back for a third season! Twenty new shorts from exciting emerging filmmakers premiere October 1 on Hulu, blending genres like horror, comedy, sci-fi, thriller, and more.
Shot in seven different countries, this season takes on topical issues such as racism, gender, parenthood, sexuality, and identity. Snatched (dir. Michael Schwartz) features Tatiana Maslany (“She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law”) in her first on-screen role with husband Brendan Hines (“Locke & Key”). Misha Osherovich (“Freaky”) stars as their son.
Other shorts feature familiar faces like Brigette Lundy-Paine (“Atypical”), Lin Shaye (“Insidious”), David Costabile (“Breaking Bad”), and former “Glow” co-stars Rebekka Johnson and singer-songwriter Kate Nash who co-wrote/directed/star in a short featuring Nash’s original music.
David Worthen Brooks, 20th Digital Studio head...
Shot in seven different countries, this season takes on topical issues such as racism, gender, parenthood, sexuality, and identity. Snatched (dir. Michael Schwartz) features Tatiana Maslany (“She-Hulk: Attorney-at-Law”) in her first on-screen role with husband Brendan Hines (“Locke & Key”). Misha Osherovich (“Freaky”) stars as their son.
Other shorts feature familiar faces like Brigette Lundy-Paine (“Atypical”), Lin Shaye (“Insidious”), David Costabile (“Breaking Bad”), and former “Glow” co-stars Rebekka Johnson and singer-songwriter Kate Nash who co-wrote/directed/star in a short featuring Nash’s original music.
David Worthen Brooks, 20th Digital Studio head...
- 10/13/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead

The Vigil
The first two acts of Keith Thomas’ film are effective enough, as a young man named Yakov, having recently left Orthodox Jewish community after a traumatic incident, is tasked with keeping vigil over a recently deceased man who he soon finds had been targeted by a dangerous spirit. But it’s in the third act when the film becomes truly special as Thomas merges themes of Jewish demonology, grief, and faith into perhaps the most satisfyingly bittersweet ending of any movie this year. Huge credit is also due to Dave Davis, who as Yakov carries a lot of the heavy lifting both in the turmoil from his past and the terrifying entity that’s got him in its crosshairs. It’s quite haunting and also incorporates interesting themes about finding your path in the world even after living through unimaginable heartbreak.
Halloween Kills
If you’ve listened to...
The first two acts of Keith Thomas’ film are effective enough, as a young man named Yakov, having recently left Orthodox Jewish community after a traumatic incident, is tasked with keeping vigil over a recently deceased man who he soon finds had been targeted by a dangerous spirit. But it’s in the third act when the film becomes truly special as Thomas merges themes of Jewish demonology, grief, and faith into perhaps the most satisfyingly bittersweet ending of any movie this year. Huge credit is also due to Dave Davis, who as Yakov carries a lot of the heavy lifting both in the turmoil from his past and the terrifying entity that’s got him in its crosshairs. It’s quite haunting and also incorporates interesting themes about finding your path in the world even after living through unimaginable heartbreak.
Halloween Kills
If you’ve listened to...
- 1/6/2022
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead

At Comic-Con@Home on Friday, Netflix unveiled a never-before-seen blooper reel for its acclaimed horror trilogy, Fear Street.
The three-parter directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series of the same name, taking place in the years 1994, 1978 and 1666.
Part One picks up in ’94, watching as a group of teenagers discover that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected—and that they may be the next target. Parts Two and Three offer a deeper dive into the sinister history of Shayside, following the town through a nightmare 300 years in the making.
Janiak wrote the script for Part One: 1994 with Phil Graziadei. She scripted Part Two: 1978 with Zak Olkewicz. Part Three: 1666 was penned by Graziadei, Janiak and Kate Trefry.
Part One’s cast included Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman, Maya Hawke,...
The three-parter directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series of the same name, taking place in the years 1994, 1978 and 1666.
Part One picks up in ’94, watching as a group of teenagers discover that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected—and that they may be the next target. Parts Two and Three offer a deeper dive into the sinister history of Shayside, following the town through a nightmare 300 years in the making.
Janiak wrote the script for Part One: 1994 with Phil Graziadei. She scripted Part Two: 1978 with Zak Olkewicz. Part Three: 1666 was penned by Graziadei, Janiak and Kate Trefry.
Part One’s cast included Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, Fred Hechinger, Ashley Zukerman, Maya Hawke,...
- 7/24/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV

It’s been an exciting few weeks, but we have finally made it to the conclusion of Leigh Janiak’s Fear Street trilogy, as she takes us back to the year 1666 where everything began with Sarah Fier’s curse that has a hold over the residents of Shadyside and has seemingly left those living in nearby Sunnyvale thriving and unaffected by the witch’s influence from beyond the grave. As someone who has really enjoyed both the 1994 and 1978 Fear Street installments of this series, I’m completely in awe of how well everything comes together in Fear Street Part Three: 1666, where we not only take a terrifying trip to the past that sheds new light on just what exactly happened to Sarah Fier, but also satisfyingly wraps up the story of Deena (Kiana Madeira), Sam (Olivia Scott Welch) and Josh (Benjamin Flores Jr.) as well, as they set out to...
- 7/16/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead

“Fear Street Part 3: 1666” isn’t just the best of the Netflix horror trilogy; it also recasts the prior two entries, “1994” and “1978,” in a more favorable light by deepening the mythology and underscoring just how crucial it is to watch all three chapters consecutively. Taken on their own, any one of these films loosely based on R.L. Stine’s novels would be an above-average genre throwback. Together, they amount to one of the more involving horror series in recent memory.
Despite their subtitles, the three “Fear Street” movies aren’t truly separated by decades and centuries: Their timelines quite literally bleed into one another. That’s especially true in the trilogy-concluding “1666,” which partially takes place in the year of its title and, in keeping with the series’ witchy mysticism, exclusively features actors from the first two installments playing their 17th-century counterparts. These youths feel as though they both are...
Despite their subtitles, the three “Fear Street” movies aren’t truly separated by decades and centuries: Their timelines quite literally bleed into one another. That’s especially true in the trilogy-concluding “1666,” which partially takes place in the year of its title and, in keeping with the series’ witchy mysticism, exclusively features actors from the first two installments playing their 17th-century counterparts. These youths feel as though they both are...
- 7/16/2021
- by Michael Nordine
- Variety Film + TV

[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Fear Street Part 1: 1994.”]
Author R.L. Stine’s long-running YA series “Fear Street” might be decidedly PG in its thrills, chills, and kills, but when it came time to transfer his creepy vision to the big screen, things took one hell of an R-rated turn. In filmmaker Leigh Janiak’s Netflix trilogy, the stakes are very real, and so too is the gore level, which unspools via a wide variety of icky, bloody, and just plain scary kills.
“Right away, I was like, these have to be R-rated slasher movies,” Janiak said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “I was thinking about being 10 and 11 and sneaking to the video store and renting things I wasn’t supposed to rent, like ‘Child’s Play’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street.’ That was an important part, always, for me.”
Janiak’s trilogy, while somewhat loosely based on Stine’s many “Fear Street” novels,...
Author R.L. Stine’s long-running YA series “Fear Street” might be decidedly PG in its thrills, chills, and kills, but when it came time to transfer his creepy vision to the big screen, things took one hell of an R-rated turn. In filmmaker Leigh Janiak’s Netflix trilogy, the stakes are very real, and so too is the gore level, which unspools via a wide variety of icky, bloody, and just plain scary kills.
“Right away, I was like, these have to be R-rated slasher movies,” Janiak said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “I was thinking about being 10 and 11 and sneaking to the video store and renting things I wasn’t supposed to rent, like ‘Child’s Play’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street.’ That was an important part, always, for me.”
Janiak’s trilogy, while somewhat loosely based on Stine’s many “Fear Street” novels,...
- 7/4/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire

[Editor’s note: The following post contains light spoilers for “Fear Street Part 1: 1994.”]
Romances tend to not last too long in slasher films. There is, after all, a reason why the most consistent survival trope in horror films is “the final girl,” not “the final couple.” But it doesn’t have to be that way. Filmmaker Leigh Janiak gets that, and while her ambitious, time-spanning “Fear Street” trilogy giddily unpacks and twists all manner of horror ideas, finding a new way into a central love story is perhaps its most subversive concept.
Janiak’s three “Fear Street” films, rolling out on Netflix over the next three weeks, are based on R.L. Stine’s YA horror novels of the same name and, like Stine’s books, don’t treat its teen audience or characters with kid gloves. That extends into both the gore level and the honesty with which it tackles even the non-scary stuff, like its love stories, including...
Romances tend to not last too long in slasher films. There is, after all, a reason why the most consistent survival trope in horror films is “the final girl,” not “the final couple.” But it doesn’t have to be that way. Filmmaker Leigh Janiak gets that, and while her ambitious, time-spanning “Fear Street” trilogy giddily unpacks and twists all manner of horror ideas, finding a new way into a central love story is perhaps its most subversive concept.
Janiak’s three “Fear Street” films, rolling out on Netflix over the next three weeks, are based on R.L. Stine’s YA horror novels of the same name and, like Stine’s books, don’t treat its teen audience or characters with kid gloves. That extends into both the gore level and the honesty with which it tackles even the non-scary stuff, like its love stories, including...
- 7/2/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire

As someone who absolutely adores slasher movies and considers Wes Craven’s Scream to be one of the best and most consistent franchises ever committed to celluloid, I was the prime audience for Leigh Janiak’s Fear Street: 1994, which lovingly pays tribute to Scream in a variety of ways (including Marco Beltrami’s score from the original film), but also sets out to do its own thing as well. And while Fear Street: 1994 absolutely nails all of its slasher tropes and fully embraces mid-’90s nostalgia to a T, what I really appreciated is how the story is also infused with a supernatural bent, making it a standout effort from Janiak and everyone involved that does a brilliant job of creating something of a horror-centric cinematic universe utilizing the works of R.L. Stine as its backdrop.
Fear Street: 1994 opens at the Shadyside Mall with a brutal killing that is chalked...
Fear Street: 1994 opens at the Shadyside Mall with a brutal killing that is chalked...
- 7/2/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead


Among the many excitements and unexpected joys of Leigh Janiak’s bloody and fiendish “Fear Street” trilogy of films, which debuts with “Part One: 1994” on Friday, is a lesbian romance that runs through the center of all the movies.
Though the three “Fear Street” movies jump backward in time and operate as standalone stories, starting with 1994, then 1978 and finally 1666, one of the connecting threads of the films is the relationship between the two young female leads Deena (Kiana Madeira) and Samantha (Olivia Scott Welch).
The films are all set in the cursed town of Shadyside, dubbed “Murder Capital U.S.A.,” and in “Part One,” we learn that Deena and Samantha have broken up and are on the rocks after Samantha crossed to the other side of the tracks in the neighboring, rival town of Sunnyvale. Shadysiders are consistently belittled and looked down at by their wealthier and better-off neighbors,...
Though the three “Fear Street” movies jump backward in time and operate as standalone stories, starting with 1994, then 1978 and finally 1666, one of the connecting threads of the films is the relationship between the two young female leads Deena (Kiana Madeira) and Samantha (Olivia Scott Welch).
The films are all set in the cursed town of Shadyside, dubbed “Murder Capital U.S.A.,” and in “Part One,” we learn that Deena and Samantha have broken up and are on the rocks after Samantha crossed to the other side of the tracks in the neighboring, rival town of Sunnyvale. Shadysiders are consistently belittled and looked down at by their wealthier and better-off neighbors,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap

When filmmaker Leigh Janiak signed on for her first studio outing after the success of her 2014 indie horror hit “Honeymoon,” she went pretty big: not just one film, but three, an interconnected trilogy of horror features based on R.L. Stine’s beloved bestselling “Fear Street” series. As the trilogy — a time-spanning series that turns Stine’s sprawling collection of stories into an ambitious, gory new horror franchise — readies to roll out on Netflix over the next three weeks, Janiak is thrilled with how it all turned out, even if the road there was a little scary.
The film was originally set up at 20th Century Fox back in 2015, as part of production company Chernin Entertainment’s long-running pact with the studio. Janiak and her writing partner Phil Graziadei came on board in 2017, and readied to craft a trilogy of films for theatrical release in the summer of 2020. Disney’s acquisition...
The film was originally set up at 20th Century Fox back in 2015, as part of production company Chernin Entertainment’s long-running pact with the studio. Janiak and her writing partner Phil Graziadei came on board in 2017, and readied to craft a trilogy of films for theatrical release in the summer of 2020. Disney’s acquisition...
- 7/1/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire


Shadyside has always been, well, Shady, Since the late 17th century, the town has never managed to become anything other than the place everyone wants to leave: insubstantial employment, high crime, little hope for the youth. Certainly in comparison with their neighbour town Sunnyvale, which, as the name suggests, is a lot better off in pretty much every respect. But then, perhaps Shadyside has itself to blame, what with hanging a witch who then cursed the town for eternity. The Fear Street Trilogy has come to Netflix: three films over three weeks, directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), co-written by Janiak and Phil Graziadei, based on the teen horror books by R.L. Stine. Going in reverse chronological order, the first film sets itself in 1994: a...
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- 6/30/2021
- Screen Anarchy

Debuting July 2 and rolling out a fresh installment every Friday for three weeks, Netflix’s new “Fear Street” trilogy slices and dices R.L. Stine’s other book series — less popular but slightly more grown-up than the fright-meister’s best-selling “Goosebumps” franchise — into three feature-length horror movies, each one detailing a different bloodbath in small-town Shadyside.
“Fear Street Part 1: 1994” takes a page from “Stranger Things” as director Leigh Janiak appeals to audiences’ near-past nostalgia, evoking a time when landlines and shopping malls were still a thing. The strategy supplies an intriguing retro veneer to an otherwise generic showdown between several misfit teens and their waking nightmares. Set two years before Wes Craven’s “Scream” clued horror fans into the genre’s most enduring clichés, “Part 1” faithfully plays by certain codes while bending others.
For example, a young woman bites it in the stylized opening scene (set in and around an atmospherically lit B.
“Fear Street Part 1: 1994” takes a page from “Stranger Things” as director Leigh Janiak appeals to audiences’ near-past nostalgia, evoking a time when landlines and shopping malls were still a thing. The strategy supplies an intriguing retro veneer to an otherwise generic showdown between several misfit teens and their waking nightmares. Set two years before Wes Craven’s “Scream” clued horror fans into the genre’s most enduring clichés, “Part 1” faithfully plays by certain codes while bending others.
For example, a young woman bites it in the stylized opening scene (set in and around an atmospherically lit B.
- 6/30/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV

The kitschy genius of Leigh Janiak’s “Fear Street” trilogy, which the writer-director has adapted for Netflix from R.L. Stine’s young adult horror books of the same name, is that each of its three chapters offers its own full-tilt throwback at the same time as they all bleed together into a wholly modern story. That story — a frothy but fanged tale of cursed outsiders, cyclical violence, power-mad white men, and virtually every other evil that seems top of mind these days — is plenty of the moment in its subject matter, but even more so in its construction.
At a time when the border that separates movies and television can seem like a relic from an outdated map, the “Fear Street” trilogy makes those divisions seem more irrelevant than ever. Here we have three feature-length titles set for release on consecutive Fridays, each of which belongs to a different tradition...
At a time when the border that separates movies and television can seem like a relic from an outdated map, the “Fear Street” trilogy makes those divisions seem more irrelevant than ever. Here we have three feature-length titles set for release on consecutive Fridays, each of which belongs to a different tradition...
- 6/30/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire


The film trilogy adapting R.L. Stine’s Fear Street book franchise is officially relocating its ominous traffic to streaming giant Netflix.
A deal has been closed that will see Netflix acquire the Fear Street films from Disney, reports Deadline. The plan now is to premiere each of the interconnected film entries—all directed by Leigh Janiak—in Summer 2021 at the interval of a month apart. Netflix’s early marketing plans will see the trilogy heralded by a campaign dubbed “The Summer of Fear.” While a solid release date was not provided, the summer window seems solid and shouldn’t be susceptible to Covid-dealt delays, since principal photography on the films has already wrapped.
While fans of Stine’s Fear Street—the author’s slightly-scarier, somewhat-sexified teen-aimed alternative to his signature Goosebumps books—certainly embraced this live-action adaptation, the film trilogy project was passed off by the coalition of 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment,...
A deal has been closed that will see Netflix acquire the Fear Street films from Disney, reports Deadline. The plan now is to premiere each of the interconnected film entries—all directed by Leigh Janiak—in Summer 2021 at the interval of a month apart. Netflix’s early marketing plans will see the trilogy heralded by a campaign dubbed “The Summer of Fear.” While a solid release date was not provided, the summer window seems solid and shouldn’t be susceptible to Covid-dealt delays, since principal photography on the films has already wrapped.
While fans of Stine’s Fear Street—the author’s slightly-scarier, somewhat-sexified teen-aimed alternative to his signature Goosebumps books—certainly embraced this live-action adaptation, the film trilogy project was passed off by the coalition of 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment,...
- 8/12/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek

Exclusive: And here we thought this was the summer of fear. Turns out, it’s a year away. Sources tell Deadline that Netflix just closed a deal with Disney to acquire a trilogy of interconnected Fear Street films adapted from R.L. Stine’s bestselling book series. Director Leigh Janiak has wrapped all three films, and the early plan is to run them a month apart next summer. This will be wrapped into a themed event that will be marketed by Netflix as The Summer of Fear.
It’s a natural landing place for the three films. Chernin Entertainment, which produced them, exited its Fox deal following the Disney acquisition. The Fear Street films were slated to be released theatrically by Fox, but that went sideways because the Disney release schedule is always so crowded, the pandemic shuttered movie theaters, and the subject matter is scarier than traditional Mouse fare.
Chernin...
It’s a natural landing place for the three films. Chernin Entertainment, which produced them, exited its Fox deal following the Disney acquisition. The Fear Street films were slated to be released theatrically by Fox, but that went sideways because the Disney release schedule is always so crowded, the pandemic shuttered movie theaters, and the subject matter is scarier than traditional Mouse fare.
Chernin...
- 8/11/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
While a sequel/reboot to 1996's The Craft has been on horror fans' radars since it was revealed back in 2015 that Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) was set to co-write (with Phil Graziadei) and direct the new film, the news front on the project has been relatively quiet in recent years... until now.
Deadline reports that Zoe Lister-Jones (director and co-star of Band Aid and known for her acting work in New Girl and Life in Pieces) will write and direct The Craft reboot, which is now in the works at Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures.
Jason Blum of Blumhouse and Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher of Red Wagon Entertainment will produce The Craft reboot, with the original film's director and co-writer, Andrew Fleming, on board as an executive producer along with Red Wagon Entertainment's Lucas Wiesendanger.
Back in 2017, Daniel Casey was brought in to do rewrites on the new Craft movie, which...
Deadline reports that Zoe Lister-Jones (director and co-star of Band Aid and known for her acting work in New Girl and Life in Pieces) will write and direct The Craft reboot, which is now in the works at Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures.
Jason Blum of Blumhouse and Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher of Red Wagon Entertainment will produce The Craft reboot, with the original film's director and co-writer, Andrew Fleming, on board as an executive producer along with Red Wagon Entertainment's Lucas Wiesendanger.
Back in 2017, Daniel Casey was brought in to do rewrites on the new Craft movie, which...
- 3/26/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything about the film adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street. But today we have an update from Stine himself saying that the three film projects are still in development at Fox.
Every day, people ask me if there will ever be movies based on the Fear Street books. The answer is yes. Three Fear Street movies are in the works at Fox. While you wait, you might try the newest book... pic.twitter.com/qzoPN9RLZE
— R.L. Stine (@RL_Stine) November 15, 2018
The three separate films will each get a theatrical release a month apart from each other. This is an interesting and innovative way of doing things. It will give audience the opportunity to binge watch these films in theaters. I don’t recall a trilogy of films ever being released a month apart from each other before.
Leigh Janiak is heading up the project.
Every day, people ask me if there will ever be movies based on the Fear Street books. The answer is yes. Three Fear Street movies are in the works at Fox. While you wait, you might try the newest book... pic.twitter.com/qzoPN9RLZE
— R.L. Stine (@RL_Stine) November 15, 2018
The three separate films will each get a theatrical release a month apart from each other. This is an interesting and innovative way of doing things. It will give audience the opportunity to binge watch these films in theaters. I don’t recall a trilogy of films ever being released a month apart from each other before.
Leigh Janiak is heading up the project.
- 11/20/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Simon Brew May 18, 2017
Sony gives its reboot of The Craft a push forward by hiring a new writer...
Sony, which already has a fresh take on Jumanji and Flatliners heading to cinemas this year (in separate films, we should note, not an odd crossover movie), is now set to definitely press ahead with a reboot of the 1990s favourite, The Craft.
The original film, that was directed and co-written by Andrew Fleming, centred on a bunch of teenage witches, and a girl who makes friends with them. It would be fair to say that, notwithstanding its relatively weak box office performance, it has many fans, to whom the movie means much. The new film is set to be directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), but things have been quiet regarding it for the past year or two, since word of the project first landed (and the internet, er, had its say...
Sony gives its reboot of The Craft a push forward by hiring a new writer...
Sony, which already has a fresh take on Jumanji and Flatliners heading to cinemas this year (in separate films, we should note, not an odd crossover movie), is now set to definitely press ahead with a reboot of the 1990s favourite, The Craft.
The original film, that was directed and co-written by Andrew Fleming, centred on a bunch of teenage witches, and a girl who makes friends with them. It would be fair to say that, notwithstanding its relatively weak box office performance, it has many fans, to whom the movie means much. The new film is set to be directed by Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon), but things have been quiet regarding it for the past year or two, since word of the project first landed (and the internet, er, had its say...
- 5/18/2017
- Den of Geek
Sony Pictures has been looking to invoke the spirit since they set Honeymoon co-writer/director Leigh Janiak to direct a new The Craft movie back in May of 2015. About one year later, it was revealed that the new movie would be more of a sequel than a remake of the beloved 1996 coming-of-age film about surviving high school, discovering yourself, making new friends... and performing witchcraft with them. Although it's been a while since we've heard any news updates on the new Craft movie, it's now being reported that a new writer has come aboard the project.
According to The Tracking Board, Daniel Casey has been hired by Sony to do rewrites on the script for the new Craft movie, which was written by Janiak with Honeymoon co-writer Phil Graziadei. Casey is reportedly also working on Fede Alvarez's adaptation of the comic book series Incognito and previously did some rewrites on 10 Cloverfield Lane.
According to The Tracking Board, Daniel Casey has been hired by Sony to do rewrites on the script for the new Craft movie, which was written by Janiak with Honeymoon co-writer Phil Graziadei. Casey is reportedly also working on Fede Alvarez's adaptation of the comic book series Incognito and previously did some rewrites on 10 Cloverfield Lane.
- 5/17/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of Andrew Fleming’s The Craft, and amidst the many fond remembrances of the cult horror film, producer Douglas Wick discussed Sony’s upcoming The Craft movie, revealing that the new film is being structured more as a sequel than a remake.
Speaking with HitFix, Wick talked about how the new Craft film—which will be directed by Leigh Janiak—shouldn’t necessarily be considered a “remake,” as it will take place in the same world as the original film and could even reference the events of the 1996 movie:
“I wouldn’t say that we wouldn’t so much call it a remake as a ‘twenty years later.’ There will be callbacks to the original movie, so you will see there is a connection between what happened in the days of The Craft, and how these young women come across this magic many years later.
Speaking with HitFix, Wick talked about how the new Craft film—which will be directed by Leigh Janiak—shouldn’t necessarily be considered a “remake,” as it will take place in the same world as the original film and could even reference the events of the 1996 movie:
“I wouldn’t say that we wouldn’t so much call it a remake as a ‘twenty years later.’ There will be callbacks to the original movie, so you will see there is a connection between what happened in the days of The Craft, and how these young women come across this magic many years later.
- 5/4/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
From The Craft and The Birds to The Fugitive and She's All That, the many film reboots and remakes currently in the works...
Over the years that Den Of Geek has been going, we've regularly been charting the assortment of reboots and remakes that are making their way through the Hollywood system. This, then, is the current state of play. We've removed a bunch of projects that seem utterly dead - the once mooted remakes of Videodrome and Timecrimes, for instance - but we'll keep this list up to date as and when we hear of more.
Without further ado, here's what's coming up...
Akira
One of Hollywood's most on and off projects, the current state of the live action Akira remake is that it's back in the works. Marco J Ramirez, the showrunner for season 2 of Netflix's Daredevil show, has been hired to pen a screenplay. Warner Bros is still backing the film,...
Over the years that Den Of Geek has been going, we've regularly been charting the assortment of reboots and remakes that are making their way through the Hollywood system. This, then, is the current state of play. We've removed a bunch of projects that seem utterly dead - the once mooted remakes of Videodrome and Timecrimes, for instance - but we'll keep this list up to date as and when we hear of more.
Without further ado, here's what's coming up...
Akira
One of Hollywood's most on and off projects, the current state of the live action Akira remake is that it's back in the works. Marco J Ramirez, the showrunner for season 2 of Netflix's Daredevil show, has been hired to pen a screenplay. Warner Bros is still backing the film,...
- 8/19/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Reviewed by Jesse Miller
MoreHorror.com
Director: Leigh Janiak
Writers: Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak
Starring: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway…
Synopsis: A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of their first night.
You never know what you’re getting with Honeymoon until it decides to show its cards in the finale of the film and even then, everything you thought you knew about the characters and how they relate to each other is changed. You think you might have figured Honeymoon out from its trailer or poster but listen to the old saying: don’t judge a book by its cover because there’s something rather wicked about these characters and it’s worth taking the journey for.
To me, Honeymoon is a horror with a mood similar to a 1970s slasher film. Everything from the sets to...
MoreHorror.com
Director: Leigh Janiak
Writers: Phil Graziadei & Leigh Janiak
Starring: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway…
Synopsis: A newlywed couple finds their lake-country honeymoon descend into chaos after Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of their first night.
You never know what you’re getting with Honeymoon until it decides to show its cards in the finale of the film and even then, everything you thought you knew about the characters and how they relate to each other is changed. You think you might have figured Honeymoon out from its trailer or poster but listen to the old saying: don’t judge a book by its cover because there’s something rather wicked about these characters and it’s worth taking the journey for.
To me, Honeymoon is a horror with a mood similar to a 1970s slasher film. Everything from the sets to...
- 8/19/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror


Prepare to be bewitched, again! Sony Pictures is remaking the 1996 horror film The Craft with the help of rising genre filmmaker Leigh Janiak. Janiak, who found recent success within the horror film genre with her 2014 flick Honeymoon, is set to direct the film's reboot. She will also co-write the new version of the cult classic with Phil Graziadei, whom she has worked together with before, penning the script to Janiak's 2014 breakthrough film. The Craft was originally directed by Andrew Fleming and starred Fairuza Balk, Rachel True, Robin Tunney and Neve Campbell, who has starred in other horror films such as the Scream franchise. Doug Wick, who produced the original '90s flick will be...
- 5/14/2015
- E! Online
If you’re a ’90s kid who has fond memories of playing “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” at slumber parties, it was likely in large part because of The Craft, the 1996 teen horror movies about four Catholic School girls who manage to tap into the occult.
And while we recently railed on Don’t Look Now getting remade, this horror reboot feels a little different. THR reports that female director Leigh Janiek, who also directed the 2007 horror movie Honeymoon, will be directing The Craft remake along with her Honeymoon co-writer Phil Graziadei. Janiek is also directing an episode of the Scream TV series, and THR adds that Doug Wick, a producer on the 1996 film, will also be returning to work on this project.
The Craft starred Neve Cambell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True, and Robin Tunney as directed by Andrew Fleming. It made $24 million at the box office...
And while we recently railed on Don’t Look Now getting remade, this horror reboot feels a little different. THR reports that female director Leigh Janiek, who also directed the 2007 horror movie Honeymoon, will be directing The Craft remake along with her Honeymoon co-writer Phil Graziadei. Janiek is also directing an episode of the Scream TV series, and THR adds that Doug Wick, a producer on the 1996 film, will also be returning to work on this project.
The Craft starred Neve Cambell, Fairuza Balk, Rachel True, and Robin Tunney as directed by Andrew Fleming. It made $24 million at the box office...
- 5/14/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
I’m still waiting to hear they’re remaking Cruel Intentions, or is that next week? Yes, as my panicked wife texts me wondering, it’s true, they’re remaking The Craft. Which is surprising because the original didn’t star males and that’s what’s happening these days isn’t it? I digress.
The Craft was watchable and by no means a cult classic; so have your way with it is my expert (ahem) opinion. I am reminded however of how bad the remake of Carrie turned was; is anyone keeping track of these mistakes?
The original film starred Neve Cambell, Fairuza Balk and Rachel True as four female misfits connected with a higher power that enables them to rock and rule their high school. Per THR, Honeymoon director Leigh Janiak will direct The Craft remake and co-write the script alongside her Honeymoon co-writer Phil Graziadei.
Was this an essential movie for you?...
The Craft was watchable and by no means a cult classic; so have your way with it is my expert (ahem) opinion. I am reminded however of how bad the remake of Carrie turned was; is anyone keeping track of these mistakes?
The original film starred Neve Cambell, Fairuza Balk and Rachel True as four female misfits connected with a higher power that enables them to rock and rule their high school. Per THR, Honeymoon director Leigh Janiak will direct The Craft remake and co-write the script alongside her Honeymoon co-writer Phil Graziadei.
Was this an essential movie for you?...
- 5/14/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
The Neon Demon: The first look at Elle Fanning in The Neon Demon is quite glamorous, which is entirely intentional. She stars as an aspiring model who is "devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women." Nicolos Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) is directing, so we can expect an unsparing look at the scene in Los Angeles. Jena Malone, Christina Hendricks, and Keanu Reeves also star. [TwitchFilm] The Craft: Supernatural horror movie The Craft will be remade by Sony Pictures, which has set Leigh Janiak (last year's well-received thriller Honeymoon) to direct a new version; she will also co-write the script with Honeymoon partner Phil Graziadei. The original starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True as Catholic...
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- 5/14/2015
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com


The 1996 cult horror favorite, The Craft, about a group of aspiring witches at a Catholic high school, will be remade under the direction of rising genre star Leigh Janiak, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Janiak will also co-write the script with Phil Graziadei, who helped her pen her 2014 breakthrough Honeymoon, about a couple — Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) and Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) — whose lakeside vacation turns frightfully strange.
The Craft was originally directed by Andrew Fleming and starred Robin Tunney as Sarah, a new student at a Catholic high...
Janiak will also co-write the script with Phil Graziadei, who helped her pen her 2014 breakthrough Honeymoon, about a couple — Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) and Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) — whose lakeside vacation turns frightfully strange.
The Craft was originally directed by Andrew Fleming and starred Robin Tunney as Sarah, a new student at a Catholic high...
- 5/14/2015
- Rollingstone.com


Witch perfect! Sony execs are hoping that "now is the time, this is the hour" for a reboot of the 1996 supernatural thriller The Craft, about four wannabe teen witches at a Catholic prep school. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has tapped up-and-comer Leigh Janiak to direct and co-write a remake of the movie with Phil Graziadei, with whom she worked on her directorial debut Honeymoon. Doug Wick, one of the producers on the original, will produce the new version as well, along with Lucy [...]...
- 5/14/2015
- Us Weekly
Sony has announced a remake of the The Craft is in the works, and Leigh Janiak has been tapped to helm the project. Janiak (who directed the 2014 horror film Honeymoon and will be behind the camera for an episode of MTV's upcoming Scream series) will also co-write the script with Phil Graziadei. Original The Craft producer Doug Wick will produce the remake with Lucy Fisher. According to THR, Janiak "impressed execs with her take on a female empowerment tale." The...
- 5/14/2015
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com


Teen horror The Craft is getting a remake.
Leigh Janiak will direct the new version of the 1996 cult classic and she will write the script with Phil Graziadei, The Hollywood Reporter says.
The original movie starred Robin Tunney as a newbie at a Catholic school who makes friends with three amateur witches played by Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True.
Janiak was recently confirmed to work on another '90s reboot when she directs an upcoming episode of MTV's adaptation of Scream.
Doug Wick returns as a producer and will work alongside Lucy Fisher.
The original film was co-written and directed by Andrew Fleming.
So they're attempting to remake The Craft and Twitter is not happy
Watch the trailer for The Craft below:...
Leigh Janiak will direct the new version of the 1996 cult classic and she will write the script with Phil Graziadei, The Hollywood Reporter says.
The original movie starred Robin Tunney as a newbie at a Catholic school who makes friends with three amateur witches played by Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True.
Janiak was recently confirmed to work on another '90s reboot when she directs an upcoming episode of MTV's adaptation of Scream.
Doug Wick returns as a producer and will work alongside Lucy Fisher.
The original film was co-written and directed by Andrew Fleming.
So they're attempting to remake The Craft and Twitter is not happy
Watch the trailer for The Craft below:...
- 5/14/2015
- Digital Spy
1996 teen thriller The Craft is heading back to the big screen, with Leigh Janiak set to direct.
The remake clock has firmly hit the mid-1990s, and we suspect that this story is going to have few friends. That's because Sony has ordered a remake of the 1996 teen thriller, The Craft.
The original starred Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True, and was written and directed by Andrew Fleming. The new version has landed on the desk of Leigh Janiak (a promising choice, to be fair), and she'll be penning the screenplay and directing The Craft remake. Phil Graziadei will co-write the script with her.
Janiek previously directed horror movie Honeymoon, as well as an episode of the upcoming Scream TV series.
Thus far, there's no casting news, just the usual empty feeling when another remake of a well-liked movie is announced. It may all turn out well, of course,...
The remake clock has firmly hit the mid-1990s, and we suspect that this story is going to have few friends. That's because Sony has ordered a remake of the 1996 teen thriller, The Craft.
The original starred Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True, and was written and directed by Andrew Fleming. The new version has landed on the desk of Leigh Janiak (a promising choice, to be fair), and she'll be penning the screenplay and directing The Craft remake. Phil Graziadei will co-write the script with her.
Janiek previously directed horror movie Honeymoon, as well as an episode of the upcoming Scream TV series.
Thus far, there's no casting news, just the usual empty feeling when another remake of a well-liked movie is announced. It may all turn out well, of course,...
- 5/14/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek


Back in December there were rumblings - born of a question buried in some market research - that a new version of teen-horror The Craft might be in the works. Those rumours have now been confirmed, with the news that oiginal studio Sony are once again behind the new project. Leigh Janiak will direct the film, and co-write with her regular collaborator Phil Graziadei.If her name's unfamiliar, Janiak is what you might call an up-and-coming filmmaker, and she's moving quickly. A producer's assistant on Europa Report, she next wrote and directed last year's excellent indie horror Honeymoon, starring Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway. She's also just directed the seventh episode of MTV's Scream. The Craft will be her first studio feature gig; she reportedly impressed Sony's execs with a pitch about it being a tale of female empowerment.Columbia Pictures' The Craft, should you have missed it 19 years ago,...
- 5/14/2015
- EmpireOnline
Andrew Fleming's cult coven film, The Craft, is getting a new twist, as Sony Pictures is developing a remake of the 1996 high school horror movie about a quartet of teenage witches, with Honeymoon co-writer/director Leigh Janiak at the helm.
Variety reports the news of Janiak taking the directing reigns on The Craft remake. Janiak will write the screenplay with Phil Graziadei—her co-scriber for last year's well-received horror film, Honeymoon. Returning to produce The Craft remake (this time with Lucy Fisher) is Doug Wick, who handled the same duty on the 1996 film.
For those unfamiliar with The Craft, which starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True, here's the film's official synopsis (via Blu-ray.com):
"For Sarah, moving to Los Angeles is just another chance to be an outsider. She is all alone among the tightly-knit student body of St. Benedict's Academy... until she meets...
Variety reports the news of Janiak taking the directing reigns on The Craft remake. Janiak will write the screenplay with Phil Graziadei—her co-scriber for last year's well-received horror film, Honeymoon. Returning to produce The Craft remake (this time with Lucy Fisher) is Doug Wick, who handled the same duty on the 1996 film.
For those unfamiliar with The Craft, which starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, and Rachel True, here's the film's official synopsis (via Blu-ray.com):
"For Sarah, moving to Los Angeles is just another chance to be an outsider. She is all alone among the tightly-knit student body of St. Benedict's Academy... until she meets...
- 5/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After mining the '80s for all they were worth, Hollywood has moved on to remaking movies from the '90s - and that apparently means that we'll soon be seeing a reinvented version of The Craft. The Hollywood Reporter was the first to break this news, saying that the project is set up over at Sony and already very much in the works. They have handed the reins of the project over to filmmaker Leigh Janiak, who is going to co-write the script with writing partner Phil Graziadei. Both Janiak and Graziadei first got attention in the industry thanks to their 2014 feature Honeymoon - a horror film starring Game of Thrones' Rose Leslie. Doug Wick, who was one of the producers on the original film, will be back to shepherd the remake, and he will be joined by Lucy Fisher, was was vice chairman of the studio back...
- 5/14/2015
- cinemablend.com
Leigh Janiak is set to write and direct a remake of Andrew Fleming's 1996 supernatural teen thriller "The Craft" at Sony Pictures.
Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk and Rachel True starred in the original about a quartet of teenage girl outsiders who dabbled with black magic and end up suffering the consequences. It ended up being a cult hit and pretty much inspired The WB network to cash in on the craze with the TV series "Charmed".
Janiak ("Honeymoon") will co-write the script with Phil Graziadei, while Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce.
Reports emerged in December of a "Craft" remake being potentially in the works due to some strange questions in a marketing survey. Turns out that report had some weight to it after all.
Source: Heat Vision...
Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk and Rachel True starred in the original about a quartet of teenage girl outsiders who dabbled with black magic and end up suffering the consequences. It ended up being a cult hit and pretty much inspired The WB network to cash in on the craze with the TV series "Charmed".
Janiak ("Honeymoon") will co-write the script with Phil Graziadei, while Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher will produce.
Reports emerged in December of a "Craft" remake being potentially in the works due to some strange questions in a marketing survey. Turns out that report had some weight to it after all.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 5/14/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons


“The Craft” has cast a new spell on Sony Pictures, which has hired “Honeymoon” filmmaker Leigh Janiak to co-write and direct a remake of the 1996 movie about a quartet of teenage witches, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. The original film starred Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell and Rachel True as Catholic school students who use the dark arts to settle scores and resolve their personal issues. Eventually, black magic tears the group apart. Janiak will co-write the new script with Phil Graziadei, who worked with her on “Honeymoon.” Also Read: Remake of Freddie Prinze Jr. and.
- 5/14/2015
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The wave of 90s nostalgia is cresting as Sony announces a remake of The Craft, to be co-written and directed by Honeymoon‘s Leigh Janiak. THR reports Janiak, who was announced as a strong genre talent with last year’s Rose Leslie-starring newlywed horror, will write the remake with Honeymoon‘s co-scribe Phil Graziadei. The original 1996 favorite, from Bad Dreams‘ Andrew…
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- 5/14/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Magnolia Home Entertainment. **there are spoilers here. Director: Leigh Janiak. Writers: Phil Graziadei and Leigh Janiak. Cast: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway and Ben Huber. Honeymoon is a small indie horror film from first time director Leigh Janiak and scriptwriter Phil Graziadei. Together, these two filmmakers have created a mysterious thriller, set in a lakeside cabin. Who is Bea (Rose Leslie)? This is a question that is central to the film. The answer must be found by the viewer, initially as the film effectively delivers a tale of suspense. Minimizing the horror elements, Honeymoon is a well acted and a character focused title, that delivers believable interaction and conflicts. Bea and Paul (Harry Treadaway) are recently married. They make silly marriage videos and they are overly affectionate with each other. Soon, they reach their honeymoon location and it is here...
- 1/25/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Psychological horror is definitely on the rise and indie cinema is flourishing. One year that wasn’t talked about enough last year was Leigh Janiak‘s Honeymoon. The film has recently been released by Magnolia Home Entertainment/Magnet Releasing.
The Movie
Bea and Paul are newlyweds who after their wedding drive out to Bea’s family cabin by a lake. Their honeymoon is modest just like their wedding. The couple interweave personal things into their wedding dinner course and they don’t need a fancy getaway. They just need each other.
Honeymoon crafts a unique little thriller that touches many genres, mainly sci-fi and horror. It also utilizes paranoia to an extent that works on many levels. Whether it is Bea seeing a potential past lover down to the question of if Paul wants kids right away. We can only assume, as the viewer, that this couple haven’t been...
The Movie
Bea and Paul are newlyweds who after their wedding drive out to Bea’s family cabin by a lake. Their honeymoon is modest just like their wedding. The couple interweave personal things into their wedding dinner course and they don’t need a fancy getaway. They just need each other.
Honeymoon crafts a unique little thriller that touches many genres, mainly sci-fi and horror. It also utilizes paranoia to an extent that works on many levels. Whether it is Bea seeing a potential past lover down to the question of if Paul wants kids right away. We can only assume, as the viewer, that this couple haven’t been...
- 1/24/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Stars: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown | Written by Leigh Jeniak, Phil Graziadei | Directed by Leigh Jeniak
Honeymoon follows a newlywed couple Bea (Rose Leslie) and Paul (Harry Treadaway) honeymooning in an old cabin in isolated Canada. Their initial romance soon begins to fade as strange occurrences begin and Bea starts acting mysteriously towards Paul.
Jeniak’s narrative is packed with intrigue and unease: we see the initial loved up couple romantically enjoying their honeymoon, yet gradually grow to almost resent each other as the film progresses. This change is marked by one strange event in a sequence which sees the alarm clocks go off in the middle of the night and Bea to go missing – only to be found in the woods, wearing a torn nightgown and with strange marks on her leg. From this moment on events grow stranger and Jeniak builds on the tense and...
Honeymoon follows a newlywed couple Bea (Rose Leslie) and Paul (Harry Treadaway) honeymooning in an old cabin in isolated Canada. Their initial romance soon begins to fade as strange occurrences begin and Bea starts acting mysteriously towards Paul.
Jeniak’s narrative is packed with intrigue and unease: we see the initial loved up couple romantically enjoying their honeymoon, yet gradually grow to almost resent each other as the film progresses. This change is marked by one strange event in a sequence which sees the alarm clocks go off in the middle of the night and Bea to go missing – only to be found in the woods, wearing a torn nightgown and with strange marks on her leg. From this moment on events grow stranger and Jeniak builds on the tense and...
- 1/23/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
With her feature debut, “Honeymoon," co-writer/director Leigh Janiak uncovers a unique corner of a location that passed cliché years ago, and places two characters in the center who draw your empathy rather than mock it. It’s in the performances—Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway as a newlywed couple—and Janiak’s approach, a quietly disturbing, subjective look at a bizarre event that divides the pair on their weekend cabin retreat. That emotional subjectivity is what elevates the film (co-written with Phil Graziadei) from its horror counterparts, focusing in on, as our B+ review from SXSW states, “how much of your own identity you have to give up when you are in a long-term relationship.” When we talked to Janiak recently in Los Angeles, she explained how staying rooted in Treadaway’s Pov shaped the film. “It becomes a very different movie if you're inside the person who's decaying and changing,...
- 9/12/2014
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Very effective in creating an unsettling mood, but its horrific, fantastic speculation ends, frustratingly, just when it could have gotten really intriguing. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Bea (Rose Leslie: Game of Thrones) and Paul (Harry Treadaway: The Lone Ranger) are two crazy kids in love, just married, and embarking on their honeymoon in a remote cabin in the woods in upstate New York. But it all almost instantly goes bad, when — after an encounter with a weird, possibly violent ex — Bea goes a-sleepwalking out in the forest in the middle of the night, and the next day starts behaving very oddly. Writer (with Phil Graziadei) and director Leigh Janiak, making her feature debut, drops in lots of tropes that will speak to in-the-know genre fans — those strange lights in the woods and Bea...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Bea (Rose Leslie: Game of Thrones) and Paul (Harry Treadaway: The Lone Ranger) are two crazy kids in love, just married, and embarking on their honeymoon in a remote cabin in the woods in upstate New York. But it all almost instantly goes bad, when — after an encounter with a weird, possibly violent ex — Bea goes a-sleepwalking out in the forest in the middle of the night, and the next day starts behaving very oddly. Writer (with Phil Graziadei) and director Leigh Janiak, making her feature debut, drops in lots of tropes that will speak to in-the-know genre fans — those strange lights in the woods and Bea...
- 9/12/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com


The upcoming weekend boasts an onslaught of new Specialty titles vying for audiences. In all likelihood, however, many will have a short big screen life as the fall’s awards contenders ramp up and crowd others out. Five of this week’s dozen-plus newcomers are spotlighted here with Fox Searchlight’s The Drop edging on a wide release. The feature starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace and James Gandolfini will bow in over 800 theaters. TWC’s The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby also joins the fray with a platform release. The film also has two accompanying titles told from the perspective of its two main characters, which will be released in more limited runs in October. Magnolia will open its thriller Honeymoon in a day and date release while Dada Films’ Swearnet: The Movie breaks a movie record with the most F-bombs ever. And Cohen Media Group’s My Old Lady bowed Wednesday in limited release.
- 9/11/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline


Writers: Leigh Janiak and Phil Graziadei
Director: Leigh Janiak
Starring: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway
Release Date: September 12, 2014 (limited)
I vastly prefer indie horror flicks to big budget ones, for many reasons. I’m difficult to scare, and what does creep me out is often nowhere to be found in shrieking violins or twist endings. Truly scary movies are quiet, low-key endeavors, and Leigh Janiak’s Honeymoon is just that.
The problem is that I came into this movie with a handicap. Personal, slow-building horror films derive their effectiveness from putting yourself into the place of whoever is poking around in the dark. A movie about a honeymoon, then, sort of requires a kind of attitude towards committed relationships that I have trouble reconciling. I loathe weddings; I have an aversion to cheesy matrimony. The opening sequence of lovey-dovey introduction videos made me slightly nauseous. I’m pretty sure this was not the point.
Director: Leigh Janiak
Starring: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway
Release Date: September 12, 2014 (limited)
I vastly prefer indie horror flicks to big budget ones, for many reasons. I’m difficult to scare, and what does creep me out is often nowhere to be found in shrieking violins or twist endings. Truly scary movies are quiet, low-key endeavors, and Leigh Janiak’s Honeymoon is just that.
The problem is that I came into this movie with a handicap. Personal, slow-building horror films derive their effectiveness from putting yourself into the place of whoever is poking around in the dark. A movie about a honeymoon, then, sort of requires a kind of attitude towards committed relationships that I have trouble reconciling. I loathe weddings; I have an aversion to cheesy matrimony. The opening sequence of lovey-dovey introduction videos made me slightly nauseous. I’m pretty sure this was not the point.
- 9/11/2014
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland


Honeymoon Magnet Releasing Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: C Director: Leigh Janiak Screenplay: Leigh Janiak, Phil Graziadei Cast: Harry Treadaway, Rose Leslie Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 7/30/14 Opens: September 12, 2014 It probably happens more often than we think, and not just in the movies. A wedding reception is paid for, the couple walk down the aisle, when one of them gets cold feet and bolts. In at least one case I know, a bride and groom are at the airport getting ready for their honeymoon in Hawaii. The bride goes to the women’s room and disappears, never to be seen again by [ Read More ]
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- 9/8/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Time for another poster premiere for Leigh Janiak's Honeymoon (review). Check it out, and let's hope that our newlyweds get in at least one quickie before the terror begins!
Honeymoon, the chilling directorial debut of Leigh Janiak, features rising stars Rose Leslie (HBO’s "Game of Thrones") and Harry Treadaway (Showtime's "Penny Dreadful"). Janiak co-wrote the film with Phil Graziadei; Patrick Baker and Esmé Howard produced.
Ben Huber and Hanna Brown co-star.
Synopsis:
Newlyweds Paul (Treadaway) and Bea (Leslie) want to spend their honeymoon at a cabin in the woods. But the lovely romantic moment quickly disappears when odd events, such as the appearance of a mysterious light, the unexpected disappearance of Bea, and her strange return, completely hurt and acting differently, are destined to tear them apart.
Magnet Releasing will release the film on iTunes/On Demand and in theaters September 12, 2014.
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Honeymoon, the chilling directorial debut of Leigh Janiak, features rising stars Rose Leslie (HBO’s "Game of Thrones") and Harry Treadaway (Showtime's "Penny Dreadful"). Janiak co-wrote the film with Phil Graziadei; Patrick Baker and Esmé Howard produced.
Ben Huber and Hanna Brown co-star.
Synopsis:
Newlyweds Paul (Treadaway) and Bea (Leslie) want to spend their honeymoon at a cabin in the woods. But the lovely romantic moment quickly disappears when odd events, such as the appearance of a mysterious light, the unexpected disappearance of Bea, and her strange return, completely hurt and acting differently, are destined to tear them apart.
Magnet Releasing will release the film on iTunes/On Demand and in theaters September 12, 2014.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
- 8/18/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Newlyweds Paul (Harry Treadaway of Penny Dreadful) and Bea (Rose Leslie of Game of Thrones) have had it up to here with your conventional wedding behavior and are taking a honeymoon off the beaten path. Keep your lush white sand beaches and ice cold tropical drinks with their tiny whimsical umbrellas that magically get refilled by a kindly bartender, okay? They’re not interested. They’re heading off to a decrepit cabin in the spooky, spooky woods for some quality one on one time in order to relax and not get turned into zombies, thank you very much. Honeymoon, directed by Leigh Janiak and written by Janiak and Phil Graziadei, seems to follow a familiar path for young lovers on vacation in a secluded location. They’re about to face certain and treacherous peril, and there’s not a lot that they can do about it – if the first trailer for the film is any indication. As...
- 7/24/2014
- by Samantha Wilson
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Hot on the heels of yesterday's poster premiere, we now have the official trailer for Leigh Janiak's Honeymoon (review). Check it out, and let's hope that our newlyweds are terrified beyond belief for our amusement!
Honeymoon, the chilling directorial debut of Leigh Janiak, features rising stars Rose Leslie (HBO’s "Game of Thrones") and Harry Treadaway (Showtime's "Penny Dreadful"). Janiak co-wrote the film with Phil Graziadei; Patrick Baker and Esmé Howard produced.
Ben Huber and Hanna Brown co-star.
Synopsis:
Newlyweds Paul (Treadaway) and Bea (Leslie) want to spend their honeymoon at a cabin in the woods. But the lovely romantic moment quickly disappears when odd events, such as the appearance of a mysterious light, the unexpected disappearance of Bea, and her strange return, completely hurt and acting differently, are destined to tear them apart.
Magnet Releasing will release the film on iTunes/On Demand and in theaters September 12, 2014.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Honeymoon, the chilling directorial debut of Leigh Janiak, features rising stars Rose Leslie (HBO’s "Game of Thrones") and Harry Treadaway (Showtime's "Penny Dreadful"). Janiak co-wrote the film with Phil Graziadei; Patrick Baker and Esmé Howard produced.
Ben Huber and Hanna Brown co-star.
Synopsis:
Newlyweds Paul (Treadaway) and Bea (Leslie) want to spend their honeymoon at a cabin in the woods. But the lovely romantic moment quickly disappears when odd events, such as the appearance of a mysterious light, the unexpected disappearance of Bea, and her strange return, completely hurt and acting differently, are destined to tear them apart.
Magnet Releasing will release the film on iTunes/On Demand and in theaters September 12, 2014.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 7/22/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
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