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Mark Duplass and More Added to Cast of A24’s ‘The Backrooms’
The Backrooms is a concept that has taken the spookier sides of the internet by storm over the past few years, a trope defined by its creepy liminal spaces and analog horror elements. Young filmmaker Kane Parsons has found a massive audience on YouTube, his Backrooms web-series exploring and creating lore out of the internet obsession. While plot details remain mostly under wraps, one can expect creepy liminal hallways and cosmic beings beyond understanding.
What is known, though, is that A24 just made its latest announcement for new cast members. Mark Duplass is not new to horror, iconic in his portrayal of serial killer Josef in the Creep franchise. He can be expected to deliver a performance fit perfectly for the genre, only time telling if he will play a heroic role, or stay in the villainous vein of character he is known for. The film has also added True Detective‘s Finn Bennett, Avan Jogia, and Shrinking and Afraid’s Lukita Maxwell.
Chiwetel Ejofor has previously been announced. He is not unfamiliar to genre or fantastic cinema, given his recent role in Stephen King’s The Life of Chuck. Renate Reinsve, star of Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World was also cast previously, alongside Ejofor. The film will be a collaboration between horror mega-companies A24 and Atomic Monster.
Horror has, once again, proven it is the greatest force of positivity in the world of art today. Duplass Brothers Productions, known for its Creep franchise, has partnered with the Transgender Film Center to create the Found Footage Feature Fund. It was unveiled at Fantastic Fest, and promises an intersection of analog terror and empowered voices.
This is a fully financed, $25,000 grant for Trans filmmakers to tell original stories. The only criteria is that films should incorporate some element of found footage, collage, or other form of experimental media within their project. Mark Duplass, along with Trans Film Center Executive Sav Rodgers, says this is an opportunity not just to support independent storytellers, but to empower Trans filmmakers. A message we can totally get behind.
This fund is a phenomenal response to an era of discrimination, battling bigotry with action, art, and creativity.. The fund will open on October 23rd and close on November 7th. The grantee will be selected in December.
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The V/H/S franchise is back and scarier than ever, just in time for the season of the witch. The series, which began with its initial entry in 2012, promises a new theme with each installment. Themes such as science-fiction, 1994, and 1999 have been covered, but this year’s may prove both the scariest and the most fun: Halloween. Even more exciting is, about two months after announcement, the trailer for V/H/S Halloween has finally been released.
The trailer is itself a total blast. Starting with a 90s-family-movie-esque voice over, the intro back to the Halloween commercials of the early 2000s. The viewer is welcomed to an array of nostalgic, seasonal costumes, decorations and animatronics, only to be blindsided by a switch to ominous music and bloody, grungy terror with autumnal flare. One could most likely expect possessions, masked killers and nightmare-inducing mascot characters. So far, this seems perfect for Goosebumps fans.
Directors for this installment include genre favorites Alex-Ross Perry, Paco Plaza, and more. V/H/S Halloween will be released on SHUDDER on October 3rd.
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