Gone are the days of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">It’s a Wonderful Life</a>” wholesomeness for Christmas Day in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">Hollywood</a> community. 
This year’s theatrical releases for December 25 include a film being touted for its explicit sexual content and a gothic horror <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">film</a> remake about a vampire who becomes obsessed with a young woman and takes over her sleep, giving her graphic nightmares.
First up, “Babygirl” starring Nicole Kidman has been generating buzz ever since it was first released following the Toronto International Film Festival in September. The movie’s <a href="https://www.babygirlfilm.com/synopsis/">description</a> says, “A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.”
Kidman, 57, has talked at length about filming the erotic movie. She said the sheer number of sex scenes became overwhelming. “There was an enormous amount of sharing and trust and then frustration. It’s like, ‘Don’t touch me,’” she said, per <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/nicole-kidman-babygirl-interview-harris-dickinson-antonio-banderas-b2634689.html">The Independent</a>. 
“There were times when we were shooting where I was like, ‘I don’t want to orgasm any more. Don’t come near me. I hate doing this. I don’t care if I am never touched again in my life! I’m over it.’ It was so present all the time for me that it was almost like a burnout,” Kidman added.
The actress <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/nicole-kidman-erotic-thriller-babygirl-freeing-didnt-feel-exploited-1236124981/">said</a> “Babygirl” is &#8220;obviously about sex, it’s about desire, it’s about your inner thoughts, it’s about secrets, it’s about marriage, it’s about truth, power, consent&#8221; while speaking at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
“This is one woman’s story and this is, I hope, a very liberating story. It’s told by a woman, through her gaze — Halina [Reijn] wrote it and she directed it — and that’s to me what made it so unique because suddenly I was going to be in the hands of a woman with this material. It was very dear to our shared instincts and very freeing.”
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Another movie having a Christmas Day release is “Nosferatu,” a horror film starring Johnny Depp’s 25-year-old daughter Lily-Rose Depp. 
The movie, written and directed by Robert Eggers, is a remake of the 1922 silent film by the same name and both are based on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” novel from 1897.
The description calls it, “A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.”
Depp described how she prepared for the leading female role, telling <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/lily-rose-depp-nosferatu-demonic-sexual-awakening-bible-1235075698/">IndieWire</a> that Eggers encouraged her to read the short story “Péhor” by French author Remy de Gourmont to understand the character.
The actress said de Gourmont’s occult writing was like a “Bible” for her.
“Rob is incredibly well-researched, famously, and so he sent me a lot of references, a lot of movies that had inspired him for the role. He also gave me this text to read, which is called ‘Péhor’, and it’s kind of like a story about a young religious girl who has a sexual awakening love story with a demon,” Depp told the outlet. 
“So, of course, that was quite pertinent for me. I used that kind of like a Bible and found myself reading it again and again as we were shooting.”
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There are other, less provocative offerings at the movie theater during the Christmas holiday for families hoping for some leisure time, including Disney’s newly released “Mufasa” and Paramount&#8217;s action-adventure comedy “Sonic 3.” 
But it’s all too telling that sex and horror movies are being released on one of the most important Christian holidays of the year.

Nosferatu

Hollywood’s Christmas Day Releases: Glorified Porn And A ‘Sexy Vampire’ Horror Film

Hollywood's Christmas Day Releases: Glorified Porn And A 'Sexy Vampire' Horror Film

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Entertainment

Hollywood

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Movies

Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss was on-hand for a special screening of his 1975 movie &#8220;Jaws&#8221; at the Cabot Theater in Beverly, Massachusetts — but when he appeared onstage to participate in a Q &amp; A session with the audience, things apparently went sideways.
Dreyfuss, according to audience members and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQni965-uc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> circulating on social media, made his grand entrance wearing a dress over his clothes, shuffling and shaking his hips to Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8220;Love Story.&#8221; After a minute, two staffers rushed onto the stage and helped him to remove the dress — but he continued to play up the dance moves until he had replaced the dress with a blazer.
According to <a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/richard-dreyfuss-jaws-offensive-rant.html?utm_medium=s1&amp;utm_source=tw&amp;utm_campaign=vulture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several reports</a>, Dreyfuss then made a series of &#8220;misogynistic&#8221; and &#8220;transphobic&#8221; comments, allegedly complaining about the #MeToo movement and taking a swing at singer Barbra Streisand, suggesting that women &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t have that much power.&#8221;
He went on to criticize the transgender movement, saying that parents who allowed their children to self-determine their genders were not good parents. Attendee Diane Wolfe told The Boston Globe that Dreyfuss said &#8220;the parents of trans youth, allowing them to transition, was bad parenting and that someday those kids might change their minds.&#8221;
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At the end of the session, Dreyfuss referenced the book he published last year on the lack of civics education in schools.
&#8220;It’s about the fact that 50 years ago, without telling anybody, they took civics out of the curriculum of all public schools in America, which means we have no knowledge of who the hell we are,&#8221; Dreyfuss said. &#8220;And if we don’t get it back soon, we’re all going to die. Make sure your kids are not the last generation of Americans. And you know exactly what I’m talking about.&#8221;
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Cabot executive director J. Casey Soward issued a statement amid the backlash:
<blockquote>We are aware of, and share serious concerns, following the recent event with Richard Dreyfuss prior to a screening of the film Jaws at The Cabot. The views expressed by Mr. Dreyfuss do not reflect the values of inclusivity and respect that we uphold as an organization.
We deeply regret the distress that this has caused to many of our patrons. We regret that an event that was meant to be a conversation to celebrate an iconic movie instead became a platform for political views. We take full responsibility for the oversight in not anticipating the direction of the conversation and for the discomfort it caused to many patrons.
We are in active dialogue with our patrons about their experience and are committed to learning from this event how to better enact our mission of entertaining, educating and inspiring our community</blockquote>

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‘Jaws’ Actor Says Kids Shouldn’t Change Genders, Theater Issues Apology

'Jaws' Actor Says Kids Shouldn't Change Genders, Theater Issues Apology

Transgender

Woke Culture

One of the stars from the 1999 horror film “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/horror-movies">The Blair Witch Project</a>” is speaking out against Lionsgate after the studio announced a forthcoming <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">reboot</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Actor</a> Joshua Leonard said he felt “frustration” upon hearing the news because of how he felt the studio treated him after the original film’s release. Leonard detailed some of his complaints in a lengthy Instagram post.
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&#8220;The WEIRD PART is that I didn&#8217;t know anything about it until a friend sent me a &#8216;congrats&#8217; screenshot yesterday,&#8221; he wrote of the reboot announcement, which was shared at CinemaCon on April 10. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about this time, after seeing my BWP collaborators recently and sharing memories… sweet AND f***ed-up ones.&#8221;
Leonard also alleged in the post that he and his co-stars were paid much less than $4 million, which is what an anonymous &#8220;Hollywood insider&#8221; said they received. &#8220;We made [$300,000]… and NEVER saw another dime,&#8221; the actor insisted.
“The Blair Witch Project” is a fictional story about three student filmmakers who hike into the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, to make a documentary about a local figure known as “The Blair Witch.” The students all disappear, but their footage is found a year later.
The movie was shot in Maryland over eight days and cost around $60,000 to make, per <a href="https://ew.com/original-blair-witch-star-blasts-25-years-of-disrespect-reboot-8633963">Entertainment Weekly</a>.
It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 and was purchased for $1.1 million by Artisan Entertainment, which was acquired by Lionsgate in 2003. “BWP” earned close to $250 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent films of all time. 
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Leonard also claimed that because the actors used their real names in the movie, &#8220;the studio claimed copyright. We had to take them to federal court to win OUR NAMES back.&#8221;
He said, &#8220;There were many factors that made BWP a success: timing, marketing, etc. But there was also the FACT that us weirdos got together, with virtually no resources, AND MADE A FILM THAT WORKED! Can we just go on record and say that the film itself is a huge part of why we&#8217;re still talking about it 25 years later?”
Leonard concluded, “I&#8217;m so proud of our little punk-rock movie, and I LOVE the fans who keep the flames burning. But at this point, it&#8217;s 25 years of disrespect from the folks who&#8217;ve pocketed the lion&#8217;s share (pun intended) of the profits from OUR work, and that feels both icky and classless.&#8221;

Blair Witch Project

Original ‘Blair Witch Project’ Actor Blasts Lionsgate Amid Remake Announcement: ’25 Years Of Disrespect’

Original 'Blair Witch Project' Actor Blasts Lionsgate Amid Remake Announcement: '25 Years Of Disrespect'

U.S.

Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-burton">Tim Burton</a> will team up with best-selling “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn to remake the 1958 sci-fi horror <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">film</a> “Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">project</a> will be released with Warner Bros. Studios, according to a report from <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tim-burton-gillian-flynn-remake-attack-fifty-foot-woman-1235894570/">Variety</a>. The outlet noted how Burton will serve as the film’s director while Flynn is responsible for crafting the script. 
In the original movie, a woman grows to gigantic proportions after an encounter with an alien, and she uses her new size to get revenge on her unfaithful husband.
The original 1958 “Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman” featured Allison Hayes, William Hudson, and Yvette Vickers in leading roles. It had a production of $88,000, the outlet noted. The original film currently has a 71% critic score and 21% audience rating on <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1001323-attack_of_the_50_foot_woman">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.
It’s also not immediately apparent what changes will be incorporated into the remake. The movie was remade in 1993 by HBO with Christopher Guest serving as director. There were also several failed or abandoned remakes prior to that, and a few spinoffs, including a parody called “Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold” (1995) and a 3D film called “Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader” in 2012.
Flynn is no stranger to Hollywood. The 52-year-old author wrote and produced the HBO limited series adaptation of another one of her books, “Sharp Objects,” which earned her an Emmy nomination and the Writers Guild of America Award. Flynn was also co-writer on the screenplay for “Widows” (2018) and wrote the screenplay for David Fincher’s 2014 thriller “Gone Girl,” which was based on her book.
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Burton, 65, is a Hollywood mainstay known for his gothic horror and fantasy films. He rose to fame with projects such as “Beetlejuice” (1988) and “Edward Scissorhands” (1990). He has directed a host of other films, including “Batman” (1989), “Batman Returns” (1992), “Corpse Bride” (2005), “Frankenweenie” (2012), “Mars Attacks!” (1996), “Planet of the Apes” (2001), “Sleepy Hollow” (1999), “Big Fish” (2003), “Alice in Wonderland” (2010), “Dark Shadows” (2012), “Dumbo” (2019), plus the musicals “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005) and “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007).
The director is currently working on the “Beetlejuice” sequel.

Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman

Tim Burton Will Team Up With ‘Gone Girl’ Author For Remake Of Classic ’50s Sci-Fi Movie

Tim Burton Will Team Up With 'Gone Girl' Author For Remake Of Classic '50s Sci-Fi Movie

Tim Burton

Warner Bros

It’s been many years since the famed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">filmmakers</a>, the Coen brothers, teamed up for a movie. 
Joel and Ethan Coen haven’t <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">collaborated</a> on a new project since the American Western anthology film, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” in 2018. Now they’re getting together once again for what Ethan confirmed would be a “very bloody” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/horror-movies">horror movie</a> that’s also humorous.
The brothers have been working separately lately, with Joel putting out an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” starring Denzel Washington in 2021. Ethan will soon release the comedy “Drive-Away Dolls,” which was co-written with his wife Tricia Cooke and stars Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Beanie Feldstein.
At a “Drive-Away Dolls Q&amp;A” event in Tromsø, Norway, Ethan shared that he and Joel had written a new script together and would also direct it together. 
“It’s a pure horror film, and it gets very bloody,” Ethan said. “If you like ‘Blood Simple,’ I think you&#8217;ll enjoy it,” he added, referencing the brothers’ first film, a violent neo-noir which premiered in 1984.
He also called the script for the new project “horribly funny.”
Ethan had previously talked about his decision to make films separately from his brother after years of them being thought of as a single entity in Hollywood, per <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/coen-brothers-horror-film-2024-b2486964.html">The Independent</a>. 
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“You start out when you’re a kid and you want to make a movie. Everything’s enthusiasm and gung-ho, let’s go make a movie. And the first movie is just loads of fun,” he said in 2022 while promoting “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” which he also made with Cooke.
“And then the second movie is loads of fun, almost as much fun as the first. And after 30 years, not that it’s no fun, but it’s more of a job than it had been. Joel kind of felt the same way but not to the extent that I did.”
He continued, “It’s an inevitable by-product of aging. And the last two movies we made, me and Joel together, were really difficult in terms of production. I mean, really difficult. So if you don’t have to do it, you go at a certain point: Why am I doing this?”

Coen Brothers

Coen Brothers To Reunite For ‘Very Bloody’ Horror Film

Coen Brothers To Reunite For 'Very Bloody' Horror Film

Celebrities

A new horror movie featuring the “Steamboat Willie” version of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mickey-mouse">Mickey Mouse</a> is currently in the works, per a Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/steamboat-willie-horror-film-mickey-mouse-public-domain-copyright-1235849861/">report</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney">Disney&#8217;s</a> copyright to “Steamboat Willie” expired Monday, along with its right to the original versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, though the company still holds <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/copyright">copyrights</a> for more modern versions of these iconic characters. &#8220;Steamboat Willie&#8221; is an animated short from 1928 that is widely considered the debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters, however, Mickey doesn&#8217;t look the same as the modern versions of the cartoon. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/01/1221606624/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney">According</a> to NPR, &#8220;he&#8217;s more rascally and rough.&#8221;
Independent filmmaker Steven LaMorte released a statement announcing his intentions to capitalize on this new development by making Mickey the main character in a horror flick.
“Steamboat Willie has brought joy to generations, but beneath that cheerful exterior lies a potential for pure, unhinged terror,” LaMorte said in a press release, per the outlet. “It’s a project I’ve been dreaming of, and I can’t wait to unleash this twisted take on this beloved character to the world.”
LaMorte also directed “The Mean One” (2022) a horror film starring the Dr. Seuss character The Grinch. The movie grossed $1 million in theaters.
“It all comes from our love of these characters,” he said in an interview. “Filmmakers — we’re all kids in the sandbox. We love taking them and playing with them in different ways. It’s not a desire to ruin these characters or make a quick buck, but to love them and honor them and show them in a new light.”
“We are doing our due diligence to make sure there’s no question or confusion of what we’re up to,” LaMorte added. “This is our version of a public domain character. It’s a scary thrill ride with heart and humor, based on this character that everybody knows.” He also said that the film&#8217;s producers are working with a legal team to ensure the film version of Mickey is compliant.
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Disney said in a statement last month the company would be diligent about protecting the copyright-protected version of Mickey Mouse. 
“We will, of course, continue to protect our rights in the more modern versions of Mickey Mouse and other works that remain subject to copyright, and we will work to safeguard against consumer confusion caused by unauthorized uses of Mickey and our other iconic characters,” the company said. 
This development is similar to what happened when the children’s storybook characters Winnie the Pooh and Piglet became public domain property last year. The horror film “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey&#8221; featuring Pooh and Piglet as deranged serial killers was released last January to mixed reviews.
The “Winnie the Pooh” character Tigger also entered the public domain on January 1, 2024.

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse Horror Film Announced As ‘Steamboat Willie’ Enters Public Domain

Mickey Mouse Horror Film Announced As 'Steamboat Willie' Enters Public Domain

copyright

Disney

Actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Linda Blair</a> said she was surprised by the success of her most famous <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">movie</a>, “The Exorcist,” which debuted in theaters 50 years ago on December 26, 1973.
The star was just 14 years old when she was cast in the lead part of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">horror film</a> about a young girl who becomes possessed by a demon. She spoke with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/exorcist-star-linda-blair-no-idea-movie-would-be-cult-classic">Fox News Digital</a> about her experience filming the movie and how she reacted to the unexpected attention the film received around the world.
&#8220;For me, it was so not Hollywood. I had no idea,&#8221; Blair told the outlet. &#8220;Mom and I just thought, ‘Oh, you know, your project, if it gets a little airing, the commercial runs,’ and that wasn&#8217;t the case. The case was it became an international controversial sensation around the world.&#8221;
Blair said the movie studio sent her on tour in part to prove that she was just acting and not actually possessed.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a very intense movie. My hope is that people would realize it&#8217;s about good and evil, and that is playing out right now on the planet with the war in Israel, and we can do better. We can absolutely do better,&#8221; she continued.
The 64-year-old star also talked about the conditions on the movie set.
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&#8220;The temperature, which people forget because we didn&#8217;t have all of the incredible magic that we now have with filmmaking,&#8221; Blair revealed to Fox News. &#8220;So it was 17 below in the morning, and then it was zero when we were filming and very uncomfortable and the makeup was such cutting edge, like pieces are glued on my face and the contacts were very uncomfortable.&#8221;
She also discussed how it was uncomfortable to say swear words which were in the script for her character.
&#8220;[Director] Billy Friedkin rewrote a lot of the script, my dialogue, and would tell me in secret the night before. I&#8217;d say, &#8216;Well, I can&#8217;t say that,&#8217; and he&#8217;d say, ‘No, no, you can.’ So he&#8217;s the culprit behind all that nasty language and I had to do it,&#8221; Blair said. &#8220;That was hard for me because I wasn&#8217;t raised to be like that.&#8221;
Overall, the actress’s feelings about the movie are positive. 
&#8220;Of course, anybody can reflect back on things that are painful to them and uncomfortable memories, but you have to try to compartmentalize and move forward,&#8221; Blair said. 
“The Exorcist” had mixed reviews but still managed to nab $193 million during its theatrical run. It was the first horror film nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. It was nominated for a total of 10 Academy Awards, winning for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound.

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Linda Blair Says She Had ‘No Idea’ That ‘The Exorcist’ Would Be So Popular

Linda Blair Says She Had 'No Idea' That 'The Exorcist' Would Be So Popular

Parents of students in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> charter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/public-schools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">school</a> are upset that their fourth graders were shown a&#8221;Winnie the Pooh&#8221;-themed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">horror movie</a> in class and that the teacher allegedly refused to turn it off even as the students were begging him to.
Michelle Diaz said her twins were deeply affected by seeing the horror film “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” at their school, The Academy of Innovative Education in Miami Springs. She said their math teacher put on the movie during class time. 
The film is unrated and contains graphic depictions of violence, murder, torture, nudity, and profanity. 
Diaz said the students’ pleas for the teacher to turn it off went unanswered. “He didn&#8217;t stop the movie, even though there were kids saying, ‘Hey, stop the movie, we don&#8217;t want to watch this,’” the mom told <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/parents-horrified-after-teacher-shows-inappropriate-movie-at-local-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a> of the incident. 
While she says some students picked the movie, she didn’t see that as a valid reason for showing it in school. “It&#8217;s not for them to decide what they want to. It&#8217;s up to the professor to look at the content,” Diaz told the outlet.
“Blood and Honey” is a British indie film and features the children&#8217;s book characters Pooh and Piglet going on a murderous rampage, which includes smashing a victim&#8217;s head with a sledgehammer, decapitating a person, and feeding a woman into a woodchipper, among other horrific scenes.
The school issued a statement regarding the incident, saying some students had met with a counselor after viewing a portion of the film. 
&#8220;The Academy for Innovative Education has become aware that a segment of a horror movie was shown to fourth graders, Monday, October 2, 2023, that was not suitable for the age group,&#8221; the statement said.
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“Our administration promptly addressed this issue directly with the teacher and has taken appropriate action to ensure the safety and well-being of students.”
Head of School Vera Hirsh told <a href="https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/winnie-the-pooh-horror-movie-shown-to-children-in-florida-school-18006345?fbclid=IwAR1vrGPBJie2G5d2U---jgCVFo5aJKHzLTq_t5gOKeb2aKtDJsNk05ZboIg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami New Times</a> that “as soon as the teacher realized what was being shown, the movie was turned off.”
She also said only twenty to thirty minutes of the film was seen and that, “Most of the film&#8217;s grisly murder scenes take place later in the movie.”
Hirsch said the incident had been “thoroughly addressed with teachers, students, and parents” and that the students who saw the horror movie were “in school and doing fine.”
This incident is reminiscent of a Tennessee teacher who was <a href="https://ew.com/article/2016/04/29/human-centipede-2-high-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended in 2016</a> for showing his high school class the graphic and violent horror film “Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence” during class.

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Remember the scariest movie from your childhood? Chances are it’s “The Exorcist.”
The 1973 classic starred Ellen Burstyn as a mom trying to save her daughter Regan (Linda Blair) from demonic possession.
Heads spin. Pea soup flies. The power of Christ compels you to watch it every Halloween.
<div id="attachment_631167" style="width: 881px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-631167" class="size-large wp-image-631167" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-607435710-871x576.jpg" alt="Swedish actor Max von Sydow and American actress Linda Blair on the set of The Exorcist, based on the novel by William Peter Blatty and directed by William Friedkin. (Photo by Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)" width="871" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-607435710-871x576.jpg 871w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-607435710-300x198.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-607435710-768x508.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/GettyImages-607435710.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px" />Warner Bros. Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images</div>
Now, we’re getting yet another film in the “Exorcist” saga — this, after two other “Exorcist” projects fell so far under the radar they barely merit a mention. There was the forgettable 1977 sequel and a shockingly effective third go-round in 1990 starring George C. Scott. 
The new sequel, as you might predict, is both unnecessary and ultimately woke. 
The good news? Burstyn returns for “The Exorcist: Believer,” brought to us by the same folks who rebooted “Halloween” in 2018, Blumhouse Productions.
Leslie Odom, Jr. of “Hamilton” fame plays Victor, a single father who enjoys a close, and meaningful bond with his pre-teen daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett). The girl meets with a fellow classmate one fateful afternoon, and the duo goes missing for three days.
When they return, they begin to act differently, and painful scars appear on their bodies. Why, it’s as if something demonic took over their souls.
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Victor dismisses any such talk at first, but when he realizes there may be no other explanation, he reaches out to the only person who might feel his pain. That’s Burstyn’s Chris MacNeil, who famously battled Beelzebub in the 1973 original.
The first half of “Believer” is both restrained and effective. Odom has serious screen presence, and director David Gordon Green’s days as an indie film darling roar back with positive results. The visual cues start to stack up, and Green’s knack with his young cast members makes their pain palpable.
It’s eerie that Angela’s friend Katherine (Olivia O’Neill) looks like a young Blair – hardly a coincidence.
So we have not one but two possessed children, and we all know what happens next. Except we’ve seen exorcism after exorcism on screen since the 1973 original, and no film has measured up to its excellence.
Add “Believer” to the list. But that’s not the only bad news.
The film’s third act is a mess, neither scary nor spiritually significant. In fact, the sequel has a beef with the faith behind the original masterpiece. The Catholic Church.
<h4>Mild Spoilers Ahead:</h4>
The Church refuses to help Victor and Katherine’s parents (one-dimensional Christians), referring the matter to psychiatric professionals.
Talk about cutting a franchise off at the knees. It’s like making a new James Bond movie and having him reject both the Crown and MI-6 entirely.
The attempt to save the poor girls turns into a Kumbaya affair, with different faiths gathering to beat the demon back. It takes a village to exorcise your children, apparently.
We’re even treated to a girl power moment where a secondary female character steps in to save the day when a man refuses to do the job.
It’s at least different than the 1973 version, but it’s neither frightening nor sensible. The detour also deconstructs the powerful good versus evil narratives that anchored the first “Exorcist” film.
Who needs God when you’ve got a can’t miss IP (Intellectual Property). Producer Jason Blum, notorious for keeping film budgets as low as possible, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/exorcist-believer-reviews-trilogy-400-million-1235608583/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly shelled out $400 million</a> for the rights to &#8220;The Exorcist” franchise.
Yikes.
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The film’s setup avoids the “woke mind virus” entirely at first. We’re lulled into a false sense of security. To paraphrase Admiral Ackbar from “Return of the Jedi” &#8212; “It’s a trap!”
That spell is shattered when Chris is asked why she wasn’t allowed in the room all those years ago when two male priests battled to save Regan’s soul.
“It must have been the patriarchy,” she mutters, which might be the clunkiest sequence on screen this year. Or next.
The 90-year-old Burstyn still brings a welcome heft to the proceedings, her presence softening the vehicle’s cash-grab DNA. The screenplay, by Green and Peter Sattler, doesn’t know what to do with Chris, sadly, shackling her with a silly encounter with her old nemesis.
Why bother inviting a Hollywood legend back to the franchise if you can’t give her anything meaty to chew on?
Woke helps explain why “The Exorcist: Believer” plays down the Catholic faith and puts both character diversity and multiple religions front and center.
We can’t celebrate Catholicism in 2023, and to risk doing so might offend other religions.
So we get a cultural stew, one that adds little to the film’s dramatic weight. Had the story taken its spiritual cues from the effective prologue, set during a Haitian earthquake, we might have had a fresh cultural spin on good vs. evil.
That’s not the case.
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The recent “Nefarious” featured a far more captivating battle between good and evil, powered not by special effects but a strong script and a killer turn by Sean Patrick Flanery.
Nothing in “Believer” comes close.
We’d forgive plenty if the battle for the girls’ souls brought something terrifying to the table. Instead, it’s a hodge-podge of warmed-over scares with a predictable nod to the original’s signature twist.
Ooh, another Easter Egg! That’s great for memes but hardly the stuff of nightmares.
The only thing scary about “The Exorcist: Believer” is that the studio has more sequels in the works.
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Sean Patrick Flanery doesn’t mince words about previous faith-based movies.
The vast majority have been almost unwatchable, the veteran star of franchises like “Saw” and “The Boondocks Saints” said.
He argues more recent fare, like the 2023 hit “Jesus Revolution,” reveal how the genre has matured over time. These stories embrace studio-level production values and feature recognizable talents like “Frasier” alum Kelsey Grammer.
Now, Flanery is taking a personal stake in the genre’s growth. He plays the title character in “Nefarious,” a psychological horror film with more than a dash of spirituality.
“I feel like this one is so well crafted it could have come from 20th Century Fox, or Sony, or Paramount,” the actor said.
The story follows a death row inmate named Edward (Flanery) who says the devil made him commit a string of murders. A psychiatrist (“Entourage” alum Jordan Belfi) must examine the killer to see if he’s sane enough to be executed by the state.
The alleged demon’s name? Nefarious.
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“This is one of the scripts that you move to L.A. for and find a roommate on Craigslist,” the actor said of the film, written and directed by Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon of “God’s Not Dead” fame.
He read the script, hoping he would be cast as Edward, or perhaps it’s Nefarious.
“Whoever gets this role is the luckiest S.O.B. I ever met,” he recalled saying at the time.
It’s an actor’s dream gig, no doubt. Flanery’s character gets reams of dialogue, and the story focuses on the battle of wills between the inmate and his interrogator. Even leading roles rarely offer such meaty material and screen time.
That challenge didn’t scare the black belt-winning actor, though, who teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu to students at his academy in between acting gigs.
“I’ve been a competitive athlete since I was a kid. There’s no glory in the defeat of an unworthy opponent,” he said. “I don’t wanna be undefeated and know I fought scrubs.”
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The film is inspired by the book series by Blaze TV personality Steve Deace. “Nefarious” serves as a prequel to Deace’s “A Nefarious Plot” and “A Nefarious Carol,” which focus on a demon with dreams of world domination.
Many actors intensely research a given role before the cameras roll. For Flanery, he said the “Nefarious” script did the leg work for him.
“My preparation is in the script, between fade in and fade out. The more well written a script is, the less work you have to do,” said Flanery, who previously penned the 2016 coming of age novel “Jane Two.”
“Nefarious” joins a long list of horror films tied to demonic possession. “The Exorcist” remains the sub-genre’s masterpiece, with recent fare like “The Pope’s Exorcist” tapping similar themes.
Flanery said he didn’t consider past genre efforts while shooting “Nefarious.”
“When you start steering your performance based on previous performances, it’s a little artificial,” he explained. “Trying to replicate something somebody else did on the screen is two degrees removed from reality. The best I can hope for is my one degree of fake to be so minimally fake as to be seen as reality.”
“Nefarious” may resemble a mainstream horror affair at first blush. The imagery and trailer suggest just that. Looks, once again, deceive. The story touches on the death penalty, abortion, and other issues, along with the eternal battle between good and evil.
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The story introduces those elements organically, not with the rhetorical sledgehammer seen in some faith-friendly fare.
“Some films can shout so loudly you can‘t hear what they’re saying … [‘Nefarious’] isn’t shouting at all … it’s just painting a picture,” he said.
Said picture lacks the gratuitous blood and gore of most horror films.
“There’s the old, ‘a picture paints a thousand words.’ The right assembled five words can paint a thousand pictures,” he said of the film, which earned an R-rating for its disturbing content. “We could almost do this as an audiobook and it would be equally as powerful … you don’t need big bangs or explosions times ten if the dialogue aspect of the story is so powerful.”
Flanery, 57, takes his craft in stride after decades in the business. As a father of two who works primarily in independent features, he understands his place in show business. He’s also giddy to be steadily working in a demanding, often cruel, industry.
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“I’ve made a career doing movies nobody sees &#8230; I haven’t done any big-budget films that have heavy-handed studio involvement,” he said.
“The worst film I’ve ever done is better than any of the real jobs I ever had. I used to change the deep-fat fryer at Church’s Fried Chicken,” he added, noting with a laugh that no one ever circled back to the restaurant to praise the perfectly crispy chicken.
Some stars might have a hard time shaking a role like “Nefarious’” Edward, given the intensity of the presentation.
The grounded actor left the character on the set.
“When they say, ‘cut,’ it stops. I don’t take any of the work home with me. There’s no baggage to unpack,” he said.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
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Actor Sean Patrick Flanery Relishes New Role In Psychological Thriller ‘Nefarious’

Actor Sean Patrick Flanery Relishes New Role In Psychological Thriller 'Nefarious'

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The producers of Sci-Fi cult favorite &#8220;Sharknado&#8221; have a new creature feature in the works — featuring a drug-addled alligator: &#8220;Attack of the Meth-Gator.&#8221;
The low-budget production company behind the project, The Asylum, specializes in what they refer to as &#8220;mock-busters&#8221; — movies that mock the larger-budget blockbusters in both title and plot. For example, 2009&#8217;s &#8220;Transmorphers: The Fall of Man&#8221; was a callback to &#8220;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen&#8221;; and the company released &#8220;Titanic II&#8221; in 2010.
The new project, scheduled for release over the summer of 2023, gives a convenient recall to the recent hit film &#8220;Cocaine Bear&#8221; — but the production company says they already had &#8220;Meth-Gator&#8221; in the works prior to its release.
&#8220;Hold our bear &#8230; I mean, beer,&#8221; The Asylum tweeted on Friday. &#8220;Coming for your life this summer.&#8221;
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Hold our bear… I mean, beer. 
Coming for your life this summer. 
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The promotional imagery showed a large alligator with razor-sharp teeth and wild, glowing red eyes. Behind the monster stood several tall buildings and a few palm trees. The movie apparently centers around an alligator that was exposed to the drug through the fresh water supply.
&#8220;Please tell me this is real and not a joke,&#8221; an entertainment blogger begged, prompting a response from The Asylum confirming that the project was, in fact, real.
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&#8220;This is real! We’re pumping the meth into Floridas fresh water reserves as we speak!&#8221; they said.
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This is real! We’re pumping the meth into Floridas fresh water reserves as we speak! 😍
&mdash; The Asylum (@theasylumcc) <a href="https://twitter.com/theasylumcc/status/1629197292766126082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Responding to a comment from a fan, Asylum CEO David Michael Latt said that a sequel would be titled &#8220;Crackodile.&#8221;
&#8220;For everyone peeing in their panties over Crackodile. Dad said yes,&#8221; Asylum tweeted back. &#8220;And @DaivdMLatt NEVER breaks a promise.&#8221;
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For everyone peeing in their panties over Crackodile. Dad said yes 🥹🥳😍 
And <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidMLatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DavidMLatt</a> NEVER breaks a promise <a href="https://t.co/DeS6eszd14">https://t.co/DeS6eszd14</a>
&mdash; The Asylum (@theasylumcc) <a href="https://twitter.com/theasylumcc/status/1629371969039929345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Asylum offered one more teaser tweet on Saturday, showing some of the cast members complaining about one of their fellow actors being a difficult. &#8220;There&#8217;s that one drugged out diva on set that&#8217;s always late, ate half the crew, and leaving teeth all over the place.&#8221;
&#8220;We’ll give you no guesses to figure out who the cast of #MethGator is complaining about,&#8221; the tweet read. &#8220;Last day on set of Attack Of The Meth Gator! Our star will be entering rehab immediately after we wrap. We appreciate all your thoughts &amp; prayers for his full recovery.&#8221;
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We’ll give you no guesses to figure out who the cast of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MethGator?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MethGator</a> is complaining about 👀🧪🐊💅🏼
Last day on set of Attack Of The Meth Gator! Our star will be entering rehab immediately after we wrap. We appreciate all your thoughts &amp; prayers for his full recovery 🥹🙏🏼🧪🐊🚑🏥 <a href="https://t.co/xdCPEniXs1">pic.twitter.com/xdCPEniXs1</a>
&mdash; The Asylum (@theasylumcc) <a href="https://twitter.com/theasylumcc/status/1629663535826599936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Actor John Larroquette admitted that he once took a role in a horror movie in exchange for &#8220;a matchbox&#8221; of marijuana.
According to a recent <a href="https://parade.com/tv/john-larroquette-got-paid-in-marijuana-for-texas-chainsaw-massacre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> for Parade Magazine, the &#8220;Night Court&#8221; actor explained that he had taken on the role — narrating the opening sequence of 1974&#8217;s &#8220;The Texas Chainsaw Massacre&#8221; — as a favor to his friend, director Tobe Hooper, and that he hadn&#8217;t expected to be paid for the work.
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John Larroquette confirmed the rumor that Tobe Hooper paid him in weed to narrate his 1974 film &#39;The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.&#39; <a href="https://t.co/mFTeL8as7q">https://t.co/mFTeL8as7q</a>
&mdash; Entertainment Weekly (@EW) <a href="https://twitter.com/EW/status/1614005627524730893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Larroquette told Parade that he had actually met Hooper several years earlier when he was working as a bartender in Colorado — and when he later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting, Hooper called him and asked if he could spare an hour to narrate the beginning of his latest project.
&#8220;Tobe heard I was in town and asked for an hour of my time to narrate something for this movie he just did. I said ‘Fine!’ It was a favor,&#8221; Larroquette said — but he admitted that, on his way out the door, Hooper had slipped him a little something for his trouble.
&#8220;Totally true. He gave me some marijuana or a matchbox or whatever you called it in those days. I walked out of the [recording] studio and patted him on the back side and said, &#8216;Good luck to you!'&#8221; the actor added.
According to <a href="https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hemp22b.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Botanical.com</a> — which has published a lengthy list of street-terms for marijuana and other related paraphernalia — a &#8220;matchbox&#8221; refers to approximately &#8220;1/4 ounce of marijuana or 6 marijuana cigarettes,&#8221; or the amount of marijuana that might fit in a matchbox.
The Louisiana native said that he has never even seen &#8220;The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,&#8221; explaining that horror movies are not really his thing — but he did appreciate the fact that the movie did well and netted him roles narrating sequences in the sequels as well.
&#8220;You do something for free in the 1970s and get a little money in the ‘90s,&#8221; he said.
Larroquette, who is part of the NBC &#8220;Night Court&#8221; reboot, famously withdrew himself from contention after four consecutive <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488662/awards/?ref_=nm_awd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emmy wins</a> for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series — from 1985-1988, during the show&#8217;s original run.
He was <a href="https://screenrant.com/night-court-john-larroquette-emmys-wins-consideration-end/#john-larroquette-wasn-t-the-only-star-who-withdrew-from-emmy-nominations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not the only star</a> to take that step either — Candice Bergen bowed out after winning five times between 1989-1995 for her role in &#8220;Murphy Brown,&#8221; and Oprah Winfrey withdrew her name after winning seven times in 12 years.

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John Larroquette Admits He Got Paid A Box Of Marijuana For Role In 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'

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