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Best of 2023: 15 Horror Movies Worth Watching
The world is a hellhole, so that usually means that horror is in a golden period. You can quantify the success of the horror genre in a variety of ways in 2023.
This year brought all sorts of questionably sticky treats to choose from. Softcore naughtiness and Lovecraftian horror? You got it! Alien invaders? They’re here! Killer dolls? Killing it.
So — let’s take a spooky trip down memory lane and look back at the best horror of 2023.
Suitable Flesh (Joe Lynch)
It’s no mean feat to try and capture the spirit of the legendary Stuart Gordon, who brought us Lovecraft adaptations such as Re-Animator and From Beyond. Joe Lynch manages just that whilst retaining his own style.
Suitable Flesh is down and dirty in the world of Lovecraft, with Heather Graham showing a natural affinity to the horror genre alongside stalwarts such as Barbara Crampton, and promising young things like Judah Lewis.
Horny body-swapping madness slathered in a deliciously skeezy 90s erotic thriller coating.
Huesera: The Bone Woman (Michelle Garza Cervera)
I can’t deny I roll my eyes when I see a horror movie doing the ”everyone thinks that I’m going crazy because of this supernatural entity haunting me” trope, but that’s mainly because there are, so many terrible examples of it. The top tier stuff just makes it more aggravating.
Huesera: The Bone Woman is one of those top-tier examples of it being done right. A woman’s pregnancy is seemingly haunted by an entity that terrorizes and manipulates her even after the child is born. Of course, it appears to the outside world that she is suffering from the realities of motherhood. Cervera ensures there’s reasonable doubt about the truth and isn’t afraid to dig under the skin of her protagonist and unnerve many a parent in the process.
No One Will Save You (Brian Duffield)
After being surprised by Brian Duffield’s superb splat-tastic romance movie Spontaneous, I was excited to read his next film, which was an alien invasion thriller with a home invasion spin. But No One Will Save You still managed to pull the rug out from under me with its tight and tense action.
Despite a wordless performance, Kaitlyn Dever commands the screen as a traumatized and isolated young woman battling against alien invaders that start out in a traditional grey bipedal form before chucking in some interesting new ones as the battle for survival goes on.
Saw X (Kevin Greutert)
Jigsaw and Spiral: From the Book of Saw were supposed to reinvigorate the Saw franchise by taking it further from the influence of Tobin Bell’s John Kramer. Instead, it falls to Bell to put the jumper cables to the series’ flesh with a prequel that goes back to the heady heights of those early days.
Saw X is a worthy new entry because it puts much more focus on character, fleshing out Jigsaw’s reasoning for his brutal justice with a more personal edge against a seemingly worthy adversary.
It’s like the villain version of Spider-Man 2, where there’s a glimmer of a life that could be for John Kramer before the world reminds him why it needs him (well, at least that’s how he sees it!)
Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (Stephen Cognetti)
Now and then, a found-footage horror movie comes along and reminds me why I fell in love with the sub-genre. I genuinely did not believe the fourth entry in the Hell House LLC series would be one of them, but here we are.
Hell House LLC: The Carmichael Manor takes the action away from the Abbadon Hotel of previous films, which does refresh the formula to some degree, but really its greatest quality comes from taking things back to basics in building unease and dread.
M3GAN (Gerard Johnstone)
Chucky has the cynical, blood-splattered killer doll thing down to a tee, and Annabelle has the supernatural entity schtick going. So, where does M3GAN sit? It’s a rather bloodless film, with a checklist of overcooked modern tropes in its execution, but it’s on this list, so why?
Because it’s a really fun time and is fully aware of its limitations. M3GAN itself may feel like a cynical attempt to create a new horror icon, but it has worked because, visually speaking, she lives on the precipice of the uncanny valley that makes that effect so unsettling.
When Evil Lurks (Demián Rugna)
Demonic possession done differently. Rugna’s When Evil Lurks is a nasty piece of work that floods the screen with apocalyptic despair as it treats demons like a multipurpose disease, polluting the soil and the soul in equal measure.
When Evil Lurks doesn’t shy away from showing the devastating consequences of causing a deadly outbreak, nothing is off the table, and the demon may never be seen in physical form, but its malicious and manipulative intent is always on show.
Birth/Rebirth (Laura Moss)
There have been plenty of takes on the Frankenstein story, and Laura Moss achieves the admirable feat of recreating the gothic horror of the source material whilst feeling incredibly fresh in its modern womanhood-centered spin.
Marin Ireland is superbly cold, clinical, and antisocial as Dr. Rose Casper, a modern Dr. Frankenstein type, and Judy Reyes as nurse Celie Morales brings tragic obsession to the party as the unlikely pair team up to handle the reanimated body of a young girl.
Birth/Rebirth surprises with dark humor, heartbreaking tragedy, and abhorrent behavior as Rose and Celie push way beyond moral boundaries.
Godzilla: Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki)
While 2016’s Shin Godzilla made the radioactive lizard an abomination (in a good way!), it’s been quite some time since we got a pure angry creature from the sea Godzilla.
Enter Godzilla Minus One. Essentially another reboot of the Godzilla origin, but taking it back to before the gargantuan monster first waded from the ocean. Post-war Japan is in tatters in a variety of ways, and just as life is starting to return to some kind of normalcy when the mutated local legend Godzilla takes personal offence to people living in what it considers its territory.
And so Godzilla is a destructive force once more. Not friend to man, just generally annoyed man is in the way.
Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg)
Brandon Cronenberg is really growing into his own skin (which feels like an apt description) and forging his own weirdo path as a director. He follows up surreal and violent bodyjacking in Possessor with a very different kind of body abuse in Infinity Pool.
There was no way a tale of two young couples meeting at a swanky resort was going to end well in a film that features a Cronenberg in the director’s chair, but yeah…Infinity Pool is a bit sadistic.
It’s helped on its way by two very different performances. Alexander Skarsgard exudes naivety and obliviousness in equal measure, while Mia Goth is menacingly manipulative and just a bit batshit.
Enys Men (Mark Jenkin)
Mark Jenkin’s Bait made for a striking audiovisual experiment, utilizing supposedly outdated and niche equipment to create an unsettling and intense tale of tensions in a cornish fishing village. It was abrasive and artful. Jenkin reteamed with many of that film’s cast to create Enys Men, an actual horror movie that doubled down on those qualities.
Enys Men is a low-fi folk horror that tells the story of a wildlife volunteer (Mary Woodvine) isolated on an uninhabited island off the British coast. Her secluded life appears to unravel in a strange dreamlike fashion.
It’s a film that I hadn’t even finished and knew would be the subject of divisive reviews. Enys Men is as experimental a horror film as you can get in the modern day. That comes the same year as the equally divisive and evasive Skinamarink gives some hope that horror can still be as strange, complex, experimental, and against the grain as this.
Brooklyn 45 (Ted Geoghan)
Being a chamber piece horror set in the aftermath of World War II means Brooklyn 45 could be accused of being little more than a fancy stage play being called a movie. However, its theatrical nature is what enhances it as an unorthodox ghost story.
A group of wartime pals, all of whom have personal grief and trauma from their time at war, reunite on a chilly December night in 1945 to support one of their number after the death of his wife. A cozy reunion becomes something more supernatural as the group’s dirty laundry is laid bare by literal ghosts of their past.
Brooklyn 45 features just the seven cast members, but all get to make an impact in a punchy, twisty-turny 90 minutes.
Evil Dead Rise (Lee Cronin)
Ten years had passed with an Evil Dead movie, and folks had started to come around to Fede Alvarez’s gore-soaked 2013 edition. So naturally, that vibe is what Sam Raimi brought back with director Lee Cronin taking the Deadite action to the city in Evil Dead Rise.
While it’s a bit disappointing just have a whole apartment block infested with Deadites, the fairly contained blood-splattered adventure we get does feel like a transference of the traditional Evil Dead setup. It largely works because of Alyssa Sutherland’s unhinged demonic performance.
Talk to Me (Danny & Michael Phillipou)
Arguably the breakout horror hit of the year. The Phillipou brothers’ fresh take on possession, curse movies, and general teenage tomfoolery is a fine example that old ideas can be refreshed in horror when done right.
The film’s mean streak propels it into unsettling territory, and the interpersonal drama that gets wrapped up in a possession gone wrong adds to the impact of their consequences.
Dark Harvest (David Slade)
I’m still not exactly sure how I feel about David Slade’s Dark Harvest. It has a really strange tone, feels like it was smushed together from several different interpretations, and it’s genuinely difficult to tell if some performances are meant to be bad as they appear.
And yet Dark Harvest’s story of small-town boys competing to beat the literal stuffing out of a supernatural scarecrow is dark, funny, and just the right kind of chaotic to make it stick in the mind. I genuinely would not be surprised to see this become a cult favorite of sorts in years to come.
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The Nun II’s Best Set Piece Shows Good Horror Requires Craft and Consistency
I can’t say I expected much out of The Nun II. The first film did very well for itself at the box office and made the character a new horror icon of sorts, but as a horror film, its content struggled to match the lofty vision of its Gothic European setting and atmosphere.
The Nun is a lavish-looking ghost house for the most part, and that represents a frustrating missed opportunity considering the high bar of the film it was born from (The Conjuring 2). The Nun II is possibly even more frustrating because it contains one superbly-set up scene that shows up the rest of the film’s rather humdrum nature.
I am, of course, talking about the newsstand sequence. It is a largely practical affair that you can’t help but admire for the effort that goes into it. Pages and imagery turn at speed to eventually reveal the devilish figure of the demonic Nun Valak. It’s no surprise it was hyped up before the film’s release, it’s easily the best-crafted sequence in the film, and that’s a big problem for the rest of The Nun II.
The Nun II suffers for two things in 2023. That sequence, and the existence of The Pope’s Exorcist. The rest of the film isn’t terrible by any means, just by the numbers and predictable. The latter is true of The Pope’s Exorcist, which combined with a generally awful level of plot predictability, should be a death sentence, but that film has a strong central figure in Russell Crowe, who tears through scenery like Godzilla through cities. His consistent presence ensures it’s not a total wash. It’s an entertaining disaster.
The Nun II has one scene of strength that almost feels disconnected from the rest of it. The film’s false confidence in the strength of its characters and their relationships from the first film don’t help it away from the scares, and that also impacts the sense of peril that is needed to make the scares work. Lord knows it tries to up the ante on peril in the story by setting much of the movie in a school, but a lack of teeth is clearly visible when it comes to what happens when Valak comes up against kids.
By the time we reach the theatrical finale, The Nun II has gone through every garden-variety horror scare (ooh, there’s The Nun! being the general theme behind them). Even in that standout scene, that’s essentially what it is dressed up as something fancier, but that’s what the whole film should be aiming for.
The Nun II never had to be this groundbreaking horror movie sequel. It just needed more craft and consistency in how it delivered its horror. The old favorites can still feel fresh when the structure is there to back them up.
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Dogs of Berlin Season 1 Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Netflix
If you love investigation procedures, Dogs of Berlin Season 1 will be perfect for you. Created by Christian Alvart, this German series follows two police officers delving into a renowned Turkish-German soccer player’s homicide. However, complications arise when it is revealed that one of them harbors connections to the underworld, casting a shadow of controversy over the investigation.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Dogs of Berlin Season 1 via streaming services such as Netflix.
Is Dogs of Berlin Season 1 available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Dogs of Berlin Season 1 is available to watch via streaming on Netflix.
Directed by Christian Alvart, the German series shows two police officers — Erol Birkan and Kurt Grimmer — investigating the murder of the fictional Turkish-German football star Orkan Erdem. Their homicide investigation unleashes a city-wide frenzy in Berlin. With a myriad of potential suspects, including Neo-Nazis, the Arab Mafia, Turkish nationalists, football fans, and the Berlin Mafia, the complex case seems to reach the highest offices of the capital. To unravel the truth, the two officers must navigate the underbelly of the Berlin underworld.
The cast features Fahri Yardım as Erol Birkan and Felix Kramer as Kurt Grimmer. The rest of the supporting actors and actresses include Urs Rechn, Katharina Schüttler, Anna Maria Mühe, Kais Setti, Mohammed Issa, Deniz Orta, Katrin Sass, and Sebastian Zimmler.
Watch Dogs of Berlin Season 1 streaming via Netflix
Dogs of Berlin Season 1 is available to watch on Netflix. Subscribe to Netflix and turn your screen into a movie hall with a vast library of blockbuster hits and exclusive content.
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The cheapest Netflix Standard with Ads Plan provides all but a few of its movies and TV shows. However, it will show ads before or during most of its content. You can watch in Full HD and on two supported devices at a time.
Its Standard Plan provides the same but is completely ad-free while also allowing users to download content on two supported devices with an additional option to add one extra member who doesn’t live in the same household.
The Premium Plan provides the same as above, though for four supported devices at a time, with content displaying in Ultra HD. Users get to download content on up to six supported devices at a time and have the option to add up to two extra members who don’t live in the same household. Netflix spatial audio is also supported.
The Dogs of Berlin Season 1 synopsis is as follows:
“A politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
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The Missed Opportunity of Evil Dead Rise
Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise is a fine addition to the Evil Dead canon, but I must admit to being a touch disappointed it didn’t use its setting in a different way.
Much of Evil Dead Rise’s runtime takes place in a dilapidated, near-empty apartment complex, with a Deadite outbreak being unleashed after an unholy vinyl gets played by a curious youth. To be fair to the lad, he probably didn’t factor in the demonic destruction of his family would come from listening to an LP, despite what so many 70s-era conservatives might have told us.
It’s genuinely refreshing to take the big-screen Evil Dead adventures to a different location given that 60% of them have taken place in a cabin in the woods. The concept of Deadites in an apartment complex is enticing, and for me, it instantly brought to mind Lamberto Bava’s Demons 2.
In Demons 2, the demonic infestation of the first film returns through a television set (the first movie summoning them from a movie theater screen), and absolute carnage ensues as tenants of a 10-story high-rise apartment building have to contend with the toothy, sharp-clawed monsters that inhabit anyone they draw blood from.
The setup allows for multiple perspectives and set pieces for various tenants and ultimately begins to draw them together as the number of survivors dwindles. It’s Demons by way of David Cronenberg’s Shivers. Its plot is inarguably a bit of nonsense, but it delivers on the promise of Demons going nuts in an apartment building.
So, with that in mind, Evil Dead Rise felt like a bit of a letdown. In fairness, it’s not on Lee Cronin that I had that expectation, and the film sets up plenty of good reasons for the building being underpopulated, but the pre-release chatter didn’t exactly set the levels for the just how many Deadites gone wild in a high-rise we’d be getting.
Naturally, that left me with a feeling of what could have been. I’m not saying you need hundreds of people and Deadites to justify using an apartment building as a setup, but I do feel it’s missing the point of using such a location to house an Evil Dead story.
Technically, Evil Dead in the city, even restricted to one apartment building, should be upping the ante in the Deadite department. We know what small-scale Deadite action is, and Army of Darkness went for a whole other scale. Something in the middle would have made Evil Dead Rise truly refreshing.
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HBO’s Mark Ruffalo-Led Crime Drama Adds Fabien Frankel & Alison Oliver
According to Variety, House of the Dragon star Fabien Frankel and Saltburn actress Alison Oliver have been tapped to join Mark Ruffalo in HBO’s untitled crime drama, which hails from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby.
Frankel and Oliver are set to portray the respective roles of Anthony and Lizzie, who are described as police officers task to join Ruffalo’s task force. The series will also star Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Thuso Mbedu, Raúl Castillo, Jamie McShane and Sam Keeley.
What to Expect in the Brad Ingelsby Project?
Based on an original idea, the story takes place in the working class suburbs outside of Philadelphia. It follows Ruffalo’s FBI agent Tom as he leads a task force, which aims to put an end to a string of drug-house robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.
The miniseries will be written and executive produced by Ingelsby, who earned an Emmy nomination for his work on Mare of Easttown for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series. Executive producers are Ruffalo, Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, Nicole Jordan-Webber, Jeremy Yaches, Jeremy Yaches, and Jeremiah Zagar, with Salli Richardson and Zagar serving as directors.
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Rebel Moon Writer Explains Jimmy’s New Look at the End of the Movie
Anthony Hopkins’ character in Rebel Moon, Jimmy, goes through a bit of a change by the end of the new Netflix sci-fi film, a decision that is explained a bit more in detail in the extended cut of the film. Speaking to Variety, Rebel Moon writer Kurt Johnstad was asked about the change in look for Jimmy.
In the film, Jimmy is the last member of a race of mechanical knights who is seen wearing a crown of antlers and a bunch of foliage by the end of the film. According to Johnstad, the character is given more time in the extended cuts and in 2024’s sequel film, but the team behind the movie wanted to show him becoming “a little more human,” and more importantly, “a little feral” in his journey.
“Jimmy has a much bigger story in those extended cuts and certainly in the second movie,” said Johnstad. “It’s a little bit like Jimmy goes from this sentient robot to really becoming a little more human, and he goes a little feral. When everybody is being collected and the team is getting built, he’s running around in the woods being like a feral creature and hunting and sitting by the brook and catching fish and doing Jimmy things out in the woods, so that’s where the crown of antlers comes from.”
What is Rebel Moon about?
“A peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius,” reads the film’s synopsis. “The desperate civilians dispatch Kora, a young woman who has a mysterious past, to seek out warriors from nearby planets to help them challenge the regent.”
Described as a fantasy epic, Rebel Moon is directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay he is co-writing with Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad, based on a story by Snyder and Johnstad. It stars Sofia Boutella as Kora, Ed Skrein as Admiral Atticus Noble, Charlie Hunnam as Kai, Michiel Huisman as Gunnar, Djimon Hounsou as General, Staz Nair as Tarak, Doona Bae as Nemesis, Ray Fisher as Darrian Bloodaxe, and newcomer E. Duffy as Milius.
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Poor Devil Season 1: How Many Episodes & When Do New Episodes Come Out?
Viewers of Poor Devil Season 1 are wondering how many episodes are in the series and when each new episode comes out. The animated series follows the journey of Stan, a typical 18-year-old boy whose father is the Devil. Despite being tasked by his father to create chaos and bring about the downfall of humanity on Earth, Stan dreams of becoming a performer on Broadway. The show is directed by Miguel Esteban.
Here’s how many episodes are in Poor Devil Season 1 and on what day new episodes come out.
How many episodes are in Poor Devil Season 1?
Poor Devil Season 1 has 8 episodes.
The episode list is as follows:
- Episode 1: The Antichrist in New York
- Episode 2: So Much Cheek and So Little Chin
- Episode 3: I’m a Bear, I Don’t Watch Movies
- Episode 4: The Worst Day of the Year (El peor día del año)
- Episode 5: Nobody Laughs at Charlie Mango
- Episode 6: I Screwed Up and That’s Why I Lost You
- Episode 7: Greenland
- Episode 8: The End of Boring Days
Season 1 originally aired on February 17, 2023, with all eight episodes dropping on the same day. It is created by Joaquín Reyes, Ernesto Sevilla, and Miguel Esteban.
The voice cast of Poor Devil Season 1 includes Joaquín Reyes as Stan, Ernesto Sevilla as Mefisto, Ben Lepley as Surt, Gakian as Samael, Stéphanie Magnin as Satan, Miguel Esteban as Cancerbero, Laura Martí as Paloma Heater, Boré Buika as Ray, Alex Famos as Arturo, Manuel Huedo as Waslag, Verónica Forqué as Rose, Antonio Della Casa as Boby, Javier Botet as Cacahuete, and more.
When do new Poor Devil episodes come out?
All episodes of Poor Devil Season 1 are currently available to watch. There are no new episodes.
The official synopsis for the series reads:
“Stan just turned 665 months old. One month remains for the prophecy to be fulfilled and he has to fulfill his destiny: plunge humanity into horror and chaos, and bring about Armageddon. But he is more interested in singing and dancing in a Broadway musical.”
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Anyone But You Director on His Rom-Com Return: ‘I Really Wanted This To Feel Big and Epic’
After spending much of his time creating family-friendly movies like Peter Rabbit and Annie, Will Gluck — the filmmaker behind two beloved romantic comedies, Friends with Benefits and Easy A — has recently returned to his rom-com roots with Anyone But You. On his latest project, Gluck shares that he wanted it to be “big and epic,” and one that will guarantee audiences a good time.
While Gluck’s rom-com features in the early 2010s garnered massive followings, audiences have certainly changed over the past decade. And that is why, for him, it is a “huge obligation” to come up with a movie that will give moviegoers a good experience.
“I really did feel a huge obligation to maybe make the last romcom in the history of cinema and theatricality. I really wanted this to feel big and epic and musical and funny and sexy and edgy and adult in order to get people to experience it in the theater with their friends and their dates,” Gluck told The Hollywood Reporter.
He added, “I sound like a pitchman, but I guarantee that when you walk out of this movie, you will have had a good, fun experience, which romcoms always deliver. We need a fun movie, especially now, and this is a fun movie.”
What is Anyone But You about?
Based on a screenplay Gluck co-wrote with Ilana Wolpert, Anyone But You stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell as two pretend lovers who would rather be with anyone but each other.
The synopsis for Anyone But You reads: “After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold – until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.”
Starring alongside Sweeney and Powell are Alexandra Shipp, Darren Barnet, GaTa, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel Griffiths, Michelle Hurd, Bryan Brown, and Hadley Robinson.
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Zack Snyder Reveals His 4 Favorite Movies
Rebel Moon director Zack Snyder has revealed which four movies are his absolute favorite, and they span a wide range of genres.
Letterboxd asked the filmmaker his four favorite movies and posted a video to Twitter of him answering the question. Snyder revealed that his four favorite movies are Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, All That Jazz, Excalibur, and Blue Velvet.
You can see Snyder list the movies in the video below:
Four Favorites with Zack Snyder
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was directed by George Lucas and came out in 1977, while All That Jazz was released in 1979 and was directed by Bob Fosse. Excalibur was directed by John Boorman and released in 1981, while Blue Velvet came out in 1986 and was helmed by David Lynch.
What is Rebel Moon about?
“A peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius,” reads the film’s synopsis. “The desperate civilians dispatch Kora, a young woman who has a mysterious past, to seek out warriors from nearby planets to help them challenge the regent.”
Rebel Moon – Part One is now playing in limited theaters and is also available to stream on Netflix.
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Scream 7 Director Christopher Landon Exits Movie, Issues Statement
Scream 7 will no longer be directed by Christopher Landon, as the director announced his departure in a statement today. The Freaky and We Have a Ghost director’s exit comes after the departure of Jenna Ortega and the firing of Melissa Barrera. No replacement has been named yet for the upcoming horror movie.
“I guess now is as good a time as any to announce I formally exited Scream 7 weeks ago. This will disappoint some and delight others,” wrote Landon on X. “It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare. And my heart did break for everyone involved. Everyone. But it’s time to move on. I have nothing more to add to the conversation other than I hope Wes’ legacy thrives and lifts above the din of a divided world. What he and Kevin created is something amazing, and I was honored to have even the briefest moment basking in their glow.”
What is the status of Scream 7 without Jenna Ortega?
As of now, it’s unclear exactly what the status of the next entry in the Scream franchise is. There’s currently no script or schedule for the next movie in the popular horror series as of late 2023.
Alongside Barrera, the most recent two entries have starred Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mason Gooding as the four main members of the new era of Scream. With Barrera and Ortega not returning, it seems the group will be fairly different in the next installment.
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The Chase: Host Bradley Walsh storms off stage after contestant’s awkward blunder
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Much-Awaited Anime Releases in January 2024: Solo Leveling, Classroom of the Elite Season 3 & More
The anime shows for fall 2023 are finally concluding. With such a stellar line-up of new series along with fan-loved returning titles, it was an absolute rollercoaster ride. However, with one season drawing towards the end, fans are anticipating a lot more from 2024. Given the series that are waiting for viewers, the excitement of anime fans is immeasurable.
So, here are the top series that will reign in winter 2024.
1. Solo Leveling
Considering how much hype the series has garnered, Solo Leveling’s popularity is definitely off the charts. Based on the hottest manhwa of the same name, this is definitely something to watch out for in winter 2024. Produced by A-1 Pictures, the narrative follows Sung Jin Woo, who is labeled as the weakest hunter. The story takes place in a world where humans with supernatural abilities hunt monsters for money. However, Jin Woo’s life changes completely after a fateful encounter in a dungeon.
2. Classroom of the Elite season 3
The true nature of the mysterious protagonist of Classroom Of The Elite, Kiyotaka Ayanokoji, was revealed in the second season. However, from the trailers and teasers of the upcoming third season, Ayanokoji will reveal more of his capabilities this time. The series isn’t a typical high school anime as Syougo Kinugasa crafted this seemingly normal high school premise into a high-stakes survival game. The intense drama and thrilling suspense keep viewers eagerly anticipating the next move in the challenging game.
3. Metallic Rouge
Studio Bones will be producing Metallic Rouge, which is known for adapting popular series like My Hero Academia, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Bungo Stray Dogs. Featuring two female protagonists, this mecha anime is set in a world where humans and androids coexist. The protagonists are sent to Mars to kill nine rogue androids who threaten the government’s authority. Knowing how well Studio Bones adapts the fighting sequences, fans’ expectations will exceed for sure. Metallic Rouge will be available to stream on Crunchyroll when it airs.
4. Blue Exorcist season 3
A popular anime is making its comeback in winter 2024, and devoted fans of the series have been eagerly waiting for Blue Exorcist. The third season will adapt the Illuminati Saga. Here, the protagonists will have to confront the powerful organization known as the Illuminati. Their motive is to unify the world of humans and devils. With the first two seasons being memorable, the dedicated staff and cast wI’ll surely deliver a captivating third season.
5. Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!
This upcoming series is one of the much-awaited romance series of 2024. Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable is based on the manga of the same name. The story revolves around Shiki Tsubasa, a young man who moves from Tokyo to Hokkaido. A certain girl, who wears light clothes despite the cold climate, captivates him. After he discovers that she is his classmate, a friendship develops between them. A well-crafted plot with fleshed-out characters is always a positive thing. Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable is definitely a series worth checking out.
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Netflix’s Gyeongseong Creature Part 1 Ending Explained: How Does Park Seo Joon’s K-Drama End?
Gyeongseong Creature part 1 aired on Netflix on Friday with seven episodes. Starring Park Seo-Joon as Jang Tae-Sang and Han So-Hee as Yoon Chae-Ok, the first part had a heartbreaking ending.
Our episodic recap coverage mentioned episode 4 ending on a thrilling cliffhanger. It featured the Gyeongseong creature on the loose in the Ongseong Hospital, killing everyone in front of it. Moreover, Tae-Sang comes face-to-face with the monster.
Episode 5 begins with him fighting the creature with the help of Chae-Ok. The lead characters struggle to survive throughout the final three episodes of part 1. The situation seemed to get better when Tae-Sang found a way to help everyone escape from the hospital. But, in the end, things go sideways, resulting in a sad ending.
Gyeongseong Creature part 1 spoilers: Did Park Seo-Joon escape from the hospital?
After fighting the monster, the Japanese soldiers capture Chae-Ok (Han So-Hee) and Tae-Sang (Park Seo-Joon). While she is locked up, the ward’s head strikes a deal with Tae-Sang, who returns to find Chae-Ok.
Meanwhile, Lt. Kato stops the soldiers from torturing her. He takes her into his office and realizes that she is the daughter of Sheishen, the woman who turned into the dangerous creature. When she learns the truth, she doesn’t believe Lt. Kato.
He chains her up in the basement and lures the creature to her. Lt. Kato wants to find out whether or not the monster will kill its own daughter. When the creature arrives, its first instinct is to attack. But it stops when Chae-Ok shouts, “Mother!” Sheishen opens her eyes for the first time since becoming the creature. Seeing her maternal love overpowering the virus, Lt. Kato orders his soldiers to shoot and release nitrogen gas to tame the creature.
Sheishen releases multiple tentacles and protects Chae-Ok. The creature breaks her daughter’s chain and pushes her away. Tae-Sang appears at the perfect moment and rescues Chae-Ok.
They meet other prisoners and get ready to leave the hospital. Meanwhile, Tae-Sang maps out a plan of action. He helps everyone leave the hospital by creating a passage between a window and a truck.
After fighting a few soldiers, Tae-Sang, Chae-Ok, and a fellow prisoner leave at last. He orders Chae-Ok to leave first, after which he asks the fellow prisoner to follow. Later, he shuts the window and decides to stay behind to distract the soldiers.
Gyeongseong Creature episode 7 ending: A new monster is created
Gyeongseong Creature episode 7 is the final episode of the K-drama‘s part 1. Lt. Kato and Director Ichiro are furious after all the prisoners escape. They captured those prisoners to test the virus that turned Sheishen into a monster.
Previously, Lt. Kato gave Chae-Ok the drink spiked with the virus to turn her into a creature like her mother, but she didn’t drink it. Later, Tae-Sang, the prison’s head, and Myeong-Ja, Commissioner Ishikawa’s pregnant mistress, entered the room.
After the prison break, Lt. Kato noticed the empty glass. He tries to figure out who drank the potion. The camera focuses on all four suspects. The jail’s head is shown leaving Gyeongseong with his family, Chae-Ok returns home with a heavy heart, Tae-Sang is wounded in the hospital, and Myeong-Ja spends the night with Commissioner Ishikawa.
Gyeongseong Creature episode 7 ends with a post-credit scene, where the virus moves towards Myeong-Ja’s brain. This indicates she drank the potion after all and is set up to be the new monster.
Gyeongseong Creature part 1 ends on a sad note. Hopefully, the remaining three episodes will compensate for it as viewers root for Chae-Ok and Tae-Sang’s reunion.
Part 1 is currently streaming on Netflix, while Gyeongseong Creature part 2 will premiere on July 5, 2023, with the final three episodes.
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