June is already here, which means that we’re rapidly approaching 2024’s halfway point. While many of the year’s most anticipated horror releases are still on the horizon, it’s been a crowded year so far for new releases, from theatrical to streaming. So much so that the overwhelming selection of releases makes it tough to keep up.
This week’s streaming picks highlight five 2024 horror releases, most of which have quietly flown under the radar. Whether you’re looking to catch up on new titles or revisit recent faves, this week brings everything from found footage creature features to cosmic nightmares.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Disappear Completely – Netflix
Tabloid photographer Santiago (Harold Torres) will go to great lengths to get the perfect shot, tact and morals be damned. His insensitivity even extends to his home life,...
This week’s streaming picks highlight five 2024 horror releases, most of which have quietly flown under the radar. Whether you’re looking to catch up on new titles or revisit recent faves, this week brings everything from found footage creature features to cosmic nightmares.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Disappear Completely – Netflix
Tabloid photographer Santiago (Harold Torres) will go to great lengths to get the perfect shot, tact and morals be damned. His insensitivity even extends to his home life,...
- 6/3/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Georgina Campbell, Maria de Sá, Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho, Soren Hellerup, Ana Sofia Martins, Edgar Morais | Written and Directed by Teresa Sutherland
Coming from the writer of recent slow-burn horror The Wind, the slightly oddly-titled Lovely, Dark and Deep, tells the story of a park ranger looking for answers from a childhood tragedy while she walks alone through the wilderness.
I guess it should be no surprise that this movie could also be called a slow burner but don’t go thinking that this means the first half or more of the film is boring or that nothing of note happens. Because Lovely, Dark and Deep grabs its viewers right from the start. But, there’s no doubt that the pace picks up towards the climax of the film and the movie leans more into horror the longer it goes on.
There are plenty of movies about people...
Coming from the writer of recent slow-burn horror The Wind, the slightly oddly-titled Lovely, Dark and Deep, tells the story of a park ranger looking for answers from a childhood tragedy while she walks alone through the wilderness.
I guess it should be no surprise that this movie could also be called a slow burner but don’t go thinking that this means the first half or more of the film is boring or that nothing of note happens. Because Lovely, Dark and Deep grabs its viewers right from the start. But, there’s no doubt that the pace picks up towards the climax of the film and the movie leans more into horror the longer it goes on.
There are plenty of movies about people...
- 3/26/2024
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Teresa Sutherland’s beautifully shot debut has you rooting for a park ranger investigating a disappearance, even if the ambiguity around malevolent forces grows tiring
Robert Frost fans will recognise the title of this psychological horror. Taken from the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, the relevant lines run thusly: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles before I go to sleep.” This is a neat, if oblique, way of describing writer-director Teresa Sutherland’s debut film, which sees a newly minted park ranger head into the wilderness, after the disappearance of a young woman, to confront shadowy forces interested in stealing more than just your picnic basket.
The national park in question has a long history of various vanishings (but what desolate rural region of the US does not?), and the plucky...
Robert Frost fans will recognise the title of this psychological horror. Taken from the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, the relevant lines run thusly: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. /But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles before I go to sleep.” This is a neat, if oblique, way of describing writer-director Teresa Sutherland’s debut film, which sees a newly minted park ranger head into the wilderness, after the disappearance of a young woman, to confront shadowy forces interested in stealing more than just your picnic basket.
The national park in question has a long history of various vanishings (but what desolate rural region of the US does not?), and the plucky...
- 3/18/2024
- by Catherine Bray
- The Guardian - Film News
Fear is a basic human emotion that is key to ensuring self-preservation, especially if you look at it from an evolutionary perspective. All species in the animal kingdom feel fear as a psychological mechanism to ensure their own safety. Well, not only the animal kingdom, but even plants have defensive reactions to external stressors to prolong their own lives. We often underestimate our own prowess as humans to deal with the things that scare us. Perhaps, what people call a gut feeling during unfavorable situations might indeed be our subconscious selves warning us against the outcomes of these circumstances. I do not believe in supernatural entities, but I do think that there has to be a logical explanation as to why people feel off about certain places or even certain people that they know nothing about. I think the ambiguous nature of how the human mind apprehends fear is a major theme portrayed in Lovely,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Shrey Ashley Philip
- Film Fugitives
Plot: Years after her sister disappeared at Arvores National Park, a young woman named Lennon gets a job as an Arvores park ranger in hopes of finding out what happened to her sibling. Unfortunately for her, she does find out.
Review: Teresa Sutherland wrote the screenplay for Emma Tammi’s 2018 horror Western The Wind and was part of the writing staff on the Mike Flanagan series Midnight Mass, and now she has made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep, which she was inspired to make after hearing “real-life conspiracy theories surrounding the unusually high number of unsolved missing person cases that happen in national parks and forests”. She came up with a theory of her own… something dealing with an ancient supernatural force that still operates in these isolated places “where it still gets dark”… and delivered it in the form of a movie that has some interesting ideas,...
Review: Teresa Sutherland wrote the screenplay for Emma Tammi’s 2018 horror Western The Wind and was part of the writing staff on the Mike Flanagan series Midnight Mass, and now she has made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep, which she was inspired to make after hearing “real-life conspiracy theories surrounding the unusually high number of unsolved missing person cases that happen in national parks and forests”. She came up with a theory of her own… something dealing with an ancient supernatural force that still operates in these isolated places “where it still gets dark”… and delivered it in the form of a movie that has some interesting ideas,...
- 2/22/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
If there's one thing horror movies have taught us, it's that the woods are a scary place. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown," H.P. Lovecraft once wrote, and what's more unknowable than the deep, dark woods? I'm not talking about tiny patches of trees close to highways or Walmart parking lots. I mean the unexplored, uncharted wilderness, so thick with greenery that sunlight only breaks through in tiny open spots. Who knows what could be lurking out there? Wild animals, sure. But maybe, just maybe, something else, too.
"Lovely, Dark, and Deep" — the title comes from Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" — is the latest horror movie to warn us about the woods. Here, cosmic horrors lurk within all those trees. Strange, unexplained happenings are just around the bend.
"Lovely, Dark, and Deep" — the title comes from Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" — is the latest horror movie to warn us about the woods. Here, cosmic horrors lurk within all those trees. Strange, unexplained happenings are just around the bend.
- 2/21/2024
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Back when we heard that Georgina Campbell was starring in the psychological horror film Lovely, Dark, and Deep, she was best known for winning a BAFTA TV leading actress award for her role in the 2014 TV movie Murdered by My Boyfriend. Since then, we’ve seen her name around here quite a lot, due to her roles in films like All My Friends Hate Me, Barbarian, Bird Box: Barcelona, T.I.M., and the upcoming The Watchers, Cold Storage, and Psycho Killer. As for Lovely, Dark, and Deep, it’s set to receive a VOD release on February 22nd, and we have the trailer embedded below.
This project marks the feature directorial debut of Teresa Sutherland, who previously wrote Emma Tammi’s horror western The Wind and was a staff writer on the Netflix / Mike Flanagan series Midnight Mass. The story of this “cosmic thriller” sees Campbell taking on the role of Lennon,...
This project marks the feature directorial debut of Teresa Sutherland, who previously wrote Emma Tammi’s horror western The Wind and was a staff writer on the Netflix / Mike Flanagan series Midnight Mass. The story of this “cosmic thriller” sees Campbell taking on the role of Lennon,...
- 2/2/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Watch the Trailer for Tarot: "When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings."
Written for the Screen and Directed by:
Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg
Produced by:
Leslie Morgenstein
Elysa Koplovitz Dutton
Scott Glassgold
Executive Producers:
Andrew Pfeffer
Scott Strauss
Anna Halberg
Spenser Cohen
Cast:
Harriet Slater
Adain Bradley
Avantika
and Jacob Batalon
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Lovely, Dark, And Deep: "Written and directed by Teresa Sutherland, Lovely Dark And Deep is a psychological horror that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness,...
Written for the Screen and Directed by:
Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg
Produced by:
Leslie Morgenstein
Elysa Koplovitz Dutton
Scott Glassgold
Executive Producers:
Andrew Pfeffer
Scott Strauss
Anna Halberg
Spenser Cohen
Cast:
Harriet Slater
Adain Bradley
Avantika
and Jacob Batalon
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Lovely, Dark, And Deep: "Written and directed by Teresa Sutherland, Lovely Dark And Deep is a psychological horror that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness,...
- 1/31/2024
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We might be in the depths of winter, so I'm sure many of us are dreaming about nice, long walks in the woods when we can find peace and quiet, once the snow melts. But as any horror film fan will tell you, danger lurks in the deep and dark. Taking its title from the Robert Frost poem (admitedly set in winter), the feature debut Lovely, Dark and Deep from Teresa Sutherland, it follows one woman's terryfing journey into that deep which is definitely dark, but perhaps not so lovely. The trailer evokes all that is haunting about the woods, especially in places when you know there is no help for miles and miles, and your sense are both overloaded and...
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- 1/30/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Writer/director Teresa Sutherland’s directorial debut, Lovely, Dark, and Deep applies cosmic horror to a familiar genre setting, and XYZ Films has released the official trailer this afternoon along with release information.
Lovely, Dark and Deep hits theaters and VOD on February 22, 2024.
Watch the official trailer below.
Lovely, Dark and Deep is a psychological horror movie that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence.
Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.
The cast also features Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Wai Ching Ho (Hustlers).
Josh Waller produced the film under Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra...
Lovely, Dark and Deep hits theaters and VOD on February 22, 2024.
Watch the official trailer below.
Lovely, Dark and Deep is a psychological horror movie that centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence.
Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.
The cast also features Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Wai Ching Ho (Hustlers).
Josh Waller produced the film under Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra...
- 1/30/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
"A beguiling cosmic nightmare." XYZ Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie horror psychological thriller called Lovely, Dark, and Deep, which marks the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Teresa Sutherland. The film originally premiered at Canada's Fantasia Film Festival and Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and also at the MOTELx Lisbon Horror Film Festival last year. Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence. Georgina Campbell stars as Lennon, with a small indie cast including Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho, Edgar Morais, Ana Sofia Martins, and Soren Hellerup. This looks way, way creepier than you're probably expecting - especially when it gets weirder as this super eerie trailer plays out. // Continue...
- 1/29/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A selection at Fantasia Fest and Beyond Fest last year, Teresa Sutherland’s Lovely, Dark, and Deep marks the directorial debut for the writer, best known for the acclaimed horror feature The Wind. Now set for a theatrical and digital release on February 22 from XYZ Films, we’re pleased to exclusively debut the trailer and poster for the psychological horror film starring Georgina Campbell, Nick Blood, and Wai Ching Ho.
Here’s the synopsis: “Lennon seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence. Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.”
Josh Waller produced the film under Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra served as an executive producer for House of Quest Films,...
Here’s the synopsis: “Lennon seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence. Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.”
Josh Waller produced the film under Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra served as an executive producer for House of Quest Films,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Chiwetel Ejiofor (Rob Peace), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) and Jacob Tremblay (The Toxic Avenger) have joined the cast of The Life of Chuck, the latest of many Stephen King adaptations from filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep), which kicked off production in Alabama under an interim agreement earlier this month. Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill lead the ensemble of the pic, written and directed by Flanagan, as we were first to tell you.
Also now involved is QWGmire, the production and financing entity known for the indie horror Agnes and the forthcoming Lovely, Dark and Deep, which has made a major equity investment in the independently financed feature.
Stated QWGmire partners Molly C. Quinn, Matthew M. Welty and Elan Gale, “We are thrilled to partner with Mike and Trevor [Macy] on this project. Mike is a master storyteller and we can’t wait to bring his...
Also now involved is QWGmire, the production and financing entity known for the indie horror Agnes and the forthcoming Lovely, Dark and Deep, which has made a major equity investment in the independently financed feature.
Stated QWGmire partners Molly C. Quinn, Matthew M. Welty and Elan Gale, “We are thrilled to partner with Mike and Trevor [Macy] on this project. Mike is a master storyteller and we can’t wait to bring his...
- 10/23/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
What makes "Five Nights at Freddy's" terrifying? As a video game series that leans heavily on atmospheric fears that elevate the quality of jumpscares, the "Five Nights at Freddy's" franchise (Fnaf) is synonymous with scaring the bejeesus out of players. As this immersive, visceral quality is unique to individual gameplay or invested backseating, the upcoming "Fnaf" adaptation — which is being helmed by Emma Tammi — has its work cut out for itself when it comes to capturing the essence of the games. As a result, the Blumhouse-produced "Five Nights at Freddy's" film will need to venture beyond franchise rules and introduce fresh elements that work while still retaining the DNA of the games at its core, all while combining creepy lore and spooky elements to create a terrifying experience.
The recently-released trailer for the film does hint that "Five Nights at Freddy's" will alter the stakes of the premise by shifting...
The recently-released trailer for the film does hint that "Five Nights at Freddy's" will alter the stakes of the premise by shifting...
- 8/26/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
U.K.-based sales and distribution company Blue Finch Film Releasing has secured global distribution rights, excluding North America, for Teresa Sutherland’s film “Lovely, Dark, and Deep.”
The film debuted at the Fantasia International Film Festival. Blue Finch is set to kick off sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. North American rights for the film are held by XYZ Films.
Written and directed by Sutherland, “Lovely, Dark, and Deep,” a psychological horror, centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence. Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.
The cast also features Nick Blood (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) and Wai Ching Ho...
The film debuted at the Fantasia International Film Festival. Blue Finch is set to kick off sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. North American rights for the film are held by XYZ Films.
Written and directed by Sutherland, “Lovely, Dark, and Deep,” a psychological horror, centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence. Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.
The cast also features Nick Blood (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) and Wai Ching Ho...
- 8/10/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As Teresa Sutherland’s Lovely, Dark, and Deep opens, the first thing that hits you is the vastness. We are met with a series of shots of wide, undisturbed wilderness. Trees reaching up to the sky and dwarfing anyone who might be standing beneath them. Miles and miles of quiet nothingness. At once peaceful, and foreboding. Because against all this vastness, we are small. Insignificant. And forgettable.
Park Ranger Lennon (Georgina Campbell) is preparing for a new job. After years in a more junior level position, where she interacted with tourists and day hikers, she is finally being given the opportunity to go out into the backcountry and spend months in the wilderness of the far reaches of Arveres National Park. Her motivations for pursuing this position have to do with a tragedy in her past. When she was a child, her sister Jenny disappeared in this very park. One moment,...
Park Ranger Lennon (Georgina Campbell) is preparing for a new job. After years in a more junior level position, where she interacted with tourists and day hikers, she is finally being given the opportunity to go out into the backcountry and spend months in the wilderness of the far reaches of Arveres National Park. Her motivations for pursuing this position have to do with a tragedy in her past. When she was a child, her sister Jenny disappeared in this very park. One moment,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
The ancient trees in Arvores National Park sway menacingly in Teresa Sutherland’s Lovely, Dark, and Deep, a story of grief, a search for redemption, and a past that won’t let go. Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) plays Lennon, a woman with a past who has just landed a long dreamed of job as a backcountry park ranger. Arvores has been the site of dozens of unexplained disappearances over the years, and she seems to be connected to the land in an uncanny way. When she rescues a woman from becoming the next statistic, a malevolent force demands repayment for its loss. But for Lennon, it’s personal, and she soon learns a little about the secrets held by the forest and her part in its sinister game. Sutherland...
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- 7/30/2023
- Screen Anarchy
In the heart of an impenetrable forest, a solitary park ranger named Lennon, embarks on a journey that is as much about her own murky past as it is about the uncanny wilderness that engulfs her. Lovely, Dark, and Deep, the debut feature from Teresa Sutherland (writer of Emma Tammi's The Wind) is a folk horror-lite nightmare that, while filled with rich and haunting imagery, often loses its way.
Having finally secured a job as a ranger in a remote outpost, Lennon finds herself in an environment that is as captivating as it is unsettling. The forest, cloaked in whispers of strange disappearances and conspiracy theories, becomes a character in its own right. Its vastness both awe-inspiring and intimidating. However, as Lennon adapts to her minimalist existence, the line between reality and illusion begins to blur, leading to a confusing and disjointed narrative.
“…for folk horror fans who appreciate...
Having finally secured a job as a ranger in a remote outpost, Lennon finds herself in an environment that is as captivating as it is unsettling. The forest, cloaked in whispers of strange disappearances and conspiracy theories, becomes a character in its own right. Its vastness both awe-inspiring and intimidating. However, as Lennon adapts to her minimalist existence, the line between reality and illusion begins to blur, leading to a confusing and disjointed narrative.
“…for folk horror fans who appreciate...
- 7/29/2023
- by Jonathan Dehaan
Lovely, Dark And Deep Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival
One of the most impressive directorial débuts at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, Teresa Sutherland’s Lovely, Dark, And Deep is the richly atmospheric story of a young woman (played by Georgina Campbell) who has worked hard to become a ranger and get assigned to a specific area of one of the US National Parks so that she can go looking for her sister, who vanished many years before. Teresa previously wrote The Wind and there is something of a similar character to this one, with a lone woman pitted against the natural world and, perhaps, something deeply unnatural. The visual aspects of the film are what immediately grab viewers’ attention, however, so when we met I asked her if it was those, rather than the story, which came to her first.
“What came first was I fell down...
One of the most impressive directorial débuts at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, Teresa Sutherland’s Lovely, Dark, And Deep is the richly atmospheric story of a young woman (played by Georgina Campbell) who has worked hard to become a ranger and get assigned to a specific area of one of the US National Parks so that she can go looking for her sister, who vanished many years before. Teresa previously wrote The Wind and there is something of a similar character to this one, with a lone woman pitted against the natural world and, perhaps, something deeply unnatural. The visual aspects of the film are what immediately grab viewers’ attention, however, so when we met I asked her if it was those, rather than the story, which came to her first.
“What came first was I fell down...
- 7/25/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
In one of the big deals announced out of Canada’s Fantasia Film Festival, XYZ Films has boarded North American sales rights to “New Life,” John Rosman’s feature directorial debut which is hailed by Fantasia itself as “one of the major discoveries of Fantasia 2023.”
“New Life” stars Sonya Walger and Hayley Erin and Tony Amendola.
XYZ Films has also dropped the film’s first teaser, shared in exclusivity with Variety, ahead of “New Life’s” world premiere on Aug. 8 at Fantasia, North America’s biggest genre festival.
“New Life” is also written by Rosman and produced by T. Justin Ross, producer on Shudder’s record-breaking hit “The Mortuary Collection” and the Judy Greer-led “Aporia,” also premiering at Fantasia, and Mike Marchlewski.
The film is executive produced by David Lawson Jr., producer of the Independent Spirit Award-nominated Sundance darling “Something in the Dirt” and the critically acclaimed sci-fi horror “The Endless,...
“New Life” stars Sonya Walger and Hayley Erin and Tony Amendola.
XYZ Films has also dropped the film’s first teaser, shared in exclusivity with Variety, ahead of “New Life’s” world premiere on Aug. 8 at Fantasia, North America’s biggest genre festival.
“New Life” is also written by Rosman and produced by T. Justin Ross, producer on Shudder’s record-breaking hit “The Mortuary Collection” and the Judy Greer-led “Aporia,” also premiering at Fantasia, and Mike Marchlewski.
The film is executive produced by David Lawson Jr., producer of the Independent Spirit Award-nominated Sundance darling “Something in the Dirt” and the critically acclaimed sci-fi horror “The Endless,...
- 7/25/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The final verse of Robert Frost’s memorable poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” inspires and captures the essence of writer/director Teresa Sutherland’s directorial debut. Lovely, Dark, and Deep applies cosmic horror to a familiar genre setting, the wilderness, to unfurl a twisted, stunningly shot psychological mood piece. While Frost’s poem was deceptive in its simplicity, Sutherland’s debut only skims the surface of its themes, mining them for a beguiling cosmic nightmare.
After an ominous opener that teases all is not well in these woods, Sutherland’s debut introduces Lennon (Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell), the new park ranger filling a coveted, recently vacated position at an isolated outpost. From the outset, something’s amiss with Lennon. Visions of eerie black deer cross her path, only to dissipate in a blink as Lennon travels to her new position. Lennon overlooks all foreboding signs that something...
After an ominous opener that teases all is not well in these woods, Sutherland’s debut introduces Lennon (Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell), the new park ranger filling a coveted, recently vacated position at an isolated outpost. From the outset, something’s amiss with Lennon. Visions of eerie black deer cross her path, only to dissipate in a blink as Lennon travels to her new position. Lennon overlooks all foreboding signs that something...
- 7/25/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Georgina Campbell, Maria de Sá, Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho, Soren Hellerup, Ana Sofia Martins, Edgar Morais | Written and Directed by Teresa Sutherland
Coming from the writer of recent slow-burn horror The Wind, the slightly oddly-titled Lovely, Dark and Deep, tells the story of a park ranger looking for answers from a childhood tragedy while she walks alone through the wilderness.
I guess it should be no surprise that this movie could also be called a slow burner but don’t go thinking that this means the first half or more of the film is boring or that nothing of note happens. Because Lovely, Dark and Deep grabs its viewers right from the start. But, there’s no doubt that the pace picks up towards the climax of the film and the movie leans more into horror the longer it goes on.
There are plenty of movies about people...
Coming from the writer of recent slow-burn horror The Wind, the slightly oddly-titled Lovely, Dark and Deep, tells the story of a park ranger looking for answers from a childhood tragedy while she walks alone through the wilderness.
I guess it should be no surprise that this movie could also be called a slow burner but don’t go thinking that this means the first half or more of the film is boring or that nothing of note happens. Because Lovely, Dark and Deep grabs its viewers right from the start. But, there’s no doubt that the pace picks up towards the climax of the film and the movie leans more into horror the longer it goes on.
There are plenty of movies about people...
- 7/24/2023
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
The Fantasia International Film Festival is back for its 27th annual edition, running July 20 through August 9, and it’s bringing one of Hollywood’s biggest stars––in spirit now; he’s officially canceled so as to not cross the picket line of the current SAG-AFTRA strike––to Montreal with a world premiere and career recognition. Nicolas Cage, his new film Sympathy for the Devil, and his Cheval Noir Career Achievement Award aren’t the only draw for this three-week event, though.
You’ve got a spotlight on Korean cinema to celebrate sixty years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea. There’s the honor of bestowing underground filmmaker Larry Kent with the 2023 Canadian Trailblazer Award alongside a screening of a rare 35mm print of his 1981 film Yesterday. And a slew of world premieres from horror’s best and brightest––a list spanning Larry Fessenden (Blackout), Jenn Wexler...
You’ve got a spotlight on Korean cinema to celebrate sixty years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea. There’s the honor of bestowing underground filmmaker Larry Kent with the 2023 Canadian Trailblazer Award alongside a screening of a rare 35mm print of his 1981 film Yesterday. And a slew of world premieres from horror’s best and brightest––a list spanning Larry Fessenden (Blackout), Jenn Wexler...
- 7/17/2023
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
My favourite film festival is back for another year! With its wide variety of films, spanning almost every genre, there’s literally a film for everyone, and this year’s Fantasia is no different. Although the full line-up has yet to be announced, he’s a handful of the movies to be looking out for already.
Lovely, Dark and Deep – This is the directorial debut of Teresa Sutherland, writer of The Wind and on Midnight Mass – a small but excellent C.V. Starring Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell in its lead, she plays a park ranger in an isolated forest post, the site of multiple disappearances. This genre movie promises to be visually stunning while also bringing the scares. Fantasia will host its World Première. Aporia – Another World Première, this one from writer/director Jared Moshe. A time-bending, character-driven sci-fi movie starring Judy Greer. That description is enough to garner most...
Lovely, Dark and Deep – This is the directorial debut of Teresa Sutherland, writer of The Wind and on Midnight Mass – a small but excellent C.V. Starring Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell in its lead, she plays a park ranger in an isolated forest post, the site of multiple disappearances. This genre movie promises to be visually stunning while also bringing the scares. Fantasia will host its World Première. Aporia – Another World Première, this one from writer/director Jared Moshe. A time-bending, character-driven sci-fi movie starring Judy Greer. That description is enough to garner most...
- 7/3/2023
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival has announced the opening film of its 27th edition: Pascal Plante’s “Red Rooms,” about a high-profile case of a serial killer and the woman (Juliette Gariépy) obsessed with him.
“It’s a film of enormous emotional force, unbelievably controlled and smart, with a staggering performance from Gariépy. Pascal is one of the greatest talents of his generation in Quebec cinema and among the strongest filmmakers in the country right now,” says festival’s artistic director Mitch Davis.
“In a sense, it’s an unconventionally grim note to open a festival on. It’s a profoundly disturbing film. But I know the audience is going to be left completely breathless by it.”
“As a Montrealer, I have been a regular festival goer of Fantasia for years now, but it’s the first time one of my features will be screened in their lineup. I...
“It’s a film of enormous emotional force, unbelievably controlled and smart, with a staggering performance from Gariépy. Pascal is one of the greatest talents of his generation in Quebec cinema and among the strongest filmmakers in the country right now,” says festival’s artistic director Mitch Davis.
“In a sense, it’s an unconventionally grim note to open a festival on. It’s a profoundly disturbing film. But I know the audience is going to be left completely breathless by it.”
“As a Montrealer, I have been a regular festival goer of Fantasia for years now, but it’s the first time one of my features will be screened in their lineup. I...
- 6/8/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho (The King Of Pigs) among many others.
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho (The King Of Pigs) among many others.
- 5/12/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The 27th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 20th through August 9th at the Concordia Hall Cinema in Montreal, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée – and today the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening there this year! The festival runners promise this edition of the show will deliver “a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events”, with a spotlight on South Korean cinema, a Canadian trailblazer Award being presented to Larry Kent, and World Premiere screenings of new films from the likes of Larry Fessenden, Xavier Gens, Jenn Wexler, The Adams Family, and Victor Ginzburg. They’ll also be hosting the International Premieres of Tsutomu Hanabusa’s blockbusters Tokyo Revengers 2 – Part 1 & 2.
2023 marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea, so Fantasia is teaming up with the Korean...
2023 marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between Canada and the Republic of Korea, so Fantasia is teaming up with the Korean...
- 5/11/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a whiplashing program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia reveals a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Here’s the press release:
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho...
The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia reveals a selected first wave of titles and happenings.
Here’s the press release:
Bright Spotlights On South Korean Cinema Illuminate Fantasia’s 27th Edition
Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s Gingko Bed at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s audience has had the opportunity to discover several essential Korean auteurs: Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite), Park Chan-wook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance), Kim Ji-woon (The Quiet Family), Hwang Dong-hyuk (Miss Granny), and Yeon Sang-ho...
- 5/11/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Georgina Campbell, who toplined last year’s surprise horror hit Barbarian, has joined Dakota Fanning to star in New Line’s supernatural thriller The Watchers.
The feature is serving as the directorial debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan, the daughter of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
Based on a novel by A.M. Shine and adapted by Ishana Night Shyamalan, the story follows an artist (Fanning) named Mina who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
Campbell will play one of the three strangers.
The project is eyeing a summer shoot in Ireland with a theatrical release scheduled for June 7, 2024.
M. Night Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan will produce through Blinding Edge Pictures. Nimitt Mankad will also produce via Inimitable Pictures. Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer are executive producing.
The feature is serving as the directorial debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan, the daughter of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
Based on a novel by A.M. Shine and adapted by Ishana Night Shyamalan, the story follows an artist (Fanning) named Mina who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
Campbell will play one of the three strangers.
The project is eyeing a summer shoot in Ireland with a theatrical release scheduled for June 7, 2024.
M. Night Shyamalan and Ashwin Rajan will produce through Blinding Edge Pictures. Nimitt Mankad will also produce via Inimitable Pictures. Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer are executive producing.
- 4/28/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Georgina Campbell (Barbarian) has signed on to star alongside Liam Neeson and Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery in the sci-fi actioner Cold Storage, based on the novel by David Koepp, which Jonny Campbell is directing for Studiocanal.
The synopsis for Cold Storage is as follows: Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism — capable of extinction-level destruction — was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel, selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape — and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world. The fate of humanity now rests on a retired bioterror operative and two unlikely heroes employed in the facility, who are caught in a race against time to destroy the organism and save mankind.
But nine-time Emmy nominee Gavin Polone is producing, with Studiocanal fully financing, having launched worldwide sales at the 2022 Cannes Market. Those overseeing the project for Studiocanal include Chief Creative Officer of U.S. Operations Shana Eddy Grouf, EVP Global Production Ron Halpern, and VP International Production & Development, Aaron Ensweiler.
Campbell is coming off of a breakout performance alongside Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long in Zach Cregger’s critically acclaimed horror-thriller Barbarian, which grossed over 42M upon its release via 20th Century Studios in September. The actress first burst onto the scene with her BAFTA-winning performance in the BBC Three drama, Murdered by My Boyfriend, and has more recently appeared in series including Apple TV+’s Suspicion, as well as Prime Video’s The Pale Horse, HBO’s His Dark Materials, Syfy’s Krypton, BBC America’s Broadchurch and others.
Other past film credits for the actress include the horror-comedy All My Friends Hate Me, the thriller Wildcat and the Charlie Hunnam-led action adventure pic King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, from director Guy Ritchie. Further upcoming projects for the thesp include Teresa Sutherland’s psychological horror Lovely, Dark and Deep, as well as A Ciegas, the international spin-off to Netflix’s sci-fi horror pic Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock, which was taken in by a worldwide audience of 45M+ in its first seven days on the platform.
Campbell is represented by UTA, the UK’s Independent Talent Group and Range Media Partners.
The synopsis for Cold Storage is as follows: Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism — capable of extinction-level destruction — was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel, selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape — and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world. The fate of humanity now rests on a retired bioterror operative and two unlikely heroes employed in the facility, who are caught in a race against time to destroy the organism and save mankind.
But nine-time Emmy nominee Gavin Polone is producing, with Studiocanal fully financing, having launched worldwide sales at the 2022 Cannes Market. Those overseeing the project for Studiocanal include Chief Creative Officer of U.S. Operations Shana Eddy Grouf, EVP Global Production Ron Halpern, and VP International Production & Development, Aaron Ensweiler.
Campbell is coming off of a breakout performance alongside Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long in Zach Cregger’s critically acclaimed horror-thriller Barbarian, which grossed over 42M upon its release via 20th Century Studios in September. The actress first burst onto the scene with her BAFTA-winning performance in the BBC Three drama, Murdered by My Boyfriend, and has more recently appeared in series including Apple TV+’s Suspicion, as well as Prime Video’s The Pale Horse, HBO’s His Dark Materials, Syfy’s Krypton, BBC America’s Broadchurch and others.
Other past film credits for the actress include the horror-comedy All My Friends Hate Me, the thriller Wildcat and the Charlie Hunnam-led action adventure pic King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, from director Guy Ritchie. Further upcoming projects for the thesp include Teresa Sutherland’s psychological horror Lovely, Dark and Deep, as well as A Ciegas, the international spin-off to Netflix’s sci-fi horror pic Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock, which was taken in by a worldwide audience of 45M+ in its first seven days on the platform.
Campbell is represented by UTA, the UK’s Independent Talent Group and Range Media Partners.
- 10/27/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Georgina Campbell (Apple TV+’s upcoming Suspicion), Nick Blood (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Wai Ching Ho (STXfilms’ Hustlers) have signed on to star in Lovely, Dark, and Deep, a psychological horror film from Midnight Mass scribe Teresa Sutherland, which has entered production in Portugal.
The writer-director’s first feature charts the journey of Lennon (Campbell), a new backcountry ranger, who travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her for most of her life.
Blood will play Jackson, a seasoned park ranger encountered by Lennon deep in the backcountry, with Ho portraying District Ranger Zhang, the most senior ranger in the national park, who will do anything to protect it.
Josh Waller is producing Lovely, Dark, and Deep for Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra is exec producing for House of Quest Films,...
The writer-director’s first feature charts the journey of Lennon (Campbell), a new backcountry ranger, who travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her for most of her life.
Blood will play Jackson, a seasoned park ranger encountered by Lennon deep in the backcountry, with Ho portraying District Ranger Zhang, the most senior ranger in the national park, who will do anything to protect it.
Josh Waller is producing Lovely, Dark, and Deep for Woodhead Creative. Stefanie Coimbra is exec producing for House of Quest Films,...
- 10/11/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Studiocanal is teaming up with the creatives behind hit lockdown horror Host on a genre movie pitched to the Euro studio as “The Conjuring behind bars”.
Host writer-director Rob Savage will direct the film and Host writer-exec Jed Shepherd will produce with Studiocanal.
Brit filmmaker Savage told us the project is a “melding of the prison escape movie and the haunted house movie, in which a group of women who stage an unsuccessful breakout attempt discover a secret room that unleashes a dark presence that marauds the halls at night. The film will have a claustrophobic quality akin to The Descent“.
U.S. scribe Teresa Sutherland, writer on well-received 2018 frontier horror The Wind, is aboard to script the project.
Savage told us there are on-going conversations about whether the feature will be set in the U.S. or UK, though it currently incorporates elements of Brit folklore.
“None of...
Host writer-director Rob Savage will direct the film and Host writer-exec Jed Shepherd will produce with Studiocanal.
Brit filmmaker Savage told us the project is a “melding of the prison escape movie and the haunted house movie, in which a group of women who stage an unsuccessful breakout attempt discover a secret room that unleashes a dark presence that marauds the halls at night. The film will have a claustrophobic quality akin to The Descent“.
U.S. scribe Teresa Sutherland, writer on well-received 2018 frontier horror The Wind, is aboard to script the project.
Savage told us there are on-going conversations about whether the feature will be set in the U.S. or UK, though it currently incorporates elements of Brit folklore.
“None of...
- 8/26/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Miles Anderson, Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Dylan McTee, Ashley Zukerman | Written by Teresa Sutherland | Directed by Emma Tammi
Showing at this year’s Frightfest and being picked up by the Frightfest Presents label, The Wind has been well received at festivals across the globe. The last film I remember being based around the wind was The Happening, so The Wind doesn’t have much competition in those stakes.
The immediate impact The Wind had on me was that incredible score. It lead to this brief exchange with my partner after the first ten minutes or so of the movie:
My partner: “It’s a bit loud. I’ve got my headphones on and I can still hear it.”
Me: “But can you hear that score? I love it already. It’s amazing!”
My partner: “Just turn it down.”
I turned it down very slightly. And it didn’t...
Showing at this year’s Frightfest and being picked up by the Frightfest Presents label, The Wind has been well received at festivals across the globe. The last film I remember being based around the wind was The Happening, so The Wind doesn’t have much competition in those stakes.
The immediate impact The Wind had on me was that incredible score. It lead to this brief exchange with my partner after the first ten minutes or so of the movie:
My partner: “It’s a bit loud. I’ve got my headphones on and I can still hear it.”
Me: “But can you hear that score? I love it already. It’s amazing!”
My partner: “Just turn it down.”
I turned it down very slightly. And it didn’t...
- 8/23/2019
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Feature debut from director Emma Tammi and writer Teresa Sutherland, The Wind is a period horror set in the Western frontier of late 1800s America. Lizzie (Caitlin Gerard) and her husband Isaac (Ashley Zukerman) are a married couple eking out a frugal life on the plains when another couple move into the abandoned farm nearby. Emma (Julia Goldani Telles) and Gideon (Dylan McTee) are city folk attempting to start a new life - hopelessly unprepared, they begin to rely on Lizzie and her husband for support. This intrusion deepens the already troubled Lizzie's state of mind; she believes the area to be haunted by a 'prairie demon', a malicious spirit which travels on the wind.
The Wind has been favourably compared to...
The Wind has been favourably compared to...
- 7/5/2019
- QuietEarth.us
A supernatural western horror film directed by Emma Tammi, The Wind is now in theaters and VOD platforms from IFC Films, and to celebrate Lakeshore Records' digital release of the movie's soundtrack, we've been provided with an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette that explores the making of Ben Lovett's eerie score, including the use of the unsettling bass flute.
You can watch the exclusive featurette below, and read on for full details and the complete track list for The Wind soundtrack:
Press Release: April 1, 2019: Lakeshore Records is set to release the soundtrack to the western supernatural thriller The Wind featuring an original score by Ben Lovett (The Ritual). Lovett’s score prominently features a pair of unique orchestral instruments seldom employed in film music: the bass flute, and the Nyckelharpa — a 16 string keyed violin that originated in the 15th century. The former is a centerpiece of the score, imbuing...
You can watch the exclusive featurette below, and read on for full details and the complete track list for The Wind soundtrack:
Press Release: April 1, 2019: Lakeshore Records is set to release the soundtrack to the western supernatural thriller The Wind featuring an original score by Ben Lovett (The Ritual). Lovett’s score prominently features a pair of unique orchestral instruments seldom employed in film music: the bass flute, and the Nyckelharpa — a 16 string keyed violin that originated in the 15th century. The former is a centerpiece of the score, imbuing...
- 4/17/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
It’s not until you approach a genre of film from a new perspective, and as filmmaker Emma Tammi puts it, flip “the camera 180 degrees,” that you see how one-sided that genre’s films have been. In her narrative feature debut The Wind, out now in theaters, Tammi brings a unique point-of-view to the 1800s American frontier story and all of its psychological terrors. Combining well-crafted scares with the complexity of Teresa Sutherland’s script, the film takes us on a journey of solitude, loss and the demons that can be dredged up in the Wild West. Lizzy (a wonderful Caitlin Gerard), […]...
- 4/11/2019
- by Meredith Alloway
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
It’s not until you approach a genre of film from a new perspective, and as filmmaker Emma Tammi puts it, flip “the camera 180 degrees,” that you see how one-sided that genre’s films have been. In her narrative feature debut The Wind, out now in theaters, Tammi brings a unique point-of-view to the 1800s American frontier story and all of its psychological terrors. Combining well-crafted scares with the complexity of Teresa Sutherland’s script, the film takes us on a journey of solitude, loss and the demons that can be dredged up in the Wild West. Lizzy (a wonderful Caitlin Gerard), […]...
- 4/11/2019
- by Meredith Alloway
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The woman walks out of the cabin, the wind whipping all around her. Her white dress is bloodied. She’s carrying a baby, which isn’t making a sound; the two men staring at her are equally silent. (We eventually hear a howl of pain coming from offscreen.) Later, we see her standing over a grave … only there isn’t an infant in the coffin, but an adult female. The men finish burying her, then they saddle up the horses and leave for what may be a days-long trip. She’s left standing there,...
- 4/5/2019
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
A suicide. A stillborn baby. A woman holding the latter as she leaves the former to show her husband and the now widower father the results of the harrowing night thus far kept off-screen. We hear the wind blowing as the camera pushes in towards Lizzy Macklin’s (Caitlin Gerard) haunted face in silent shock. Only after she washes the blood from her body and sees Isaac (Ashley Zukerman) place her rifle against the table does she speak and only after mother and child are buried do we finally start to receive some answers. Isaac is taking Gideon (Dylan McTee) back to the city so he can settle his affairs and let his wife Emma’s (Julia Goldani Telles) family know what occurred. This leaves Lizzy alone to remember everything.
Director Emma Tammi therefore ensures we understand her western horror’s pacing and the winding psychological road through Lizzy’s...
Director Emma Tammi therefore ensures we understand her western horror’s pacing and the winding psychological road through Lizzy’s...
- 4/3/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
The gloomy isolation of homemaking females has long been a significant topic across various genres in cinema, depicted in domestic dramas like Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman” and in psychodramas like Todd Haynes’ “Safe.” With her debut feature “The Wind,” a psychedelic yet baggy period-horror film, director Emma Tammi assertively carries this female-focused subject matter over to one of the most masculine of genres, the Western, with technical panache yet mixed dramatic results.
A respectable addition to the growing group of female-led Westerns of recent vintage — including “Meek’s Cutoff,” “The Homesman” and “Jane Got a Gun” — Tammi’s supernatural thriller unearths claustrophobic fears amid vast, deserted landscapes and attempts to portray symbolically the multitude of forces, otherworldly and otherwise, that aim to paralyze abandoned women. It’s a compelling package substantiated by dedicated performances and top-notch below-the-line craftwork, yet sadly bogged down by a disorderly narrative structure that works...
A respectable addition to the growing group of female-led Westerns of recent vintage — including “Meek’s Cutoff,” “The Homesman” and “Jane Got a Gun” — Tammi’s supernatural thriller unearths claustrophobic fears amid vast, deserted landscapes and attempts to portray symbolically the multitude of forces, otherworldly and otherwise, that aim to paralyze abandoned women. It’s a compelling package substantiated by dedicated performances and top-notch below-the-line craftwork, yet sadly bogged down by a disorderly narrative structure that works...
- 4/2/2019
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
Following its well-received world premiere in the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, Emma Tammi’s The Wind was acquired by IFC Midnight for Us distribution, and now the official trailer for the supernatural western has been unveiled ahead of its theatrical and VOD release on April 5th.
Directed by Emma Tammi from a screenplay by Teresa Sutherland, The Wind stars Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Miles Anderson, and Dylan McTee.
In addition to the trailer, we also have details on special screenings of The Wind taking place in New York and Los Angeles ahead of its April 5th theatrical and VOD release.
Synopsis: "The Wind explores an unseen evil as it haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier.
Directed by Emma Tammi from a screenplay by Teresa Sutherland, The Wind stars Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Miles Anderson, and Dylan McTee.
In addition to the trailer, we also have details on special screenings of The Wind taking place in New York and Los Angeles ahead of its April 5th theatrical and VOD release.
Synopsis: "The Wind explores an unseen evil as it haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier.
- 3/7/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The female-oriented horror tale will be introduced to buyers at the American Film Market.
Magnolia Pictures International has acquired all rights outside the Us to The Wind and will introduce the supernatural horror tale to buyers at this month’s American Film Market.
The film, which stars Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman and Julia Goldani Telles, had its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival and was recently picked up for the Us by IFC Midnight, which is planning a 2019 release.
Screenings are set for the upcoming Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in...
Magnolia Pictures International has acquired all rights outside the Us to The Wind and will introduce the supernatural horror tale to buyers at this month’s American Film Market.
The film, which stars Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman and Julia Goldani Telles, had its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival and was recently picked up for the Us by IFC Midnight, which is planning a 2019 release.
Screenings are set for the upcoming Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in...
- 10/9/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Following its well-received world premiere in the Midnight Madness program at the Toronto International Film Festival, Emma Tammi’s supernatural Western The Wind has been acquired by IFC Midnight for Us distribution, with plans for a 2019 release:
Press Release: – IFC Midnight announced today it is acquiring U.S. distribution rights to Emma Tammi’s narrative feature film The Wind produced by Soapbox Films and Divide/Conquer. The film made its World Premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to an enthusiastic Midnight Madness crowd and it will screen at Fantastic Fest this weekend.
With The Wind, director Emma Tammi and writer Teresa Sutherland have embarked on a nightmarish yet empathetic exploration of domestic solitude, skillfully conjuring — in bone-chilling visual and sonic strokes — an indescribable spectre that seems to emanate from the abyss of the night itself. Hailed by critics as a femme-centric western and supernatural horror, the film stars Caitlin Gerard,...
Press Release: – IFC Midnight announced today it is acquiring U.S. distribution rights to Emma Tammi’s narrative feature film The Wind produced by Soapbox Films and Divide/Conquer. The film made its World Premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to an enthusiastic Midnight Madness crowd and it will screen at Fantastic Fest this weekend.
With The Wind, director Emma Tammi and writer Teresa Sutherland have embarked on a nightmarish yet empathetic exploration of domestic solitude, skillfully conjuring — in bone-chilling visual and sonic strokes — an indescribable spectre that seems to emanate from the abyss of the night itself. Hailed by critics as a femme-centric western and supernatural horror, the film stars Caitlin Gerard,...
- 9/17/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
IFC Midnight is acquiring U.S. distribution rights to Emma Tammi’s supernatural Western “The Wind,” following its world premiere at Midnight Madness at the Toronto Film Festival.
The film is produced by Soapbox Films and Divide/Conquer. Tammi directed from a script by Teresa Sutherland in an exploration of domestic solitude, conjuring an indescribable spectre that seems to emanate from the abyss of the night itself. “The Wind” stars Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee, and Miles Anderson.
Jessica Kiang gave the film a positive review for Variety: “A convincingly feminist melding of western legend and cabin-in-the-woods horror, but not in the way one might initially think, ‘The Wind’ doesn’t seek to make infallible heroes of its women, but to understand and empathize with even their most unforgivable acts. And it’s a hugely promising debut in terms of Tammi’s steady, assured directorial craft.
The film is produced by Soapbox Films and Divide/Conquer. Tammi directed from a script by Teresa Sutherland in an exploration of domestic solitude, conjuring an indescribable spectre that seems to emanate from the abyss of the night itself. “The Wind” stars Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee, and Miles Anderson.
Jessica Kiang gave the film a positive review for Variety: “A convincingly feminist melding of western legend and cabin-in-the-woods horror, but not in the way one might initially think, ‘The Wind’ doesn’t seek to make infallible heroes of its women, but to understand and empathize with even their most unforgivable acts. And it’s a hugely promising debut in terms of Tammi’s steady, assured directorial craft.
- 9/17/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Female-oriented supernatural horror will screen at will screen at Fantastic Fest this weekend in Austin, Texas.
IFC Midnight has picked up Us rights to Emma Tammi’s Tiff selection The Wind produced by Soapbox Films and Divide/Conquer and plans a 2019 release.
The female-oriented supernatural horror received its world premiere in Tiff Midnight Madness and will screen at Fantastic Fest this weekend in Austin, Texas.
Teresa Sutherland wrote the screenplay about a woman who relocates with her husband to settle in the American frontier where an evil presence lurks.
Caitlin Gerard stars with Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee,...
IFC Midnight has picked up Us rights to Emma Tammi’s Tiff selection The Wind produced by Soapbox Films and Divide/Conquer and plans a 2019 release.
The female-oriented supernatural horror received its world premiere in Tiff Midnight Madness and will screen at Fantastic Fest this weekend in Austin, Texas.
Teresa Sutherland wrote the screenplay about a woman who relocates with her husband to settle in the American frontier where an evil presence lurks.
Caitlin Gerard stars with Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee,...
- 9/17/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Emma Tammi’s horror western The Wind has been acquired by IFC Midnight for a 2019 release in the United States.
The deal for The Wind was negotiated by IFC Midnight with ICM Partners/Xyz Films on behalf of the filmmakers. The Wind made its world premiere at Tiff’s Midnight Madness section and is continuing on to Fantastic Fest this weekend.
The pic follows a woman haunted by an evil presence in the 1800s frontier where she’s settled with her husband. Teresa Sutherland penned The Wind, which stars Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee, and Miles Anderson. Soapbox Films produced with Divide/Conquer.
The Wind features an array of female creatives in addition to Tammi and the stars, including production designers Hillary and Courtney Andujar, set decorator Elsbeth Mumm and film editor Alexandra Amick.
“Emma Tammi’s impressive debut into narrative filmmaking starring a break out...
The deal for The Wind was negotiated by IFC Midnight with ICM Partners/Xyz Films on behalf of the filmmakers. The Wind made its world premiere at Tiff’s Midnight Madness section and is continuing on to Fantastic Fest this weekend.
The pic follows a woman haunted by an evil presence in the 1800s frontier where she’s settled with her husband. Teresa Sutherland penned The Wind, which stars Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Dylan McTee, and Miles Anderson. Soapbox Films produced with Divide/Conquer.
The Wind features an array of female creatives in addition to Tammi and the stars, including production designers Hillary and Courtney Andujar, set decorator Elsbeth Mumm and film editor Alexandra Amick.
“Emma Tammi’s impressive debut into narrative filmmaking starring a break out...
- 9/17/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The doorway shot in John Ford’s “The Searchers” is one of the most influential cinematic frames of all time. But it’s not often we really parse the meaning of that iconic image, or seek to understand the way it has shaped our understanding of the western as an outdoorsy, masculine genre. Emma Tammi’s feature debut, a clever if low-boil horror-western, provokes such ruminations by being, essentially, a reverse of that shot: Instead of our eye following John Wayne walking off into a bright rectangle of scrubby land framed by the dark silhouette of a cabin doorway, “The Wind” imagines a Wild West where the man walks off into darkness and we stay inside the brightly lit cabin, where the women are.
That’s not to suggest there’s anything cozily domestic about Tammi’s vision of the feminine West. In fact, in “The Wind,” the agoraphobic lonesomeness...
That’s not to suggest there’s anything cozily domestic about Tammi’s vision of the feminine West. In fact, in “The Wind,” the agoraphobic lonesomeness...
- 9/15/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
A femme-centric Western and supernatural horror flick all rolled into one log cabin in the middle of nowhere, The Wind marks an admirable if somewhat, er, overblown feature debut from screenwriter Teresa Sutherland and director Emma Tammi.
Loaded with atmosphere, this fragmented chiller is set far out on the American frontier, where a lonely wife — played by an intense Caitlin Gerard — starts seeing and hearing things that may be the work of her imagination or some sort of Insidious of the West, or both. Well-shot and edited, with a script that keeps you guessing for a certain stretch of time,...
Loaded with atmosphere, this fragmented chiller is set far out on the American frontier, where a lonely wife — played by an intense Caitlin Gerard — starts seeing and hearing things that may be the work of her imagination or some sort of Insidious of the West, or both. Well-shot and edited, with a script that keeps you guessing for a certain stretch of time,...
- 9/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A femme-centric Western and supernatural horror flick all rolled into one log cabin in the middle of nowhere, The Wind marks an admirable if somewhat, er, overblown feature debut from screenwriter Teresa Sutherland and director Emma Tammi.
Loaded with atmosphere, this fragmented chiller is set far out on the American frontier, where a lonely wife — played by an intense Caitlin Gerard — starts seeing and hearing things that may be the work of her imagination or some sort of Insidious of the West, or both. Well-shot and edited, with a script that keeps you guessing for a certain stretch of time,...
Loaded with atmosphere, this fragmented chiller is set far out on the American frontier, where a lonely wife — played by an intense Caitlin Gerard — starts seeing and hearing things that may be the work of her imagination or some sort of Insidious of the West, or both. Well-shot and edited, with a script that keeps you guessing for a certain stretch of time,...
- 9/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
"Does it ever stop? The wind?" Two women converse over the natural elements and, although it isn't mentioned, the effect it has on their state of mind. This being sometime in the late 1800s, there is no television or radio to distract. This also being the middle of nowhere, there are few others to seek solace in, and those others might not be ones you can trust. The Wind is that rare horror western subgenre, but it understands and uses the elements of both to create an atmosphere that both haunts and terrifies. As a feature debut from Emma Tammi, it is very assured both its interpretation of the screenplay by Teresa Sutherland, and its execution of elemental fears and the psychosis that comes with...
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- 9/14/2018
- Screen Anarchy
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