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Synopsis:
A young woman unleashes terrifying demons. Now supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.
Blomkamp says: “
The main character is a girl whose been estranged from her mother. During the course of the film, she gets sort of reunited with her mother and we learn about some crazy back story that she wasn’t aware of. I would say it has a crossover between science fiction and horror.”
He adds: “
With Ben Wheatley it’s pretty fascinating because a mutual friend of ours is Sharlto Copley [the star of District 9], who starred in one of Ben’s films. I was saying to Sharl that I was shooting this smaller horror film out here and he was like, ‘Ben’s doing the exact same thing in England.’ I emailed Ben and I was like, ‘Are you also shooting a COVID horror film right now?’ and he was like, ‘Yes, yes, I am.’ So that was pretty awesome. It’s a genre where you can be really creative and fairly
Neill Blomkamp Shares Creepy New Behind-the-Scenes Footage from DEMONIC
Neill Blomkamp just shared some spooky behind-the-scenes footage from his upcoming horror movie DEMONIC! By Josh Millican
We recently reported that IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to
Demonic, the new film from writer-director Neill Blomkamp, from AGC Studios. Blomkamp earned critical acclaim for his debut, the sci-fi allegory on immigration
District 9. He found further success with the films
Elysium and
Chappie.
Today, Blomkamp shared some creepy behind-the-schenes footage from Demonic–shot on 8mm film! Check it out below.
Excited to show some super 8mm behind scenes of our secret horror film! …….Demonic. #IFCMidnight#demonicmoviepic.twitter.com/FpwcSDzQoM Neill Blomkamp (@NeillBlomkamp) April 28, 2021
Steven St. Arnaud are serving as executive producers.
A supernatural horror story is a far cry from the types of features the director has made thus far –
District 9,
Elysium, and
Chappie mostly focused on male protagonists and explored ideas about the fusion of humanity and technology. Blomkamp came out of the gate hot in 2009 when
District 9 earned a Best Picture nomination, but his follow-up movies were not able to capture anywhere near that level of acclaim and respect from the industry or moviegoers.
Chappie, which is arguably more famous for the jokes and memes it spawned than for anything it does on its own, came out in 2015, so it’s been six years since Blomkamp was at the helm of a feature film. In the intervening years, he tried to get an