“Outlaws & Angels” puts any disappointment felt about Quentin Tarantino’s recent, bloated Western “The Hateful Eight” into perspective. This Western too focuses on a group of morally grotesque folk spending most of their time under one roof, while encountering pain as means for revenge, as distinctly shot on film. But the difference between Tarantino and his endless imitators has always proved vast, especially when a budding filmmaker cribs his style to shallow results. A movie hopped up on the period piece sadism within Tarantino’s regurgitation cinema, “Outlaws & Angels” gravely mistakes Tarantino’s audaciousness for its own originality.
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At the very least, one never questions when watching a Tarantino movie if he’s invested in his period. That’s the first huge problem with writer/director JT Mollner’s “Outlaws & Angels,” which has a nagging air of mere genre exercise from the beginning, as a group of generic bank robbers are introduced (t
Marina Stephenson-Kerr.
Here’s a synopsis: Camille Meadows is the new girl at the prestigious Edelvine Academy for Girls. Soon after her arrival, six girls invite her to join them in a late-night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. But before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.
The upcoming movie was written and directed by
Simon Barrett and will be out in theaters, on demand and digital on May 21st.
“
Seance is a murder mystery set at a girls boarding school where a young woman recently died,”
Seance Trailer Has Suki Waterhouse Summoning Evil Spirits at an All-Girls School
Seance Trailer Has Suki Waterhouse Summoning Evil Spirits at an All-Girls School
Simon Barrett makes his directorial debut with Seance, which arrives from RLJE Films next month.
Seance the upcoming horror flick comes from the mind of filmmaker Simon Barrett (
You re Next,
Assassination Nation,
The Divergent Series: Insurgent) in the leading role. As we can see, this appears to be a blend of several genres, with slasher vibes, paranormal happenings and a muder mystery, all wrapped together.
The trailer opens with Suki Waterhouse s character Camille arriving at an exclusive all-girls academy. She is having a bit of trouble fitting in at first. We then learn about an alleged spirit that haunts the halls of the school. Camille then decides to join a group of her fellow students in a ritual to try and summon this spirit. Needless to say, this does not go well. Strange things begin to happen and blood
Simon Barrett’s Supernatural SEANCE Now Arrives on May 21st [Trailer]
Simon Barrett s supernatural SEANCE is set to haunt audiences beginning May 21st. By Josh Millican
RLJE Films is a business unit of AMC Networks. Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. And they have acquired the North American rights to the horror film,
Seance.
Check out the trailer over at
EW and read more about the film below.
Synopsis:
Camille Meadows is the new girl at the prestigious Edelvine Academy for Girls. Soon after her arrival, six girls invite her to join them in a late-night ritual.
Check out the trailer:
Hogwarts this isn t (though perhaps we see shades of 1986 s
Witchboard?).
You re Next,
The Guest, and the recent
Blair Witch reboot. According to the helmer, he was inspired not only by classic 70s and 80s slasher movies (1974 s
Black Christmas and 1982 s
The House on Sorority Row come to mind) and Italian Giallo films (1964 s
Blood and Black Lace and 1971 s
Black Belly of the Tarantula perhaps), but also by the murder mystery genre that Agatha Christie made famous and which Rian Johnson revived to great effect and boffo box office with 2019 s
Knives Out.