Below you’ll find an exclusive clip from
Lucky, a horror film headed to Shudder this week. It’s another time-loop movie, with
Brea Grant playing a self-help author who finds herself stalked and killed by a masked killer every night – until she takes matters into her own hands. Grant also wrote the film, which was directed by
Natasha Kermani and has been making the festival circuit for a few months now.
Lucky Clip
In
Lucky, “a suburban woman fights to be believed as she finds herself stalked by a threatening figure who returns to her house night after night. When she can’t get help from those around her, she is forced to take matters into her own hands.” The film is described as a ” surreal feminist thriller,” and it’s already played at SXSW and the Fantasia International Film Festival.
The Burning has some unique elements that’ve assured its own cult status.
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First, just to get it out of the way, watching
The Burning in 2021 carries with it the startling site of seeing Harvey Weinstein’s name in the credits; the film, which was produced by Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s then-fledgling Miramax, based its script on Harvey’s original idea. But there’s an asterisk appended to the “original” there the future disgraced mogul actually drew upon a New York-area urban legend centering on a boogeyman named “Cropsey” to come up with the film’s villain. The legend even gets a proper framing within the film when a version of it gets shared around a campfire on two different occasions as the story progresses. (For more Cropsey-related urban folklore, check out the spooky 2009 documentary
Creepy Poster Revealed for Time-Loop Slasher LUCKY Arriving on Shudder March 4th
A very creepy poster for the time-loop slasher LUCKY (starring Brea Grant) just hit the internet in advance of the film s March 4th debut on Shudder! By Josh Millican
A very creepy poster for the time-loop slasher
Lucky (starring Brea Grant) just hit the internet in advance of the film’s March 4th debut on Shudder! The film was an Official Selection at Fantasia International Film Festival, FrightFest, NIGHTSTREAM, Sitges Film Festival, and SXSW 2020.
Have a look at the poster the bottom of the article!
Synopsis:
Life takes a sudden turn for May, a popular self-help book author, when she finds herself the target of a mysterious man with murderous intentions. Every night, without fail he comes after her, and every day the people around her barely seem to notice. With no one to turn to, May is pushed to her limits and must take matt