In 2020, Neill Blomkamp began shooting a secret horror film known only as Demonic. Time for a first look sneak peek! Last year it was revealed that filmmaker
Neill Blomkamp, who lives up in Vancouver, Canada, decided to go out and shoot a low budget horror film in the woods during the pandemic summer. The title of the film is
Demonic, but aside from a few hints here & there, not much is known about it - or what happens in it. The short synopsis: A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother & daughter are ruthlessly revealed. The film stars
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
Demonic Behind-the-Scenes Teaser Brings First Look at Neill Blomkamp s New Horror Movie
Demonic Behind-the-Scenes Teaser Brings First Look at Neill Blomkamp s New Horror Movie
The first images from Neill Blomkamp s science fiction/horror flick Demonic certainly live up that title.
District 9 director Neill Blomkamp s upcoming horror venture,
Demonic, quickly go to show that the movie will certainly live up to that title. Written and directed by Blomkamp, the filmmaker crafted
Demonic under the radar after production was forced to pause on the AGC-backed Taylor Kitsch action thriller
The Inferno amid the ongoing global situation.
In
Demonic, a young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades old rift between mother and daughter are revealed. The first image depicts a character looking very much the worse for wear and tied up in what can surely only be for nefarious purposes. The second image shows another character strapped into som
Check out the video here:
Video of Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic – Behind-the-Scenes 8mm Footage
The shaky 8MM footage, which is set to eerie music, still doesn’t reveal
too much. We start with a glimpse of a set, and see Blomkamp take a selfie shot before cutting to what looks like Nathalie Boltt (
District 9, Riverdale) floating in the air. (This scene along with the still below of Boltt confirms that she’s in the film as well.)
The 52-second clip then spends time on a video drone taking flight before panning to a bunch of boxes and a trunk next to a van that contains a big cross, which makes one think this isn’t a “behind-the-scenes” shot but another set for the film. Things get a bit murky from there, but there is a clear shot of a knife before the clip cuts out.
Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic: View BTS Footage of Supernatural Horror Film
Neill Blomkamp (
District 9) began working on a secret horror film in 2020, and now we have our first look at what to expect from the director thanks to some new, behind-the-scenes footage from
Demonic.
Demonic tells the story of a young woman who unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are revealed. Not much else is known about the film, but Blomkamp has been working on it since shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Blomkamp will serve as both director and writer for the upcoming horror film.