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Frankly one of the things I loved most about Insidious The Last Key was its Indie feel despite its big studio wrappers. Down to its bones you have some of the most talented people behind modern horror: Jason Blum, James Wan and Oren Peli, all independent filmmakers at one time or another.

Put Adam Robitel in the director’s chair and his muse Lin Shaye in front of the camera and what could go wrong in this proven franchise? Almost nothing.

The first half of the film has all of its Wan-der Twin powers activated. A creepy setting inside a warden’s Craftsman-style home, sandwiched between the slow chug of an insect-like oil well and the shadow of a huge foreboding penitentiary that makes Shawshank look like one of Junipero Serra’s California Missions.

Robitel plays with the viewer in the beautifully composed opening shot, he’s proven he is a master at visual storytelling in his other films. If I may be so bold, his OCD: Obsessive Cinematography Disorder, takes that level of perfection and infuses it throughout the floor plans of this haunted house with light shorn to the perfect amount of contrast. The talented Cinematographer Toby Oliver (Get Out) must have really grasped Robitel’s intent.

Pou moun nan nou ki pa konnen, Dènye kle a is a prequel to the first film in which Shaye stars as Elise Rainier, a human conduit who ushers spirits in and out of The Further: a spiritual way station swathed in incorporeal gray.

We learn in the aforementioned open what a troubled life Elise had as a child in 1950’s with her younger brother. If she was not being haunted by the victims of Old Sparky from the neighboring Pen, her warden father forcefully shows his displeasure with her ethereal gifts.

From there we jump-scare back and forth in time to the year 2010. Given her past, that look of perpetual curiosity and fear Shaye has trademarked for this franchise is explained. And let’s just say her past is pretty bad. So our heart sinks when Elise is called back to her childhood home after getting a desperate call from its current tenant.

Getting jolted out of your seat is a common occurrence in Dènye kle a and to me it’s less of a patronizing gimmick because in Elise’s life, she can never tell when these specters are going to suddenly show up, she doesn’t have the luxury of foresight; Elise is not really ki kind of medium and so the audience can peek over her shoulder to partake in her terror too.

Along for the ride are her wards — her “sidekicks” as they call themselves, Specs and Tucker played by series writer Leigh Whannell and actor Angus Sampson (how good is it to have an Angus in horror once again?) respectively.

Their girl Friday routine never grows fully stale thanks to frat boy timing and some truly funny quips. The only time they overstay their screen welcome is during some awkward interactions with Elise’s young nieces.

The first half of the movie serves up everything you would expect from an Trètr entry, dark spaces, dimly lit hallways and creepy creatures that blend into the background via soft focus.

Dènye kle a also has other things going for it too: broadsiding plot twists which I initially found both plausible and terrifying.

The main monster is named Keyface and though it’s not really explained in the film, from what I can tell he sticks one of his key fingers into a victim’s throat to stop them from screaming for help, then renders them unconscious by doing the same thing to their heart. This puts them into a coma, trapped in the Further until which time he can use them to do his bidding. I think.

It’s that type of uncertainty that hinders Dènye kle a in its third act.

Robitel gives us an inversion roller coaster launch that lasts about an hour and change, but in its final approach loses a significant amount of speed. It eventually derails into some  “Awww” moments that feel forced and dare I say Disney-esque.

Anyone who has seen Robitel’s Pran Deborah Logan knows that in that film he left the viewer with an image so unsettling people are still taken aback when they see it in a meme. It seemed out of character for him to do less in Dènye kle a when his visuals are so strong in the beginning.

That being said, the incomparable Lin Shaye carries the film from start to finish even after the fork. She has such devotion and genuine presence, she makes Elise more than Mary Maudlin. She projects her character’s pain without making her a martyr even though given her past that would be justified.

So good an actress is she, you could just film her reactions to monsters and it would still be as effective.

Trètr: kle a Denye is a sampler of scares taken from the James Wan book of moody haunters where pendulums in grandfather clocks are louder than your own heartbeat. Hallways are just foggy enough for light to pass through without giving away what’s hiding in the corners. And the scares jolt you to the same degree a Pop Tart would as it springs from the toaster.

Dènye kle a is full of great performances, visual style and some well-crafted suspense scenes that work effectively through most of the film.

The casual viewer is going to have a great time taking it all in, while the rest of us will appreciate the effort and the talent behind it all.

Trètr: kle a Denye opens nationwide on January 5, 2018.

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Nouvo afich revele pou siviv kreyati Nicolas Cage a 'Arcadian' [trelè]

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Nicolas Cage Arcadian

Nan dènye antrepriz sinematik ki gen Nicolas Cage, "Arcadian" parèt kòm yon karakteristik kreyati konvenkan, ki gen anpil sispens, laterè, ak pwofondè emosyonèl. RLJE Films te pibliye dènyèman yon seri nouvo imaj ak yon afich kaptivan, ki ofri odyans lan yon aperçu nan mond lan etranj ak sezisman. "Arkadyen". Pwograme pou frape teyat sou Avril 12, 2024, fim nan pral pita disponib sou Shudder ak AMC +, asire yon odyans lajè ka fè eksperyans naratif kaptivan li yo.

Arcadian Trelè fim

Motion Picture Association (MPA) te bay fim sa a yon evalyasyon "R" pou li "imaj san," allusion sou eksperyans nan visceral ak entans ap tann telespektatè yo. Fim nan trase enspirasyon nan referans laterè aklame tankou "Yon kote ki trankil," resi yon istwa pòs-Apokalips sou yon papa ak de pitit gason l 'k ap navige nan yon mond dezolasyon. Apre yon evènman katastwofik ki depeple planèt la, fanmi an fè fas a defi a doub pou siviv anviwònman distopik yo ak evite bèt misterye nocturne.

Jaeden Martell, li te ye pou wòl li nan, ansanm ak Nicolas Cage nan vwayaj sa a "IT" (2017), Maxwell Jenkins soti nan "Pèdi nan espas," ak Sadie Soverall, prezante nan "Sò: Winx Saga a." Dirije pa Ben Brewer ("Konfians nan") ak ekri pa Mike Nilon ("Braven"), "Arkadyen" pwomèt yon melanj inik nan rakonte istwa poignant ak laterè siviv elèktrisan.

Maxwell Jenkins, Nicolas Cage, ak Jaeden Martell 

Kritik yo deja kòmanse fè lwanj "Arkadyen" pou desen mons imajinè li yo ak sekans aksyon grizant, ak yon revizyon soti nan Sanglan degoutan mete aksan sou balans fim nan ant eleman emosyonèl vini nan laj ak laterè kè-bat. Malgre pataje eleman tematik ak fim genre menm jan an, "Arkadyen" mete tèt li apa atravè apwòch kreyatif li yo ak trase aksyon kondwi, pwomèt yon eksperyans sinema plen ak mistè, sispens, ak emosyon inplakabl.

Arcadian Afich fim ofisyèl

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'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3' se yon ale ak bidjè amelyore ak nouvo karaktè

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Winnie Pooh 3

Wow, yo ap fè bagay yo soti vit! Sekans kap vini an "Winnie Pooh: san ak siwo myèl 3" ofisyèlman ap vanse, li pwomèt yon naratif elaji ak yon pi gwo bidjè ak entwodiksyon karaktè yo renmen anpil nan istwa orijinal AA Milne yo. Kòm konfime pa Varyete, twazyèm tranch nan franchiz laterè a pral akeyi lapen, heffalumps yo, ak woozles yo nan naratif nwa ak trese li yo.

Fen sa a se yon pati nan yon linivè sinema anbisye ki reimajine istwa timoun yo kòm istwa laterè. Akote "Winnie Pooh: san ak siwo myèl" ak premye fen li yo, linivè a gen ladan fim tankou "Kochma Neverland Peter Pan a", "Bambi: Rekondisyon an," ak "Pinokyo dekole". Fim sa yo mete yo konvèje nan evènman an kwazman "Poohniverse: Monstr Asanble," prevwa pou yon lage 2025.

Sou entènèt jwèt Winnie Pooh Poohniverse

Kreyasyon fim sa yo te posib lè liv timoun AA Milne an 1926 "Winnie-the-Pooh" te antre nan domèn piblik ane pase a, sa ki te pèmèt kreateur yo eksplore karaktè cheri sa yo nan fason san parèy. Direktè Rhys Frake-Waterfield ak pwodiktè Scott Jeffrey Chambers, nan Jagged Edge Productions, te dirije chaj la nan efò inovatè sa a.

Enklizyon lapen, heffalumps, ak woozles nan fen k ap vini an entwodui yon nouvo kouch franchiz la. Nan istwa orijinal Milne yo, heffalumps yo imajine bèt ki sanble ak elefan, pandan y ap woozles yo li te ye pou karakteristik yo tankou belèt ak yon tandans pou vòlè siwo myèl. Wòl yo nan naratif la rete yo dwe wè, men adisyon yo pwomèt yo anrichi linivè a laterè ak koneksyon pi fon ak materyèl sous la.

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Ki jan yo gade 'Late Night with the Devil' soti nan Kay: Dat ak platfòm

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Sou entènèt jwèt Late Night With The Devil

Pou fanatik ki anvi plonje nan youn nan fim laterè ki pi pale sou ane sa a soti nan konfò pwòp lakay yo, "Late Night ak Dyab la" ap disponib pou difizyon sèlman sou Shudder kòmanse 19 avril 2024. Anons sa a te trè antisipe apre fim nan siksè teyat lage pa IFC Films, ki te wè li te genyen revizyon enpresyonan ak yon wikenn ouvèti rekò pou distribitè a.

"Late Night ak Dyab la" Emerge kòm yon fim laterè rekòmandasyon, kaptivan odyans ak kritik menm jan, ak Stephen King tèt li ofri gwo lwanj pou fim nan 1977-set. Ak David Dastmalchian, fim nan dewoulman jou Halloween lan pandan yon emisyon diskisyon an dirèk nan mitan lannwit ki degaje sa ki mal atravè nasyon an. Fim sa a ki te jwenn yon seri fim pa sèlman bay pè, men tou li kaptire otantikman ayestetik ane 1970 yo, ki atire telespektatè yo nan senaryo kochma li yo.

David Dastmalchian nan Lannwit ak Dyab la

Premye siksè nan bwat fim nan, ouvèti a $2.8 milyon dola nan 1,034 teyat, souliye gwo apeti li epi li make pi wo wikenn ouvèti pou yon lage IFC Films. Aklame kritik, "Late Night ak Dyab la" gen yon evalyasyon 96% pozitif sou Rotten Tomatoes soti nan 135 revizyon, ak konsansis la fè lwanj li pou rajenisman genre laterè posesyon ak montre pèfòmans eksepsyonèl David Dastmalchian a.

Rotten Tomatoes nòt apati 3/28/2024

Simon Rother nan iHorror.com Encapsule atiran fim nan, mete aksan sou bon jan kalite immersion li yo ki transpòte telespektatè tounen nan ane 1970 yo, fè yo santi yo kòm si yo fè pati nan etranj "Night Owls" emisyon Halloween lan. Rother felisite fim nan pou script li yo byen fabrike ak vwayaj emosyonèl ak chokan li mennen telespektatè yo sou, li deklare, "Tout eksperyans sa a pral fè telespektatè fim frè Cairnes yo kole sou ekran yo... Script la, depi nan kòmansman rive nan fen, byen koud ansanm ak yon fen ki pral gen machwè sou planche a." Ou ka li revizyon an konplè isit la.

Rother plis ankouraje odyans yo gade fim nan, mete aksan sou plizyè aspè li yo: "Kèlkeswa li disponib pou ou, ou dwe eseye wè dènye pwojè frè Cairnes yo paske li pral fè ou ri, li pral trennen ou soti, li pral sezi ou, e li ka menm frape yon kòd emosyonèl."

Mete pou difizyon sou Shudder le 19 avril 2024, "Late Night ak Dyab la" ofri yon melanj konvenkan nan laterè, istwa, ak kè. Fim sa a se pa sèlman yon moun ki dwe gade pou fanatik laterè men pou nenpòt moun ki ap chèche byen amize ak deplase pa yon eksperyans sinema ki redefini limit yo nan genre li yo.

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