Alam Nyo Ba?

The directing duo of Adam Schindler and Brian Netto have worked with the legendary Sam Raimi on episodes of the Raimi-produced anthology series 50 States of Fright and on the Raimi-produced thriller Don’t Move, which was a hit for the Netflix streaming service when it was released in October of 2024. Now, Deadline has revealed that Schindler and Netto are teaming with Raimi again for the horror film Every House Is Haunted!

Replacing Corin Hardy

We first heard of this project five years ago, at which time it was set to be directed by The Hallow and The Nun director Corin Hardy. Hardy moved on from Every House Is Haunted (his latest horror movie, Whistle, is set to reach theatres on February 6th), so it has now been passed over to Schindler and Netto.

Ian Rogers Adaptation

This film gets its title from a collection of short stories by author Ian Rogers, but the script is directly inspired by just one of the twenty-two stories contained in that 300 page book. The story that caught Raimi’s eye is called The House on Ashley Avenue and has the following description: An insurance investigator tries to debunk claims that a couple’s death was caused by a haunted house, but his doubts are challenged by a psychic and the mysterious occurrences he witnesses with his own eyes.

When this project was announced five years ago, it was said that Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman had written the screenplay. Raimi will be producing the film alongside Zainab Azizi for Raimi Productions and Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee. Andrew Childs of Vertigo serves as executive producer. It’s not clear if Pagan and Deutschman’s script is still in place, or if all of the named producers are still involved.

Raimi has a financing deal with Starlight, the company that optioned the Every House Is Haunted short story collection. Copies of the collection can be purchased on Amazon.

I though Don’t Move was a great thriller, so I’m very glad to hear that Schindler and Netto will be continuing their working relationship with Raimi on Every House Is Haunted. Does this project sound interesting to you? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The post Every House Is Haunted: Don’t Move directors take the helm of Sam Raimi production appeared first on JoBlo.

It’s time to travel back into that lonely town, the one where the fog feels permanent and the sirens blare loudly. No, not the terrible 3D sequel Revelation, but the original film journey that came out 20 years ago.

With a new Silent Hill movie on the way from the same creator as the first, the question naturally comes up: is this a second chance at a good sequel, or just a soft remake? We’ll find out soon enough. But before that release arrives, it’s time to look back and see whether Silent Hill (2006) still stands the test of time.

How has it aged? Is it better than we remember, or just a foggy memory warped by nostalgia? How do the acting, special effects, and, most importantly, faithfulness to the game series hold up after two decades? And how did one of the better video game adaptations manage to come out during an era when most of them were… frankly awful?

Let’s head back into the fog together and find out if Silent Hill still stands the Test of Time.

Plot and Production Background

The Silent Hill video game franchise began in 1999, right in the middle of the survival horror boom popularized by Resident Evil in 1996. It was a major success for Konami, with new entries released in 2001, 2003, and 2004.

French director Christophe Gans, who had previously worked on Necronomicon: Book of the Dead and Crying Freeman, decided during the production of Brotherhood of the Wolf that Silent Hill would make a perfect film adaptation. Gans was a genuine superfan. Like other passionate filmmakers before him, he put together a 37-minute presentation, complete with Japanese subtitles, to pitch Konami. The studio quickly realized he was the only filmmaker who truly understood the heart of the franchise and could give it the creative pulse it deserved.

Screenwriting duties fell to Roger Avary, the Oscar-winning writer of Pulp Fiction. Avary was given atmospheric materials from Gans and also played through all existing Silent Hill games while writing the script. During this process, he discovered the real-life Pennsylvania town of Centralia, which became the inspiration for the film’s cursed setting. This allowed the movie version of Silent Hill to have both a mythic reputation and a tragic cinematic backstory.

The first draft was completed in October 2004, but producers rejected it for one surprising reason: it had no male characters. Because Avary’s involvement was public knowledge, fans, whom he lovingly referred to as “crazy,” and he’s not wrong, flooded him with their own scripts and, unfortunately, even death threats. While Avary and Gans didn’t always see eye to eye creatively, Avary ultimately yielded to Gans’ unrelenting passion for the project.

Casting, Music, and Visual Style

The cast includes Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Alice Krige, and Jodelle Ferland, with Bean’s character added only after the studio demanded a male lead. The role of Rose nearly went to Meg Ryan or Milla Jovovich, but Mitchell was chosen instead. She was coming off strong performances in Finding Neverland, Melinda and Melinda, and Man on Fire, though her acting style reportedly frustrated Gans due to the number of takes required.

The film’s music is pulled almost entirely from the Silent Hill games, with the notable addition of a Johnny Cash song. Cinematography was handled by Dan Laustsen, a frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro, and it shows.

Story Overview

The film loosely adapts elements from the first two Silent Hill games. Rose takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to Silent Hill in a last-ditch attempt to cure her recurring nightmares. After a car accident involving police officer Cybil, Rose awakens in the fog-shrouded town, only to find Sharon missing.

As Rose searches for her daughter, she encounters shifting realities, horrific creatures, a cult responsible for burning a young girl who looks eerily similar to Sharon, and a towering executioner with a pyramid for a head. Meanwhile, her husband searches for them in what appears to be a different plane of existence altogether.

By the end, Rose and Sharon are reunited, along with Alessa, but never make it back to our world. The film earned nearly $101 million on a $50 million budget, yet critics largely dismissed it, arguing that its visuals couldn’t save a “video game–style” story.

So… were they right?

Signs of the Time

There are plenty of reminders that this movie is firmly rooted in 2006. The cellphones, especially the chunky one Rose wears around her neck, are pure nostalgia. These were devices that played Snake and little else, nowhere near today’s pocket-sized supercomputers.

The websites shown in the film are equally charming, looking like fan-made pages you’d stumble upon while deep-diving a band or celebrity at 2 a.m. And of course, there’s the big question every early-2000s movie raises: how does the CGI hold up? Thankfully, Silent Hill mostly landed on the right side of that gamble.

This era was also peak video game adaptation madness. Not quite the experimental ‘90s (Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat), and far from today’s prestige era (The Last of Us, Fallout). This was a box-office-driven genre, with films like Doom, House of the Dead, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil flooding theaters. Unlike later adaptations made when franchises were already fading, Silent Hill was still a thriving IP at the time.

Some elements aged like fine wine. Others… not so much.

What Holds Up

I’ll admit it, I had mostly written this movie off. As a huge fan of the games, I was disappointed by some of the changes. Watching it again 20 years later, though, I was genuinely impressed by several aspects.

First and foremost: the music. Using the game’s original soundtrack is pure fan service, but it works beautifully. Hearing that opening theme kick in under the Warner Bros. logo still hits just as hard as it did in theaters. It’s one of the best examples of respecting source material and immersion, rivaling what The Last of Us accomplished decades later.

The acting is mostly… fine. But Laurie Holden as Cybil stands out. She strikes a perfect balance between subtle character work and emotional authenticity without slipping into overacting or disengagement like some of her co-stars.

The production design is outstanding. Silent Hill feels like a seamless blend of the game’s nightmare logic and the real-world inspiration of Centralia. The transition sequences paired with the air raid siren remain some of the strongest visual moments of the era. The constant falling ash not only looks good, but reinforces the themes of disorientation and loss.

The monster design also deserves praise. These aren’t generic CGI creations; many are portrayed by real contortionists, with CGI used sparingly to enhance their unnatural movements. Pyramid Head, while arguably misplaced lore-wise, is terrifying here. His infamous church scene is easily the film’s most memorable kill.

What Doesn’t Hold Up

Unfortunately, not everything survived the fog.

Much of the acting veers between flat and overly theatrical. Kim Coates performs well, and Radha Mitchell is serviceable, but many others either sleepwalk through scenes or drift into near-parody. The plot also struggles. Whether you’re a fan frustrated by lore changes or a casual viewer confused by the Alessa/Sharon connection, the story can feel muddled.

The runtime doesn’t help. While it’s great that Gans was allowed to make his movie, the Sean Bean subplot feels unnecessary. His character exists mainly to deliver exposition, and every time the film cuts back to him, momentum grinds to a halt.

Lastly, while most effects hold up, the fire effects, especially during Cybil’s execution, look rough and noticeably artificial.

Final Verdict

Silent Hill (2006) isn’t perfect, and it definitely falls into some classic video game adaptation traps. Still, it’s a strong watch, especially for fans of the games, and has arguably aged better than expected. The visuals remain striking in high definition, making the Scream Factory release well worth owning.

If Christophe Gans is getting a second chance at this franchise 20 years later, the original movie deserves one too.

What do you think of Silent Hill? Are you excited for the upcoming installment? Let me know. I’ll be avoiding Pyramid Head and air raid sirens if anyone needs me.

A couple of the previous episodes of The Test of Time can be seen below. To see more, click over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!

The post Silent Hill (2006): Does It Still Stand the Test of Time? appeared first on JoBlo.

It’s rare for a director to come back to a franchise after a whopping 20 years, yet that’s the exact situation we find ourselves in with Christophe Gans and Silent Hill. I was a big fan of his 2006 film, and given how bad its Gans-less follow-up, Silent Hill: Revelation, turned out to be, it was clear he had a lot to do with the first film’s success. So it’s exciting to see him return and adapt the story from one of the most beloved games. Return to Silent Hill is an interesting attempt to revive the film franchise, and my review will be released tomorrow.

I spoke with stars Hannah Emily Anderson and Evie Templeton about their roles in the new film. Evie gets into what it was like to play the same character in both Return and the Silent Hill 2 remake, and why she felt so comfortable in the role. Hannah has quite the task ahead of her, playing multiple characters, so she gets into which was her favorite to portray, as well as the long hours in the makeup chair. I also spoke with Christophe Gans about what it was like to return to this world after two decades and how much technology has changed in the meantime.

Return to Silent Hill plot:

Follows James (Jeremy Irvine), a man broken after his relationship with the love of his life, Mary (Hannah Emily Anderson), ends. When a mysterious letter from her calls him back to Silent Hill, he finds a once-recognizable town transformed by an unknown evil. While James desperately searches for Mary, he encounters terrifying creatures and begins to unravel the mystery of what happened to the town. But as he descends deeper into the darkness, the secrets he uncovers lead to a horrifying truth, and James finds himself struggling to hold on long enough to save his one true love. 

Return to Silent Hill releases to theaters on January 23rd, 2026.

The post Christophe Gans talks about returning to the franchise for Return to Silent Hill appeared first on JoBlo.

The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman, and Nosferatu writer/director Robert Eggers has dealt with some dark subject matter over the course of his career – but the darkest story is yet to come. No, not in his Labyrinth sequel or his adaptation of A Christmas Carol, but in the project he’s going to make before those two: the creature feature Werwulf, which he’s making for Focus Features, aiming for a Christmas Day 2026 theatrical release. Filming began in October – and today, Deadline has revealed that teen actress Bodhi Rae Breathnach, who just made her feature debut in Hamnet, is in the cast! Details on her character have not been shared.

Breathnach finds herself in the middle of a Nosferatu reunion, as her co-stars are Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, and Willem Dafoe.

13th Century Terror

Eggers has written the screenplay for Werwulf with Sjón, his co-writer on the Viking saga The Northman. Details are being kept under wraps, but The Hollywood Reporter’s sources told them “the story is set in 13th century England. The script also features dialogue that was true to the time period and has translations and annotations for those uninitiated to Old English. Initially, Eggers was planning on shooting the feature in black and white, but that is no longer the case. Suffice to say that considering the setting and the dialect, Eggers is promising another deep dive into a muddy, costumed, and violent time period consistent with his oeuvre which has earned him a loyal film following.“ Screen Daily adds that the story centers on a mysterious creature who stalks a foggy countryside as local folklore becomes a terrifying reality for the villagers.

Eggers and Sjón are producing Werwulf with Focus Features. Chris and Eleanor Columbus, who worked with Eggers on Nosferatu, will serve as executive producers.

Darkness and Images

During a recent Q&A event, Eggers told the audience that his “medieval werewolf movie” is, “the darkest thing I’ve ever written, by far.” 

Making a dark vampire movie with Nosferatu turned out quite well for Eggers. The film stirred up a lot of positive reactions, with JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray even describing the film as a new horror classic in his 10/10 review. It also managed to earn almost $182 million at the global box office during its theatrical run. So it will be interesting to see if Eggers can replicate or exceed that success with his dark medieval werewolf movie.

Have you seen Hamnet, and are you glad to hear that Bodhi Rae Breathnach is in the cast of Werwulf? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The post Bodhi Rae Breathnach of Hamnet joins Robert Eggers’ Werwulf appeared first on JoBlo.

Six years ago, genre regular Samara Weaving starred in a very cool horror comedy called Ready or Not, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who went on to make the two most recent Scream sequels and the “Dracula’s daughter” movie Abigail. Last year, it was announced that a sequel is now moving forward – and while Escape Room director Adam Robitel was attached to take the helm of Ready or Not 2 (now known as Ready or Not 2: Here I Come) when it was first announced, Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett have since stepped up to direct the sequel, which they have promised will be “an absolute banger.” We’ll have the chance to judge for ourselves when the film reaches theatres on March 27th – but the folks at the Motion Picture Association ratings board have already watched the movie and given it an R rating!

Fans attending the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in March will get to see the movie before its wide release.

Ready or Not refresher

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are part of a filmmaking collective (and production company) called Radio Silence, which they formed with Justin Martinez and Chad Villella in 2011. Ready or Not was written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. Weaving took on the role of Grace, a young woman who is invited on the night of her wedding by her new husband’s rich, eccentric family to participate in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy have written the script for the sequel.

Sequel synopsis

Weaving is returning for the follow-up and is joined in the cast by Kathryn Newton (who worked with the directors on Abigail), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings), Shawn Hatosy (The Faculty), Néstor Carbonell (Lost), Kevin Durand (also from Abigail), legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg, Kara Wooten (Revival), Juan Pablo Romero (Please, After You), Varun Saranga (Wynonna Earp), Masa Lizdek (Simulant), Nadeem Umar-Khitab (Wedding Season), Daniel Beirne (Ginny & Georgia), Antony Hall (Run the Burbs), and Olivia Cheng (Warrior).

Here’s the synopsis: Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace (Samara Weaving) discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.

Rating

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come earned its R rating with strong bloody violence, gore, pervasive language and brief drug use.

Are you looking forward to Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, and are you glad to hear that it has secured an R rating? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

The post Ready or Not 2: Here I Come secures an R rating appeared first on JoBlo.

Nearly three years have gone by since it was announced that Atomic Monster, the production company headed up by genre regular James Wan, would be teaming with Amazon Studios to produce a psychological thriller series based on the best-selling novel 56 Days, by Catherine Ryan Howard (pick up a copy HERE). We’re going to have the chance to watch the show soon, as it was recently revealed that the series will premiere on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Four weeks out from that date, a trailer has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above.

Creative Team and Source Material

Lisa Zwerling and Karyn Usher, who were behind the Starz drama The Rook, wrote the adaptation and serve as executive producers alongside Sandrine Gros d’Aillon, Wan, and Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Rob Hackett. Danielle Bozzone oversees the series for Atomic Monster. Howard is a co-executive producer. The first two episodes of the adaptation were directed by Alethea Jones, whose credits include episodes of Evil, Shining Vale, Mrs. Davis, and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.

Written by Howard during the pandemic lockdown in Dublin back in 2020, the book 56 Days is set during that very same lockdown. It tells the story of an intense, erotic romance that turns deadly. It follows two young professionals, striking out on their own in a new city, who are entangled quickly in a charged relationship that leads to a powerful intimacy that is soon cracked open by their secrets … and to murder. Here’s the book description: No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead. 56 DAYS AGO: Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores. 35 DAYS AGO: When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who — and what — he really is. TODAY: Detectives arrive at Oliver’s apartment to discover a decomposing body inside. Can they determine what really happened, or has lockdown created an opportunity for someone to commit the perfect crime?

Series Adaptation

The TV series (which was once going by the title Obsession, but has since reverted to the 56 Days title) is not set during the pandemic lockdown, but it does follow Oliver and Ciara, who, after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body—brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed. Did he kill her? Did she kill him? Intercutting between an intense single day in the present investigation and the twisted trajectory of the young lovers’ affair in the past, the series is both a unique crime story and a riveting, sexy, psychological thriller.

Dove Cameron, Avan Jogia, Karla Souza, and Dorian Missick star. As Prime Video puts it, “56 Days features a star-studded ensemble cast led by Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia as Ciara Wyse and Oliver Kennedy, showcasing the chemistry and building tension that drive this toxic love affair. Rounding out the ensemble are Karla Souza as detective Lee Reardon and Dorian Missick as detective Karl Connolly, who anchor the present-day investigation with gripping performances that keep audiences on the edge of their seats.“

Will you be watching 56 Days when it premieres on Prime Video in February? Take a look at the trailer, then let us know by leaving a comment below.

The post Trailer for James Wan-produced thriller series based on 56 Days novel promises love, lies, and murder appeared first on JoBlo.

After spending a couple of decades in development hell, a live-action feature film adaptation of Masters of the Universe has finally made its way through production, with Nicholas Galitzine (Red, White and Royal Blue) in the role of Adam / He-Man. Coming our way from Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Studios, the film will be released theatrically in the U.S. on June 5, 2026 and worldwide the same month, by Sony Pictures International Releasing. Today, a teaser trailer has dropped online and can be seen in the embed above – and along with the unveiling of this teaser comes the promise that an expanded teaser trailer will be released tomorrow!

Cast and Synopsis

Bumblebee director Travis Knight is at the helm of this new take on Masters of Universe, working from a screenplay by Chris Butler that’s based on earlier drafts by Dave Callaham and formerly attached directors Aaron and Adam Nee. Alex Litvak and Michael Finch also have story credit. The story follows ten-year-old Prince Adam who crashed to Earth in a spaceship and was separated from his magical Power Sword—the only link to his home on Eternia. After tracking it down almost two decades later, Prince Adam is whisked back across space to defend his home planet against the evil forces of Skeletor. But to defeat such a powerful villain, Prince Adam will first need to uncover the mysteries of his past and become He-Man: the most powerful man in the Universe.

Galitzine is joined in the cast by Camila Mendes (Riverdale) as Teela, Jared Leto (Morbius) as the villainous Skeletor, Idris Elba (Luther) as Man-at-Arms (a.k.a. Duncan), GLOW‘s Alison Brie as Skeletor’s right hand woman Evil-Lyn, Morena Baccarin (Deadpool & Wolverine) as The Sorceress, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Captain America: Brave New World) as Malcolm (a.k.a. Fisto), Sam C. Wilson (Dodger) as Trap Jaw, Hafthor Bjornsson (Game of Thrones) as Goat Man, Kojo Attah (The Beekeeper) as Tri-Klops, Jon Xue Zhang (The Brothers Sun) as Ram-Man, Stephen Adentan (Gladiator II) as Moss Man, and James Purefoy (A Knight’s Tale) and Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders) as He-Man’s parents, King Randor and Queen Marlena. Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) provides the voice of Roboto.

All of those names will be familiar to fans of the Masters of the Universe franchise – and then we have Sasheer Zamata (Agatha All Along) and Christian Vunipola (Wildflower) as a pair of new characters, Suzie and Hussein. There have also been rumblings that Dolph Lundgren – who played He-Man in the previous live-action Masters of the Universe film, released in 1987 – might show up for a cameo.

Here’s the official synopsis: After being separated for 15 years, the Sword of Power leads Prince Adam (Nicholas Galitzine) back to Eternia where he discovers his home shattered under the fiendish rule of Skeletor (Jared Leto). To save his family and his world, Adam must join forces with his closest allies, Teela (Camila Mendes) and Duncan/Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba), and embrace his true destiny as He-Man — the most powerful man in the universe.

The new Masters of the Universe has been produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Robbie Brenner, Steve Tisch, and DeVon Franklin, with Ynon Kreiz, Bill Bannerman, and David Bloomfield serving as executive producers.

Press Release Info

A press release lets us know,

Masters of the Universe is a new, live-action adventure movie based on the classic 80’s toy brand. It delivers breathtaking visuals, heart-pounding action, and exhilarating fun. Audiences are in for a thrill-ride of a time!

It has a universally appealing story focusing on heroic transformation, it is about finding the power within.

The epic action and visual effects have to be seen on the big screen.

He-Man has existed across cartoons, toys, comics, and films, making it a shared reference point for multi-generational fans. This is a film that all generations of audiences can enjoy.

This movie will deliver the nostalgia that fans remember. Masters of the Universe is based on a well-known Mattel franchise with a long legacy heritage that has been captivating fans for the last forty years.

Following the astounding global success of Barbie, Masters of the Universe marks Mattel Studios’ next feature film in its growing slate of brand-led entertainment.

Even moviegoers who didn’t grow up with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe world will love the film for its action, spectacle, and epic visual effects.

What did you think of the Masters of the Universe teaser? Let us know by leaving a comment below, then come back to JoBlo.com to check out the expanded teaser trailer tomorrow!

The post Masters of the Universe teaser trailer takes us back to the ’80s on the way to Eternia appeared first on JoBlo.