Cressida Bonas is among luckless students who discover the devil in their digs in this lazy junk featuring expositional librarians and a search engine called ‘Search’
Every Friday the 13th, Mammon demands another teenbait horrorshow with which to befoul multiplexes. Here we find former indie spirit Stacy Title (Let the Devil Wear Black) schlocking out, possibly explaining the incongruous Rilke quotations and alt-rock T-shirts adorning this otherwise artless shambles, a Candyman shorn of all subtexts. Three blandies install themselves in ominously spacious student digs and – after aeons of poking about that suggest Scream never happened – inadvertently summon the titular fiend, a Poundland Voldemort whose name spawns a handy dual-action mantra-cum-strapline: “Don’t think it, don’t say it.” (To which some wag has doubtless already appended “Don’t see it.”)
Even at its copout conclusion – blatantly shilling for sequels – there’s marked editorial confusion as to how this bogeyman presents,...
Every Friday the 13th, Mammon demands another teenbait horrorshow with which to befoul multiplexes. Here we find former indie spirit Stacy Title (Let the Devil Wear Black) schlocking out, possibly explaining the incongruous Rilke quotations and alt-rock T-shirts adorning this otherwise artless shambles, a Candyman shorn of all subtexts. Three blandies install themselves in ominously spacious student digs and – after aeons of poking about that suggest Scream never happened – inadvertently summon the titular fiend, a Poundland Voldemort whose name spawns a handy dual-action mantra-cum-strapline: “Don’t think it, don’t say it.” (To which some wag has doubtless already appended “Don’t see it.”)
Even at its copout conclusion – blatantly shilling for sequels – there’s marked editorial confusion as to how this bogeyman presents,...
- 1/14/2017
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
While the idea of an entire movie about people getting killed for saying its title isn’t the easiest sell, “The Bye Bye Man” rises above those low expectations. The husband and wife team of director Stacy Title and screenwriter Jonathan Penner (“The Last Supper,” “Let The Devil Wear Black”) don’t break any rules, but they still manage to deliver an effective genre effort.
After a suburban husband goes on a rifling killing spree in the Pantone-colored past, we meet modern day Elliott (Douglas Smith) and Sasha (Cressida Bonas) as they sign a lease on a dilapidated brick dwelling big enough to contain their enormous love. It’s a fixer upper, and though they wonder why it’s so affordable, they’re too thrilled by the prospect of playing house to care. They find a stockpile of antique furniture down in the basement, and a few scary basement things happen,...
After a suburban husband goes on a rifling killing spree in the Pantone-colored past, we meet modern day Elliott (Douglas Smith) and Sasha (Cressida Bonas) as they sign a lease on a dilapidated brick dwelling big enough to contain their enormous love. It’s a fixer upper, and though they wonder why it’s so affordable, they’re too thrilled by the prospect of playing house to care. They find a stockpile of antique furniture down in the basement, and a few scary basement things happen,...
- 1/12/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Though we don't yet know much about the film other than the fact that it's of the supernatural variety, TWC-Dimension has just picked up a script called The Bye Bye Man, and they seem pretty certain that it's going to scare our collective pants right the hell off. Read on for the first word!
From the Press Release
TWC-Dimension announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to Intrepid Pictures’ supernatural thriller The Bye Bye Man, with a proceed-to-production commitment.
The script was adapted by Jonathan Penner (Let The Devil Wear Black) from the short story “The Bridge to Body Island” by Robert Damon Schneck, which chronicles the harrowing events experienced by three Wisconsin college students in the early 1990s. Stacy Title (The Last Supper, Hood Of Horror, and the Oscar-nominated short Down On The Waterfront) will direct. The log line and plot details are currently being kept under wraps.
From the Press Release
TWC-Dimension announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to Intrepid Pictures’ supernatural thriller The Bye Bye Man, with a proceed-to-production commitment.
The script was adapted by Jonathan Penner (Let The Devil Wear Black) from the short story “The Bridge to Body Island” by Robert Damon Schneck, which chronicles the harrowing events experienced by three Wisconsin college students in the early 1990s. Stacy Title (The Last Supper, Hood Of Horror, and the Oscar-nominated short Down On The Waterfront) will direct. The log line and plot details are currently being kept under wraps.
- 9/11/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
TWC-Dimension announced today that they have acquired worldwide rights to Intrepid Pictures. supernatural thriller The Bye Bye Man, with a proceed-to-production commitment. Stacy Title (The Last Supper, Hood of Horror and the Oscar-Nominated short "Down on the Waterfront") will direct from a script by Jonathan Penner (Let the Devil Wear Black), adapting the short story .The Bridge to Body Island,. by Robert Damon Schneck.
- 9/11/2014
- Comingsoon.net
TWC-Dimension has acquired worldwide distribution rights to supernatural thriller The Bye Bye Man. The plot details have not been revealed, but the film will chronicle events that befell three Wisconsin college students in the early 1990s. Jonathan Penner adapted the script from Robert Damon Schneck's short story "The Bridge to Body Island." It will be directed by Stacy Title, who directed and co-wrote with Penner the short film Down on the Waterfront, which earned them an Oscar nomination in 1994. They've collaborated on the Hamlet adaptation Let the Devil Wear Black and the hip-hop horror comedy Hood of Horror. The TWC-Dimension
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- 9/11/2014
- by Austin Siegemund-Broka
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films acquired worldwide distribution rights to horror film “The Bye Bye Man,” directed by Stacy Title. The film's plot is being kept under wraps, but it is based on a short story that follows the harrowing events experienced by three Wisconsin college students in the 1990s. The script was adapted by Jonathan Penner, who also wrote “Let the Devil Wear Black.” Also read: Tarantino's ‘Hateful Eight’ Shoot Begins in January, Weinstein Distributing Title's other directing credits include “The Last Supper,” “Hood of Horror” and Oscar-nominated short “Down on the Waterfront.” Trevor Macy will produce through his Intrepid Pictures.
- 9/11/2014
- by Gina Hall
- The Wrap
TWC-Dimension has acquired worldwide rights to Intrepid Pictures’ supernatural thriller The Bye Bye Man, based on the short story The Bridge To Body Island by Robert Damon Schneck, a writer of paranormal tales. That story chronicles the harrowing events experienced by three Wisconsin college students in the early 1990s. No other details were announced, but Jonathan Penner (Let The Devil Wear Black) adapted the script and Stacy Title will direct. TWC-Dimension said there is a proceed-to-production commitment on this one.
Trevor Macy will produce through his Intrepid Pictures banner with Marc D. Evans and David Prior executive producing. Intrepid is behind genre pics Oculus and the upcoming Somnia, both via Relativity.
“There are only a few truly scary and iconic characters within this genre, and we think the Bye Bye Man has the potential to be the next one,” said Matthew Signer, Evp Production and Creative Affairs at TWC-Dimension. “Trevor...
Trevor Macy will produce through his Intrepid Pictures banner with Marc D. Evans and David Prior executive producing. Intrepid is behind genre pics Oculus and the upcoming Somnia, both via Relativity.
“There are only a few truly scary and iconic characters within this genre, and we think the Bye Bye Man has the potential to be the next one,” said Matthew Signer, Evp Production and Creative Affairs at TWC-Dimension. “Trevor...
- 9/11/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
This Week’s New Instant Releases…
Promised Lands (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Susan Sontag
Synopsis: Set in Israel during the final days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this powerful documentary — initially barred by Israel authorities — from writer-director Susan Sontag examines divergent perceptions of the enduring Arab-Israeli clash. Weighing in on matters related to socialism, anti-Semitism, nation sovereignty and American materialism are The Last Jew writer Yoram Kaniuk and military physicist Yuval Ne’eman.
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held, Lena Stolze, Sunnyi Melles
Synopsis: Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent...
This Week’s New Instant Releases…
Promised Lands (1974)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Documentary
Director: Susan Sontag
Synopsis: Set in Israel during the final days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, this powerful documentary — initially barred by Israel authorities — from writer-director Susan Sontag examines divergent perceptions of the enduring Arab-Israeli clash. Weighing in on matters related to socialism, anti-Semitism, nation sovereignty and American materialism are The Last Jew writer Yoram Kaniuk and military physicist Yuval Ne’eman.
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009)
Streaming Available: 04/19/2011
Cast: Barbara Sukowa, Heino Ferch, Hannah Herzsprung, Gerald Alexander Held, Lena Stolze, Sunnyi Melles
Synopsis: Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent...
- 4/20/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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