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Collider has an exclusive first look at the trailer for the upcoming psychological horror film Fear of Rain, about a teenage girl tormented by terrifying hallucinations that she slowly begins to suspect are all too real.

Written and directed by Castille Landon (After We Fell), Fear of Rain follows Rain Burroughs (Madison Iseman), a teenager diagnosed with schizophrenia who must constantly struggle to determine whether what she is seeing and hearing is reality or a symptom of her mental illness. However, when she begins to see disturbing images of the house next door, she becomes convinced that the hallucinations have something to do with reality and that the house holds a terrible secret. Her parents (Katherine Heigl and Harry Connick, Jr.) try to reassure her that what she’s seeing is all in her head, so she turns to a charming new classmate named Caleb (Israel Broussard) for help. But Caleb himself may not be real either.

The trailer is a suitably creepy collection of the frightening images that keep assaulting Rain, starting with a man chasing her through an ominous forest in the middle of the night. No one believes her that the event actually happened, and the chaotic images only increase in intensity. It looks truly terrifying, as evidenced by the button in the trailer where Rain acknowledges that what she is experiencing could be a manifestation of her own creation and not reality. However, Fear of Rain’s admittedly fantastical take on schizophrenia is a compelling premise for a thriller in which everything we see is constantly questioned. Check out the trailer below. Fear of Rain is rated PG-13 and will be released on VOD on February 12 and on Blu-ray and DVD on February 16.

Lionsgate has released a new trailer for the upcoming comedy “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.”

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay for “Bridesmaids,” play best friends Barb and Star, who leave the Midwest for a vacation in the Florida beach town of Vista Del Mar. They soon become embroiled in a wild adventure where they find themselves at the center of a villain’s plot to kill everyone in town.

The new trailer is a clear parody of the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things,” complete with neon lettering, bicycles and flashing lights. The tone quickly changes to reveal the eccentric and silly nature of the film, which director Josh Greenbaum says attracted him to direct the project.

“I wanted this movie to feel like a vacation visually for people,” Greenbaum previously told EW about the film. “I heard the [initial] pitch and thought, ‘What the hell kind of movie is this?’ But when I read the script, it was really so different, and it was supposed to be a return to fun and silliness. It was a comedy script that didn’t take itself too seriously, even though it has a very sweet, emotional core in the middle.”

Wiig and Mumolo are also executive producers of the Lionsgate comedy, alongside Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Margot Hand. The film also stars Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr, Fortune Feimster, Wendi McLeandon-Covey, Rose Abdoo, Vanessa Bayer, Phyllis Smith and Kwame Patterson.

“Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” was originally scheduled to premiere July 31, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will now premiere on February 12 via Premium VOD.

Check out the new trailer below.

Forget John Wick, because there’s a new villain in town. His name is Hutch Mansell, and even though the name doesn’t sound the same, he’s as deadly as the great Baba Yaga. Hutch stars in Nobody, a new action thriller starring Bob Odenkirk, who looks incredible judging by the film’s trailer.

The high-octane film is penned by Ilya Naishuller, who directed the first-person shooter Hardcore Henry. Some people unfairly dismissed this film as an extended gimmick, but I found that the story worked alongside the non-stop action.

In Nobody, no one expects much from Hutch, a suburban father whose family is disappointed when he fails to defend them after two burglars break into their home. Though Hutch is continually overlooked and underestimated, the aftermath of the incident brings out his long-dormant rage, unleashing dormant instincts and propelling him down a brutal path that brings dark secrets and deadly skills to the surface. In a whirlwind of fisticuffs, gunfire and squealing tires, Hutch must save his family from a dangerous adversary (Aleksey Serebryakov) and ensure that no one ever sees him as a nobody again.

Connie Nielsen plays the role of Hutch’s wife, while Christopher Lloyd, also an Emmy winner, plays his father and RZA plays his brother, whose hidden talents help Hutch in his quest for revenge.

I mentioned John Wick earlier not only because the comparison is obvious, but also because John Wick creator Derek Kolstad wrote the screenplay for Nobody and original John Wick co-director David Leitch produced the film with Kelly McCormick through his company 87North. Braden Aftergood also produced for Eighty Two Films, while Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero produced on behalf of Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment. Kolstad served as executive producer on Nobody alongside Marc S. Fischer, Annie Marter and Tobey Maguire.

If John Wick hadn’t already established a rich mythology, I’d suggest a crossover between that franchise and this one (which I hope will spark a franchise), but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. I don’t want to raise unfair expectations for this film, though I suspect Naishuller would encourage the hype, as his muscular filmmaking is not lacking in confidence.

Universal releases Nobody on February 26 – a week later than scheduled, by the way – and I hope the COVID-19 vaccine is widely available by then, because this looks like a cinematic experience like no other. But hey, I like hard knocks. That’s just me. Watch the red band trailer below and click here to see if Odenkirk made it into Collider’s list of the best guest stars to ever grace The Office with their presence.

The idea of the “legacy sequel” has been gaining ground in Hollywood in recent years – classic film sequels that introduce a new generation of young characters while revisiting the iconic heroes of the original film(s) at a later stage in their lives. For example, “The Force Awakens”, “Halloween” from 2018 or “Terminator: Dark Fate”.

But the next Ghostbusters: The Afterlife is a sequel to more than one title: first, it takes place in the same universe as the two original films, and members of the classic cast (including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson) return to it. Second, because director Jason Reitman succeeds his father Ivan Reitman, the legendary director of the two previous films.

This time the action moves from New York to rural Oklahoma. The young stars of “Stranger Things”, Mckenna Grace and Finn Wolfhard, play the role of a couple of children who stumble upon the original technology of “Busters”.

Afterlife comes out this summer, more than thirty years after Ghostbusters II was first shown on the big screen, and for Jason Reitman, there was one person in particular he wanted to impress. He was finally able to screen the film in early December.

“My father didn’t get out of the house much because of Covid,” he told Empire in his first interview about the film, which will be published in the upcoming new issue – available for pre-order here. “But he did a screen test, put on a mask and went to see the film with the studio at Sony.

He then cried and said, “I’m so proud to be your father. And it was one of the greatest moments of my life.

While the original Ghostbusters films are best known for their dry and sneaky (and surprisingly adult) humour, led by a talented team of actors, Jason Reitman says that in making the sequel to the first two films, he tried to make Afterlife just as scary as the old ones: “I still feel it’s very funny, but it’s also very scary.

It was really my first experience with a horror movie,” he explains. “I was at a Directors Guild meeting and I was sitting next to Steven Spielberg, and when I told him I was working at Ghostbusters, he said, out of nowhere, ‘Library Ghost: Top Ten Scares of All Time’. And it’s true.

 

In 2020, entertainment comes to a standstill due to the ongoing global pandemic. Countless films have been postponed (sometimes by an entire year) in hopes of making a profit at the box office once theaters return to normal. David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills was one of those projects, which will now hit theaters in October 2021, just in time for the titular holiday. While little is known about the highly anticipated slasher, Green recently explained his “aggressive” approach to the sequel.

The 2018 Halloween film was a huge hit in theaters, with David Gordon Green and company creating a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 original. That film focused primarily on the impact of Laurie Strode’s trauma on her family, while Halloween Kills will feature a host of recurring characters for an ensemble project. Green recently explained how he put together his second installment in the franchise:

David Gordon Green’s statement to Total Film is sure to please die-hard Halloween fans who were disappointed when Halloween Kills was postponed for a full year. While the film’s content remains a complete mystery, all reports from the set have revealed just how violent and intense the upcoming sequel will be. And it seems that Green specifically focused on tightening up the story so that he didn’t have to hold back at all.

In fact, it was previously revealed that Halloween Kills will pick up shortly after the end of the last film. Laurie, Karen and Allyson are in the back of a truck after fighting Michael Myers and trapping him in the basement to be burned alive. Unfortunately, The Shape seems to survive, which prompts Haddonfield and its various survivors to arm themselves to take on the villain.

David Gordon Green gathered a large cast for “Halloween Kills”. In addition to the scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, several actors reprise their roles from John Carpenter’s original film: Kyle Richards, Charles Cyphers and Nancy Stephens. In addition, actors Anthony Michael Hall and Robert Longstreet will play the adult versions of Tommy Doyle and Lonnie Elam respectively. It’s a great cast, and smart money says a lot of them are going to die before Michael Myers is finished.

Even the first teaser for Halloween Kills was exciting and shows the chaos Haddonfield will be in in October. Michael Myers’ rampage through the city in the aftermath of 2018 was random and terrifying, and it seems that citizens are finally standing up for themselves. It will also be interesting to see how Laurie’s relationship with her daughter and granddaughter changes as a result of their shared experience.