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UPDATED: Shawnee Smith Returns in ‘Saw VI’
UPDATE: We’ve found out some brand new info, which you can read all about inside! A piece of news we’ve been sitting on for quite some time now is that Shawnee Smith is set to return as Amanda in Lionsgate’s Saw VI. While we were trying to get more info, Twisted Pictures producer Mark Burg told Official Saw the following. “Shawnee Smith [as Amanda] is in Saw VI. There are several new characters. Also, this movie is a lot more violent than the previous five. Lastly, we have traps that pit victims against each other like the opening of Saw V. Could be the best script yet!” What we learned on our lonesome is that Shawnee will be returning in a flashback, possibly in old footage. We have not confirmed that she will actually set foot in Toronto for filming later this month. Saw VI hits theaters October 23.
Bloody-Disgusting learned exclusively this evening that Shawnee Smith will in fact be filming brand new scenes for Lionsgate’s Saw VI. All of her scenes will be flashback sequences (because she’s dead), while the biggest news is that she will play a major role in the outcome of the film.
Shawnee sets foot in Toronto March 30th, the first day of shooting.
This is pretty big news considering she was one of the main factors in my distaste for Saw V. Shawnee is to Jigsaw as Robin to Batman — only there are no “holy rusted metal” lines in the works… or are there? Jigsaw does work in mysterious ways.
The trailer for the upcoming found footage horror movie Sundown seeks to determine whether its haunting is demonic or dementia.
The found footage nightmare is set to premiere at Mad Monster Party in North Carolina and Houston Horror Film Fest in August.
In Sundown, “Mary, whose husband has recently died of dementia, claims his spirit is haunting her house. When her estranged son Chris learns that Mary believes she is being haunted, he arrives with his filmmaker friend Bill and a spiritualist named Clarissa with the intention of proving to Mary that it’s all in her head. They soon discover the truth is far more disturbing than they could have ever imagined.”
Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Emily Sweet (V/H/S/95, Castle Freak), Chris Alexander, Kelly Waters, Erich Rausch, and Michael Leavy (Terrifier, Stream) star.
Sundown is directed by Marcus Slabine (The Dark Offerings) and Brian Klingborg, who also wrote the screenplay.
“The second I read Brian’s script, I knew I wanted to direct it. It had everything I love about horror: grounded characters, mounting tension, and a mystery that keeps getting darker the deeper you go. I feel when found footage is done right, we wanted every scare to feel earned and every performance to feel real, so when the horror finally hits, it hits hard. I’m incredibly proud of what our incredible cast and crew accomplished, and truly can’t wait to unleash the film onto the world,” Slabine said in a statement.
Klingborg adds, “The inspiration for SUNDOWN came from a true story that Chris shared with me about a death in his family. The strange and unsettling events surrounding that experience stayed with me and became the foundation for the screenplay. I wanted to explore the fragile line between love, grief, and horror, and how loss can leave us questioning what’s real. In an incredible twist of fate, we ended up filming SUNDOWN in the very house where the real events took place, adding an authenticity and atmosphere that we could never have recreated anywhere else.”
The upcoming film is not to be confused with Sundown, the vampire revenge movie from Rebekah McKendry.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
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