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First Casting for James Wan’s Now Filming ‘Insidious’
Bloody Disgusting learned that Rose Byrne (Knowing, 28 Weeks Later, The Dead Girl, Sunshine), Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy, Watchmen, The Ledge) and Barbara Hershey (Black Swan, Riding the Bullet) have all been cast in James Wan’s latest horror entry, Insidious, which is currently lensing under the title “The Astral” here in Los Angeles. Re-teaming Wan with Saw co-writer Leigh Whannell, the pic follows a young family makes the terrifying discovery that the body of their comatose boy has become a magnet for malevolent entities, while his consciousness lies trapped in the dark and insidious realm known as The Further. Wan also directed Dead Silence and Death Sentence.
Pictured: Rose Byrne, left, Patrick Wilson, center, and Barbara Hershey
1995’s pumpkinhead scarecrow is back in the sequel Jack-O 2, and filmmaker Fred Olen Ray (Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, Evil Toons) has unveiled the first trailer.
Ray writes and directs the sequel.
“JACK-O 2 pushes our characters—and our audience—to the edge while honoring the outrageous spirit of the original,” says Ray. “It’s a return to practical, in-your-face horror filmmaking.”
The original film introduced its killer pumpkinhead scarecrow as he was summoned on Halloween night to seek vengeance on behalf of a warlock. The new trailer continues the Halloween murder and dark wizardry exploits.
Genre stalwarts Sybil Danning (Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf), Richard Gabai (Demon Wind), Sushii Xhyvette Holder (Naked Cannibal Campers), Martin Nicholas (The Alien Dead), and Annah Arias star.
“My passion springs from the heyday of the 1970s drive-in movie theater where I thrilled to great homegrown exploitation movies like Slithis, Death Curse of Tartu , and Gator Bait,” noted Ray. “When I began my career, it was in movies like Shock Waves and my swamp epic The Alien Dead starring serial legend Buster Crabbe. I have long awaited a return to the genre I love so much, and now Jack-O 2 is my chance.”
Ray will produce alongside Sean Donohue, with original Jack-O director Steve Latshaw and exploitation maven William Grefé (Mako: The Jaws of Death) executive producing.
There’s no official release date yet, so stay tuned.
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