The First Look of The Conjuring 3

The team of The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It recently released a new video regarding new details about the plot.

The Conjuring Universe is an American supernatural horror franchise created by James Wan. The first film in the franchise titled The Conjuring was released in 2013. The movie was based on a couple of paranormal investigators, Lorraine Warren and Edward Warren. The film’s plot follows the investigators’ attempts to help those possessed by demonic spirits.

The franchise is commercially successful and earned $1.9 billion against a budget of $139.5 million. The franchise became the second highest-grossing franchise after Godzilla. The upcoming movie The Conjuring 3 is the third installment of the franchise, while the first released in 2013 titled, The Conjuring, and the second in 2016 titled, The Conjuring 2.

The first two films were directed by James Wan, co-written by Carey W. Hayes and Chad Hayes. The story revolves around the two professional paranormal investigators known as Warrens. They help the Perron family in the first movie, experiencing ghostly activities in their new house in Rhode Island. The second plot of the film focused on the controversial Enfield poltergeist that inspired The Amityville Horror.

The team is all set to release the 2016 film’s sequel, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Michael Chaves is the director of the film, previously he is known for his project The Curse of La Llorona. The production of the film “Devil Made Me Do It” started on 3 June 2019. The film was supposed to release on 11 September 2020, but due to the coronavirus, the team pushed the release date to 4 June 2021.

Warner Bros. has raised the bars for the horror movies genre. The team has released new footage of the upcoming film and the plot breakdown that takes the film’s focus on Arne Johnson. Movie’s star Patrick Wilson writes that The Conjuring: Devil Made Me Do It reveals a horror story of unknown terror, evil, and murder that shocked the real-life paranormal investigators Lorraine Warren and Edward Warren.

The upcoming movie’s small glimpse is enough for fans to wait for next year’s release impatiently. The movie has also introduced a new perspective to the film, which ensures that the franchise is in safe, capable hands. Hopefully, the movie will stand out to the audience’s expectations.

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Stephen King Stories Need to Be Adapted

Stephen King is one of the prolific and popular authors in history. He is known for his fantastic writing in suspense, crime, horror, supernatural fiction, fantasy, and science fiction novels. Over 350 million copies of his books are sold. King has 61 published novels, among which seven are under the pen name Richard Bachman. Many of his novels have been adapted for television series, films, comic books, and miniseries.

King has received many awards including World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy Society, and Bram Stoker Awards. He is also awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation. King received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2004, The Grand Master Award in 2007 from the Mystery Writers of America, and many more. He is said to be the King of Horror, and his writings influenced pop culture.

The upcoming miniseries, The Stand is also adapted from King’s novel and is set to debut in December. In this article, we will try to list down some best novels by Stephen King that will be a fantastic choice to take to the big screen.

Bazaar Of Bad Dreams

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a collection of short fiction stories. The book is King’s tenth published book and sixth among the collection of short stories. Bazaar of Bad Dreams was published on 3 November 2015 and the book won the Shirley Jackson Award for best collection in 2015. Its paper book editing was released on 18 October 2016, which includes a bonus short story titled, ‘Cookie Jar’.

The 2015 King’s frightening short story anthology, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams raised a complicated ethical question among its readers, including, is the murder of the child justifies? When Leonard Bradly visits the client and convicted the child murderer George Hallas, he is expecting a confession.

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is the English version of the novel Bad Little Kid, which King wrote and initially published in French and German as an electronic version.

Home Delivery

Home Delivery is a short story based on zombies written by American writer Stephen King. The story was published in Book of the Dead in 1989 and later included in the collection of short stories titled, Nightmares & Dreamscapes in 1993.

The plot revolves around an indecisive and time young woman, Maddie Pace, who lives on a small island named Gennesault. Maddie recently lost her husband in an accident, and she is also pregnant. The story then grows from there, which leads to a zombie outbreak. It is a story of how the zombie apocalypse affects the small community off the coast of Maine.

The novel is adapted into an animated short story produced by Guillermo del Toro and screened at RiverRun International Film Festival. The story got a good reception from George Beahm, and he said that King wrote the characters with sympathy and considerable skill.

I Am The Doorway

I Am the Doorway is a short science fiction by American author Stephen King published in March 1971. The book was later issued in Cavalier magazine and collected in the collection of King’s short stories Night Shift in 1978.

The story relates to a disabled former astronaut and some terrible changes he underwent due to the exposure to extraterrestrial mutagens, during a space mission to Venus. The narrator, Arthur, starts the story with a bandage on his hands and complaining about the itching. It further changes into numerous tiny eyeballs which is a doorway for alien spies and allows them to look into our world.

Robin Kasparik obtained the rights to adapt King’s short story into a short film in 2009. Later in 2015, Matthew J. Rowney produced the movie Dollar Baby, which was also an adaptation of this novel.

Insomnia

Insomnia is a fantasy horror novel published in 1994. The story is set in the fictional town of Derry, Maine like Dreamcatcher and It. The novel also has connections with other King’s novels, notably The Dark Tower.

The plot follows Retiree Ralph Robert’s encounters with the good-natured acquaintance Ed Deepneau. When Ralph meets Ed’s wife, Helen who has been beaten by her husband and hence signed a petition.

Insomnia is King’s uncanny ability to connect with universal implications. It drew conflicts between forces of the multiverse, and Robert’s knowledge about death, life, and reality. And in the hand of incredible director Guillermo del Toro, the novel is in the right hands for spectacle visual experience.

The Plant

The novel The Plant is conceived as a Christmas card for friends. Stephen King published the first part of the novel as the unfinished story and then published the second and third installments in 1982 and 1985.

The novella was also published as an ebook on King’s website in 2000 and charged a dollar for reading a chapter. The idea, although failed miserably. The story of The Plant is about a publishing house who gets a strange manuscript with some disturbing photographs. And after informing the incident to the police, the editor received a weird plant from the author. The Plant is a fantastic story to be adapted as TV miniseries and the movies.

The above are some of Stephen King’s novels that can be adapted for digital platforms or big screens.

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Horror Movies That Reflect Society Today

Recently, some well-crafted horror movies are released, which stand out in all aspects, including storytelling, premises, and character development. The older horror films also have great content, and that can predict some of the things that people would be worried about in 2020. This article will list down some of the horror films that can predict today’s society.

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare On Elm Street is a franchise of horror, but the first movie was the best one. It is an American slasher film and was released in 1984. The movie was written by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye. It stars Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, and Ronee Blakley. The plot starts with Tina Gray waking up from a nightmare, where she is chased by a man in a boiler room with a blade-fixed glove. The next morning, Tina was consoled by her best friend, Nancy, and Glen. But Tina’s boyfriend, Rod, interrupts their sleepover. When Tina fell asleep, she again witnessed the same nightmare. The next morning Nancy’s father arrests Rod, despite his innocence.

A Nightmare On Elm Street depicts a group of parents terrified by a pedophile named Freddy Kreuger. And they are ready to do anything to protect their kid. The plot of the story is very relevant in today’s society. Parents always keep their eyes on their children, especially when online, as online could be very dangerous if not used cautiously.

Halloween (1978)

Halloween is an American slasher movie directed by John Carpenter, who also co-wrote the screenplay with producer Debra Hill. The film’s plot revolves around the person with a mental health condition who had murdered his teenage sister on Halloween night when he was just six years old. After fifteen years, he returns to his hometown and stalks a female babysitter and her friend. Jamie Lee Curtis played the character of a female babysitter.

The movie is incredible and well suited to today’s “stranger danger” concept. The film did a gross collection of $70 million. Another sequel of the franchise is scheduled to release on 15 October 2021.

Candyman (1992)

Candyman is an American horror movie directed and written by Bernard Rose. The story is based on the short story titled The Forbidden, written by Clive Barker. The film’s plot follows a student in Chicago and completing a thesis on Urban Legends, which leads her to a ghost of an artist and slave named “Candyman.” He was murdered in the 19th century for his relationship with the daughter of a painter because it was forbidden for a slave’s son to love a white woman.

Candyman was released on 16 October 1992 by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and TriStar Pictures. The film collected a gross of $25 million in the United States. It received an average score of 61 out of 100 based on 15 critics on Metacritic. On CinemaScore, audiences gave an average grade of “C+” on an A+ scale to F.

Friday The 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th is an American slasher movie directed and produced by Sean S. Cunningham, and screenplay written by Victor Miller. It stars Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Betsy Palmer, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, and Kevin Bacon. The movie was released on 9 May 1980 and collected a gross of $59.8 million. Friday The 13th received praise from both audiences and critics. The plot set in 1958; Claudette Hayes and Barry Jackson sneak inside a cabin to have sex, where an assailant murdered them. After twenty-one years, the counselor of Camp Crystal Lake is driven to open the place; she was warned that the place is badly reputed for a boy drawing in the crystal lake. Later, an unseen person slashed her throat after chasing her in the woods.

People always worry about teens partying and having sex, especially in summer camps, without any supervision. And the way the teens treated Jason Voorhees was heartbreaking. Although, no one has any sympathy towards Voorhees for killing so many people.

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

The Silence of the Lambs is an American psychological horror screenplay written by Ted Tally and directed by Jonathan Demme. The story is adapted from a novel of the same name written by author Thomas Harris’. The movie stars Jodie Foster, a young FBI trainee named Clarice Starling. Anthony Hopkins played the character of Lecter, and Ted Levine played the character of Bill. The Lamb’s Silence was released on 14 February 1991 and collected a gross of over $272.7 million against the budget of $19 million. It was the fifth-highest-grossing movie of 1991 worldwide. The film’s plot starts with an FBI agent, Clarice Starling, who completed her training from Quantico, Virginia FBI Academy. She is assigned to interview a cannibalistic serial killer, whose insight could be useful in the case of psychopath serial killer, “Buffalo Bill.” Buffalo Bill used to kill young women and remove their skin.

The movie created fascination about serial killers and crime in general. Many shows and series are exploring the same genre.

Black Christmas (1974)

Black Christmas, which is titled, initially Silent Night, Evil Night, was released in 1974. Directed and produced by Bob Clark and written by A. Roy Moore. It stars Keir Dullea, Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Lynne Griffin, and Marian Waldman. The story’s plot revolves around a group of sorority sisters who receive unknown threatening calls, and they are also stalked. Then they are killed by the killer during the Christmas season. There are two more movies in the Black Christmas franchise in 2006 and 2019. In today’s world, people hear more such cases of sororities and even more disturbing behavior. The 2019’s version of the movie also involved the feminist element of the story.

The above are a few lists of movies that depict today’s life and society. So if you are looking for some good horror movies to relate to the recent times, then you might find something for you. I hope you enjoyed the article.

 

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