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Apple TV+’s Girls State and HBO’s Ren Faire scored three nominations apiece to lead all broadcast nominees announced Thursday for the 18th Cinema Eye Honors. The group, which recognizes the year’s outstanding nonfiction and documentary films and TV series, also revealed the 16-film longlist for its annual Audience Choice Prize, won last year by National Geographic’s Bobi Wine: The People’s President, which went on to get nominated for the Documentary Feature Oscar.

The past six winners of the Best Documentary Feature Oscar — this year’s winner 20 Days in Mariupol, Navalny, Summer of Soul, My Octopus Teacher, American Factory and Free Solo — were all Audience Choice Prize nominees. Fans voting will whittle the list to 10 beginning next week, with winners in that and all categories to be announced at an awards ceremony January 9 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem.

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Cinema Eye Honors today shared a string of announcements, including the 16 films on its Audience Choice Prize Longlist, the unveiling of this year’s Unforgettables Honorees, nominees in its five Broadcast categories, and its annual Shorts List — spotlighting 11 of the year’s top documentary short films — at its 7th annual Cinema Eye Fall Lunch in Downtown Los Angeles on October 24, 2024.

Spotlighted on the film side are several major Best Documentary Feature contenders including “Will & Harper,” “Black Box Diaries,” and “No Other Land,” which all also factored into the organization’s list of Unforgettables — standout on-camera collaborators from eight feature documentaries. This next ceremony will be the first time those honorees, like Harper Steele, Shiori Ito, and Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham for those respective films, receive a special medallion honoring their contribution to their Cinema Eye-winning films.

Highlights among the Broadcast nominees include filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, nominated for both...

The Apple TV+ documentary “Girls State” and the HBO doc series “Ren Faire” led all projects in nominations in the Cinema Eye Honors broadcast categories, which were announced on Thursday in Los Angeles.

“Girls State” was nominated in the Broadcast Film category and also for its editing and cinematography. “Ren Faire” was also nominated in those last two categories, as well as for Nonfiction Series.

Other broadcast films and series with multiple nominations included Netflix’s “America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders,” Apple’s “The Enfield Poltergeist,” HBO’s “Telemarketers” and National Geographic’s “Photographer.”

At its annual Cinema Eye Fall Lunch at Redbird in downtown Los Angeles, the New York-based organization also announced the Audience Choice Award Long List, 16 films that will compete for the audience-voted award; 11 semi-finalists in the short doc category; and “The Unforgettables,” its annual list of the year’s most interesting documentary subjects.

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Hauntings brings to light some of the most baffling paranormal events in Britain and the U.S., with the series revisiting notable cases that have gripped the public’s attention for decades. The first episode focuses on the Enfield Poltergeist, a case that began in September 1977 when police responded to reports of strange occurrences at a […]

New Paranormal Series ‘Hauntings’ Premiering Soon BBC Two with The Enfield Poltergeist...

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards are back this year and bigger than ever.

Once again airing on AMC’s Shudder, the 2024 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards has shifted the annual awards show’s shift to October; as such, the window of this year’s eligible horrors is an expanded one, encompassing all of 2023 and the first half of 2024. That means a much bigger selection of horror titles to pull from, and with the expanded categories this year, that means a massive list of 46 nominees. They even have a new category this year: Best Video Game.

Here’s where you come in; Fangoria needs your vote to decide on the winners! We have it on good authority that some of the categories are extremely competitive right now. And voting happens to be officially open for the awards show.

Participants can cast their votes via the official Fangoria website at www.fangoria.com/vote/. Voting...

Full disclosure: despite loving paranormal-focused reality TV and even having lived in what most people would describe as a haunted house, I don’t actually believe in ghosts. Sure, I think that there’s some compelling evidence out there for the existence of unexplained phenomena, but the idea of ectoplasmic seances and translucent apparitions seems rather silly to me – especially when you realize how much of modern parapsychology is borrowed from popular culture.

And yet, I find myself irresistibly drawn to these tales of the unexplained, especially when the people involved swear that they aren’t works of fiction. I may not always take their word for it, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that I can’t have fun with a good old-fashioned ghost story. With that in mind, today I’d like to share 6 spooky ghost documentaries that I think will appeal to both believers and skeptics alike.

The BAFTA TV Awards took place this sunny Sunday afternoon as the British equivalent of the Emmys awarded the best of the year’s TV on the other side of the Atlantic. The ceremony was hosted by Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett, who both hosted last year, while the event takes place at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. Scroll down for the full list of winners.

Netflix’s “The Crown” leads the way with eight nominations. Another Netflix show, “Demon 79 (Black Mirror),” came in second with seven nominations while BBC’s “Happy Valley,” Apple TV’s “Slow Horses,” and BBC’s “The Sixth Commandment” all snagged six bids apiece.

Several US shows did well, too, with HBO’s “The Last of Us” and “Succession” each receiving five nominations — the same as ITV’s drama “The Long Shadow.” The BBC documentary “Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland...

When done well, found footage horror makes for one of the most immersive and unnerving viewing experiences. The inherent naturalism tends to make the horror feel more plausible and real. Found footage horror doesn’t need a huge budget or recognizable names among the cast to induce chills, either, and the lo-fi visuals only further add to the scares.

This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to found footage horror movies that excel with the format, delivering unsettling atmosphere and scares while making the most of their immersive, lo-fi aesthetics. Here’s where you can stream them this week.

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Drawing inspiration from actual government hallucinogenic drug experiments and H.P. Lovecraft’s From Beyond, Blair Erickson’s feature debut is part found footage, part faux documentary. After her friend’s sudden disappearance, journalist Anne Roland...

The BAFTA TV Craft Awards were handed out at the Brewery in East London on Sunday, April 28. The Craft Awards, like the Creative Arts Emmy, are dedicated to below-the-line categories with a dozen devoted to fictional programming, another six to factual, and four are in a combined field to make 22 categories overall. The main TV awards ceremony will commence on May 12 but, for now, scroll down for the full list of Craft Awards winners.

Fiction

Costume Design

“The Crown” – Netflix

“Silo” – Apple TV+

“Demon 79 (Black Mirror)” – Netflix

“The Great” – Lionsgate+ — Winner

Director (Fiction)

Joseph Bullman, “Partygate” – Channel 4

Lewis Arnold, “The Long Shadows” – ITV1

Peter Hoar, “The Last of Us” – HBO/Sky Atlantic — Winner

William Stefan Smith, “Top Boy” – Netflix

Editing (Fiction)

“Time” – BBC

“Happy Valley” – BBC

“Slow Horses” (episode 1) – Apple TV+ — Winner

“Slow Horses” (episode 6) – Apple TV+

Emerging Talent (Fiction)

Andrew Bogle (writer), “Kirkmoore Fudge Park” – BBC

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Hosted by Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, and Ed Larson, the “Last Update On The Left” series takes a look back over the 13-year history of the chart-topping comedy horror podcast “Last Podcast On The Left” to answer the question: Where are these horrible people now?

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Each week on the “Last Update On The Left,” Henry, Marcus, and Ed dive back in to add more to the stories they left behind, giving a new look at an old take and reexamining past topics.

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The Primetime Emmys dedicate an entire weekend to a collection of below-the-line categories with the Creative Arts Emmys. Similarly, the BAFTA TV Awards have the BAFTA TV Craft Awards to recognize these artists. A dozen categories are devoted to fictional programming, another six to factual, and four are in a combined field to make 22 categories overall. These awards will take place on April 28, two weeks before the main ceremony on May 12. Scroll down for the full list of Craft Awards nominees.

Fiction

Costume Design

“The Crown” – Netflix

“Silo” – Apple TV+

“Demon 79 (Black Mirror)” – Netflix

“The Great” – Lionsgate+

Director (Fiction)

Joseph Bullman, “Partygate” – Channel 4

Lewis Arnold, “The Long Shadows” – ITV1

Peter Hoar, “The Last of Us” – HBO/Sky Atlantic

William Stefan Smith, “Top Boy” – Netflix

Editing (Fiction)

“Time” – BBC

“Happy Valley” – BBC

“Slow Horses” (episode 1) – Apple TV+

“Slow Horses” (episode 6) – Apple TV+

Emerging Talent (Fiction)

Andrew Bogle (writer), “Kirkmoore Fudge...

The BAFTA TV Awards are the British equivalent of the Emmys, honoring the very best of television in a wide range of genres and categories. Many of these contenders will also hope to compete at the Emmys but they’ll first have their BAFTA fates revealed on May 12, when the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards will take place. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners will be announced on April 28. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)

Best Drama Series

“The Gold” – BBC One

“Happy Valley” – BBC One

“Slow Horses” – Apple TV+

“Top Boy” – Netflix

Best Limited Drama

“Best Interests” – BBC One

“Demon 79 (Black Mirror)” – Netflix

“The Long Shadow” – ITV1

“The Sixth Commandment” – BBC One

Best Comedy Series

“Big Boys” – Channel 4

“Dreaming Whilst Black” – BBC One

“Extraordinary” – Disney+

“Such Brave Girls” – BBC Three

Best International Show

“The Bear” – Disney+

“Beef” – Netflix

“Class Act” – Netflix

“The Last of Us...

Exclusive: Following a bidding war, TriStar Pictures has beaten out a number of suitors and pre-emptively acquired rights to Alison Espach’s forthcoming novel The Wedding People. Will Speck and Josh Gordon, who have a first-look deal with Sony Pictures, are set to direct, with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nicole Holofcener writing.

“It’s rare to read something that feels like real life, in all the best ways. .. funny, painful, cathartic and lasting. A throwback to the movies we grew up on with a modern sensibility. This is a story we can’t wait to tell,” said Speck and Gordon.

Speck, Gordon and Eric Fineman will produce through their company Speck + Gordon Inc. alongside Jonathan King and Ash Sarohia for Concordia Studio. Shary Shirazi and Kelseigh Coombs are overseeing the project for TriStar.

“Nicole is the perfect partner to adapt this incredible novel. She writes characters that are beautifully complex, with humor...

Natalie O’Connor was looking for a very specific type of car for production on Apple TV+’s “The Enfield Poltergeist.” A painstaking recreation of the most documented paranormal activity ever (and the inspiration for “The Conjuring 2”), the show needed a stand-in for the red E-Type Jaguar driven by lead investigator Maurice Grosse.

“We couldn’t find one anywhere, but we eventually got sent an option,” O’Connor told IndieWire. “And then we actually figured out that it was his real car.”

On a different show, that story would be charming in its serendipity. But for “The Enfield Poltergeist,” the kismet has a creepy sense of inevitability in keeping with the events that plagued the Hodgson family from 1977 to 1979, resulting in hundreds of hours of recordings capturing things that went bump in the night and disembodied voices.

Those recordings are at the heart of the Apple TV+ four-part limited series,...

On the surface, little differentiates Apple's The Enfield Poltergeist from The Enfield Haunting, a dramatized take on the famous case. Released in the U.K. in 2015 (and now streaming on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee), The Enfield Haunting hits many of the same beats as the new docuseries. Both rely heavily on Maurice Grosse's 250 hours of recordings, which describe the alleged paranormal activity in the Hodgson family home in late 1970s London, and use those details to power the plot. However, they diverge when it comes to the conclusion each draws from those recordings: If The Enfield Poltergeist begins from a place of belief, only to raise questions about the Hodgsons' claims by its fourth and final episode, The Enfield Haunting takes the opposite approach as it works to convince the audience that the ghostly disturbances were real.

Welcome home to Enfield and step inside the recreated walls of 284 Green Street, where the most famous alleged poltergeist haunting in history occurred. The latest from the producers of “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” the new Apple TV+ four-part genre-bending documentary series “The Enfield Poltergeist” walks viewers through the mysterious case that terrified a generation of Brits, using rare audio, original and present-day interviews, and even a recreation of the house the chilling events took place. “The Enfield Poltergeist” will premiere on Apple TV+ on Friday, Oct. 27. You can watch The Enfield Poltergeist with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.

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The four-part docu-series “The Enfield Poltergeist” tells the story of the most famous poltergeist...

The Enfield Poltergeist, directed by Jerry Rothwell, is a montage of the supernatural, science, childhood trauma, and many other aspects. This mini-documentary series pulls lightly at the strings of horror while focusing more on the scientific aspects. The events surrounding the Hodgson family and the experiences that they have had have been explored here. The intervention of Maurice Grosse, a member of the Society for Psychical Research (Spr), between 1977 and 1978 with more than 200 hours of tape recordings has been highlighted. The four-part mini-documentary series brings out a real-life infamous case of the haunting at a house in Enfield, reminding us of similar movies based on real-life stories like The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Amityville Horror, and others. Was Maurice able to rid the Hodgsons of the torture of the poltergeist? Was Janice really possessed, or was she faking things to garner attention? Let us look into what several witnesses...

Just in time for the scariest day of the year (unless you’re Justin Timberlake…that day came earlier this week with Brit‘s book), Apple TV+ is set to unleash the The Enfield Poltergeist, a genre-defying four-part series that exhumes the historic 1977-79 haunting of the UK’s Hodgson family. You may know the story as it was adapted in 2016’s The Conjuring 2, but you’ve never seen it told in such deep detail. Thanks to a curious British press at the time and the efforts of paranormal investigator Maurice Grosse, the Enfield case is one of the most-documented accounts of paranormal activity. The tale of a supernatural entity attacking young Janet Hodgson gripped the nation and sold millions of papers. That provided director Jerry Rothwell with a trove of photos and recordings from investigative interviews. “We were interested that this extensive archival record existed of a situation...

There is just something about this case. The reports of a demonic supernatural power in greater London has stirred and scared the public for decades, and is now being brought back to our screens in this original docu-drama series The Enfield Poltergeist.

Helmed by filmmaker Jerry Rothwell, we had the pleasure in speaking to the director ahead of the limited series launch on Apple TV+, as he deep dives into this frightening set of events. He speaks about the logistics of the project, both creative and technical, and what he believes it is about this case that has given it such longevity.

Watch the full interview with Jerry Rothwell here:

Synopsis

Experience the chilling true story of the world’s most famous poltergeist case through original audio recordings made inside the house as the events unfolded.

The Enfield Poltergeist ” premieres globally on October 27, 2023 on Apple TV+

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It’s the last full week before Halloween! There’s simply not much time left for putting the last-minute touches on costumes, getting party menus ironed out, and making sure you’ve got plenty of candy in store for those voracious trick-or-treaters. No sense in risking an egging in the name of saving a few dollars this Halloween.

If you had your All Hallow’s Eve plans ironed out months ago, or if you simply need a break from the hectic planning, good news! There’s something new and exciting coming to streaming each and every day this week, from the return of NBA basketball to Spooky Season specials and much more.

Monday, Oct. 23 ‘The Price is Right at Night’ Grandparents Edition | CBS, watch with a subscription to Paramount+ with Showtime

Drew Carey and “The Price is Right” are coming to you in primetime this week! CBS is still lacking scripted primetime shows,...

Grey Worm himself aka Interview With The Vampire’s Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) joins us on the show to chat all things undead now that the show has arrived in its entirety on BBC iPlayer.

Elsewhere on the pod, there’s an unusual amount to toe-sucking discussion as we review Fellow Travelers on Paramount+. Kay gets the willies from spooktacular documentary The Enfield Poltergeist on Apple, and we take a trip down Lenny Henry’s memory lane in Three Little Birds on ITV. Elsewhere, Boyd works his way through the alphabet of shows (slowly), James bangs on about Bosch (you thought you’d dodged this last week – you were wrong), and all three muse on a conundrum that would see them forsake their favourite shows for good.

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Looking for your next binge-watch, or just need to fill an hour? Welcome to Your Weekly Watch List, our curated collection of the best shows on television. Here's what to watch from Sunday, October 22 through Saturday, October 28.

With just one full week left in October, TV is going all in on Halloween with a series of frightful premieres, including a new season of American Horror Stories and Apple TV+'s The Enfield Poltergeist. Of course, streaming also offers plenty of horror-free releases, from Paramount+'s Milli Vanilli documentary to The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion and beyond.

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Be sure to lock your doors when you get home this Halloween, for a sinister, unearthly presence willing be walking the streets this All Hallow’s Eve.

We don’t mean actual ghosts, obviously, we’re talking about all those precocious costumed youths in shoddily applied face paint having the audacity to knock on your door demanding some of the multipack of snack-size sweets you got from Tesco on the way home from work. Bought them for trick-or-treaters? Pffft. Those Haribo were all for you, and you know it.

So embrace the darkness (and the sugar), draw the curtains, and shut out the world ready to scare yourself silly with these classic British TV ghost stories.

Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968)

A classic in the ghost story genre, this deeply atmospheric and unnerving production is Jonathan Miller’s adaptation of the 1904 M. R. James tale “Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come to You,...

As Halloween creeps toward us, networks and streamers are launching their spooky programming to scare you. From new movies like the upcoming video-game adaptation “Five Nights at Freddy’s” to new reality series like the Kristen Stewart-narrated gay ghost-hunting show “Living for the Dead,” there’s something for every ghost and ghoul.

“A Really Haunted Loud House” –

Based on the “Loud House” franchise, this new movie follows Lincoln Loud who, with the help of his sisters and best friend Clyde, must save Halloween when the Loud house is attacked by new kid Xander and his followers.

“Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog” —

This animated family special follows Strawberry and her friends as they overcome their fears and try to save the carnival from the Beast of Berry Bog.

“Make Me Scream” –

In this Halloween special hosted by Tempestt Bledsoe and Darryl M. Bell, three celebrity teams — led by Jaleel White,...

Exclusive: Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s production company Slow Pony has inked an exclusive first-look film deal with Concordia Studio, the talent-first studio whose most recent production, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will bow on Apple TV+ on May 12.

McCarthy comes to the deal after numerous successful collaborations with Concordia co-founder Jonathan King, who exec produced his Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight during his tenure as President of Narrative Film and Television at Participant. King also produced McCarthy’s recent Cannes-premiering Matt Damon starrer Stillwater for Focus Features, as well as his 2007 drama The Visitor, which brought Richard Jenkins his first Best Actor Oscar nomination.

The filmmaker will look to build out a diverse slate of features under the Concordia deal, all of which will be in the narrative space, helping the studio to expand in that area after...