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Paul McCartney is not a big fan of The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour. He loves the “I Am the Walrus” and “The Fool on the Hill” scenes of the movie. “I Am the Walrus” was a modest hit in the United States but not in the United Kingdom. The Beatles | John Pratt / Stringer

Paul McCartney has several issues with The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour film. Despite this, he said the song “I Am the Walrus” gave the movie some value. He also singled out one of the other musical sequences in the film for praise.

Paul McCartney discussed why The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ is flawed

In the 2015 book Conversations with McCartney, Paul discussed how the film Magical Mystery Tour came together. “We hired a coach, had it painted with Magical Mystery Tour on the side and said, ‘We’ll just go down to Devon, film every day,...

In 2022, K-drama fans were blown away by idol and actor Park Ji-hoon’s role in Weak Hero Class 1. The K-drama, based on a webtoon, centered on the dark and violent side of bullying in South Korea. Park starred as the real-life adaptation of the character Si-eun. Weak Hero Class 1 was a turning point for Park and his career, thanks to his dedication to the emotional storyline.

Park Ji-hoon as Si-eun in ‘Weak Hero Class 1’ finale | via Wavve Si-eun gets caught up in the vicious cycle of bullying in ‘Weak Hero Class 1’

The K-drama is not for the weak-minded due to its violence, bullying, and blood scenes. Created by Seopass and illustrated by Kim Jin-seok, Weak Hero Class 1 became one of the most talked about dramas of the year. It followed Si-eun, a lonely high school student who kept to himself and focused solely on his academics.

From Freddy Krueger to Annie Wilkes, iconic villains with memorable backstories are a hallmark of popular horror media, but there’s more than one way to terrify audiences. For example, some horror flicks task viewers with unmasking the mysterious antagonist alongside our main characters in scare-centric whodunit mashups.

And with the continued success of the Scream franchise proving that audiences are hungry for more mystery alongside the traditional blood and guts, we’ve decided to come up with a list recommending six lesser-known whodunit horror flicks for your viewing pleasure.

Since this list is meant to highlight underseen scary movies, we won’t be including more popular whodunits like the original Friday the 13th, Happy Death Day or any of the aforementioned Scream films. However, feel free to comment below with your own favorite whodunit horror flicks if you think we missed a particularly underrated one.

Now, onto the list…...

Totoral Media Lab, producers of Chilean docu “Bastard – the Legacy of a Criminal” (“Bastardo – la Herencia de un Genocida”), one of the four non-fiction features participating in Cannes’ Docs in Progress Showcase Chile, has inked a co-production pact at the Marché du Film with Stefilm, Stefano Tealdi’s Italian production house, and Sweden’s Laika Films and TV, represented by Andreas Rocksén and Catalina Donoso.

In addition to the deal, which all but assures its completion, the docu produced by Totoral’s Clara Taricco and Antonia Valenzuela and directed by Pepe Rovano has snagged the Torino Film Lab Audience Design Fund, which aims to implement innovative audience development and outreach strategies at the point of distribution.

Expressing pride for receiving international recognition through the Torino award, Rovano hailed “Bastard’s” “message of reparation and story of injustice and human rights violations.”

“Bastard” follows Rovano as he seeks a biological father he never knew.

Tyler, The Creator has a new album on the way.

His upcoming project, titled Igor, will be released on May 17. It’s the rapper-producer’s sixth full-length (including his 2009 mixtape Bastard), and the follow-up to 2017’s Flower Boy — likely his best-received album to date, and one that marked a new artistic transition for him towards the sunny and improvisational. So far, we don’t have much information to go on for what Igor will sound like; the announcement came on Twitter and was accompanied by two album covers. The first looks inspired by Grace Jones,...

French director Claire Denis, who recently made her English-language debut with “High Life” starring Robert Pattinson, is to preside over the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival.

Denis will succeed Abderrahmane Sissako, Naomi Kawase, Cristian Mungiu and Bertrand Bonello. Denis and her jury will name the three prize winners of the Cinéfondation on May 23; and two days later the Short Film Palme d’or will be announced during the festival’s closing ceremony.

“Claire Denis has occupied a unique place in contemporary cinema for more than 30 years. She has directed a compelling body of work, including 13 feature films, four of which were screened in the Festival de Cannes’s Official Selection,” said the festival, which described the director as a “true adventurer.”

“She has established her taste for observation and experimentation throughout her artistic journeys, navigating between introspection and openness to the world (…). “Always daring,...

Jim Carrey had some choice words for Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter in response to their Twitter spat.

“It’s a little disconcerting that she’s in government, not because she’s in government, but because she’s obviously still embracing evil,” Carrey told Variety’s Marc Malkin at CinemaCon about Alessandra Mussolini, a member of European Parliament.

The actor and political artist recently stirred controversy by tweeting a drawing of Benito Mussolini and Mussolini’s mistress, Claretta Petacci, hung by their feet. He wrote, “If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.” Alessandra responded on Twitter with, “You are a bastard.”

You are a bastard

— Alessandra Mussolini (@Ale_Mussolini_) March 31, 2019

Carrey said, “She can always flip the cartoon upside down. And it looks like her grandfather is jumping for joy because he just got the head count. There’s her solve right there.

Arrangement with Arctic filmmakers to cover, film, TV.

Topic Studios has struck a first-look film and television deal with filmmaking team Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison, expanding on a recent collaboration on a scripted anthology series to be announced soon.

The deal will encompass film and television projects. Penna and Morrison’s debut feature Arctic premiered in Cannes last summer and Bleecker Street has set a February 1 Us release date for the survival thriller staring Mads Mikkelsen.

The duo is in pre-production on second feature Stowaway, a sci-fi thriller starring Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette.

“We have loved working with Joe and Ryan,...

Topic Studios has signed a first look film and television deal with filmmakers Joe Penna and Ryan Morrison, whose feature Arctic made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last May as an official selection in the Midnight section. The deal expands the relationship between Topic, Penna and Morrison who recently collaborated on a scripted anthology series which will be announced soon.

“We have loved working with Joe and Ryan,” said Lisa Leingang and Ryan Heller for Topic Studios. “They are a rare combination of world-builders, Diy filmmakers and first class storytellers. There’s so much we want to do together.”

Said Penna and Morrison: “We’re beyond excited to be working so closely with Topic. They truly support their creative partners and tell the type of stories people need to hear. Topic is a studio with something to say and we’re very much looking forward joining the conversation.

Topic Studios (“Leave No Trace”) has bought rights to Rachel Lyon’s debut novel “Self-Portrait With Boy” and plans to develop the project as a feature film.

Lyon will adapt her own novel. John Lyons (“Boogie Nights”), who recently signed a first-look deal with Topic Studios, has come on board to produce.

The story is set in Brooklyn in the early 1990s and tells the story of a young photographer who unintentionally captures a tragedy during a self-portrait. The choice of what to do with this devastating image haunts her as she is forced to confront the limits of her own ambition.

“Rachel’s novel is a gripping, emotionally complex ghost story about the price of creative success,” said said Ryan Heller, vice president for acquisitions and feature films. “We were instantly drawn to ways we could bring this story – and its bygone era of New York — to the big...

Exclusive: John Lyons, the former Focus Features President of Production who steered such Oscar-winning films as Milk, Brokeback Mountain and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, has signed a multi-year first look production deal at Topic Studios.

Under the agreement, Lyons will develop and produce feature film projects for the Oscar-winning Spotlight studio to finance. At Focus, Lyons was also behind such acclaimed features as Joel and Ethan Coen’s Burn After Reading and A Serious Man, Cary Fukanaga’s Sin Nombre and Jane Eyre. Lyons’ independent producing credits include Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hard Eight and Boogie Nights, Peter Hedges’ Pieces of April, and Universal’s Sisters as well as the HBO series The Young Pope with Paolo Sorrentino.

“John has been involved with so many great films and filmmakers, from the Coen brothers and Raising Arizona to Paul Thomas Anderson and Boogie Nights, to all his work during...

Topic Studios has come on board to finance and produce “The Climb,” a comedic drama from the filmmaking team of Kyle Marvin and Michael Covino.

“The Climb” expands on the story and characters from the short film of the same title that premiered in the narrative competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Topic for its digital storytelling platform, Topic.com. In his feature film directorial debut, Covino will direct from a script he wrote with Marvin.

The film tells the story of the friendship between two lifelong friends, played by Covino and Marvin, over several chapters and spanning numerous years, marriages, heartbreaks and conflicts.

“We loved ‘The Climb’ when we saw the short at Sundance, and knew Mike and Kyle had a lot more to say about their relationship, with a truly unique voice,” said Adam Pincus, exec VP for Topic Studios. “We think audiences are going to love their oversharing,...

Production scheduled to kick off in August.

Topic Studios will finance and produce comedy drama The Climb from filmmaking team Kyle Marvin and Michael Covino, based on the short film of the same name that premiered in Sundance.

The Climb chronicles an epic lifelong friendship over several chapters and spans numerous years, marriages, heartbreaks and conflicts. Marvin and Covino star.

Topic acquired the short at this year’s festival in Park City for its digital storytelling platform, Topic.com. Covino will direct his feature directorial debut from a screenplay he wrote with Marvin.

“We loved The Climb when we saw the short at Sundance,...

After Dark Films' has revealed their seventh film for the 8 Films to Die For theatrical series. The film is titled Bastard and it has been developed by both Powell Robinson and Patrick Robert Young. A Nsfw trailer for Bastard was released earlier this year. Now, a second trailer tells more of the film's story. An homage to '80s slasher films of the past, the clip also shows a masked killer. The fun begins October 16th, in theatres. A preview for the wide screen launch is hosted here. The synopsis is short and sweet. Five strangers converge on an isolated mountain town. Here, newlywed serial killers, a suicidal cop and two runaways must face their worst nemesis - a demented bloodletter. They will have to work together, if they want to survive this hellish encounter. As well, a new poster has been released for Bastard (above). The graphic shows red eyes,...

A cast of eclectic characters come together with bloody results in the official trailer for Bastard. Also featured in our latest round-up are release details on Joe Kelly's graphic novel, Bang!Tango, as well as four new T-shirts from Fright Rags, including one that showcases Dr. Decker from Clive Barker's Nightbreed.

Bastard: "Directed by Powell Robinson and Patrick R Young, Bastard stars Rebekah Kennedy, Ellis Greer, Dan Creed, Will Tranfo, and Tonya Kay.

Bastard follows newlywed, hitch-hiking serial killers, a brother and sister on the run, and a trigger-happy suicidal cop as they get caught in an increasingly bizarre series of murders committed by a masked killer near a mountain-town bed and breakfast."

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Bang!Tango: Press Release - "Vinnie’s years in the mob have him constantly looking over his shoulder, on the run from The Jock, a sadistic mob boss, and his gang. Vinnie has finally...

“It’s an 80’s slasher flick with new blood,” directors Patrick R Young and Powell Robinson tell Shock of their upcoming Bastard, the newly released trailer for which shows off a composed, bloody little throwback comprised of gore, electronic cues and Albertus. “We don’t want to make a joke out of the time period,” the filmmakers continue,…

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American indie production company Big Bad Film recently wrapped up their first project, the slasher film Bastard. And today they have released the first unrated teaser for their film. Get ready for some decent gore. It is ever so slightly Nsfw. Bastard follows newlywed, hitch-hiking serial killers, a brother and sister on the run, and a suicidal, alcoholic cop as they get caught in an increasingly bizarre series of murders committed by a masked killer near a mountain-town bed and breakfast. The film, infused with the blood of cult slasher films like The Burning and Halloween, includes a throwback retro score, all practical effects, and stars genre veterans Rebekah Kennedy (Season of the Witch/House Hunting) and Tonya Kay (Raze/Dark Space).  Newcomers Ellis Greer, Dan Creed, Will Tranfo,...

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Indie horror feature Bastard is now complete. This slasher feature follows a brother and a sister, with a serial killer stalking a remote town. The film's first spine-ripping trailer shows some of the film's makeup effects and dire scenarios. As well, Bastard stars Rebekah Kennedy (Season of the Witch) and Tonya Kay (Raze). Gorehounds can view all of the torso-shredding action here. The updated synopsis provides more details. The film brings together five strangers. Two are serial killers, another character is a suicidal cop. In the middle of these three, a sister and brother try to stay alive, on an isolated mountain retreat. Bastard is currently seeking distribution. Once distribution is secured, a release date will be announced. For now, fans of practical effects and slasher features can preview more of the film below. The trailer is sure to leave scars. Release Date: Tba. Directors: Powell Robinson and Patrick Robert Young.

The first movie poster for the indie horror feature Bastard has been released. The graphic tells a tale of a masked killer and his weapon of choice, a bloody hammer. This film, developed by Powell Robinson and Patrick Robert Young, is nearing completion and a trailer is coming soon. For now, fans of indie horror can preview several stills from the feature. The film takes place in a rural, mountain community. Here, a brother and sister are hunted by a maniacal killer, with no help in sight. More story details will be released soon. Rebekah Kennedy as Betty. Release Date: Tba. Directors: Powell Robinson and Patrick Robert Young. Writer: Patrick Robert Young. Cast: Tonya Kay, Rebekah Kennedy, Olivia Rush and Burt Culver. *a trailer is coming soon. **the poster was realized by Shawn Coss. More stills from the film are hosted here, on 28Dla: A Bastard Preview Article on 28Dla...

The slasher feature Bastard is nearing completion. This indie horror tale follows a brother and a sister, who are chased by a masked killer. Directors Powell Robinson and Patrick Robert Young have released several stills for the film and a trailer will come this way soon. As well, the film stars horror veteran Rebekah Kennedy (Season of the Witch) and Tonya Kay (Raze). An early look at the film is hosted here. The stills show some of the characters from the film. The killer is shown in one graphic, just off screen. His hook looks to rip into a victim. The other photos show characters chased in a small rural community. Bastard is expected to complete shortly. Post-production will wrap in two weeks. By then, this slasher film fan hopes to preview a copy of the film. All of the available details for Bastard are hosted below. Release Date: Tba.

2014 USC film graduates Powell Robinson and Patrick R. Young have completed their first horror production, Bastard. The pair co-directed a script written by Young.

“Bastard follows newlywed, hitchiking serial killers, a brother and sister on the run, and a suicidal, drunk cop as they get caught in an increasingly bizarre series of murders commited by a masked killer near a mountain-town bed and breakfast.”

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