Welcome to HORROR NEWS RADIO for August 1, 2022. Tonight, we have casting news for THE POPE'S EXORCIST, THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP, and DUST, along with trailer news for PEARL, CHUCKY Season 2, and SPIRIT HALLOWEEN... the movie...
I am your host Doc Rotten and this is HNR, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE HORROR NEWS podcast. Back with me again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the 'Net.
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CASTING NEWS
Alex Essoe and Daniel Zovatto join Russell Crowe in the upcoming Screen Gems feature, THE POPE'S EXORCIST, directed by Julius Avery (Overlord, Samaritan). The screenplay is based on the Father Gabriele Amorth memoirs, AN EXORCIST TELLS HIS STORY and AN EXORCIST: MORE STORIES.
Source: DEADLINE
https://deadline.com/2022/07/the-popes-exorcist-adds-alex-essoe-daniel-zovatto-1235081217/
Director Joe (Mayhem) Lynch has wrapped his next feature film based on the H.P. Lovecraft short THE THING ON THE DOORSTEP. The cast includes Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davidson, Johnathan Schaech, and Barbara Crampton. Crampton, along with Brian Yuzna, serve as producers. The screenplay is written by Dennis Paoli (Re-Animator, From Beyond).
Source: DEADLINE
https://deadline.com/2022/07/heather-graham-judah-lewis-barbara-crampton-horror-hp-lovecraft-1235079743/
DUST is set to film in late August with Sarah Paulson featured in the starring role. The Searchlight Pictures film is a HULU Original. "The film follows a woman who is trapped by increasingly perilous dust storms and is haunted by her past encounters with a threatening presence and takes extraordinary measures to protect her family."
Source: DEADLINE
https://deadline.com/2022/07/sarah-paulson-searchlight-horror-thriller-dust-1235075101/
TRAILERS
SPIRIT HALLOWEEN The Movie (2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTF9ltgkRIQ
PEARL (2022, A24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5PW5r3pEOg
CHUCKY SEASON 2 (October 5 - SYFY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B44ik8o0mDA
HOUSE OF DARKNESS (2022, Saban Films)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mnuvcWZglY
