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List Of Horror Films Of 2019
This is a list of horror films that were released in 2019. References External links Horror films of 2019on Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Horror films of 2019 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ... 2019-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apocalyptic events, and religious or folk beliefs. Cinematic techniques used in horror films have been shown to provoke psychological reactions in an audience. Horror films have existed for more than a century. Early inspirations from before the development of film include folklore, religious beliefs and superstitions of different cultures, and the Gothic and horror literature of authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. From origins in silent films and German Expressionism, horror only became a codified genre after the release of ''Dracula'' (1931). Many sub-genres emerged in subsequent decades, including body horror, comedy horror, slasher films, supernatural horror and psychological horror. The genre has been produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Paxton (actor)
James Paxton (born February 23, 1994) is an American actor. He is known for co-starring in the USA Network drama series '' Eyewitness'' as Lukas Waldenbeck. He also starred in the music video for Matt Maeson's "Beggar's Song". He is the son of actor Bill Paxton, and played a younger version of his father's character John Garrett in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC, based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, an ...'' Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paxton, James 1994 births 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American people of Austrian descent American people of Dutch descent American people of English descent American people of French descent American people of German descent Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell; February 10, 1974) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in ''The Hunger Games'' film series (2012–2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the ''Pitch Perfect'' film series (2012–2017). Banks made her directorial film debut with '' Pitch Perfect 2'' (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She also directed, wrote, produced, and starred in the action comedy film ''Charlie's Angels'' (2019). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in October 2002, with her husband Max Handelman. Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film '' Surrender Dorothy'' (1998). She starred in the films ''Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''Seabiscuit'' (2003), ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), '' Slither'' (2006), ''Invincible'' (2006), ''Zack and Miri Make a Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brightburn
''Brightburn'' is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by David Yarovesky, written by Brian and Mark Gunn, and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang. Starring Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones and Meredith Hagner, the plot follows Brandon Breyer, a young boy of extraterrestrial origin reared on Earth who realizes he has superpowers, using them with dark intentions. The film was produced and financed by Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films, The H Collective and Troll Court Entertainment. ''Brightburn'' was announced as "Untitled James Gunn Horror Project" in December 2017. Aside from Gunn as a producer, his brother Brian and cousin Mark penned the screenplay, which adapts the concept of Superman for explicit horror. Principal photography began in March 2018 and wrapped in May of that same year. ''Brightburn'' was released in the United States on May 24, 2019 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasia Festival
Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia, and Fant-Asia) is a film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996. Regularly held in July of each year, it is valued by both hardcore genre film fans, and distributors, who take advantage of the eclectic line up to select domestic and international films for release across North America. By virtue of the reputation developed over the last 15 years, this festival has been described as perhaps the "most outstanding and largest genre film festival in North America". Overview The history of the Fantasia Festival has roots in the Asian Film scene in Montreal. Beginning in 1996 where it screened Asian films from Hong Kong and Anime from Japan, the festival later expanded its international repertoire and screened genre films from all across the world. Since this time many world and international premieres have featured at Fantasia fest, including ''Shaun of the Dead'', ''Perfec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Gardner
Augur is a decentralized prediction market platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. Augur is developed by Forecast Foundation, which was founded in 2014 by Jack Peterson, Joey Krug, and Jeremy Gardner. Forecast Foundation is advised by Ron Bernstein, founder of now-defunct company Intrade, and Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin. Operation Augur allows any user to create a prediction market on any topic. There are two kinds of markets: *Categorical markets have up to seven options; for example, "Will Alice win X election?" with "yes" and "no" as options, or "Who will win X election?" with five candidates as options. These markets are winners take all, making them similar to binary options. *Scalar markets offer a spectrum of numerical outcomes; for example, "What will the closing price of Apple's stock be on January 1 2021?" Traders can "long" or "short" any value, i.e. bet that the result will be higher or lower than a certain value. If a trader longs at X value, the more a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tru Collins
Trudy "Tru" Collins is an American actress and indie-pop singer. She is known for her role of Julie on MTV's original high school comedy, ''Awkward''. Early life and education Tru was born in Richmond, Virginia, to five-time Emmy Award winning television journalist Reid Collins and choreographer Lindy Fisher. She attended Manhattan's Professional Performing Arts School at 15 while studying classical piano and training with Elaine Kudo of American Ballet Theatre. Collins began college with a songwriting scholarship from Universal and studied at New York University and The New School in New York City. Career In 2014, she guest starred on Showtime's period drama ''Masters of Sex'' opposite Michael Sheen, and had a supporting role in ''Spring Awakening'', an indie film set in the late 1800s. Collins has recurred as mean girl Julie on MTV's ''Awkward'' seasons 2–5. In 2017, she featured along with Hayley Kiyoko in a TV series called '' Insecure''. In 2018, she acted in another TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Madison
Dora Madison Burge, sometimes credited professionally as Madison Burge and Dora Madison, is an American actress. She is known for starring as Becky Sproles on the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'' from 2009 to 2011. She starred as Jessica "Chilli" Chilton on the NBC drama '' Chicago Fire'' from 2015 to 2016. Personal life Burge was born in Hutto, Texas, as the youngest of six children. She attended Round Rock Christian Academy and was accepted to the University of North Texas, but deferred to pursue an acting career. Career After appearing in a number of short films, in 2009, Burge made her television debut as Becky Sproles in the NBC/DirecTV drama '' Friday Night Lights'' in the fourth season until the show ended with the fifth season in 2011. According to a local interview, Burge said prior to being cast, she did not watch the show, but that did not limit her abilities when auditioning for the part as she was "so right on" for the role. In 2011, Burge appeared in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bliss (2019 Film)
''Bliss'' is a 2019 horror film written and directed by Joe Begos. Described as a vampire film, it concerns an artist named Dezzy (Dora Madison Burge, credited as Dora Madison) who descends into madness after taking a hallucinogenic drug to overcome a creative block. Cast * Dora Madison as Dezzy * Tru Collins as Courtney * Rhys Wakefield as Ronnie * Jeremy Gardner as Clive * Graham Skipper as Hadrian * Chris McKenna as David * Rachel Avery as Nikki St. Jean * Mark Beltzman as Lance * George Wendt as Pops * Abraham Benrubi as Abe Release Begos showed ''Bliss'' at 2019's Fantastic Fest in Austin, alongside another current film of his, ''VFW''. It was also shown at New Orleans's Overlook Film Festival. Reception On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" rating of based on reviews from critics, with an average rating of . The site's the consensus states: "''Bliss'' maybe too narratively and visually intense for less adventurous viewers, but should trigger the titu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany O'Grady
Brittany Ann O'Grady (born June 2, 1996) is an American actress and singer who is known for her work on '' Little Voice'', ''Star'', '' Black Christmas'', and ''The White Lotus''. Career After appearing in several television shows, O'Grady landed her first main role on television in 2016 with musical series ''Star'' with the role of Simone Davis. She also landed her first film roles in 2019 with '' Above Suspicion'' as Georgia Beale and '' Black Christmas'' as Jesse Bolton-Sinclair. In 2021, she starred as Paula in the HBO series ''The White Lotus''. O'Grady starred in Kygo's " Love Me Now" music video as Kygo's love interest. O'Grady has also appeared on ''The Wayne Ayers Podcast''. Personal life O'Grady states that her father is White, with Irish ancestry, while her mother is African-American/ Creole, from Louisiana. Due to being mixed race, she says her Irish last name sometimes throws people off. As a result of her ancestry, she believed she would be unable to obtain succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogen Poots
Imogen Gay Poots (born 3 June 1989) is an English actress and model. She played Tammy in the post-apocalyptic horror film '' 28 Weeks Later'' (2007), Linda Keith in the Jimi Hendrix biopic '' Jimi: All Is by My Side'' (2013), Debbie Raymond in the Paul Raymond biopic '' The Look of Love'' (2013), and Julia Maddon in the American action film ''Need for Speed'' (2014). Also in 2014, she portrayed Jesse Crichton in ''A Long Way Down'', alongside Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul. In 2016, she starred as Kelly Ann in the Showtime series ''Roadies''. In 2020, she played Laura in the Academy Award winning '' The Father'' (2020), which starred Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. Early life Poots was born at the Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith, London, the daughter of Trevor Poots, a current affairs television producer from Belfast, and Fiona Goodall, a journalist and voluntary worker from Bolton. She has an older brother, Alex, who is a model. Raised in Chiswick, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
