Settle back for more satisfyingly fun horror films from Blumhouse
There are four new Blumhouse horror films on Amazon Prime, writes Danielle de Wolfe
If you’re a fan of horror, chances are you already know the name Blumhouse Productions, fronted by producer Jason Blum.
The driving force behind some of horror’s biggest titles, including Paranormal Activity, The Purge, and Get Out, the production house’s releases have become a necessity for thriller fans looking to get their adrenaline fix. Now four more films have launched on Amazon.
Bingo Hell
Directed by Into The Dark actress Gigi Saul Guerrero and starring Adriana Barraza, Joshua Caleb Johnson and Richard Brake, Bingo Hell follows a small-town neighbourhood activist named Lupita (Barraza), a 60-something bingo player who springs into action after her beloved local bingo hall is taken over by an enigmatic businessman named Mr Big (Brake). However, it’s not long before residents begin dropping like flies and, with the body count rising, Lupita finds that gentrification is now the least of her worries.
“I love horror films – I’ve done quite a few of them, but I love ones that have a lot more to them than just trying to scare you,” says Brake.
Black As Night
If vampire-riddled horrors are your cup of tea, look no further than Black As Night – an action-horror hybrid set in New Orleans. Led by Remittance director Maritte Lee Go, it stars Asjha Cooper, Fabrizio Guido and Craig Tate.
“I had a dream that I would be playing a vampire and I got the audition for a new [Blumhouse] series called Into The Dark,” says Tate, who featured in Greyhound and 12 Years A Slave and was later offered Black As Night on the back of his audition.
Madres
Centred around a young Mexican-american couple expecting their first child, Madres is described as a “Mexican Get Out” by actress Ariana Guerra, who plays a heavily pregnant Diana. Having moved to a small town in northern California where her partner, Beto, takes up a job as a farm manager, the couple find themselves isolated from the community.
“She’s Latina and that alone is unfortunately revolutionary,” says Guerra of her character and the depiction of diversity in film. “It’s more so the opportunity to carry a film… Diversity is very in right now … I’m here to ride the wave.”
The Manor
The Manor sees helpless nursing home residents plagued by a malevolent spirit as part of this bloodcurdling tale. Led by American Horror Story director Axelle Carolyn, The Manor stars Barbara Hershey (Black Swan), Jill Larson (Shutter Island) and Bruce Davison (X-men), to name but a few.
“They’re sort of seat-of-thepants fliers,” says Davison of Blumhouse films. “Barbara and I had done our first film together in 1968, called Last Summer with Richard Thomas and Catherine Burns. We were all children running around in our bikinis and bathing suits on the beach – and now here we are in the home. It’s come full circle 50 years later.”
● All four films are out on Amazon Prime Video now