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Netflix’s Claustrophobia Inducing Trailer For Alexandre Aja’s ‘Oxygen’ Is Here

French filmmaker, Alexandre Aja already has one hell of a record in the genre, bringing us movies such as High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D, and 2019’s Crawl. He’s back with the survival thriller Oxygen. And the first teaser trailer is here and it may leave you feeling claustrophobic! Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Mathieu Amalric (Quantum of Solace), and Malik Zidi (Lines of Wellington) star in the film that centers on “a young woman (Laurent), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.” Christie LeBlanc penned the script for Oxygen, produced by Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Noëmie Devide, Alexandre Aja, and Gregory Levasseur. Oxygen premieres on Netflix on May 12, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 10, 2021
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Alexandre Aja’s Making An Interactive Horror Movie

Alexandre Aja‘s creature feature Crawl is currently baring its teeth in theaters. It appears that the director isn’t wasting any time, he has already found his next project. It’s a “haunted house” movie, according to Collider. The currently untitled movie was written by Aja, Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs), and Jeff Howard who was behind Netflix’s huge hit series “The Haunting of Hill House.” Aja is taking an interesting approach, it will be an interactive movie, think “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” To achieve the movie Aja and Amblin are partnering with Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie tech. The viewer at theaters will be able to vote on the direction and narrative the story takes. For those watching at home, they will be able to influence the storyline via a phone app. We’ll update you when we know more.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 15, 2019
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Sink Your Teeth Into The First Trailer For ‘Crawl’

The first trailer for Alexandre Aja‘s new movie Crawl is here and it’s filled with Floods and Florida’s deadliest predators, Alligators. From the same director behind The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha 3D comes this intense, terror-filled film, a cross between a creature feature and a disaster movie, starring Kaya Scodelario ( When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown Haley (Scodelario) ignores evacuation orders to search for missing father (Barry Pepper). Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by the quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their problems. Ross Anderson and Anson Boon co-star in the film written by Shawn and Michael Rasmussen. Horror icon Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) is producing along with Craig Flores (300). Crawl opens in theaters on July 12, 2019, from Paramount Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2019
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First Image From Alexandre Aja’s ‘Crawl’ Shows Kaya Scodelario In Serious Danger

The first official image is here from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) creature/disaster film Crawl in which Kaya Scodelario has to fight to survive a natural disaster and one of natures deadliest creatures, alligators. Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. The first footage was screened at CinemaCon with viewers calling it “bloody and chaotic.” Produced by Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures, Crawl opens in theaters on July 12th. Image via Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2019
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Alexandre Aja’s Creature Feature ‘Crawl’ Getting An Early Release

Director Alexandre Aja, who was also behind The Hills Have Eyes and High Tension, has announced that his creature feature Crawl has a new release date. Produced by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) and co-written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, Crawl stars Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) as a young woman trapped in a house during a Catagory 5 hurricane. If that wasn’t bad enough, she must face Florida’s most savage predators, alligators. Originally set to open in theaters this August, Crawl is coming early, on July 12, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 11, 2019
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Barry Pepper Joins Alexandre Aja And Sam Raimi’s Horror Thriller ‘Crawl’

Director Alexandre Aja (Horns, The Hills Have Eyes) and producer Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell) have teamed up for the new horror thriller Crawl which has already entered production. News comes today, via THR, that Barry Pepper (The Green Mile) has now boarded the cast that also stars Pirate of the Caribean actress Kaya Scodelario, Ross Anderson, Anson Boon, and Jose Palmer. Aja penned the most recent version of the script originally written to spec by Shawn and Michael Rasmussen. Craig Flores produces alongside Raimi. “Crawl centers on a young woman who, while struggling to save her father (Pepper) during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.” Crawl will open in theaters in 2019. More casting announcements should be announced soon. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2018
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Kaya Scodelario In Talks To Star In Alexandre Aja’s ‘Crawl’

Alexandre Aja, the director behind High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, and Horns, is set to deliver the creature feature Crawl for Paramount. THR is reporting that Maze Runner actress Kaya Scodelario has now entered into negotiations to star in the film about “a young woman, who while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house, fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators (an alligator).” Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi will be producing along with Craig Flores (300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl follows up Paramount’s’ highly-successful film A Quiet Place, which has grossed over $236 at box offices so far. Its sequel has just been announced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 1, 2018
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Alexandre Aja To Direct ‘Crawl’ From Producer Sam Raimi

Paramount has tapped Alexandre Aja to direct the creature thriller Crawl. Aja is known for having an impressive track record with horror films including The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Pirahna 3D, Maniac, and The Other Side of the Door. THR reports that the film centers on, “a young woman, who while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house, fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators (an alligator).” The script for Crawl was originally written by brothers Shawn and Michael Rasmussen (The Ward) and re-written by Aja. Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi will produce along with Craig Flores (300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl follows up Paramount’s’ highly-successful film A Quiet Place, which has grossed over $236 at box offices so far. Its sequel has just been announced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2018
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A First Look At Alexandre Aja’s “Campfire Creepers” Starring Robert Englund

Alexandre Aja ( The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) is gearing up to debut his VR anthology series titled “Campfire Creepers” and we have a couple of new images to share with you. The series “invites the viewer to join the fire circle at Camp Coyote as a group of campers take turns telling scary stories, each one leading you on an immersive ride into your darkest childhood fears.” The first installment, “Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam,” stars horror legend Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street) and will debut at Tribeca this April. The debut episode is, “A creepy tale of a couple who encounters a vicious stranger in the woods, who has plans to add them to his rather unique collection. By injecting humor into this horrific scenario, the experience invites audiences to laugh between the screams.” The Tribeca film festival will run from April 18th and April 29th. “The Skull of Sam” will premiere as part of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2018
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The 9th Life Of Louis Drax Receives First Promotional Art

The first promotional art (above) has arrived for Alexandre Aja’s (Horns, The Hills Have Eyes) new supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax, and it’s lovely. The film, based on the best-selling novel by Liz Jensen of the same name and adapted by writer Max Minghella, finds a young boy in a coma after a terrible accident. As his family searches for answers, terrible secrets are uncovered. The 9th Life of Louis Drax stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Sarah Gadon (Dracula Untold), Oliver Platt (X-Men:First Class, Flatliners) , Molly Parker (Dexter, The Whicker Man), Barbara Hershey (Once Upon a Time), Terry Chen (Continuum) and Aiden Longworth (The Unseen) as young Louis Drax. After surviving eight near-death accidents throughout his young life, Louis Drax (Longworth) plunges off a steep cliff on his ninth birthday. He stuns doctors when he is revived after being dead for two hours. The boy now remains in a coma.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2016

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Netflix’s Claustrophobia Inducing Trailer For Alexandre Aja’s ‘Oxygen’ Is Here

French filmmaker, Alexandre Aja already has one hell of a record in the genre, bringing us movies such as High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D, and 2019’s Crawl. He’s back with the survival thriller Oxygen. And the first teaser trailer is here and it may leave you feeling claustrophobic! Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Mathieu Amalric (Quantum of Solace), and Malik Zidi (Lines of Wellington) star in the film that centers on “a young woman (Laurent), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn’t remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.” Christie LeBlanc penned the script for Oxygen, produced by Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Noëmie Devide, Alexandre Aja, and Gregory Levasseur. Oxygen premieres on Netflix on May 12, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 10, 2021
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Alexandre Aja’s Making An Interactive Horror Movie

Alexandre Aja‘s creature feature Crawl is currently baring its teeth in theaters. It appears that the director isn’t wasting any time, he has already found his next project. It’s a “haunted house” movie, according to Collider. The currently untitled movie was written by Aja, Nick Simon (The Girl in the Photographs), and Jeff Howard who was behind Netflix’s huge hit series “The Haunting of Hill House.” Aja is taking an interesting approach, it will be an interactive movie, think “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” To achieve the movie Aja and Amblin are partnering with Kino Industries’ CtrlMovie tech. The viewer at theaters will be able to vote on the direction and narrative the story takes. For those watching at home, they will be able to influence the storyline via a phone app. We’ll update you when we know more.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 15, 2019
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Sink Your Teeth Into The First Trailer For ‘Crawl’

The first trailer for Alexandre Aja‘s new movie Crawl is here and it’s filled with Floods and Florida’s deadliest predators, Alligators. From the same director behind The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha 3D comes this intense, terror-filled film, a cross between a creature feature and a disaster movie, starring Kaya Scodelario ( When a massive hurricane hits her Florida hometown Haley (Scodelario) ignores evacuation orders to search for missing father (Barry Pepper). Finding him gravely injured in the crawl space of their family home, the two become trapped by the quickly encroaching floodwaters. As time runs out to escape, Haley and her father discover that the rising water level is the least of their problems. Ross Anderson and Anson Boon co-star in the film written by Shawn and Michael Rasmussen. Horror icon Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) is producing along with Craig Flores (300). Crawl opens in theaters on July 12, 2019, from Paramount Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2019
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First Image From Alexandre Aja’s ‘Crawl’ Shows Kaya Scodelario In Serious Danger

The first official image is here from Alexandre Aja’s (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) creature/disaster film Crawl in which Kaya Scodelario has to fight to survive a natural disaster and one of natures deadliest creatures, alligators. Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. The first footage was screened at CinemaCon with viewers calling it “bloody and chaotic.” Produced by Sam Raimi‘s Ghost House Pictures, Crawl opens in theaters on July 12th. Image via Fandango’s Summer Movie Preview

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2019
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Alexandre Aja’s Creature Feature ‘Crawl’ Getting An Early Release

Director Alexandre Aja, who was also behind The Hills Have Eyes and High Tension, has announced that his creature feature Crawl has a new release date. Produced by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Spider-Man) and co-written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, Crawl stars Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) as a young woman trapped in a house during a Catagory 5 hurricane. If that wasn’t bad enough, she must face Florida’s most savage predators, alligators. Originally set to open in theaters this August, Crawl is coming early, on July 12, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 11, 2019
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Barry Pepper Joins Alexandre Aja And Sam Raimi’s Horror Thriller ‘Crawl’

Director Alexandre Aja (Horns, The Hills Have Eyes) and producer Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead, Drag Me to Hell) have teamed up for the new horror thriller Crawl which has already entered production. News comes today, via THR, that Barry Pepper (The Green Mile) has now boarded the cast that also stars Pirate of the Caribean actress Kaya Scodelario, Ross Anderson, Anson Boon, and Jose Palmer. Aja penned the most recent version of the script originally written to spec by Shawn and Michael Rasmussen. Craig Flores produces alongside Raimi. “Crawl centers on a young woman who, while struggling to save her father (Pepper) during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.” Crawl will open in theaters in 2019. More casting announcements should be announced soon. We’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2018
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Kaya Scodelario In Talks To Star In Alexandre Aja’s ‘Crawl’

Alexandre Aja, the director behind High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes, and Horns, is set to deliver the creature feature Crawl for Paramount. THR is reporting that Maze Runner actress Kaya Scodelario has now entered into negotiations to star in the film about “a young woman, who while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house, fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators (an alligator).” Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi will be producing along with Craig Flores (300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl follows up Paramount’s’ highly-successful film A Quiet Place, which has grossed over $236 at box offices so far. Its sequel has just been announced.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 1, 2018
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Alexandre Aja To Direct ‘Crawl’ From Producer Sam Raimi

Paramount has tapped Alexandre Aja to direct the creature thriller Crawl. Aja is known for having an impressive track record with horror films including The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Pirahna 3D, Maniac, and The Other Side of the Door. THR reports that the film centers on, “a young woman, who while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house, fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators (an alligator).” The script for Crawl was originally written by brothers Shawn and Michael Rasmussen (The Ward) and re-written by Aja. Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi will produce along with Craig Flores (300: Rise of an Empire). Crawl follows up Paramount’s’ highly-successful film A Quiet Place, which has grossed over $236 at box offices so far. Its sequel has just been announced.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2018
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A First Look At Alexandre Aja’s “Campfire Creepers” Starring Robert Englund

Alexandre Aja ( The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) is gearing up to debut his VR anthology series titled “Campfire Creepers” and we have a couple of new images to share with you. The series “invites the viewer to join the fire circle at Camp Coyote as a group of campers take turns telling scary stories, each one leading you on an immersive ride into your darkest childhood fears.” The first installment, “Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam,” stars horror legend Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street) and will debut at Tribeca this April. The debut episode is, “A creepy tale of a couple who encounters a vicious stranger in the woods, who has plans to add them to his rather unique collection. By injecting humor into this horrific scenario, the experience invites audiences to laugh between the screams.” The Tribeca film festival will run from April 18th and April 29th. “The Skull of Sam” will premiere as part of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2018
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The 9th Life Of Louis Drax Receives First Promotional Art

The first promotional art (above) has arrived for Alexandre Aja’s (Horns, The Hills Have Eyes) new supernatural thriller The 9th Life of Louis Drax, and it’s lovely. The film, based on the best-selling novel by Liz Jensen of the same name and adapted by writer Max Minghella, finds a young boy in a coma after a terrible accident. As his family searches for answers, terrible secrets are uncovered. The 9th Life of Louis Drax stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Sarah Gadon (Dracula Untold), Oliver Platt (X-Men:First Class, Flatliners) , Molly Parker (Dexter, The Whicker Man), Barbara Hershey (Once Upon a Time), Terry Chen (Continuum) and Aiden Longworth (The Unseen) as young Louis Drax. After surviving eight near-death accidents throughout his young life, Louis Drax (Longworth) plunges off a steep cliff on his ninth birthday. He stuns doctors when he is revived after being dead for two hours. The boy now remains in a coma.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2016
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