We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish Horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Ireland is haunted. Not by the spirits of its infamous writers walking the halls of Trinity Library,…
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Samhain seasons of cinema at the IFI and Light House Cinema
We’re living in the Golden Age of Irish horror and we’re dead excited about it. Throughout October we’re celebrating Samhain with interviews, reviews and retrospectives, that show how Ireland has risen to the top of the horror hierarchy. Spooky season has arrived and with it cinemas across the fair city of film have announced their…
Lee Cronin signs first-look deal with New Line Cinema under new production company DOPPELGÄNGERS
Lee Cronin, the Irish filmmaker whose work includes the box office hit Evil Dead Rise and Sundance favourite The Hole in the Ground, is joining forces with his long-standing partners Wild Atlantic Pictures’ John Keville and Macdara Kelleher (The Green Knight, Cocaine Bear) on a new production outfit – Doppelgängers. The newly launched company has signed a first-look…
A bloody good time with Evil Dead Rise
Director: Lee Cronin Starring: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher Running Time: 97 minutes Taking over a horror franchise is no tall order. The pressure, the expectations and the potential pitfalls could understandably make a young director nervous, stepping in to look after somebody else’s baby. Like Craven to Nightmare and…
Mommie Deadite lives in Evil Dead Rise trailer
Lee Cronin‘s Irish feature debut The Hole in the Ground helped put him on the map for horror fans. One in particular being Sam Raimi, who tapped the Dublin native to helm an episode of the 50 States of Fright anthology, and has since entrusted Cronin with the reigns of the popular Evil Dead series.…