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‘We Have a Ghost’ Review – Gateway Horror Adventure Uses Ghostly Charms to Capture Family Bonds

February 23, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, David Harbour, Movies, Netflix, Reviews, We Have a Ghost

Writer/Director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) evokes the family-friendly Amblin movies of yesterday for his latest, Netflix’s We Have a Ghost. Wearing its formative gateway horror influences on its sleeves, We Have a Ghost blends nostalgic family adventure-induced charm with Landon’s distinct ability to render authentic characters to an affecting degree. While it threatens to overstay its […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Stars Jahi Winston and Anthony Mackie Discuss Family Bonds and Horror Scares [Interview]

February 23, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, Interviews, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon’s Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost offers paranormal thrills to balance the heart. That heart comes via its central protagonist, Kevin Presley (Jahi Winston), a musically inclined teen at odds with his dad, Frank (Anthony Mackie). Kevin’s disillusioned with the family’s latest fresh start, including the fixer-upper Frank bought. The teen is the […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Actor David Harbour on How Genre Roles Made Him a Horror Fan [Interview]

February 22, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, David Harbour, Interviews, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon’s Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost premieres on Netflix on February 24. Written and directed by Landon, We Have a Ghost is an adaptation of a story written by Geoff Manaugh, published on Vice in October of that year. In the film, “Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin’s family into overnight social media sensations. But […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Director Christopher Landon Previews His Supernatural Gateway Movie [Interview]

February 16, 2023 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, David Harbour, Interviews, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

Up next from Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon is the Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost, debuting on Netflix on February 24, 2023. In the film, “Finding a ghost named Ernest (David Harbour) haunting their new home turns Kevin’s family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ Trailer – David Harbour Haunts a House in ‘Freaky’ Director’s New Movie

January 26, 2023 John Squires Christopher Landon, David Harbour, featured, Movies, Netflix, topnews, We Have a Ghost

Up next from Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon is the Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost, and the official trailer is haunting the internet today. We Have a Ghost will premiere on Netflix on February 24, and you can watch the trailer below. This one looks more fun than spooky, the kind of movie the whole family […]

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‘We Have a Ghost’ – ‘Happy Death Day’ Director’s Netflix Movie Premieres February 24

January 17, 2023 John Squires Christopher Landon, Movies, We Have a Ghost

Up next from Happy Death Day and Freaky director Christopher Landon is the Amblin-style family adventure We Have a Ghost, and Empire has just shared a first look image today. Additionally, Empire reveals that the film will premiere on Netflix on February 24. Expect the We Have a Ghost trailer soon. “I really wanted to flex […]

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‘Happy Death Day’ Filmmmaker Christopher Landon Directing ‘Arachnophobia’ Remake!

June 2, 2022 John Squires Arachnophobia, Christopher Landon, Movies

Announced a few years back, James Wan is producing an Arachnophobia remake for Amblin, and THR now reports that Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) will direct!
In fact, Landon is on board to write AND direct the eight legged horror movie.
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First Look at Christopher Landon’s ‘We Have a Ghost’ Debuts in Netflix’s 2022 Preview Video

February 3, 2022 Meagan Navarro Anthony Mackie, Christopher Landon, David Harbour, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

Netflix unveiled another busy film slate this morning with a 2022 preview video, below, and it offers up the first look at David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) as a ghost in Christopher Landon‘s family adventure We Have a Ghost. Anthony Mackie (Synchronic) stars alongside Harbour, with Tig Notaro (Army of the Dead), Jennifer Coolidge (Promising Young Woman), and Jahi Di’Allo Winston (Charm […]

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Third ‘Happy Death Day’ Still in the Cards, Teases Jason Blum

January 17, 2022 Brad Miska Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2 U, Jason Blum, Movies

Blumhouse founder Jason Blum took to Twitter this weekend to answer fan questions, and while most want to know more about Halloween Ends, the Happy Death Day franchise is still a popular topic. Back in 2017, Christopher Landon‘s explosively fun Happy Death Day massacred the box office with a whopping $125M, a huge global gross […]

[Review] ‘Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin’ Is the Franchise’s Most Polished Film But Lacks Effective Scares

October 29, 2021 Meagan Navarro Christopher Landon, Emily Bader, Movies, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, Reviews, William Eubank

The long-running saga with the demon Toby finally reached a lackluster conclusion in its sixth entry, where we last left off with the Paranormal Activity franchise. Yet finality isn’t a word that horror understands, and the popular found footage franchise is back with a brand-new entry that promises to explore new terrain. On that, Paranormal Activity: […]

Ranking the Entire ‘Paranormal Activity’ Franchise Before ‘PA: Next of Kin’ Releases This Friday

October 25, 2021 Luiz H. C. Christopher Landon, Editorials, featured, found footage, Movies, Next of Kin, Oren Peli, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night, the marked ones, Tokyo Night, topnews

I’ve been in love with the Paranormal Activity franchise ever since I first stepped foot into a midnight screening of the first film back in 2009. The movie was spooky enough, but what really stuck with me was how its subtle scares managed to follow me home after the credits rolled. Of course, I wasn’t […]

Jason Blum Teases That He’s “Not Saying Goodbye” to the ‘Happy Death Day’ Franchise

October 14, 2021 John Squires Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U, Jason Blum, Movies

The Happy Death Day franchise is on hold right now, and whether that’s temporary or permanent is very much up in the air at the moment. Christopher Landon had been planning a “bonkers” third and final installment for his franchise, tentatively titled Happy Death Day To Us, but whether or not it actually happens is entirely up to […]

Cast for Christopher Landon’s Netflix Movie ‘We Have a Ghost’ Includes David Harbour and Anthony Mackie

July 20, 2021 John Squires Anthony Mackie, Christopher Landon, Movies, We Have a Ghost

Up next from Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is the Netflix family adventure movie We Have a Ghost, and The Hollywood Reporter breaks the first casting news today. David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) and Anthony Mackie (Synchronic) have been set to star in the now-filming movie, alongside Tig Notaro (Army of the Dead), Jennifer Coolidge […]

‘We Have a Ghost’: ‘Happy Death Day’ Filmmaker Christopher Landon Directing New Movie for Netflix

July 19, 2021 John Squires Christopher Landon, Geoff Manaugh, Movies, Netflix, We Have a Ghost

The director of Happy Death Day and Freaky, Christopher Landon has taken to Twitter this morning to announce the start of production on his next movie, titled We Have a Ghost. It would seem this project is one that was first announced back in 2017, an adaptation of a story written by Geoff Manaugh that […]

‘Back to the Future’ Meets ‘Scream’: Filming is Underway on ‘Freaky’ Writer’s ‘Time Cut’

July 7, 2021 John Squires Christopher Landon, Hannah Macpherson, Michael Kennedy, Movies, Time Cut

The writer and director of slasher-comedy Freaky are reuniting for a young adult horror movie titled Time Cut, with Christopher Landon producing and Michael Kennedy writing the script alongside Sono Patel (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”). Hannah MacPherson (“Into the Dark”) is directing Time Cut, recently described as “Back to the Future meets Scream.” We’ve learned today that filming on the mysterious Time Cut began […]