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I Know What You Did Last Summer Star Says Saw Turned His Film Into a Comedy
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The back half of the 90s saw the return of teen-aged slasher, all of which ranged in their actual effectiveness, with star of the first two I Know What You Did Last Summer films Freddie Prinze Jr. recently joking that James Wan s work in the subsequent decade made his films feel so tame that they might as well be comedies. Kicking off with
Saw, which he followed with films like
Insidious and
The Conjuring, it s hard to argue with just how frightening of adventures Wan has delivered audiences over the years, but for those who have a soft spot for slashers, Prinze s earlier efforts are likely just as effective as they were back then.
Wilmington’s Republican senator has teamed up with a Winston-Salem Democrat to push a bill that would expand North Carolina’s film grant program a program critics say is actually a money loser for the state.
Sen. Michael Lee, R-New Hanover, and Sen. Paul Lowe, D-Forsyth, are the primary sponsors of Senate Bill 268, which would add $34 million to the Film and Entertainment Grant Fund over the next two years.
That’s on top of the $31 million per year the grant program already receives. The film grants were established by the General Assembly in 2014, and reimburse filmmakers up to a quarter of their production costs for a movie or TV show filmed in North Carolina. The idea is to incentivize major productions movies with a budget above $3 million and TV episodes costing $1 million or more in the state, bringing with them jobs and spending.
Shawn C. Phillips is Directing His First Horror Movie SCREAM BLOODY MURDER
Shawn C. Phillips is directing his first feature film, a love letter to 90s era horror called SCREAM BLOODY MURDER By Josh Millican
Shawn C. Phillips became a famous movie blogger after founding his YouTube channel,
Coolduder, back in 2006. Vlogging led to making short films, and short films led to a full-time career in acting. Horror fans may recognize him from
Ghost Shark,
Now, Phillips is stepping behind the camera to direct his first feature film,
Scream Bloody Murder! The movie will star Brinke Stevens, Robert Lasardo, James Duvall, and Vernon Wells.
Because of SAW, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER Is Now a Comedy
James Wan s #Saw turned #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer into a comedy. By Mike Sprague
James Wan’s
I Know What You Did Last Summer series is coming. And today, IKWYDLS star Freddie Prinze Jr. says Wan’s
Saw turned the slasher into a comedy.
He tells Collider: “
I heard they’re making an I Know What You Did Last Summer TV series. I don’t know how they’re gonna make it scary because James Wan, who I love, made those movies not scary anymore because he did Saw and changed the whole game up. Now, my movie is a comedy, but whatever, it’s cool.”