Halloween Kills Demigod, You (Season 3), The Last Duel, and other new films and shows debuting this weekend.
TGIF! I was checking earlier today to see if our pleas to add more days to the weekend have been granted. I’m sad to say, the story is still the same, and we are stuck with our meager two days. What I’m however happy to share with you is a list of 10 new films and shows to enjoy this weekend… pending the time our cries are heard. On we go!
1. The Last Duel
This one ranks high amongst the most anticipated films of 2021. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck come together again to pen what promises to be yet another hit. The Last Duel is a 2021 historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott. It is based on the book of the same name by Eric Jager. When Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight, returns from combat in Scotland to find his wife, Marguerite, accusing Jacques LeGris, her husband’s old friend and fellow courtier, of brutally raping her, the knight takes his cause before the teenage King Charles VI. The Last Duel makes the cinema its fighting ground, starting today Friday 15 October. You can’t miss this one.
2. Halloween Kills
Michael Myers is back! Of course, you didn’t forget it’s Halloween weekend, and something scary must debut. Halloween Kills is a 2021 American slasher film directed by David Gordon Green and written by Green, Danny McBride, and Scott Teems. The film is a sequel to 2018’s Halloween and the twelfth installment in the Halloween franchise. Michael Myers escapes from Laurie Strode’s trap to continue his ritual bloodbath. Injured and taken to the hospital, Laurie fights through the pain as she inspires residents of Haddonfield, Ill., to rise up against Myers. Taking matters into their own hands, the Strode women and other survivors form a vigilante mob to hunt down Michael and end his reign of terror once and for all. Halloween Kills murders it on the big screen starting today.
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3. Demigod
Yes, more horror. Upon the sudden death of her estranged huntsman grandfather and the news that he’s left her all his worldly possessions, a woman, Robin, and her husband travel back to her birthplace in Germany’s Black Forest. Soon after arriving at her grandfather’s secluded cabin, Robin realizes that the inheritance left her is far more macabre than she had bargained for. She finds herself entrenched in an ancient hunting ritual that will force her to reckon with her family’s past. Ohhh, I’m spooked already. Giving Hereditary vibes, or is it just me? Find out what Demigod has to offer in the fear factor department as it reigns in cinemas from today.
4. I Know What You Did Last Summer
Still, on the horror train, this one is a Prime Video series debuting today, with four episodes available immediately, and the rest follow on a weekly basis. One year after the fatal car accident that haunted their graduation night, a group of teenagers finds themselves bound together by a dark secret at the hands of a brutal killer who stalks their every move. As they try to piece together who’s after them, they reveal the dark side of their seemingly perfect town. Everyone is hiding something, and uncovering the wrong secret could be deadly. Settle in with your boo, friends, or family and enjoy this one.
5. Monster Family 2
Monster Family 2 is a 2021 animation family film. It is a sequel to the 2017 film, Monster Family. In this installment, Baba Yaga and Renfield are captured by a monster hunter, King Conga, and The Yeti from a mysterious monster hunter, the Wishbone family must transform into spooky creatures themselves. Together as a Vampire, Mummy, Werewolf, and Frankenstein, the family set off on a wild and monstrous adventure. The film stars, Emily Watson, Ethan Rouse, Jason Isaacs, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, Holger Tappe, David Safier, and Abraham Katz. It debuts in cinemas in the US today.
