The new DreamWorks film goes all in on the lore. <p><strong>The Background</strong>: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts &amp; entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Into</strong>: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>What She's Excited About Right Now</strong>: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film.&nbsp;</p>
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As a medium, animation feels uniquely universal, despite its specificities in depicting a singular force of imagination. And Netflix has given opportunities to tons of wide-ranging forms of animation, from the melancholies of Bojack Horseman to the silliness of The Boss Baby: Back in Business. Now, as reported by Deadline, Netflix has greenlit a new animated series from the Oscar-nominated Japanese studio Tonko House. The show: ONI. ONI, a hybrid stop-motion/CGI animation project created by former Pixar art director Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi (Toy Story 3, The Dam Keeper), follows Onari, the daughter of an ancient Japanese …
The Hellboy franchise is populated with terrifying, mythical creatures, and here are ten of the series' legends that are based on actual folklore.
Lentera Studios’ debut Ghost Parade is side-scrolling platformer featuring an adorably bizarre menagerie of ghosts pulled from Indonesian folklore.
Midsommar probably won't encourage folks to book tickets for a Swedish vacation anytime soon. What Ari Aster's new folk-horror film might do, however, is spark some curiosity as to the film's mythology and just how far it deviates from reality. The story centers on a group of Americans who travel to the Swedish hinterland at the invitation of their university friend in order to participate in a once-in-a-lifetime spring festival. What happens once they're there is something that's lost to legend and fiercely protected by the locals, but luckily we get …
Over 14 seasons and counting, Supernatural has introduced a deep bench of monsters, spirits, and other supernatural beings. In the process, it’s developed a rich mythology that incorporates God, the Devil, angels, and demons.