Director Christopher Landon is back and bringing his style and genre mash-up knowhow to another feature film, Freaky starring Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton. Newton plays Millie, a high school student who’s a bit of a wallflower while Vaughn steps in as the local serial killer, The Butcher. The two cross paths late one night and when The Butcher attacks Millie, the ancient dagger he uses doesn’t killer her, rather, it causes the two to swap bodies. With the movie now playing in theaters, I got the chance to chat with Landon about his experience making the …

Be aware there are some spoilers for Happy Death Day 2U. Happy Death Day 2U is probably not the sequel you were expecting. Writer/director Christopher Landon delivered an unexpected twist on the slasher subgenre with 2017's surprise breakout hit Happy Death Day, which dropped the film's fantastic final girl (Jessica Rothe) in a time loop where she was murdered over and over again by a masked killer. For the sequel, the filmmaker shifts the action to sci-fi adventure, taking the killer time loop to another dimension. With Happy Death Day 2U now in theaters, I recently …

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Welcome to The Witching Hour! Collider’s horror podcast, co-created and co-hosted by Horror Editor Haleigh Foutch and Senior Editorial Producer Perri Nemiroff. This week, Haleigh and Perri kick things off with a Sundance recap and a Russian Doll review before welcoming Happy Death Day 2U director Christopher Landon and star Jessica Rothe for a completely spoiler-free chat about the upcoming Blumhouse sequel. They chat about becoming best friends on while making the first film, taking a chance with a new genre on the sequel, and what makes Tree such a special character. Landon also shared a …