On paper, Michael Barrett’s Temple sounds promising enough. The film takes three tourists deep into the forests in Japan in search of a mysterious temple, and as expected, the proverbial poop hits the fan. But as far as execution goes, Temple falls apart repeatedly throughout its 78-minute running time, with a story that feels truncated, characters that never really make any sort of impact, and a few “twists” that really aren’t twists at all.
In Temple, we’re introduced to Kate (Natalia Warner), a religious studies student who wants to head out to Japan to take in some Buddhist temples to help prepare for her major. For the trip, she brings along guy friend Chris (Logan Huffman) and boyfriend James (Brandon Tyler Sklenar), and as you can imagine, that causes some friction between the trio during their travels. Kate and her boys come across an old book that...
In Temple, we’re introduced to Kate (Natalia Warner), a religious studies student who wants to head out to Japan to take in some Buddhist temples to help prepare for her major. For the trip, she brings along guy friend Chris (Logan Huffman) and boyfriend James (Brandon Tyler Sklenar), and as you can imagine, that causes some friction between the trio during their travels. Kate and her boys come across an old book that...
- 9/4/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Screenwriter Simon Barrett has shown viewers the scary side of seclusion in films like Blair Witch and A Horrible Way to Die, and soon he'll take us into the Temple, a new horror film coming to theaters this September from Screen Media Films.
Synopsis: "Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare."
Directed by Michael Barrett from a screenplay by Simon Barrett, Temple stars Logan Huffman, Natalia Warner, and Brandon Sklenar. Screen Media Films will release Temple in theaters on September 1st.
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Synopsis: "Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare."
Directed by Michael Barrett from a screenplay by Simon Barrett, Temple stars Logan Huffman, Natalia Warner, and Brandon Sklenar. Screen Media Films will release Temple in theaters on September 1st.
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- 8/1/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Well, well, it looks likes America is trying to take on J-Horror once again! The first time we got films like the remakes of The Ring and The Grudge; the last time we got The Forest – where we stand with Temple, a new horror movie from the writer of You’re Next, The Guest, and Blair Witch and from the executive producer of The Ring trilogy, is anyone’s guess.
Yes, Temple has a decent pedigree but, and this is a huge but (and I cannot lie), whether Simon Barrett’s script can live up to the standards horror fans expect from these types of genre films remains to be seen. I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt – for now – based on this trailer…
Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.
Yes, Temple has a decent pedigree but, and this is a huge but (and I cannot lie), whether Simon Barrett’s script can live up to the standards horror fans expect from these types of genre films remains to be seen. I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt – for now – based on this trailer…
Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.
- 7/28/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
"This temple... it will make you sick."
When you take a trip to Japan and someone tells you not to go somewhere because it's dangerous and evil, it's probably in your best interest to listen. They're just trying... to keep you alive!
I've got a trailer for a new horror film coming out called Temple, which comes from writer Simon Barrett (You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch). The story centers on three American tourists, who "follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare."
It doesn't look like the best horror movie, but it looks like it might have some fun elements that horror enthusiasts might enjoy.
The film is directed by Michael Barrett and it stars Logan Huffman, Brandon Tyler Sklenar, and Natalia Warner. Watch the trailer and let us know if...
When you take a trip to Japan and someone tells you not to go somewhere because it's dangerous and evil, it's probably in your best interest to listen. They're just trying... to keep you alive!
I've got a trailer for a new horror film coming out called Temple, which comes from writer Simon Barrett (You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch). The story centers on three American tourists, who "follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare."
It doesn't look like the best horror movie, but it looks like it might have some fun elements that horror enthusiasts might enjoy.
The film is directed by Michael Barrett and it stars Logan Huffman, Brandon Tyler Sklenar, and Natalia Warner. Watch the trailer and let us know if...
- 7/27/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"This temple, it will make you sick." Screen Media Films has debuted the official trailer for the horror film titled Temple, directed by Michael Barrett, from a screenplay originally written by Simon Barrett (of You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) along with fellow horror filmmaker Jt Petty. The film is supposedly an homage to Japanese horror as it follows a group of Americans visiting Japan who decide to stay overnight at a haunted temple. Of course, they end up discovering this was a bad idea despite warnings from locals. The film stars Logan Huffman, Brandon Tyler Sklenar, and Natalia Warner. Oddly, screenwriter Simon Barrett has kind of disowned the film, explaining in an article on Medium, "I don’t know what that project is any more than you do." Now that we have some footage does it look any good? Not really. Take a look below. Here's the official trailer...
- 7/26/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After acquiring the film out of Cannes, Screen Media Films will release Temple in theaters and VOD day-and-date on September 1, 2017. Directed by Michael Barrett, and starring Logan Huffman, Brandon Tyler Sklenar, and Natalia Warner, Producers include The Ring‘s Neal Edelstein and Mike Macari, with Eric Bassett and Shinya Egawa. Temple follows three Americans on a trip to […]...
- 7/18/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Little Stranger,” excluding the U.K., France and Switzerland, where it will be distributed by Pathé. Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”) will direct the film, a chilling ghost story, which will begin production in the U.K. this summer for release in 2018. “The Little Stranger” will star Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson and Will Poulter. Lucinda Coxon, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of Focus’ “The Danish Girl,” has adapted “The Little Stranger” from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed 2009 novel of the same name.
In a remote English village after the close of World War II, a local practitioner, Dr. Faraday (Gleeson), is called to the...
– Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to “The Little Stranger,” excluding the U.K., France and Switzerland, where it will be distributed by Pathé. Academy Award nominee Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”) will direct the film, a chilling ghost story, which will begin production in the U.K. this summer for release in 2018. “The Little Stranger” will star Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson and Will Poulter. Lucinda Coxon, who wrote the screenplay adaptation of Focus’ “The Danish Girl,” has adapted “The Little Stranger” from Sarah Waters’ acclaimed 2009 novel of the same name.
In a remote English village after the close of World War II, a local practitioner, Dr. Faraday (Gleeson), is called to the...
- 5/26/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Even after Rings, J-horror isn’t quite dead yet. Red Sea Media is heading to the Cannes market with The Temple, directed by Michael Barrett, and starring Logan Huffman, Brandon Tyler Sklenar, and Natalia Warner. In the film: “A group of young Americans ventures off to find a forbidden mountain temple in Northern Japan. Only to discover the horrors that […]...
- 5/15/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Caroline Preece Published Date Friday, September 30, 2016 - 05:39
When significant relationships in life come to an end, the truth of that situation tends to live with the two people involved. They may vent to friends and family after the fact, but no one really knows what happened except the two who were together, and now aren’t. Only those two souls are able to reconcile the fact that something that used to make them happy doesn't anymore.
So imagine going through that process in a foreign country, where there's nowhere to hide and only vast expanses of time in which to hash out what went wrong, why it did and how you could have fixed it. That’s where Learning To Breathe lives, and it’s about as painful as you might expect.
The film opens on Noah playing to a small but appreciative crowd, and he is approached by...
When significant relationships in life come to an end, the truth of that situation tends to live with the two people involved. They may vent to friends and family after the fact, but no one really knows what happened except the two who were together, and now aren’t. Only those two souls are able to reconcile the fact that something that used to make them happy doesn't anymore.
So imagine going through that process in a foreign country, where there's nowhere to hide and only vast expanses of time in which to hash out what went wrong, why it did and how you could have fixed it. That’s where Learning To Breathe lives, and it’s about as painful as you might expect.
The film opens on Noah playing to a small but appreciative crowd, and he is approached by...
- 9/29/2016
- Den of Geek
Ben-Hur
"Homeland" actress Nazanin Boniadi has scored the female lead role opposite Jack Huston in Timur Bekmambetov's "Ben-Hur" remake at MGM and Paramount Pictures.
Boniadi will play Esther, the role that Gal Gadot was in discussions before conflicts knocked her out of the running. Boniadi also beat out Sofia Boutella ("Kingsman: The Secret Service"), Moran Atias ("The Next Three Days") and Natalia Warner ("Learning To Breathe") for the role. [Source: Deadline]
Inferno
Felicity Jones ("The Theory Of Everything") is in early talks for the female lead role in Ron Howard's film adaptation of the Dan Brown novel "Inferno" at Sony Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
Tom Hanks reprises his role of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who awakens in an Italian hospital with amnesia. He teams up with a doctor (Jones) whom he hopes will help him recover his memories and prevent a madman from releasing a global plague. [Source: Deadline]
Unforgettable
Kerry Washington...
"Homeland" actress Nazanin Boniadi has scored the female lead role opposite Jack Huston in Timur Bekmambetov's "Ben-Hur" remake at MGM and Paramount Pictures.
Boniadi will play Esther, the role that Gal Gadot was in discussions before conflicts knocked her out of the running. Boniadi also beat out Sofia Boutella ("Kingsman: The Secret Service"), Moran Atias ("The Next Three Days") and Natalia Warner ("Learning To Breathe") for the role. [Source: Deadline]
Inferno
Felicity Jones ("The Theory Of Everything") is in early talks for the female lead role in Ron Howard's film adaptation of the Dan Brown novel "Inferno" at Sony Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.
Tom Hanks reprises his role of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who awakens in an Italian hospital with amnesia. He teams up with a doctor (Jones) whom he hopes will help him recover his memories and prevent a madman from releasing a global plague. [Source: Deadline]
Unforgettable
Kerry Washington...
- 12/3/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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