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©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection / ©Amazon/Courtesy Everett Collection / ©Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection / ©20th Century Studios/Courtesy Everett Collection / ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Welcome to Horror Explorer, a curated column showcasing the month’s best movies, series, books and everything else spooky worth checking out. I’m William Earl, the executive digital director of Variety and the publication’s resident horror enthusiast. Please drop me a line at [email protected] if there’s something I should check out for next month’s missive.
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Marquee Madness
Image Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures “Other Mommy” (In theaters Oct. 9 via Universal Pictures) — Jessica Chastain returns to horror, playing both a family matriarch and a supernatural beast that takes her form. Jay Duplass and Arabella Olivia Clark play the husband and daughter in peril in Rob Savage’s film.
“Whalefall” (In theaters Oct. 16 via 20th Century Studios) — Austin Abrams plays a scuba diver who gets swallowed up by a whale and must escape before his oxygen runs out. The trailer alone is a nail-biter, and director Brian Duffield’s last film, the nearly dialogue-free alien invasion movie “No One Will Save You,” was fantastic, so “Whalefall” should be a wildly claustrophobic ride.
“Clayface” (In theaters Oct. 23 via Warner Bros. Pictures) — Mike Flanagan wrote the story and co-wrote the script for this Batman villain standalone story. The trailer promises a frightening and squeamish body horror tale. “Speak No Evil” director James Watkins helms this ambitious DC Universe film.
