Upon first glance, one might be inclined to dismiss the new horror film Antlers as being simply something schlocky without even giving it a chance. That would be a catastrophic disservice to both the film and to the viewer as Scott Cooper’s film may be one of the more terrifying yet satisfying films of the genre since Robert Eggers’ The Witch (2016).
Keri Russell plays Julia Meadows, a middle-school teacher who happens to have a student (Jeremy T. Thomas) whose work has manifested in disturbingly graphic and macabre drawings, which leads Julia to explore the possibility of abuse happening at home. But, when she enlists the assistance of her brother, the town’s sheriff (Jesse Plemons), it becomes clear that there is more to the young boy’s artwork than mere neglect.
Director Cooper – working from a script by himself, C. Henry Chaisson, and Nick Antosca (who also wrote the...
Keri Russell plays Julia Meadows, a middle-school teacher who happens to have a student (Jeremy T. Thomas) whose work has manifested in disturbingly graphic and macabre drawings, which leads Julia to explore the possibility of abuse happening at home. But, when she enlists the assistance of her brother, the town’s sheriff (Jesse Plemons), it becomes clear that there is more to the young boy’s artwork than mere neglect.
Director Cooper – working from a script by himself, C. Henry Chaisson, and Nick Antosca (who also wrote the...
- 10/29/2021
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Jeremy T. Thomas, and Keri Russell in the film Antlers. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2021 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Before you begin to fill the candy bowls and light up the jack o’lantern, how about taking a terror trek to the “haunted” multiplex for a very modern take on the traditional “creature feature”? Yes, there’s a growling drooling mythical monster at the center of the story, though the town and its past are pretty scary without this “beastie”. Perhaps this is a result of the unique behind-the-scenes pairing of a producer known for his fantasy fright flicks and a director who’d helmed several films that deal with all-too-human horrors. Together this “mad move-scientist” duo have stitched together a shambling nightmare thing that threatens to impale several villagers on its razor-sharp Antlers.
This said nightmare actually begins during another overcast day, just outside a remote dying town in Oregon.
Before you begin to fill the candy bowls and light up the jack o’lantern, how about taking a terror trek to the “haunted” multiplex for a very modern take on the traditional “creature feature”? Yes, there’s a growling drooling mythical monster at the center of the story, though the town and its past are pretty scary without this “beastie”. Perhaps this is a result of the unique behind-the-scenes pairing of a producer known for his fantasy fright flicks and a director who’d helmed several films that deal with all-too-human horrors. Together this “mad move-scientist” duo have stitched together a shambling nightmare thing that threatens to impale several villagers on its razor-sharp Antlers.
This said nightmare actually begins during another overcast day, just outside a remote dying town in Oregon.
- 10/29/2021
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Scott Cooper is comfortable in the mud. The American director routinely finds himself in the confines of the lowdown and dirty, in gritty landscapes with working-class characters overcoming their shortcomings and often turning to violence to solve their problems. While his previous two features Black Mass and Hostiles failed to find tension in their deliberately tedious pacing, Antlers strikes the balance between methodology, terror, and blue-collar dynamics.
Its prologue shows the grime that has become of a nameless Oregon town––sparse landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, grey air, oil rigs, polluted skies, and jobless Americans attempting to make a living after what once was a coal-mining town has all but descended into a town of the unemployed. Scott Haze plays Frank Weaver, a father of two who leaves one of his sons in the truck while he dives into a cave to make meth with his partner. Surrounded by medicine...
Its prologue shows the grime that has become of a nameless Oregon town––sparse landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, grey air, oil rigs, polluted skies, and jobless Americans attempting to make a living after what once was a coal-mining town has all but descended into a town of the unemployed. Scott Haze plays Frank Weaver, a father of two who leaves one of his sons in the truck while he dives into a cave to make meth with his partner. Surrounded by medicine...
- 10/27/2021
- by Erik Nielsen
- The Film Stage
Mess with imposing figures in the mythical lore of the ancient Native American tribes at your great peril —that would seem to be the message of Antlers, a classy horror outing that’s perceptively cast and particularly attentive to the dead-end realities of a once-prosperous Oregon mining town.
Searchlight no doubt will trumpet the involvement of executive producer Guillermo del Toro as much as possible — and his influence is palpable — but the prevailing mood of director Scott Cooper’s latest is somber in the way it reflects the sorry state of things for the working class in places that time has passed by. The film was the closing-night attraction at the American Cinematheque’s Beyond Fest in Los Angeles.
Cooper examined the woes of a formerly flourishing industry town in Out of the Furnace, in 2013, and the feel here is also very much one of a community that’s been...
Searchlight no doubt will trumpet the involvement of executive producer Guillermo del Toro as much as possible — and his influence is palpable — but the prevailing mood of director Scott Cooper’s latest is somber in the way it reflects the sorry state of things for the working class in places that time has passed by. The film was the closing-night attraction at the American Cinematheque’s Beyond Fest in Los Angeles.
Cooper examined the woes of a formerly flourishing industry town in Out of the Furnace, in 2013, and the feel here is also very much one of a community that’s been...
- 10/12/2021
- by Todd McCarthy
- Deadline Film + TV
As movie titles go, “Antlers” seems ready-made for one of two holidays — either Christmas or Halloween — and it’s kind of a shame to see it squandered on the latter. Now what is some enterprising filmmaker supposed to call his revisionist Rudolph story when the time comes? The name’s a somewhat less obvious fit for director Scott Cooper’s somber, character-centric stab at supernatural horror, although it makes sense once you realize that this slow-burn, Oregon-set monster movie is centered on the Native American “wendigo” legend, whereby an evil spirit possesses people and transforms them into deadly elk-horned creatures with an appetite for human flesh.
Cooper has dabbled in many a genre across his five-movie directing career, although there’s been a consistent darkness to it all that puts horror squarely in his wheelhouse. Executed with style and perhaps a bit too much self-importance, his work has traditionally focused...
Cooper has dabbled in many a genre across his five-movie directing career, although there’s been a consistent darkness to it all that puts horror squarely in his wheelhouse. Executed with style and perhaps a bit too much self-importance, his work has traditionally focused...
- 10/12/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
A supernatural creature takes over a young boy's home in the latest trailer for the Fox Searchlight Pictures horror film Antlers.
Set in a small town in Oregon, the film follows teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane also star in the Scott Cooper-directed film. Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with Lucas Weaver (Thomas) ominously ...
Set in a small town in Oregon, the film follows teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane also star in the Scott Cooper-directed film. Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with Lucas Weaver (Thomas) ominously ...
- 10/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A supernatural creature takes over a young boy's home in the latest trailer for the Fox Searchlight Pictures horror film Antlers.
Set in a small town in Oregon, the film follows teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane also star in the Scott Cooper-directed film. Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with Lucas Weaver (Thomas) ominously ...
Set in a small town in Oregon, the film follows teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane also star in the Scott Cooper-directed film. Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with Lucas Weaver (Thomas) ominously ...
- 10/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scott Cooper's supernatural horror film Antlers will hit theaters April 17, 2020, Fox Searchlight said Wednesday.
The pic is produced by Guillermo del Toro, David Goyer and J. Miles Dale.
The story follows a small-town Oregon teacher, Julia Meadows (Keri Russell), and her sheriff brother, Paul (Jesse Plemons), as they become entwined with a young student (Jeremy T. Thomas) who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast.
Cooper directed from a screenplay by C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca and Cooper, based on Antosca's short story The ...
The pic is produced by Guillermo del Toro, David Goyer and J. Miles Dale.
The story follows a small-town Oregon teacher, Julia Meadows (Keri Russell), and her sheriff brother, Paul (Jesse Plemons), as they become entwined with a young student (Jeremy T. Thomas) who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast.
Cooper directed from a screenplay by C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca and Cooper, based on Antosca's short story The ...
- 10/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Scott Cooper's supernatural horror film Antlers will hit theaters April 17, 2020, Fox Searchlight said Wednesday.
The pic is produced by Guillermo del Toro, David Goyer and J. Miles Dale.
The story follows a small-town Oregon teacher, Julia Meadows (Keri Russell), and her sheriff brother, Paul (Jesse Plemons), as they become entwined with a young student (Jeremy T. Thomas) who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast.
Cooper directed from a screenplay by C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca and Cooper, based on Antosca's short story The ...
The pic is produced by Guillermo del Toro, David Goyer and J. Miles Dale.
The story follows a small-town Oregon teacher, Julia Meadows (Keri Russell), and her sheriff brother, Paul (Jesse Plemons), as they become entwined with a young student (Jeremy T. Thomas) who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast.
Cooper directed from a screenplay by C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca and Cooper, based on Antosca's short story The ...
- 10/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox Searchlight Pictures released the first teaser trailer for Antlers on Tuesday.
The upcoming supernatural horror film follows small town Oregon-based teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast. Scott Cooper directed, while Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with ominous shots of the woods as student Lucas Weaver (Thomas) speaks in a voiceover. "...
The upcoming supernatural horror film follows small town Oregon-based teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast. Scott Cooper directed, while Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with ominous shots of the woods as student Lucas Weaver (Thomas) speaks in a voiceover. "...
- 8/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Fox Searchlight Pictures released the first teaser trailer for Antlers on Tuesday.
The upcoming supernatural horror film follows small town Oregon-based teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast. Scott Cooper directed, while Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with ominous shots of the woods as student Lucas Weaver (Thomas) speaks in a voiceover. "...
The upcoming supernatural horror film follows small town Oregon-based teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) as they become entwined with a young student who harbors a dangerous secret with frightening consequences.
Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Amy Madigan, Scott Haze and Rory Cochrane round out the cast. Scott Cooper directed, while Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and David S. Goyer produced the film.
The trailer opens with ominous shots of the woods as student Lucas Weaver (Thomas) speaks in a voiceover. "...
- 8/20/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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