Prime-Video - 4 New Welcome To The Blumhouse Movies Coming In October

By Mulder, 18 august 2021

The first images from Amazon Prime Video's latest Welcome To The Blumhouse films have just been revealed. This series of unique and disturbing thrillers are developed and produced with an eye toward original and diverse storytelling. Bingo hell and Black as night will launch exclusively on Prime Video on October 1, followed by Madres and The manor on October 8, 2021.

Welcome to the Blumhouse is a film series consisting of thematically linked thrillers and anthology horror stories developed and produced by Blumhouse Productions for Prime Video as Amazon Prime Originals. Advertised as an ongoing collaboration between the companies, the films include "a distinct vision and unique perspective on common themes." The first four films focus on family and love as redeeming or destructive forces, while the next four films will focus on institutional horrors and personal phobias.

Bingo hell (Available October 1, 2021)

Directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero
Screenplay by Gigi Saul Guerrero, Shane McKenzie, Perry Blackshear
Produced by 
Executive producers : Jason Blum, Lisa Bruce, Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman, Raynor Shima et Lauren Downey
Starring : Adriana Barraza, L. Scott Caldwell, Richard Brake et Joshua Caleb Johnson
Cinematography : Byron Werner
Edited by Andrew Wesman
Music : Chase Horseman
Production companies : Blumhouse Television, Luchagore Productions
Distributed by Amazon Studios
Release date : September 2021 (Fantastic Fest), October 1, 2021 (United States)
Running time : 85 minutes
Synopsis : When an evil force threatens the residents of an underprivileged neighborhood, one brave senior citizen tries to stop it in Bingo Hell, an original and diabolical horror film. When Lupita (Adriana Barraza), a 60-year-old neighborhood activist, discovers that her beloved bingo hall has been bought out by a mysterious businessman named Mr. Big (Richard Brake), she gathers her senior friends to fight the enigmatic entrepreneur. But when her longtime neighbors start turning up dead under gruesome circumstances, Lupita suddenly discovers that gentrification is the least of her problems. Something terrifying has taken hold in the quiet Oak Springs neighborhood, and with each new cry of "Bingo!" another victim falls prey to the demonic presence. As the game's prize pools grow and the body count continues to rise, Lupita must face the frightening realization that this is truly a game of winners.

Black as Knight (Available October 1, 2021)

Directed by Maritte Lee Go
Screenplay by Sherman Payne
Produced by John H. Brister, Terra Abroms, Adan Orozco, Paul Uddo
Executive producers : Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman, Lisa Bruce, Maggie Malina et Guy Stodel
Starring : Asjha Cooper, Fabrizio Guido, Mason Beauchamp, Abbie Gayle, Craig Tate et Keith David
Cinematography : Cybel Martin
Edited by Tim Mirkovich
Music : Jacques Brautbar 
Production companies : Blumhouse Television, Luchagore Productions
Distributed by Amazon Studios
Release date : September 2021 (Fantastic Fest), October 1, 2021 (United States)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : A resourceful teenager leaves her childhood behind when she battles a group of vampires in Black as Night, a hybrid of action, horror, but also with a social dimension and a biting sense of humor. Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, a new threat leaves its mark on the Big Easy, literally going for the throat of the city's displaced and vulnerable population. When her drug-addicted mother becomes the latest victim of the undead, 15-year-old Shawna (Asjha Cooper) vows revenge. With three trusted friends, Shawna hatches a daring plan to infiltrate the vampire mansion in the city's historic French Quarter to destroy their leader and return his followers to their human form. But killing monsters is no easy task, and soon Shawna and her team find themselves caught in a centuries-old conflict between warring vampire factions, each fighting to claim New Orleans as their permanent home.

Madres (Available October 8, 2021)

Directed by Ryan Zaragoza
Screenplay by Marcella Ochoa & Mario Miscione
Produced by John H. Brister, Adan Orozco, Roya Rastegar
Executive producers : Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman, Lisa Bruce, Sanjay Sharma et Matthew Myers
Starring : Tenoch Huerta, Ariana Guerra, Evelyn Gonzalez, Kerry Cahill, et Elpidia Carrillo
Cinematography : Felipe Vara de Rey
Edited by Kristina Hamilton-Grobler
Music : Isabelle Engman-Bredvik, Gerardo Garcia Jr. 
Production companies : Blumhouse Television, Luchagore Productions
Distributed by Amazon Studios
Release date : October 8, 2021 (United States)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : Beto (Tenoch Huerta) and Diana (Ariana Guerra), a young Mexican-American couple expecting their first child, move to a small town in 1970s California where Beto has secured a job as a farm manager. Isolated from the community and plagued by disturbing nightmares, Diana explores the dilapidated corporate ranch where they reside. There she finds a gruesome talisman and a box containing the belongings of former residents. Her discoveries will lead her to a truth far stranger and more terrifying than she could have imagined.  

The manor (Available October 8, 2021)

Written and directed by Axelle Carolyn
Produced by Terra Abroms
Executive producers : Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman, Lisa Bruce, Sandy King et Richard J Bosner
Starring : Barbara Hershey, Bruce Davison, Nicholas Alexander, Jill Larsen, Fran Bennett et Katie Amanda Keane
Cinematography : Andrés Sánchez
Edited by Kristina Hamilton-Grobler, Robert Hoffman 
Music : Christopher Drake
Production companies : Blumhouse Television, Luchagore Productions
Distributed by Amazon Studios
Release date : October 8, 2021 (United States)
Running time : NC
Synopsis : A malevolent force preys on the residents of a sleepy retirement home in The Manor, a gothic yet modern horror story. When a stroke diminishes her independence, Judith Albright (Barbara Hershey) moves to Golden Sun Manor, an assisted living facility with an impeccable reputation. But despite the best efforts of the staff and a budding friendship with Roland (Bruce Davidson), strange events and nightmarish visions convince Judith that a sinister presence is haunting the sprawling property. As residents begin to die mysteriously, Judith's frantic warnings are dismissed as fantasies. Even her devoted grandson Josh (Nicholas Alexander) believes her fears are the result of her dementia and not demons. With no one willing to believe her, Judith must either escape the mansion or fall victim to the evil within.

(Source : press release)