*Amazon has teamed with Blumhouse Television to serve up Welcome to the Blumhouse, a series of eight movies that will be produced by both studios.
The titles are all by emerging filmmakers in the horror/thriller genre.
“We are excited to launch Welcome to the Blumhouse with this exhilarating and provocative slate of original films for the first time ever on Prime Video,” co-head of movies for Amazon Studios Julie Rapaport said, per Complex. “This collection from diverse and emerging filmmakers was a thrill to put together with our wonderful partners at Blumhouse Television. These chilling stories have something for everyone—ready to fright and delight genre fans and newcomers alike—and we are excited to share them with our global Prime Video customers.”
Welcome to the Blumhouse is set to kick off on Oct. 6, with four of the eight movies releasing this year: The Lie (directed by Veena Sud), Black Box (Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr.), Evil Eye (Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani), and Nocturne (Zu Quirke).
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Here’s a breakdown of the films via THR:
- The Lie, written and directed by Veena Sud, follows two desperate parents attempt to cover up the horrific crime, when their teenaged daughter confesses to impulsively killing her best friend, leading them into a complicated web of lies and deception. The movie stars Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard and Joey King.
- Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. from a script by Osei-Kuffour Jr., Black Box centers of a single father who, after losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is. Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashad, Amanda Christine, Tosin Morohunfola, Charmaine Bingwa and Troy James star.
- Based off the award-winning Audible Original production from writer Madhuri Shekar, Evil Eye is directed by Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani, and executive produced by Priyanka Chopra-Jonas. A seemingly perfect romance turns into a nightmare when a mother becomes convinced her daughter’s new boyfriend has a dark connection to her own past. The movie stars Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mani, Omar Maskati, and Bernard White.
- Nocturne is written and directed by Zu Quirke and is set inside the halls of an elite arts academy, where a timid music student begins to outshine her more accomplished and outgoing twin sister when she discovers a mysterious notebook belonging to a recently deceased classmate. Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon and Ivan Shaw star.
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