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Associated Press
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Indie Horror Meets Iconic Talent: Production Kicks Off With Dee Wallace in Thriller/Horror 'The Licked Hand'
Urban Legend Becomes Feature Film at Last PHOENIX, ARIZONA / ACCESS Newswire / June 4, 2025 / The highly anticipated horror-thriller 'The Licked Hand' has kicked off production in Arizona, starring iconic 'Scream Queen' Dee Wallace (E.T., Cujo, The Howling) alongside her terrifying antagonist, played by Ben Milliken (Bosch, Blue Crush 2, Run & Gun).Dee Wallace in Stream (2024) Directed by Adad Joel Warda and written by Levi Gordon and Warda, 'The Licked Hand' brings the chilling urban legend to life in a modern reimagining, which balances psychological terror with raw emotion - a gap often left by major studio budget-cutbacks. The film features Wallace as Eleanor, an elderly widow whose stormy night takes a sinister turn when a deranged fugitive invades her isolated Victorian home. Like so many indie productions seeking more favorable tax credits outside of California, the production team opted to film in Arizona. 'Horror is the most profitable genre for a reason - it taps into our primal fears,' said Warda. 'With Dee Wallace and a story steeped in urban mythology, I want to deliver the kind of tension and authenticity today's audiences crave.' Wallace's attachment to the project underscores a larger movement: seasoned actors lending their gravitas to independent projects that offer creative freedom and bold storytelling. 'I love this script! I love its intensity and how much it will challenge me to use every ounce of my talent,' said Wallace just prior to kicking off production. As Hollywood navigates post-pandemic shifts in audience preferences, indie producers like Jason Martinez and Jamie Ohlsen leverage low-budget roots with indie films like 'The Licked Hand' to offer fresh alternatives to cookie-cutter blockbusters. With its universal appeal, franchise potential, and built-in fanbase from the original urban legend, the team feels the film is primed for success across multiple distribution channels. Production Details: For updates, follow 'The Licked Hand' on Instagram ( @thelickedhand ) and visit Media Contact (for Written or Live Interview Requests): Layla O'Shea Co-Producer [email protected] 413-544-1689 AdadFilms: Award-winning production company founded by Assyrian-American filmmaker Adad Joel Warda, blending international aesthetics with emotional storytelling across 15 countries. 'The Licked Hand' marks the company's feature debut after two decades of acclaimed shorts and global commercial work. Ohlsen Productions: Los Angeles-based company founded by actor-producer Jamie Ohlsen, known for diverse content including 'The Hard Hit' (Richard T. Jones) and 'Wrong For Right' (Omar Gooding). The company leverages strong industry relationships to create commercially viable independent films. A Levi Gordon Production: Executive Producer and writer Levi Gordon brings his storytelling to 'The Licked Hand' following the award-winning short film 'The Hard R,' and multiple features currently in production. Contact InformationLayla O'Shea 413-544-1689 SOURCE: The Licked Hand Movie press release
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who Is Eric Dane's Wife? Rebecca Gayheart's Job & Kids
and his wife have sparked renewed interest after reports surfaced about the status of their long-standing separation. The former Grey's Anatomy star and the actress, who married in 2004, made headlines when Gayheart moved to dismiss their divorce filing after seven years apart. Here's a look at their relationship, co-parenting journey, and how their family dynamic evolved. Eric Dane is legally still married to actress Rebecca Gayheart. The couple wed in Las Vegas on October 29, 2004, but Gayheart filed for divorce in February 2018 after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was never finalized. They remained separated until March 2025, when Gayheart filed a petition to dismiss it. This means the marriage remains legally intact, and the pair are no longer pursuing separation through the courts. (via People) Rebecca Gayheart is an actress and former model. She began her career as a teen model in the 1980s and rose to fame as the face of Noxzema in the early 1990s. Gayheart transitioned into acting with roles in shows like Beverly Hills, 90210. She later appeared in films such as Scream 2 (1997), Urban Legend (1998), and Jawbreaker (1999). In 2005, she made her Broadway debut in Steel Magnolias. More recently, she appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019. Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart have two daughters together. Their first daughter, Billie Beatrice Dane, was born on March 3, 2010, and their second daughter, Georgia Geraldine Dane, was born on December 28, 2011. (via US Weekly) The girls have occasionally appeared alongside their parents at public events, including red-carpet premieres. Reflecting on fatherhood, Dane once said, 'I never had a family, and now I do.' The post Who Is Eric Dane's Wife? Rebecca Gayheart's Job & Kids appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
The Guardian
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Heart Eyes review – junky Valentine's slasher is hard to fall for
After Scream revitalised both the slasher and the horror genre at large back in 1996, the inevitable flood of junkier imitators arrived, less interested in reinventing the wheel and more in keeping the engine running. Quick to write and cheap to make, films like I Know What You Did Last Summer, Urban Legend, Cherry Falls and Valentine trotted out slightly different variations on the same formula (masked killer, WB channel teens) until the films became dumber than the ones Scream had been targeting in the first place. It tracks then that after a Ghostface reboot, with 2022's surprisingly successful fifth instalment, the same would happen once again. Heart Eyes, a film that boasts the same production company and one of its stars, is exactly what an exec would give an easy greenlight to, an easily sellable 'if you liked' knock-off. But whatever might have made sense on paper just doesn't translate to screen, a fun little concept that ends up being something of a drag. Like the aforementioned Valentine, a 2001 also-ran that saw a group of one-time high school mean girls targeted by the guy they once bullied, Heart Eyes is set on the most romantic day of the year. It's a date that had been traditionally used by studios as an obvious rom-com launchpad but this year, it's attracted the opposite from sexbot-gone-wrong sci-fi comedy Companion to fighting exes actioner Love Hurts to ghosting horror The Dead Thing to toxic relationship tale I Love You Forever. Heart Eyes exists somewhere between a romantic comedy and a horror, skewering the structure of the meet-cute with the inclusion of a serial killer hunting the boy who's just met the girl. The killer only targets couples and in a rubbishy, red-flag raising cold open, we see an Instagram-obsessed pair stage a cheesy proposal at a vineyard before getting slaughtered. Each year lands him (or her) in a different city and it's finally time for Seattle or at least the New Zealand-filmed approximation of Seattle (with bit parts also played by uneasily accented locals, it's a clearly non-American American movie). Ally (Olivia Holt) is very okay with having no date for the big day, turning her nose up at Valentine's expectations, too focused on her job at an advertising firm to have time for distraction. It's there where she meets the handsome and far more romantically inclined freelancer Jay (Scream's Mason Gooding) who she has to work with for the day before he flies off to his best friend's wedding. It's Hallmark 101 but the script, from Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy, isn't smart or witty enough to do much more than just recycle cliches and point at them, and the synthetic rom-com world they're in never as exaggerated or fun as it was in high-concept Rebel Wilson parody Isn't It Romantic (the eye-rollingly stupid behaviour by pretty much every character edges the film closer to a horror spoof). There are laughs to be mined from their burgeoning romance needing to be underplayed to evade a killer who only wants to butcher those in love but the comedy here is far too broad, misfiring to the point of frequent embarrassment (the cops on the trail are called Hobbs and Shaw because, you know, the film Hobbs and Shaw, end of joke). Landon and Kennedy previously found just the right balance of comedy and horror in 2020's underseen Freaky (a film that also managed some brief moments of real emotion) but they're flailing here, the script a closer cousin to Kennedy's shoddy, critically reviled Netflix horror Time Cut. If the romance is uninvolving (Gooding is charming but Holt indistinctive) and the comedy aggressively unfunny then it's left to the horror to impress, and director Josh Ruben does deliver on some inventive gore but it feels discordant in a film that would be best enjoyed by very young, very undiscerning tweens (he's also, like many other genre directors today, unable to generate suspense). Like Riverdale before it, Heart Eyes employs some ex-teen stars to wink at those of us who remembered the last cycle (The Faculty's Jordana Brewster and Final Destination's Devon Sawa) but the film pales in comparison to even the weakest of that era, devolving into a finale of predictable who-cares reveals. No one expects, or wants, every slasher to emulate the snappy self-awareness of Scream but Ruben isn't even able to conjure up the fun of something with far less expectation attached. I was reminded of Eli Roth's Thanksgiving – another back-to-basics holiday-based horror with the 00s on its mind – which was the kind of low-stakes, high-reward jolt that I would happily see more of in this era of slasher re-emergence, a film made with real affection for the genre. There's very little love to be found here. Heart Eyes is now in US cinemas and will be out in the UK on 14 February
