Venus (upcoming film)

Venus is an upcoming horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró starring Ester Expósito. A part of 'The Fear Collection' horror film label,[1] jointly set by Pokeepsie Films and Sony Pictures International Productions in association with Amazon Prime Video, it is loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Dreams in the Witch House".

Venus
Directed byJaume Balagueró
Screenplay by
  • Jaume Balagueró
  • Fernando Navarro
Based on"The Dreams in the Witch House"
by H. P. Lovecraft
StarringEster Expósito
Production
companies
  • Pokeepsie Films
  • Sony Pictures International Productions
LanguageSpanish

Plot

Featuring according to Balagueró "terror, blood, aberrations and terribly bad people",[1] the fiction is based on H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dreams in the Witch House", transferring the story to a "dirty, modern city" setting in the outskirts of Madrid.[2][1]

Cast

Production

The project was presented at the Sitges Film Festival in October 2021, with the participation of the director Jaume Balagueró, star performer Ester Expósito as well as Álex de la Iglesia, Carolina Bang, Ricardo Cabornero and Iván Losada.[3] The screenplay was penned by Balagueró alongside Fernando Navarro.[5] Filming began in November 2021 in Madrid.[1] It moved to Toledo afterwards,[1] shooting in the Santa María de Benquerencia neighborhood ("El Polígono").[2] Filming had already wrapped in February 2022.[4]

See also

References
  1. Boquerini (20 January 2022). "Jaume Balagueró apuesta por "el terror sucio"". El Correo.
  2. Molero, Alberto (12 January 2022). "Jaume Balagueró rueda en Toledo 'Venus,' la película que protagoniza Ester Expósito". El Digital CLM – via El Español.
  3. "Ester Expósito protagonizará la "desmesuradamente sucia" "Venus" de Balagueró". EFE. 12 October 2021.
  4. "Finaliza el rodaje de 'Venus', la segunda película del sello cinematográfico The Fear Collection". Audiovisual451. 3 February 2022.
  5. "Jaume Balagueró dirigirá 'Venus' para el sello The Fear Collection de Sony Pictures y Pokeepsie Film". Audiovisual451. 13 October 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.