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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Daily Mirror
'England's prettiest village' is 'like North Korea' as drones snoop on homes
People living in 'England's prettiest village' say tourists are unleashing swarms of drones and 'spying' on their homes - leaving them feeling like they 'live in North Korea' Residents of a picturesque village described as England's 'most beautiful' say they are being terrorised by drones flying over their homes - and have compared it to living in North Korea. Castle Combe in the Cotswolds attracts tourists from all over the world thanks to its charming rows of cottages and enchanting winding streets - but a new trend among some visitors has left many locals feeling "spied on" and worried for their own safety. An increasing number of day-trippers are said to be bringing drones with them to capture aerial footage of the Wiltshire village to share on social media, putting them at odds with villagers and even reportedly leading to the police being called on multiple occasions. One resident, Hilary Baker, told the MailOnline: "You feel like you're being spied on, like you're living in North Korea." It comes amid a rise in reports of other invasive and unwelcome behaviours from tourists, and Hilary said others had been spotted using using suction-cups to attach their phones to cottage windows to take photograph of themselves. On other occasions, nuisance visitors are said to have peeked through windows, used drones to observe villagers while they're in the bath, and even peeked through their letterboxes to have a look inside. Some residents have now taken to putting up 'no drones' signs in their windows, though this is not thought to have halted the trend. Villager Draven McConville said he had stepped in on multiple occasions in to ask people not to use the devices, including one man who had launched one from the bottom of his driveway. While many of these resulted in "reasonable conversations" which saw the drone users pack them away, other visitors have subjected him to "verbal abuse for no real reason", he told the BBC. A sign has also been put up in the village's car park asking visitors not to fly drones within 50 metres of people's property. Castle Combe is often hailed as one of Britain's most idyllic villages, and its rustic charm has seen it act as the setting for a number of popular blockbusters, including Stardust, The Wolf Man, and Steven Spielberg's War Horse. Its unique weavers' cottages are constructed from local stone, and stand largely unchanged from down the centuries as a result of strict building regulations. Modern fixtures like satellite dishes and external wiring on house exteriors are forbidden, and tight planning permissions restrictions apply to the size of extensions and garden buildings. The village, which was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, prospered the success of 'Castlecombe', a red and white cloth that was in high demand in markets across the south of England.
India.com
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
1 hour 43 minutes horror film will leave you scared, climax will bring shivers down your spine, is trending on OTT, movie is..., lead actor is..
Horror category movies are always thrilling to watch. However, with a great script, powerful acting, and definitely haunted background music, it can only help to amplify the look and feel of a horror movie. Today, we bring you a film of the same genre which will give you nightmares. Not just that, you cannot watch the film all by yourself as it is that haunting. The movie which we are discussing will make you sweat and force you to bite your nails out of fear. Yes, you read that right! This film has got a good IMDb rating and is currently trending on OTT. If you are wondering which movie we are talking about, then the film here in discussion is The Wolf Man. Directed by Leigh Whannell, The Wolf Man features Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger in lead roles. The movie was released on January 16, 2025. After making a huge success on the big screens, now The Wolf Man is making noises on the OTT screens. The movie revolves around a writer Blake Lovell (Christopher Abbott), who comes to live in a farmhouse with his family. There, a mysterious creature attacks him and his family. Following the attack, Blake starts to notice different changes in him and he slowly starts turning into a werewolf. Later, he realises that he has become a threat to his family. What follows next will leave you stunned and sleepless. The biggest plus point of the movie is its visual effects and thrilling story. Also, the cinematography and background music of the film make the atmosphere more scary. The acting of the actors is also commendable, especially the actor playing the character of Blake has won the hearts of the audience with his expressions and dialogues. The movie received a good response from the audience and critics. The film earned $34.15 million (2,937 crores) on a budget of $25 million (2,139 crores). The movie is available on Amazon Prime Video to watch.
Forbes
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Horror Thriller ‘Wolf Man' Coming To Streaming On Peacock This Week
Christopher Abbott in "Wolf Man." Wolf Man — a remake of the Universal Studios Monsters classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. — begins streaming on Peacock this week. Directed by Leigh Whannell, who directed the 2020 remake of Universal's monster movie classic The Invisible Man, Wolf Man opened in theaters on Jan. 17. Julia Garner (Ozark) and Christopher Abbott (Kraven the Hunter) star in Wolf Man as Charlotte and Blake, a couple with a strained marriage who travel with their young daughter, Ginger (Matilda Firth) to a remote house in the Oregon mountains that belonged to Blake's late estranged father, Grady (Sam Jaeger). While the family is trying to locate the abode, Blake is clawed by a werewolf and soon begins to physically transform and exhibit attributes and senses that are not human. Before too long, Blake turns into a werewolf himself, which puts Charlotte and Ginger in grave danger. Wolf Man will begin streaming on Peacock on Friday, April 18, according to the streaming service. Peacock offers a pair of streaming package options. Viewers can get an ad-based package for $7.99 per month or $79 per year or an ad-free package for $13.99 per month or $139.99 per year. Universal Studios, of course, produced the original version of The Wolf Man with Lon Chaney Jr., in 1941 and the character or other werewolf interations appeared in several follow-up movies including a the 2010 remake of The Wolfman starring Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins. The new version of Wolf Man differs though, in the pacing of how Christopher Abbott's Blake transforms into the werewolf and the manner in which it happens. For that reason, Julia Garner told Screen Rant in a January interview, the transformation is what makes the scares more effective. 'It's more scary when it is a slower transition because I still recognized little elements of Chris. His skin and his hair was changing, but he still had his eyes and I think if you want to make anything scarier just go with something familiar,' Garner told Screen Rant. 'That's why they always put dolls in horror films because you see a doll, like, almost every day," Garner added. "So I think that this Wolf Man is almost scarier for that reason — that there's something familiar, that Charlotte still sees her husband, but he's not there anymore.' Wolf Man has earned $20.7 million domestically and $14.1 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $34.6 million against a $25 million production budget before prints and advertising, per Variety. The film received a 50% 'rotten' rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics based on 260 reviews and a 56% 'rotten' score based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings from audience members. Rated R, Wolf Man arrives on streaming video on demand on Peacock on Friday.
Forbes
27-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Horror Thriller ‘Wolf Man' Gets Peacock Streaming Premiere Date
"Wolf Man" partial poster. Universal Pictures Wolf Man — a modern reimaging of the classic Lon Chaney Jr. Universal Studios monster movie — is coming soon to Peacock. Rated R, Wolf Man opened in theaters on Jan. 17 and made its debut on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Feb. 4. The official logline for Wolf Man reads, 'A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable.' Christopher Abbott (Kraven the Hunter) and Julia Garner (Ozark) star in Wolf Man as Charlotte and Blake, and Matilda Firth plays their daughter, Ginger. Wolf Man is directed and co-written by Leigh Whannell, who previously wrote and directed the hit reimagining of the classic Universal Studios monster movie The Invisible Man in 2020. According to When to Stream, Wolf Man will arrive on streaming on Peacock on Friday, April 18. You must be a subscriber to the NBC Universal streaming platform to watch Wolf Man on Peacock. Peacock has an ad-based package for $7.99 per month or $79 per year, as well as an ad-free package for $13.99 per month or $139.99 yearly. While Wolf Man's roots date back to the classic 1941 Universal Monsters film The Wolf Man, director Leigh Whannell told the British Film Institute that his new version of the classic tale is actually a tribute to the horror films of the 1980s and the use of practical effects of the makeup artists of the day. 'As a horror fan, I've grown up obsessed with prosthetic make-up effects, and these guys who are the masters of that – Stan Winston, Rick Baker, Rob Bottin and Dick Smith – they're like rock stars to me,' Whannell told BFI. 'I was reading Fangoria, looking at these people as absolute heroes. I grew up in that era where those effects stood out in your mind.' Whannell, whose producer credits include nine movies in the Saw horror movie franchise (including spinoffs), told BFI that Wolf Man is the first movie he made that 'relied so heavily on prosthetic make-up effects and special effects make-up.' 'It's really a tribute to those films that exemplify the best of the make-up – The Thing (1982), An American Werewolf in London (1981), The Exorcist (1973),' Whannell explained to BFI. Per The Numbers, Wolf Man has earned $20.7 million in North American ticket sales and $14.1 million internationally for a worldwide box office gross of $34.6 million. Variety reported that Wolf Man had a production budget of $25 million before prints and advertising costs. Rotten Tomatoes critics collectively gave Wolf Man a 50% 'rotten' rating based on 252 reviews, while audiences gave the film a 56% 'rotten' rating on RT's Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings. Wolf Man arrives on Peacock on April 18.
