Stars: Alex Essoe, Precious Chong, Kris Siddiqi | Written by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, Zach Gayne | Directed by Zach Gayne
[Note: With the film finally released in the UK, here’s a reposting of Alain’s review of Homewrecker from last years US release]
It may come as a surprise that a movie about two women meeting at a yoga class, which then escalates to one of them refusing to let the other leave their house, is actually very very relatable for myself. But that is exactly how I found myself when watching Homewrecker.
The woman who discovers it is not going to be easy to leave the house is Michelle. Played by Alex Essoe, who horror fans will recognise from Tales of Halloween and her incredible performance in Starry Eyes. She will soon be even more popular when she stars as Wendy Torrance in Mike Flanagan’s The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep later this year. Her captor is Linda, played by the interestingly named Precious Chong. Michelle gets...
[Note: With the film finally released in the UK, here’s a reposting of Alain’s review of Homewrecker from last years US release]
It may come as a surprise that a movie about two women meeting at a yoga class, which then escalates to one of them refusing to let the other leave their house, is actually very very relatable for myself. But that is exactly how I found myself when watching Homewrecker.
The woman who discovers it is not going to be easy to leave the house is Michelle. Played by Alex Essoe, who horror fans will recognise from Tales of Halloween and her incredible performance in Starry Eyes. She will soon be even more popular when she stars as Wendy Torrance in Mike Flanagan’s The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep later this year. Her captor is Linda, played by the interestingly named Precious Chong. Michelle gets...
- 5/21/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
John Lewis has always been fighting for civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. He’s been doing it for over 60 years so to say that his narrative is relevant more now than ever is a wild understatement.
In the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble, director Dawn Porter chronicles Lewis’s life via interviews with the 80-year-old advocate who is just as active now as he was 60 years ago. Through rare archival footage, Porter puts a long-overdue spotlight on Lewis taking us on a journey through his childhood experiences, his inspiring family, his activism during the Civil Rights movement and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. We also get to hear from political leaders, his Congressional colleagues and those who have been with Lewis on his journey during his life and his career.
Porter recently appeared on a New...
In the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble, director Dawn Porter chronicles Lewis’s life via interviews with the 80-year-old advocate who is just as active now as he was 60 years ago. Through rare archival footage, Porter puts a long-overdue spotlight on Lewis taking us on a journey through his childhood experiences, his inspiring family, his activism during the Civil Rights movement and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. We also get to hear from political leaders, his Congressional colleagues and those who have been with Lewis on his journey during his life and his career.
Porter recently appeared on a New...
- 7/3/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Homewrecker Dark Star Pictures/ Uncork’d Entertainment Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Zach Gayne Screenwriter: Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, Zach Gayne Cast: Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, Tony Mathews, Kris Siddiqi Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 6/26/20 Opens: July 3, 2020 A strange thing about “Homewrecker,” mostly a two-hander […]
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- 7/2/2020
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Stars: Alex Essoe, Precious Chong, Kris Siddiqi | Written by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, Zach Gayne | Directed by Zach Gayne
It may come as a surprise that a movie about two women meeting at a yoga class, which then escalates to one of them refusing to let the other leave their house, is actually very very relatable for myself. But that is exactly how I found myself when watching Homewrecker.
The woman who discovers it is not going to be easy to leave the house is Michelle. Played by Alex Essoe, who horror fans will recognise from Tales of Halloween and her incredible performance in Starry Eyes. She will soon be even more popular when she stars as Wendy Torrance in Mike Flanagan’s The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep later this year. Her captor is Linda, played by the interestingly named Precious Chong. Michelle gets into the situation just because she is unable to say no.
It may come as a surprise that a movie about two women meeting at a yoga class, which then escalates to one of them refusing to let the other leave their house, is actually very very relatable for myself. But that is exactly how I found myself when watching Homewrecker.
The woman who discovers it is not going to be easy to leave the house is Michelle. Played by Alex Essoe, who horror fans will recognise from Tales of Halloween and her incredible performance in Starry Eyes. She will soon be even more popular when she stars as Wendy Torrance in Mike Flanagan’s The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep later this year. Her captor is Linda, played by the interestingly named Precious Chong. Michelle gets into the situation just because she is unable to say no.
- 7/1/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Alex Essoe and Precious Chong star in Zach Gayne's Homewrecker, a darkly comic indie thriller that is heading for release a little later than expected -- but not too too much later. The film is now confirmed to be opening in select drive-in theaters on Friday, July 3, so if you have a moving vehicle, that may be a good option to get out of the house on that weekend. If you prefer to stay at home, you're covered, since Homewrecker will be sticking to its July 7 released date on various On Demand platforms. To tide us all over, a new green-band trailer has been released, which you can watch below. "Green-band" signals that the trailer is Safe For Work, so whether you are...
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- 6/23/2020
- Screen Anarchy
The critically acclaimed festival hit Homewrecker hits select theaters, digital and DVD this summer. From Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures, Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential) star in director Zach Gayne’s “hilarious, dark view of modern loneliness” that has “the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape” (Rotten Tomatoes). Michelle is …
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The post Red-band Trailer* Homewrecker – In theaters/On Demand/DVD this summer appeared first on Hnn | Horrornews.net.
- 6/16/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
How much damage can one woman cause in her own home? Well, when that woman is Precious Chong, the answer is: quite a lot! In director Zach Gayne's darkly comic Homewrecker, Chong plays Linda, who lives alone and fills her days painting and attending exercising classes. She crosses paths with interior designer Michelle, asks for her help, and then makes it very, very difficult for Michelle to leave. As a point of full disclosure, let me note that I have known director and co-writer Zach Gayne for a few years, and he has contributed to this site for those same few years. I saw his film at Fantastic Fest last year and liked it -- see my review -- so I...
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- 6/15/2020
- Screen Anarchy
The critically acclaimed festival hit Homewrecker hits select theaters, digital and DVD this summer.
From Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures, Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential) star in director Zach Gayne’s “hilarious, dark view of modern loneliness” that has “the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape” (Rotten Tomatoes).
Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous interior design consultation. Once inside, it quickly becomes clear that Linda has something far more sinister on her mind than throw pillows.
Scripted by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe and Zach Gayne, Homewrecker is “a delightfully twisted tale of obsession that is full of surprises” (Cinema Axis) with “a pair of great lead performances at its center” (TheCriterionCast...
From Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures, Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential) star in director Zach Gayne’s “hilarious, dark view of modern loneliness” that has “the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape” (Rotten Tomatoes).
Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous interior design consultation. Once inside, it quickly becomes clear that Linda has something far more sinister on her mind than throw pillows.
Scripted by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe and Zach Gayne, Homewrecker is “a delightfully twisted tale of obsession that is full of surprises” (Cinema Axis) with “a pair of great lead performances at its center” (TheCriterionCast...
- 6/12/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"I get it. Why would you want to hang out with a weirdo, like me?" Uncork'd Entertainment has unveiled the first official red band trailer for a brutal horror comedy titled Homewrecker, with a nod to Bloody-Disgusting for dropping this. The film premiered at Fantasia last year, and also played at Fantastic Fest and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival in the fall. Loneliness turns violent when a young interior designer makes a dangerous new friend. It quickly becomes clear that Linda has something far more sinister on her mind than throw pillows. Starring Alex Essoe and Precious Chong as the two women, both of whom also co-wrote the script, along with Anthony Matthews and Kris Siddiqi. This reminds me a bit of the fight comedy Catfight, also about two women battling each other. Might be a fun one to watch with some friends. Here's the official red band trailer...
- 6/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Built to Spill dropped a cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Tell Me Now” Friday, off their upcoming LP Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston, out June 12th.
Released off the late cult artist’s 1991 album Artistic Vice, the song gets a more subtle rendition from Built to Spill. “You’ll never know dear, the tears that I cry,” frontman Doug Martsch sings. “I don’t want to wait, girl, ’til the day that I die/Tell me now, oh oh, do you really love me?”
“Tell Me...
Released off the late cult artist’s 1991 album Artistic Vice, the song gets a more subtle rendition from Built to Spill. “You’ll never know dear, the tears that I cry,” frontman Doug Martsch sings. “I don’t want to wait, girl, ’til the day that I die/Tell me now, oh oh, do you really love me?”
“Tell Me...
- 5/15/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
After celebrating its international premiere at the 2019 Fantastic Fest, Daily Dead caught up with Homewrecker director Zach Gayne and one of the film’s co-stars, Precious Chong, to discuss their collaborative process on creating Homewrecker along with Alex Essoe, who also served as a co-writer and co-star on the psychologically driven dramatic thriller. The duo also chatted about creating female characters who have layers to them, and why they didn’t want to make yet another movie about two women caught up in a catfight.
Congratulations on the film, you two. It's so fun to see this back and forth between Alex and Precious’ characters, where you're just sort of trying to figure out who is going to get the upper hand, and who's going to do this or that. I know this is something that all three of you collaborated on a creative level, in terms of the script and the characters.
Congratulations on the film, you two. It's so fun to see this back and forth between Alex and Precious’ characters, where you're just sort of trying to figure out who is going to get the upper hand, and who's going to do this or that. I know this is something that all three of you collaborated on a creative level, in terms of the script and the characters.
- 10/8/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Homewrecker is a dark comedy that smashes the boundaries of relationships and cultural norms with a sledgehammer (literally). Directed by Zach Gayne and written by Gayne, Alex Essoe, and Precious Chong, the film is a crazy-pants stalker thriller that takes some wild turns.
Michelle (Essoe) and Linda (Chong) are two women whose paths happen to cross again and again—at the gym, at yoga class, at the neighborhood coffee shop. One day, Linda inserts herself into Michelle’s path with a clumsy and somewhat forced introduction. Wanting to be friendly, Michelle agrees to have coffee with her, which quickly turns into a spontaneous consultation when Linda insists on bringing her new friend back to her house for some interior design advice.
Once there, Linda, aggressively hospitable, is determined to bring their friendship to deeper levels. She tries to engage Michelle in conversation, probing for the details of her life and...
Michelle (Essoe) and Linda (Chong) are two women whose paths happen to cross again and again—at the gym, at yoga class, at the neighborhood coffee shop. One day, Linda inserts herself into Michelle’s path with a clumsy and somewhat forced introduction. Wanting to be friendly, Michelle agrees to have coffee with her, which quickly turns into a spontaneous consultation when Linda insists on bringing her new friend back to her house for some interior design advice.
Once there, Linda, aggressively hospitable, is determined to bring their friendship to deeper levels. She tries to engage Michelle in conversation, probing for the details of her life and...
- 9/21/2019
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Fantastic Fest is set to honor legendary filmmaker Takashi Miike with the Lifetime Achievement Award and a and a special screening of The Happiness of the Katakuris. In addition, the fest has revealed its final wave of programming which includes the U.S. premiere of Jeremy Clapin’s I Lost My Body which recently debuted at Cannes Critics Week and won the Cristal for Best Animated Feature and the Audience Award Première at the 2019 Annecy Int’l Animated Film Festival. Fantastic Fest kicks off September 19 and continues through September 26.
Miike, who has been featured at Fantastic Fest multiple times, has over 100 films on his resume and in addition to a screening of The Happiness of the Katakuris, the fest will feature the U.S. premiere of his film First Love which follows an aspiring boxer named Leo who discovers that he may not have long to live. He goes...
Miike, who has been featured at Fantastic Fest multiple times, has over 100 films on his resume and in addition to a screening of The Happiness of the Katakuris, the fest will feature the U.S. premiere of his film First Love which follows an aspiring boxer named Leo who discovers that he may not have long to live. He goes...
- 9/11/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Jeremy O. Harris, Alex Essoe, Jasmin Kaset, Makenzie Green, D.C. Paul | Written and Directed by Zach Gayne
States will make you contemplate whether ‘normal’ people go on road trips…
Written and directed by Zach Gayne, States is the documentary-feel narrative feature on the crazies of the road, establishing a surreal balance of curiosity as to why people are weird and where said people are heading to. In Easy Rider, Wyatt (Honda) and Billy (Hopper) were in search of America… 50 years later, the likes of a naked man in Mexico and a poet riding with Mormons, are most likely in search of the very same thing.
Shaky-cam all over the show, States immediately opens with one of its characters in a state: a drunk one. Also butt-naked, Michael Wieck’s character, simply credited as, “The Man From Michigan” is in Mexico without any ID, any money and of course,...
States will make you contemplate whether ‘normal’ people go on road trips…
Written and directed by Zach Gayne, States is the documentary-feel narrative feature on the crazies of the road, establishing a surreal balance of curiosity as to why people are weird and where said people are heading to. In Easy Rider, Wyatt (Honda) and Billy (Hopper) were in search of America… 50 years later, the likes of a naked man in Mexico and a poet riding with Mormons, are most likely in search of the very same thing.
Shaky-cam all over the show, States immediately opens with one of its characters in a state: a drunk one. Also butt-naked, Michael Wieck’s character, simply credited as, “The Man From Michigan” is in Mexico without any ID, any money and of course,...
- 8/21/2019
- by Dom Hastings
- Nerdly
Embarking on a spontaneous journey, in both the literal and figurative senses, can often times provide the most freeing and liberating path for people who are contending with what they should do with their lives. That’s certainly the case for the characters in the new transient road film, ‘States,’ which features an array of young […]
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- 7/31/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Stars: Alex Essoe, Precious Chong, Kris Siddiqi | Written by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, Zach Gayne | Directed by Zach Gayne
It may come as a surprise that a movie about two women meeting at a yoga class, which then escalates to one of them refusing to let the other leave their house, is actually very very relatable for myself. But that is exactly how I found myself when watching Homewrecker.
The woman who discovers it is not going to be easy to leave the house is Michelle. Played by Alex Essoe, who horror fans will recognise from Tales of Halloween and her incredible performance in Starry Eyes. She will soon be even more popular when she stars as Wendy Torrance in Mike Flanagan’s The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep later this year. Her captor is Linda, played by the interestingly named Precious Chong. Michelle gets into the situation just because she is unable to say no.
It may come as a surprise that a movie about two women meeting at a yoga class, which then escalates to one of them refusing to let the other leave their house, is actually very very relatable for myself. But that is exactly how I found myself when watching Homewrecker.
The woman who discovers it is not going to be easy to leave the house is Michelle. Played by Alex Essoe, who horror fans will recognise from Tales of Halloween and her incredible performance in Starry Eyes. She will soon be even more popular when she stars as Wendy Torrance in Mike Flanagan’s The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep later this year. Her captor is Linda, played by the interestingly named Precious Chong. Michelle gets into the situation just because she is unable to say no.
- 7/31/2019
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Leaving your home always risks an encounter with someone too pleasant and boundary-averse to rebuke. You want to point to the headphones in your ears that aren’t actually playing anything as a means to avoid conversation, but they don’t get the hint because you’ve unwittingly enamored them. Or maybe you accidentally engaged them first in some desperate need for a favor—turning an anonymous acquaintance into a potential friendship you simply don’t have time to foster. What then are your choices when he/she seizes upon that brief window of opportunity to sit down and threaten never to leave? You either let your potent disinterest out and become the uppity bad guy or you fake a smile and go along for the ride, hoping it’ll all be over soon.
Option number one simply isn’t on the menu for Michelle (Alex Essoe). Whether it’s...
Option number one simply isn’t on the menu for Michelle (Alex Essoe). Whether it’s...
- 7/30/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
[David Wain at Sundance 2018. Photo credit: copyright 2018 Zach Gayne.] The biopic or docudrama is one of the most fascinating, if not tickling, film genres. Unlike most other genres, whether a biopic succeeds with flying colors in capturing, or even illuminating its subject, or winds up a juicy movie-of-the-week trainwreck, there is generally entertainment value to be found in even the worst attempts to honor a life. Biopics deal in collective territory and with it comes the baggage of public entitlement, or perhaps, the delicacy that is pop appreciation. Films like Tim Burton’s Ed Wood or Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There demonstrate what’s possible when knowing filmmakers are trusted to represent subjects that have deep sentimental value for their storytellers. In short, it takes...
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- 1/28/2018
- Screen Anarchy
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