Unsuspecting party guests find out the hard way that Davenport House is home to a vengeful spirit in The Haunting of Alice D. With the new horror film now out on DVD and Digital from Rlj Entertainment, we caught up with Jessica Sonneborn in our latest Q&A feature to discuss her experiences writing, directing, and co-starring in the The Haunting of Alice D, working with Kane Hodder, and much more.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Jessica. How did you come up with the idea for your new film, The Haunting of Alice D?
Jessica Sonneborn: I wanted to create a “cabin in the woods” style horror movie with a major twist that made it unique from other films like it. I was trying to think of something that could be done on a shoestring budget, but that also had some depth to it.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Jessica. How did you come up with the idea for your new film, The Haunting of Alice D?
Jessica Sonneborn: I wanted to create a “cabin in the woods” style horror movie with a major twist that made it unique from other films like it. I was trying to think of something that could be done on a shoestring budget, but that also had some depth to it.
- 5/3/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Chicago – The attempt to make a European-style “journey of emotional morality” between four characters in New York City kept getting flatter and flatter as the tale emerged. It’s amusing that they called it “Demolition,” because as cinema, it’s basically a teardown.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
It’s Jake Gyllenhaal at his “Gyllenhaal-est” as a guilty widower who reacts in a special way when mourning his wife’s untimely death – and somehow it involves a mysterious outsider and her conveniently weird son, and lots of angst. There are some interesting feelings to consider, but they are all screwed into the ground until they melt at the center core. The director, Canadian Jean Marc-Valleé, has hacked it up before (the overrated “Dallas Buyer’s Club”), but this time the choppy narrative and attempts at “relevance” is a Hacker’s Hall of Fame. And dang nab the happy ending, which was tacked on so...
Rating: 2.5/5.0
It’s Jake Gyllenhaal at his “Gyllenhaal-est” as a guilty widower who reacts in a special way when mourning his wife’s untimely death – and somehow it involves a mysterious outsider and her conveniently weird son, and lots of angst. There are some interesting feelings to consider, but they are all screwed into the ground until they melt at the center core. The director, Canadian Jean Marc-Valleé, has hacked it up before (the overrated “Dallas Buyer’s Club”), but this time the choppy narrative and attempts at “relevance” is a Hacker’s Hall of Fame. And dang nab the happy ending, which was tacked on so...
- 4/8/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
There's going to be a new Housewife in town.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jacqueline Laurita's daughter Ashlee Holmes is engaged to boyfriend Pete Malleo, she announced Friday.
"I woke up so happy today knowing my beautiful, grown up, 25 year old daughter @ashleenicholexx will be in good hands with this thoughtful, considerate, handsome, kind gentleman," Laurita, 45, captioned an Instagram of the happy couple posing in Hoboken, New Jersey, along the Hudson River.
"I said 'yes,' " Holmes captioned another sweet photo, adding a diamond ring emoji. Thank you for such an amazing day @c3peteo ...I'm so...
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jacqueline Laurita's daughter Ashlee Holmes is engaged to boyfriend Pete Malleo, she announced Friday.
"I woke up so happy today knowing my beautiful, grown up, 25 year old daughter @ashleenicholexx will be in good hands with this thoughtful, considerate, handsome, kind gentleman," Laurita, 45, captioned an Instagram of the happy couple posing in Hoboken, New Jersey, along the Hudson River.
"I said 'yes,' " Holmes captioned another sweet photo, adding a diamond ring emoji. Thank you for such an amazing day @c3peteo ...I'm so...
- 2/19/2016
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
On the morning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, just a few days after the Academy Award nominations revealed another year of four categories of exclusively white nominees, Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith took to social media to tell the world that they would be boycotting the Oscars. “We cannot support it,” Lee posted on Instagram — with a photo of Dr. King in his cap and gown at his undergrad commencement. Lee wrote that he and his wife will not be attending the Academy Awards ceremony next month, though he means “no disrespect to my friends, host Chris Rock and producer Reggie Hudlin, President [Cheryl Boone] Isaacs, and the Academy.” Lee called out the four acting categories both this year and last year that launched the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite: “40 white actors in 2 years and no flava at all. We can’t act?! Wtf!!” (See his full Instagram post below.) #OscarsSoWhite... Again.
- 1/18/2016
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
With just over two months until the 2016 Grammy Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences just released the first batch of nominees.
And as could be expected, Taylor Swift scored nods for Record of the Year and Song of the Year while her buddy Ed Sheeran also nabbed a Song of the Year and Record of the Year mention.
The 58th annual Gramm Awards will go live on February 15th, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with plenty of powerful performances and a slew of sexy stars. Meanwhile, here is the first wave of nominees-
Record of the Year
“Really Love,” by D’angelo and the Vanguard
“Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space,” Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd
Album of the Year
Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes
To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
Traveller, Chris Stapleton...
And as could be expected, Taylor Swift scored nods for Record of the Year and Song of the Year while her buddy Ed Sheeran also nabbed a Song of the Year and Record of the Year mention.
The 58th annual Gramm Awards will go live on February 15th, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with plenty of powerful performances and a slew of sexy stars. Meanwhile, here is the first wave of nominees-
Record of the Year
“Really Love,” by D’angelo and the Vanguard
“Uptown Funk,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space,” Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face,” The Weeknd
Album of the Year
Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes
To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
Traveller, Chris Stapleton...
- 12/7/2015
- GossipCenter
How do you make a guy with 3 Super Bowl rings nervous? If he's Jerry Rice ... just sit him in front of his daughter when she's singing ... 'cause according to the man himself he still clams up every time he watches his baby girl croon. We spoke to Jerry about his daughter Jaqui ... who's making some real noise in the world of R&B and just dropped a brand new video for her song "Beautiful" that's heating up YouTube.
- 11/1/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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