Let’s look at a preview of what will be hitting theaters this month. The upcoming films are the gothic horror film L'orto americano (March 6) by Pupi Avati and the horror film The Monkey (March 20) by Osgood Perkins.
Below is more info about each release.
March 6: L’orto americano
Directed by Pupi Avati (La casa dalle finestre che ridono, Zeder), the gothic horror film L’orto americano will hit italian theaters on March 6 distributed by 01 Distribution.
L’orto americano is a Duea Film, Minerva Pictures with Rai Cinema production, produced by Antonio Avati, Gianluca Curti and Santo Versace.
Synopsis: in Bologna, at the time of the Liberation, a troubled young man falls in love with a beautiful american nurse. The following year, in the American Midwest, he goes to live in a house adjoining his beloved's, separated only by a nefarious vegetable garden. There lives her elderly mother, who hasn't heard from her daughter since the end of the war, leading the man to embark on a tense search for the girl.
The film stars Filippo Scotti, Roberto De Francesco, Armando De Ceccon, ChiaraCaselli, Rita Tushingham, Massimo Bonetti, Morena Gentile, Mildred Gustafsson, and Romano Reggiani.
The Italian trailer:
March 20: The Monkey
Produced by James Wan, The Monkey is written and directed by Osgood Perkins, the director of Gretel and Hansel and Longlegs.
The film is the adaptation of Stephen King's short story of the same name and will hit italian theaters on March 20.
"The Monkey" is a horror short story published in King's collection "Skeleton Crew" in 1985 and was inspired by a cymbal-banging monkey toy from a street vendor.
Plot: When twin brothers Hal and Bill find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths begin to occur.
The two brothers decide to throw the toy away, but years later, the mysterious deaths begin again.
The cast includes Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood (Maniac), Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends), and Sarah Levy.
The Italian trailer:
