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'Clayface' and 6 other upcoming horror movies

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Horror aficionados can catch "Clayface," DC's first R-rated horror movie, in time for Halloween or wait for 6 of these upcoming titles.

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  1. Box Office: ‘Clayface’ Makes $3.5 Million in Previews

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    'Clayface' and 6 other upcoming horror movies

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  1. Variety

    Will ‘You Can See Everything’ Beat DC’s ‘Clayface’ at the Box Office? (opens Variety)

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    Just a week ago, “Clayface” was expected to easily top the box office, with opening weekend projections of $25 million to $35 million from 3,400 North American theaters. (Rivals suggest a slightly softer debut around $22 million to $28 million). Now, Warner Bros.

  2. Breitbart News

    Nolte: ‘Clayface’ Looks Like Another James Gunn DC Disappointment (opens Breitbart News)

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    "Clayface" has drawn tepid reviews and box-office tracking that makes "Supergirl" look like a monster hit.

  3. New York Post

    Is the ‘Clayface’ Movie Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video or HBO Max? (opens New York Post)

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    Get ready for gruesome body horror.

  4. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘Clayface’ Aims to Give DC Studios a Box Office Win as ‘You Can See Everything’ Stays Strong (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    Also debuting this weekend are 'Wildwood,' 'Klara and the Sun,' 'Wicker' and 'Ali G: Who Iz I?'

  5. Deadline

    ‘Clayface’ Cashing In $3.5M+ Thursday Previews – Box Office (opens Deadline)

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    EXCLUSIVE: Peter Safran and James Gunn’s DC entree into lower budget genre movies, Clayface, is off to a solid start in previews tonight with an estimated $3.5M, if not more. Domestic weekend forecasts are between $20M-$25M, which if that occurs, would deliver the newly combined Paramount-Warner Bro…

  6. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Movie review: 'Clayface' a doomed romance with body horror trappings (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    In order to find the best comparison to “Clayface” — the new Warner Bros. DC Universe installment — we have to go back to 1990, to Sam Raimi’s “Darkman,” starring Liam Neeson. Both films are about men who are attacked…

  7. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    ‘Clayface’ arrives as a pretty good R-rated revenge thriller-horror romance (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    The DC film follows a disfigured actor who becomes a shape-shifting villain after an experimental stem cell treatment, blending revenge thriller and body horror elements.

  8. UPI

    'Clayface' and 6 other upcoming horror movies (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Horror aficionados can catch "Clayface," DC's first R-rated horror movie, in time for Halloween or wait for 6 of these upcoming titles.

  9. Inverse

    'Clayface' Ending Explained: Is This A Villain Origin Story, Or A Tragic Romance? (opens Inverse)

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    'Clayface' might be DC's first full-on horror movie, but its titular villain think he's in a romantic comedy.

  10. Toledo Blade

    Review: 'Clayface' arrives as a pretty good R-rated revenge thriller-horror romance (opens Toledo Blade)

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    Someone rather bluntly popped up on X recently to ask Hollywood writer-producer James Gunn a pointed — and here sanitized — question: “Who asked for a Clayface movie??”

  11. Forbes

    ‘Clayface’ Sets A DCU Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Record (opens Forbes)

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    'Clayface' is racking up high audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes, so high that it has set a record for the DCU, and for a class of comic book movies in general.

  12. New York Post

    ‘Clayface’ director James Watkins reveals if his titular villain could beat Batman in Pushy Questions (opens New York Post)

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    The Warner Bros. release is lean (with a $44 million budget) and mean (think eyelids torn apart with pliers!).

  13. Variety

    Box Office: ‘Clayface’ Makes $3.5 Million in Previews (opens Variety)

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    One of Batman’s creepiest villains is descending upon the box office this weekend. Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ “Clayface” made $3.5 million in Thursday previews at the box office, and it’ll face some tough competition from the buzzy Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” from A24.

  14. KGET Bakersfield

    ‘Clayface’ makes scary switch from superhero genre (opens KGET Bakersfield)

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    BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- It is understandable that the executives with DC Comics and Warner Bros opted to go in a new direction with their latest offering, “Clayface.” It technically counts as a superhero movie considering that the character of Clayface has been a part of Batman’s rogues galler…

  15. Our Quad Cities

    Cook review: 'Clayface' is more than a DC villain movie: It's body horror and drama (opens Our Quad Cities)

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    The third part of the new DC Universe is dark, grim, bloody ... and one of the best scripts of the year. First came the enjoyable "Superman," and then the so-so "Supergirl." Now the third time is the charm with "Clayface," an origin story of a villain that's also a smart body-horror drama.

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