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The Awakening

2026

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An elite military unit on a mission in the South American jungle encounters a deadly supernatural force revealing an ancient presence that continues to claim anyone who dares enter its domain.

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Patrick Drury

Patrick Drury is a character actor best known for playing shopkeeper John O'Leary in the Channel 4 television comedy Father Ted. His film credits include the horror movie The Awakening (1980) starring Charlton Heston, and the 1984 comedy Laughterhouse (also known as Singleton's Pluck) with Ian Holm. He was previously married to actress Caroline Langrishe.

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Nick Murphy

Nick Murphy is a British film director and television director. He is best known for directing the films The Awakening and Blood. He has directed episodes of the television series Prey, The Last Kingdom, A Christmas Carol and the docudramas How Art Made the World, Surviving Disaster, Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire and Heroes and Villains. He also wrote the episodes for all the docudramas he directed.

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Denice Duff

Denice Duff was born on July 1, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Subspecies: The Awakening (1998), Bloodstone: Subspecies II(1993) and Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994). She is married to Michael Duff. They have one child.

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Indiana Evans

Indiana Rose Evans (born 27 July 1990) is an Australian actress, singer and songwriter, known for her roles in Home and Away as Matilda Hunter, H2O: Just Add Water as Bella Hartley, and Blue Lagoon: The Awakening as Emmaline Robinson.

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Robert M. Schoch

Cast · Known for Ancient Aliens

Robert Schoch was born on 30 March 1957 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is known for Riddle of the Sphinx: The Awakening (2021), Quest for the Lost Civilization (1998) and The Pyramid Code (2009).

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Ishia Bennison

Ishia Bennison is a British actress, best known for her television appearances, although she is also a veteran stage actress. Bennison is originally from Hull in Yorkshire. One of her earliest roles was playing a nurse in the 1980 Charlton Heston film, The Awakening. She also had roles in the television drama The Chinese Detective (1981) and she played Ruth Lieberman in the BBC drama Kessler (1981). Other notable television credits include Bergerac (1981) and playing Ursula in a BBC Television Shakespeare adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing (1984). In 1985 Bennison became a household name whilst playing Guizin Osman, the long-suffering wife of the womanising Turkish Cypriot, Mehmet (Haluk Bilginer), in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She remained in the role until 1989. Bennison has "mixed memories" about her role in EastEnders, commenting in 2003: "it was the start of the soap and the fame was very instant for everybody. You're in everybody's front room and everyone feels they own a bit of you. I'll never forget having to sign people's sickbags on the hovercraft to France. My daughter wouldn't walk down the street with me at the time. She would stay 10 paces behind. I still get recognised from EastEnders. I can't believe it." Other television credits include The Storyteller (1988); The Bill (1988); playing Denise Skidmore in the popular ITV drama At Home with the Braithwaites (2000); Mrs. Mawdsley in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street (2000); Holby City (2000); playing Cath Foxton in Burnside, the spin-off to The Bill (2000, 2001); Casualty (2006) and Hollyoaks: In the City. In 2004 she starred in the Doctor Who audio series Dalek Empire III and in January 2007 she joined the cast of the successful ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, playing Jackie Stiles — mother of vet receptionist Jo Stiles. She also played the character of 'Doris' in two episodes of the CBBC series, Little Howard's Big Question. She played Joyce, a civilian employee at the police station, in the 2014 crime drama Happy Valley. Bennison has had numerous roles on stage, including Mistress Overdone in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production Measure For Measure, which played at the Theatre Royal in 2003. She also appeared at the Playhouse as the Queen in The Tragedy of Cymbeline (2003). Bennison's previous Shakespearean roles have been with the company Northern Broadsides, which "specialises in performing classical plays in north country accents"Seen at Chesterfield's Pomegranate Theatre when she toured with Bill Simpson (Dr. Finlay in TV's Dr. Finlay's Casebook) in 'Educating Rita' - he was the known name (to me) and she stole the show.

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Bella Thorne

Annabella Avery Thorne (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, director, singer, and model. She played Ruthy Spivey in the television series My Own Worst Enemy (2008) and Tancy Henrickson in the fourth season of Big Love (2010), before gaining prominence for her role as CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series Shake It Up (2010–2013). She also portrayed Paige Townsen in the Freeform drama series Famous in Love (2017–2018). She has appeared in 38 feature films, including Blended (2014), The DUFF (2015), Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015), You Get Me (2017), Amityville: The Awakening (2017), The Babysitter (2017), Midnight Sun (2018), Assassination Nation (2018), and Infamous (2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bella Thorne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Rebecca Hall

Cast · Known for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Godzilla vs. Kong, Iron Man 3

Rebecca Maria Hall (born May 3, 1982) is an English actress and filmmaker. She made her first onscreen appearance at age 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn, directed by her father, Sir Peter Hall. Her professional stage debut came in her father's 2002 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, which earned her the Ian Charleson Award. In 2006, following her film debut in Starter for 10, Hall got her breakthrough role in Christopher Nolan's thriller film The Prestige. In 2008, she starred as Vicky in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Hall then appeared in a wide array of films, including Ron Howard's historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008), Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town (2010), the horror thriller The Awakening (2011), the superhero film Iron Man 3 (2013), the science fiction film Transcendence (2014), the psychological thriller The Gift (2015), the live-action/CGI fantasy adventure film The BFG (2016), the biographical drama Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) and the monster film Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). In 2016, Hall was praised by critics for her portrayal of news reporter Christine Chubbuck in the biographical drama Christine. She made her directorial debut with Passing (2021), receiving critical acclaim. Hall has also made several notable appearances on British television. She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2009 Channel 4 miniseries Red Riding: 1974. In 2013, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her performance in BBC Two's Parade's End. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rebecca Hall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Sean Frye

Cast · Known for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Sean Frye was born in Hollywood to an American actor and an Irish native. Pushed into child labor (commercial television) at age 6, Frye was already studying with Mr. Lee Strasberg at The Actors Studio in Hollywood by age 9. Frye was eventually spotted in a Crest toothpaste commercial by director Ted Kotcheff and landed the role (sight unseen) of son Billy in the 1977 film "Fun with Dick and Jane." Father Virgil Frye (1930-2012) met caterer Sondra Peluce on the set of one of Frye's commercial television film shoots for M&M Candies, and his sister (actress, Soleil Moon Frye) was born soon thereafter. Frye "introduced" Soleil to his talent agency Herb Tannen & Associates and sister Soleil went on to much greater success. Sean Frye co-starred in long running stage productions of "The Petrified Man" opposite Marian Mercer, La MaMa Theater's "Skyjack '76, Entebbe" (Drama Critics Circle Award winner), and the madcap comedy "Crazy Marriage." Frye co-starred as Elizabeth Montgomery's son in two consecutive TV productions ("The Awakening Land" and "Act of Violence") and also portrayed Melissa Gilbert's very first love interest on "Little House on the Prairie." Best remembered as co-star Steve in the blockbuster classic "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), Frye was a world traveler by age 14. Briefly married to Rita Trinidad in 1987, Frye retired from the film industry in 1988, entering into social work following the death of two very close friends. In 1993 Frye met his spouse (retired army veteran Michael Alexander) when Alexander issued Frye a parking ticket in West Hollywood. The couple adopted their infant son (and center of their universe), Logan Frye Alexander, in 2003 and proceeded to live happily ever after. IMDb Mini Biography By: [email protected]

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Brenton Thwaites

Cast · Known for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Brenton Thwaites (born 10 August 1989) is an Australian actor. Beginning his career in his home country in 2011, he had a starring role on the series Slide and later appeared on the soap opera Home and Away. Since moving to the United States, Thwaites has had major roles in the films Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012), Oculus (2013), The Giver (2014), Gods of Egypt (2016), and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). He starred as Dick Grayson / Robin / Nightwing in the DC Universe / HBO Max series Titans from 2018 to 2023.

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Aimee Carrero

Cast · Known for Critical Role

Aimee Carrero (born July 15, 1988 in Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic) was raised in Miami, Florida. She attended the Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School and graduated in 2006. Aimee first began her professional acting career in 2007. Holding a strong base for television appearances, Aimee's credits include work on Hannah Montana (2006), Lincoln Heights (2006), and The Mentalist (2008). She made her first major film credit in the form of the animated comedy Ο Άλβιν και η παρέα του 2 (2009). Aimee Carrero is best recognized for her major film role in the television movie Level Up (2011). The film premiered on November 23, 2011 and subsequently spawned a series by the same name Level Up (2012) the following year. Aimee reprised her film role of spirited teenager Angie Prietto and rejoined her original cast mates on further adventures inside and outside the series' online video game of 'Maldark: Conqueror of All Worlds'. These adventures serve as the premise on which the series continues and airs on the Cartoon Network, the same channel on which the film debuted. Her second film venture was made in 2012 with the television film Blue Lagoon: The Awakening(2012), starring Indiana Evans, Brenton Thwaites and Denise Richards. Since 2009, she is a resident of Los Angeles, California.

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Helena Mattsson

Helena Mattsson (born 30 March 1984) is a Swedish actress living and working in Hollywood. Mattsson was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, had roles early on in Wild Side Story and other cabarets there, and moved at a young age to London, England, to attend theatre school. When she was 19 years old she moved to Hollywood. Her first role was in a short-lived TV series called Sweden, Ohio in 2004. In 2007 she starred in Species: The Awakening, and has been cast in the film You and I. Mattsson also appeared in the music video of Primal Scream's "Country Girl" in 2006. She appeared in the Touchstone Pictures film Surrogates and also in three episodes of the ABC series Desperate Housewives as Irina and in three episodes of Nikita as Cassandra Ovechkin. She played Alexis Blume in the TV series 666 Park Avenue.

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Dianne Crittenden

Casting · Known for Star Wars

Dianne Crittenden (August 6, 1941–March 20, 2024) was an American casting director. Crittenden was born in Jamaica, Queens, on August 6, 1941. She graduated from Baldwin High School and Hofstra University. She started her career as an elementary school teacher. Collaborating with Howard Zieff, Crittenden ventured into film and television. She was his casting director for Hearts of the West (1975) and The Main Event (1979). Her casting career lasted more than forty years. Crittenden served as head of casting at Marble Arch Productions and Warner Bros. Crittenden's film credits include The In-Laws, Lucky Lady (1975), Going in Style (1979), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Monkey Shines (1988), Murphy’s Romance (1985), Stanley & Iris (1990), Thirteen Days (2000), and The World’s Fastest Indian (2005); The Mosquito Coast (1986); Green Card (1990); [2] The Thin Red Line; On Golden Pond; Witness; Badlands; Oh! God; Howard the Duck; Wise Guys; and Spiderman 2; along with Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, Days of Heaven, and Pretty Woman. Her television credits include The Awakening Land, Sybil, and The New Dick Van Dyke Show. She was nominated for a CSA Artios Award for Witness.[3] Crittenden also worked in casting in Harry and Tonto (1974), The Day of the Locust (1975), and A Star Is Born (1976). She also had bit roles in three films, including Crocodile Dundee II. Crittenden's final film credit as casting director was The Little Boy (2015). Crittenden was married to George Drabek, who died in 2023. She had one stepdaughter. Crittenden died at her home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on March 20, 2024, at age 82. She had suffered from cancer prior to her death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Crittenden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Rope Curse 4: Kuntilanak

2026

MysteryThrillerHorror

A forbidden exorcism is livestreamed in Indonesia, awakening the legendary female spirit Kuntilanak. What begins as an online spectacle quickly turns deadly. In Taiwan, Mila watches the ritual—and becomes the curse’s first victim. Soon, mysterious deaths and violent possessions follow. When Yulan collapses and is found to have lost part of her soul, it becomes clear that this is not an isolated incident, but a transnational curse. Seeking answers, Mila’s son returns her ashes to Indonesia, hoping to uncover the truth behind her death. Instead, he steps into a nightmare rooted in ancient folklore and unresolved hatred. As supernatural violence escalates, the group realizes that once Kuntilanak is summoned, the curse will not stop—until it claims everything in its path.

The Rope Curse 4: Kuntilanak

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A forbidden exorcism is livestreamed in Indonesia, awakening the legendary female spirit Kuntilanak. What begins as an online spectacle quickly turns deadly. In Taiwan, Mila watches the ritual—and becomes the curse’s first victim. Soon, mysterious deaths and violent possessions follow. When Yulan collapses and is found to have lost part of her soul, it becomes clear that this is not an isolated incident, but a transnational curse. Seeking answers, Mila’s son returns her ashes to Indonesia, hoping to uncover the truth behind her death. Instead, he steps into a nightmare rooted in ancient folklore and unresolved hatred. As supernatural violence escalates, the group realizes that once Kuntilanak is summoned, the curse will not stop—until it claims everything in its path.

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Juliet Prew

Juliet Prew is an Actress known for Toxica (2022), The Circle: Awakening and Ted Lasso (2020). Juliet studied at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

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Angus Strathie

Costume Design · Known for Deadpool

Angus Strathie has had a long professional career in costume design. A friend and longtime colleague of Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, one of his earliest projects was the cult favourite Strictly Ballroom, a romantic comedy produced in 1992. Strathie went on to design the costumes for a TV production of the famous Puccini opera La Boheme before his work on the famous Moulin Rouge! an achievement that won him an Oscar in 2001 for Best Costume Design. The catsuit, in Catwoman 2004, was designed by Academy Award-winning costume designer Angus Strathie together with Halle Berry, director Pitof, and the producers. Strathie explained, "We wanted a very reality-based wardrobe to show the progression from demure, repressed Patience to the sensual awakening of a sexy warrior goddess."

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Camryn Manheim

Cast · Known for The Practice, Ghost Whisperer

Camryn Manheim (born Debra Frances Manheim, March 8, 1961) is an American actress known for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's The Practice, Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer, Gladys Presley in the 2005 miniseries Elvis, and "Control" on Person of Interest. In 1999, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Practice, and she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award. In 2005, she earned Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her work in the miniseries Elvis. Her breakthrough was her one-woman show "Wake Up, I'm Fat", which played off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company in 1994. She adapted the show into a book of the same name, which was published by Broadway Books in 1999. She worked for a while as a sign language interpreter at hospitals. Her knowledge of sign language was used on The Practice, in an episode of Law & Order, and in her role as a child behavioral psychologist in the movie Mercury Rising. In 2015, Manheim was in the Deaf West production of the musical Spring Awakening as Adult Women. The production, which had a cast composed half of hearing actors and half of deaf or hard-of-hearing actors, paired every deaf actor (who signed their lines in American Sign Language) with a hearing actor who said their lines verbally. Manheim voiced for deaf actress Marlee Matlin as well as signing her own dialogue in the parts of Frau Bergmann, Fräulein Großebüstenhalter, and Fräulein Knuppeldick. Her other television credits include Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Family Guy, Will & Grace, Boston Public, Two and a Half Men, The L Word, How I Met Your Mother, and Hannah Montana. Since 2022, she has been part of the main cast of the revival of Law & Order. Her film credits include Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Laramie Project, Scary Movie 3, Dark Water, and An Unfinished Life. In August 2019, she was elected secretary-treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA union. Manheim was elected to the secretary-treasurer position. She did not run for reelection in 2021, and was succeeded by Joely Fisher.

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Jonathan Penner

Jonathan Lindsay Penner is an American actor, writer and film producer known for starring in The Last Supper and the television series Rude Awakening and The Naked Truth, as well as for appearing on the television show Survivor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jonathan Penner,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Kristen Holden-Ried

Cast · Known for The Tudors

Kristen Holden-Ried (born 1 August 1973) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles as William Compton in the Showtime series The Tudors, Dyson in the Syfy series Lost Girl, and Quint Lane in the film Underworld: Awakening. Holden-Ried was born in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, in 1973. He studied at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business, but he ultimately decided to pursue a career in acting. Holden-Ried made his acting debut in 1995, with a starring role in the television movie Young Ivanhoe. He went on to appear in several other television movies and television series, including The Outer Limits, The Dead Zone, and Smallville. In 2007, Holden-Ried was cast as William Compton in the Showtime series The Tudors. He appeared in the first seven episodes of the series, and his performance was praised by critics. In 2010, Holden-Ried was cast as Dyson in the Syfy series Lost Girl. He appeared in all five seasons of the series, and his performance was one of the most popular aspects of the show. In 2012, Holden-Ried played Quint Lane in the film Underworld: Awakening. He reprised the role in the 2016 film Underworld: Blood Wars. Holden-Ried is also a voice actor. He has voiced characters in several animated television series and video games, including Captain Canuck, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, and The Legend of Korra. Holden-Ried is married to actress Erin Krakow. They have two children.

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Remy Zaken

Remy Zaken (born May 9, 1989) is an American stage and television actress best known for being one of the youngest cast members in the Original Broadway production of Spring Awakening at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, playing the role of Thea. Zaken received a BA in psychology from Columbia University, after having deferred for a year in order to perform in Spring Awakening.

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Gideon Glick

Gideon Glick (born June 6, 1988) is an American actor. His Broadway work includes the role of Ernst in the musical Spring Awakening, Jimmy-6 in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Jordan Berman in Significant Other, and most recently Dill Harris in Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. His film and TV work includes Ocean's 8, The Detour, Devious Maids, and Alfie in the fourth season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

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Gavin Warren

Gavin Warren was born in Houston, Texas in 2008, the youngest son of a family of five. As a child he played the piano and did gymnastics before, inspired by Adam Sandler, he decided he wanted to become an actor. In 2015, Warren won an acting and modeling competition, after which he was accepted into a local artist agency. This was followed by his first roles in the short film Two Wongs Make a White and in the film drama Back Roads, before Warren was seen in Damien Chazelle's film biography Awakening to the Moon alongside Ryan Gosling in 2018. In order to focus on his acting career, Warren switched from public school to home schooling. In subsequent years, he made guest appearances in the television series Daybreak and NCIS: New Orleans, while he took on supporting roles in the films Mack (2019), A Hard Problem (2021) and 12 Mighty Orphans (2021). In 2023 he appeared in the eighth season of the horror series Fear the Walking Dead before playing a leading role in the horror film Night Swim the following year. His other announced film projects include the thrillers The Descendant and Geechee, the drama film Unbreakable Boy and the crime film The Man in the White Van. Warren lives in Katy, Texas. IMDb mini bio by; yusufpiskin