Hollywood Suite is proud to be broadcasting INTO THE DARK, sure to delight Horror fans! The 24-episode Film Anthology features a star-studded Cast, told at the length of feature films.

Synopsis:

With 24 terrifying tales from a broad selection of genre filmmakers, creators and actors, each film features Blumhouse’s signature spin on a holiday story. From Valentine’s Day, to Mother’s Day and even Pet Appreciation Week – viewers can celebrate the horrors of the holidays all year long.

“We are thrilled to be the exclusive home of Into the Dark in Canada. We’re big fans of Blumhouse, a true leader in producing premium horror films like Get Out, Paranormal Activity and The Purge,“ said Sharon Stevens, Vice President, Programming at Hollywood Suite. “We’re honoured to bring this 24-film anthology to Hollywood Suite for a full year of fear.”

“Into the Dark has thrilled and delighted genre and horror-fans here in the U.S., and we’re excited that our neighbors to the North will now be able to enjoy the series too,” said Jeremy Gold, President of Production Blumhouse Television.

Into the Dark features a star-studded cast across all 24 feature length episodes, including Jimmi Simpson (Westworld), Judy Greer (Halloween Kills), Steve Guttenberg (Three Men and a Baby), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex Girlfriend), Will Wheaton (Stand By Me), Lukas Gage (The White Lotus), and Samantha Mathis (American Psycho).

The critically-acclaimed anthology features directors including Nacho Vigalondo (Colossal), Chelsea Stardust (Satanic Panic), Gigi Saul Guerrero (Bingo Hell), Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine 2009), Marcus Dunstan (The Collector), Sophia Takal (Black Christmas 2019), and Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead).

INTO THE DARK premieres February 14, 2022 at 9pm on Hollywood Suite with back-to-back premieres of DOWN and MY VALENTINE. Two new holiday-theme films arrive each month till the end of 2022.

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It’s the Holidays at Hollywood Suite and to celebrate, you will be getting a free preview December 1, 2021 through January 5, 2022! They’ve got an amazing line-up of Movies and Series for you to enjoy so you’ll be plenty busy this Holiday Season. All you need to do is tune-in!

As announced previously HBO Max‘s GOMORRAH will be coming soon to to Hollywood Suite, but they also have a great mix of original programming and classics as well!

GOMORRAH
Based on Roberto Saviano’s bestselling book, the gritty Naples-set crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra. More popular than Game of Thrones in its native Italy, the award-winning series set a new standard for Italian television following its debut in 2014, and has gone on to receive widespread acclaim from both viewers and critics alike. To date, the series has been shown in over 190 territories worldwide, with The New York Times rating it in the top five of the top 30 international shows of the past decade.
Seasons 1–3 will premiere On Demand December 1 with 36 episodes, followed by the Gomorrah feature film The Immortal, and seasons 4 and 5 in the new year.

WHO MADE THE LIST?
The holidays wouldn’t be the same without Hollywood Suite gifting viewers with a little bit of sugar and spice. Much like a box of chocolates, there’s something for everyone on the Naughty and Nice Lists! Available on Hollywood Suite this December:

The Nice List … fun for the whole family!

The Bad News Bears (1976)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Legend (1985)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Babes in Toyland (1986)
Prancer (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
A League of Their Own (1992)
The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)
Jumanji (1995)
Harriet the Spy (1996)
Mousehunt (1997)
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black II (2002)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Love Actually (2003)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
The Holiday (2006)
Son of Rambow (2007)
The Flight Before Christmas (2008)
Four Christmases (2008)
Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage (2008)
The Green Hornet (2011)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
About Time (2014)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
The Little Prince (2015)
Wonder (2017)

The Naughty List … for the love of the anti-hero!

Citizen Kane (1941)
Ocean’s 11 (1960)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Italian Job (1969)
Dirty Harry (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1972)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
California Split (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Falling Down (1993)
American Psycho (2000)
Kill Bill, Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill, Vol. 2 (2004)
In Bruges (2008)
Drive (2012)
Looper (2012)
Nightcrawler (2014)

A YEAR IN FILM SEASON 3 

The Hollywood Suite original documentary series A Year in Film explores how movies reflect the events, mood, politics, and culture of their time. This latest season covers the years 1971, 1980, 1997 and 2005 and features appearances by filmmakers and experts, including Atom Egoyan, Norm Wilner, Andrea Subissati, Eastern Yoo, Robyn Citizen, Emily Gagne, Becky Shrimpton, Adam Nayman, Radheyan Simonpillai, and Charlotte Mickie.  
 
Episodes will be released on Sundays at 9pm ET kicking off on December 5. After you watch the new episodes, listen to A Year in Film podcast to learn about the years featured in the series.

A Year in Film: 1971 – Premiering December 5, 2021 at 9pm ET

Henry and Henrietta. Harry Callahan. Popeye Doyle. John Shaft. Bree Daniels. The year was 1971 and two up-and-coming auteurs named George Lucas (THX-1138) and Steven Spielberg (Duel) burst onto the scene with their first feature films.

Films featured: Duel, THX-1138, A New Leaf, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Klute, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Mon Oncle Antoine, Dirty Harry, The French Connection, Shaft, A Clockwork Orange, and The Last Picture Show.

A Year in Film: 1980 – Premiering December 12, 2021 at 9pm ET

John Merrick. Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker. Jack Lamotta. Jason Voorhees. This was not only a year of some of the most memorable characters in film, it was also the year when Post-It Notes were invented. A pretty great year.

Films featured: The Empire Strikes Back, Raging Bull, The Elephant Man, The Shining, Friday the 13th, The Changeling, Atlantic City, Airplane, 9 to 5, Little Darlings, Popeye, Heaven’s Gate, and Ordinary People.

A Year in Film: 1997 – Premiering December 19, 2021 at 9pm ET

Jack and Rose. Rollergirl. Dirk Diggler. Jay and Kay. Austin Powers. So many iconic characters, all in one epic year of cinema.

Films featured: Jackie Brown, Eve’s Bayou, Boogie Nights, Men in Black. Starship Troopers, Selena, Anaconda, U-Turn, Lost Highway, LA Confidential, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Cube, The Sweet Hereafter, and Titanic.

A Year in Film: 2005 – Premiering December 26, 2021 at 9pm ET

Shug and Dejay. Bruce Wayne. Mamma Mia and The Lion King lit up Broadway, YouTube and Reddit were born, and we definitely did NOT wish we could quit this exceptional year of movies.

Films featured:  Batman Begins, Sin City, A History of Violence, Brokeback Mountain, C.R.A.Z.Y., Water, Where the Truth Lies, Junebug, The Squid and the Whale, Hustle & Flow, Munich, and War of the Worlds.

Acclaimed high-end Italian Drama series GOMORRAH is set to debut in Canada on Hollywood Suite with the first three seasons arriving next month, a total 36 episodes, followed by the Gomorrah feature film The Immortal and seasons 4 and 5 in the new year. The Series is distributed in the U.S. by HBO Max.

Synopsis:

Based on Roberto Saviano’s bestselling book, the gritty Naples-set crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra. More popular than Game of Thrones in its native Italy, the award-winning series set a new standard for Italian television following its debut in 2014, and has gone on to receive widespread acclaim from both viewers and critics alike. To date, the series has been shown in over 190 territories worldwide, with The New York Times rating it in the top five of the top 30 international shows of the past decade.

GOMORRAH seasons 1-3 broadcast on Hollywood Suite beginning December 6, 2021, with new episodes airing weekly on Mondays at 9pm ET. Seasons 4 and 5 will come to Hollywood Suite in early 2022, along with the feature film The Immortal and documentary special The Gomorrah Files.

Hollywood Suite is celebrating the career of Canadian Filmmaking icon Norman Jewison later this month, November 19-21, 2021. His Films have garnered home 12 Oscars and six of his films can be seen again!

The celebration will kick off on November 19, 2021 with The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966) at 9pm ET, followed by 1967’s groundbreaking In The Heat of The Night starring Sidney Poitier at 11:10pm ET, both on Hollywood Suite’s 70s channel. 

On November 20 at 9pm ET, Hollywood Suite’s 80s channel will feature Best Friends (1982), starring Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn, followed by A Soldier’s Story (1984)at 10:55pm. You can catch Cher’s Oscar-winning performance in 1987’s Moonstruck at 9pm ET on November 21 on Hollywood Suite’s 80s channel before hopping over to the 90s channel at 10:45pm ET to be swept away in the 1994 romance Only You, which stars Robert Downey Jr. and Marisa Tomei.

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Hollywood Suite will be honouring the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. A special selection of programming centering on Indigenous stories will be available on the 2000s channel.

Additional details:

Programming begins on September 29 with the premiere of Darlene Naponse’s award-winning film Falls Around Her (2018), following a world-famous Anishinaabe musician (Tantoo Cardinal) who leaves everything behind to return to her reservation to live alone. September 30 kicks off with Indian Horse (2017) an adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, which sheds light on the dark history of Indigenous Residential Schools; Stream Me (2020) which explores the story of a teenage girl from rural Nova Scotia who overcomes her insecurities by thriving in the world of online streaming, and After The Last River (2015) which documents a remote community which lurches from crisis to crisis as their homeland transforms into a modern frontier. 

The full day of programming also includes The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw (2019), chronicling a woman who reluctantly returns to her isolated reserve to help her father care for her bitter mother; writer-director Jeff Barnaby’s Canadian Screen Award-nominated film Rhymes for Young Ghouls (2013); and Atanarjuat (2001), which sees an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in a community. In addition to this broadcast lineup, viewers can revisit Shirley Cheechoo’s stirring feature Bearwalker (2001) on demand in both September and October. 

Hollywood Suite will also air two specials: Every Child Matters: Reconciliation Through Education (2020) on September 30 and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (in partnership with APTN, CBC/Radio-Canada, Insight Productions and Canadian Heritage) on October 1. 

Line-up:

September 29

7:20 PM   Falls Around Her

September 30

8:10 AM           Indian Horse
9:55 AM           Stream Me
11:20 AM          After The Last River
12:55 PM         The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw
2:35 PM           Indian Horse
4:20 PM           Falls Around Her
6:00 PM           Every Child Matters: Reconciliation Through Education
7:30 PM           Rhymes for Young Ghouls
9:00 PM           Atanarjuat

October 1 8:00 PM           National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Special (2021)

With the REELWORLD Film Festival coming October 20-27, 2021, Hollywood Suite and staff from the Festival team-up to take-over four of the Network’s programming September 29-30, 2021.

September 29, 2021

Safia Abdigir’s selections:

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Buck & The Preacher (1972) 
Rashomon (1950) 

Hannah Yohannes’s selections:

Do the Right Thing (1989)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Glory (1989)

Alison Cosgrove’s selections:
Double Happiness (1994)
Prey  (1995)

Pahull Bains’s selections: 

The Lunchbox (2013)
The Big Sick (2017)
In the Mood for Love (2000)

September 30, 2021

Hannah Yohannes’s selection:

Rocky (1976)

Pahull Bains’s selection:

Withnail and I (1987)

Alison Cosgrove’s selections:
A Rage In Harlem (1991)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Safia Abdigir’s selections:
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Children of Men (2006)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) 

Get your tickets now for the REELWORLD Film Festival here.

David Cronenberg stars in S4 of SLASHER: FLESH & BLOOD which will air exclusively in Canada on Hollywood Suite. The new Season which consists of eight episodes, features returning Cast: Paula Brancati (Dark Oracle), Jefferson Brown (Carrie), Patrice Goodman (Sunnyside), Sabrina Grdevich (A. I. Artificial Intelligence), and Christopher Jacot (Going the Distance). Joining the cast this season are Rachael Crawford (Heartland), Jeananne Goossen (The Walking Dead), Sydney Meyer (Departure) and Alex Ozerov (The Americans).

S4 centers on a wealthy, dysfunctional family that gathers for a reunion on a secluded island only to learn they will be pitted against one another in a cruel game of life and death, all while being stalked by a mysterious masked killer.

Two new episodes air 9 PM ET every Monday in October 2021, only on Hollywood Suite.

Hollywood Suite also presents SHOCKTOBER with a wide array of Horror classics available via On-Demand. The list includes:

• Eyes Without a Face (1960)
• Psycho (1960)
• The Birds (1963)
• The Last Man on Earth (1964)
• Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
• The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen Before (1973)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• House (1977)
• Suspiria (1977)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
• Dracula (1979)
• Friday the 13th (1980)
• Inferno (1980)
• An American Werewolf in London (1981)
• My Bloody Valentine (1981)
• The Hand (1981)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Fright Night (1985)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1985)
• Chopping Mall (1986)
• Evil Dead II (1987)
• Near Dark (1987)
• The Lost Boys (1987)
• Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1989)
• Army of Darkness (1992)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
• Scream (1996)
• The Craft (1996)
• Anaconda (1997)
• Event Horizon (1997)
• Scream 2 (1997)
• Bride of Chucky (1998)
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
• Phantoms (1998)
• The Faculty (1998)
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Scream 3 (2000)
• Identity (2003)
• Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)
• George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead (2009)
• Insidious (2010)
• Scream 4 (2011)
• The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
• mother! (2017)
• The Retreat (2021)
• A Taste of Blood (2021)  

Also available On Demand as part of the Thrillers and Chillers collection:

• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• It Came from Outer Space (1953)
• Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)
• Don’t Look Now (1973)
• Family Plot (1976)
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1977)
• Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
• Cutter’s Way (1981)
• Special Effects (1984)
• Aliens (1986)
• Manhunter (1986)
• Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
• Misery (1990)
• Cape Fear (1991)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Raising Cain (1992)
• Alien 3 (1992)
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Mimic (1997)
• Dark City (1998)
• The Bone Collector (1999)
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Underworld (2003)
• Sin City (2005)
• Constantine (2005)
• Let the Right One In (2008)
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
• Underworld Awakening (2012)
• Green Room (2015)
• Don’t Breathe (2016)
• Faking a Murderer (2020)

Metric fans will delight that they soon will be able to see their Documentary METRIC: DREAMS SO REAL on Hollywood Suite! The Film documents their 2016 sold-out world tour.

The Documentary captures the Canadian rock group’s last live performance of a sold-out world tour in Vancouver, BC back in 2016. Recorded by 26 cameras, and audio mixed by multi-GRAMMY winner David Bottrill, the film features fan favourites over five of the band’s albums including indelible hits “Breathing Underwater”, “Gold Guns Girls” and “Help I’m Alive”.

For you Music Lovers, Hollywood Suite‘s got plenty of content for you September 2021 including:

September 1 Bandar Band, Dirty Dancing, La Bamba, Singles 

September 2 Metric: Dreams So Real, The Wrecking Crew!

September 4 Don’t Look Back, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

September 6 The Last Days Of Disco, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Xanadu, Fame, Divine Madness, Muriel’s Wedding, Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Pitch Perfect, 20 Feet From Stardom 

September 7 Control 

September 8 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Buddy Holly Story 

September 9 Elvis on Tour, King Creole, Blue Hawaii 

September 10 Jailhouse Rock, Viva Las Vegas, Love Me Tender

September 13 Jimi Hendrix, Carmen Jones, The Girl Can’t Help It, Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo, Purple Rain, Sign O’The Times, Prince: Rave UN2 The Year 2000, The Five Heartbeats, Selena, Gerry, Sing Street, Kinky Boots, Soul Power  September 17 Little Voice, The Blues Brothers

September 20 Cover Girl, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Ladies and Gentlemen: The    Fabulous Stains, Urgh! A Music War, The Decline of Western Civilization, Paul Simon: Concert in the Park, Backbeat, Swingers, Almost Famous,    20th Century Woman, Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine  

September 22 The Sapphires 

September 23 The Night They Raided Minsky’s

September 25 Top Gun, So I Married An Axe Murderer

September 27 Coldplay: Live In São Paulo, The Who: at Kilburn 1977, Lisztomania, The Kids Are Alright, Beat Street, Labyrinth, Detroit Rock City, Can’t Hardly   Wait, She’s All That                           

September 28 Performance

METRIC: DREAMS SO REAL premieres on Hollywood Suite 9 PM ET on September 2, 2021.

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Hollywood Suite has announced today that they will be the home of RELENTLESS: THE KEVIN PARTER STORY, the four-part Docu-Series by Ryan Mains about a 40-something paramedic who embarked on a career in professional hockey.

Relentless: The Kevin Porter Story will air with two back-to-back episodes on September 21 beginning at 9pm ET, followed by the final two episodes on September 28 at 9pm ET. The whole series will be available on Hollywood Suite On Demand starting September 1. 

Relentless: The Kevin Porter Story was produced and directed by Ryan Mains, who also served as Director of Photography and co-wrote the series with Derek Raby. It was executive produced by David Kines and Julie Kumaria. 

CNN Originals Docu-Series THE MOVIES, with Tom Hanks serving as Executive Producer, arrives next month on Hollywood Suite! Split by era over six episodes, the Series gives an in-depth look at the movies that defined the decade and influenced a generation. There will be star-studded interviews as well.

The Movies features interviews with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Burton, Cameron Crowe, Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, Jon Favreau, Antoine Fuqua, Morgan Freeman, Bill Hader, Tom Hanks, Amy Heckerling, Ron Howard, Holly Hunter, Anjelica Huston, Baz Luhrmann, Julianne Moore, Ed Norton, Rob Reiner, Molly Ringwald, Maya Rudolph, Ridley Scott, John Singleton, Sharon Stone, Robert Zemeckis and many more.

Episodes include:

THE SEVENTIES Tuesday, August 10 at 8pm ET

The episode explores the films of the 70s that pushed the medium of movie-making such as The Godfather, The Exorcist and Jaws.

THE EIGHTIES Tuesday, August 17 at 8pm ET

The episode explores the crowd-pleasing titles of the 80s such as The Empire Strikes Back, E.T. and The Breakfast Club.

THE NINETIES Tuesday, August 24 at 8pm ET

The episode explores movie stars of the 90s like Julia Roberts and Will Smith and beloved films such as Jurassic Park, Titanic and Pulp Fiction.

THE 2000S TO TODAY Tuesday, August 31 at 8pm ET

The episode explores popular films of the 2000s such as Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and Moulin Rouge.

THE GOLDEN AGE Tuesday, September 7 at 8pm ET

The episode explores the most iconic films from the 1930s through the 1950s such as King Kong, Casablanca and A Star is Born.

THE SIXTIES Tuesday, September 14 at 8pm ET

The episode explores the popular films of the 60s such as West Side Story, Bonnie and Clyde, and The Graduate.

The Movies will make its debut with “The Seventies” on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 8pm ET, with new episodes following Tuesdays at 8pm ET through September 14. All episodes of The Movies will be available on Hollywood Suite On Demand beginning August 1.

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