The official trailer has been released forThe Curse of Bridge Hollow. Coming to Netflix in October, the film stars comedy veteranMarlon WayansandStranger ThingsstarPriah Fergusonas a father and daughter whose Halloween plans are interrupted by the town’s festive decorations coming to life. You can take a peek at the lighthearted horror-comedy film by watching the new trailer below.
The longline forThe Curse of Bridge Hollowreads:“A father (Marlon Wayans) and his teenage daughter (Priah Ferguson) are forced to team up and save their town after an ancient and mischievous spirit causes Halloween decorations to come to life and wreak havoc.”
Jeff Wadlow directed the film using a screenplay by Todd Berger and Robert Rugan with a story by John R. Morey and Todd Berger. It is produced by Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez, and Nathan Reimann. The film stars Marlon Wayans, Priah Ferguson, Kelly Rowland, Rob Riggle, John Michael Higgins, Nia Vardalos, Lauren Lapkus, Holly J. Barrett, Myles Vincent Perez, Abi Monterey, and Helen Slayton-Hughes.
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The Curse of Bridge Hollow Is Something New for Marlon Wayans
For director Jeff Wadlow, whose other films includeKick-Ass 2,Truth or Dare, andFantasy Island, it was exciting to take on a Halloween-centric movie likeThe Curse of Bridge Hollow. This is because Wadlow had always been a “huge Halloween fan” growing up and saw this movie as his chance to get into the world-building and “create this whole canvas of this town that is obsessed with Halloween.”
In aTuduminterview, Wadlow also spoke about the casting of the movie’s lead stars, Marlon Wayans and Priah Ferguson. He spoke about how this was something new for Wayans along with how well the actor connected with Ferguson, who plays his daughter, as well as Kelly Rowland, who plays his character’s wife.
“I think he played a father on TV, but this might be his first film where he is playing a father,” Wadlow said. “And I love that he’s just embracing that and that his audience travels with him through each phase of his life.”
He added, “It was a real pleasure to tell a story about a wife and a husband who love each other, who aren’t in conflict. And you’re able to just feel the affection. I mean, I think there was actually a little more conflict on the page, but Kelly and Marlon just brought so much chemistry and love that even though there’s some conflict written for the dialogue, you just feel this underlying foundation of love in their relationship.”
“I loved the movies of Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus and Richard Donner growing up, that nostalgic feeling of seeing something special and different and magical,” the filmmaker also said of what he hopes audiences feel when watchingThe Curse of Bridge Hollow. “That’s really what we tried to do with this film. We really wanted that ’80s Amblin [Entertainment] tone, but with a modern sensibility, and I hope that that’s what people experience when they watch the movie.”
The Curse of Bridge Hollowwill premiere exclusively on Netflix forstreamingon Jul 12, 2025.
