WANDAVISION Star Elizabeth Olsen Plays Real-Life Axe-Murderer Candy Montgomery In LOVE & DEATH First Look

WANDAVISION Star Elizabeth Olsen Plays Real-Life Axe-Murderer Candy Montgomery In LOVE & DEATH First Look

HBO Max has released the first promo stills for upcoming true-crime series Love and Death, which stars WandaVision's Elizabeth Olsen as Candy Montgomery, who murdered her church-going friend with an axe.

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 14, 2021 05:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror

WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen is set to trade the Darkhold for an axe in HBO Max's true-crime miniseries, Love and Death.

The streamer has now released the first promo stills for the show, which will retell the story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery’s brutal murder of fellow churchgoer Betty Gore back in 1980. The story "revolves around two couples enjoying small-town family life in Wylie, until somebody picks up an axe."

Patrick Fugit (My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To) will play Candy's husband Pat, with Lilly Rabe (American Horror Stories) and Jesse Plemons (Fargo, The Power of the Dog) on board as Betty and Allan Gore. The cast also includes Krysten Ritter as Sherry Cleckler, Keir Gilchrist as Pastor Ron Adams, Elizabeth Marvel as Pastor Jackie Ponder and Tom Pelphrey as Don Crowder.

Inspired by the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs, the show was written by David E. Kelley and directed by Homeland‘s Lesli Linka Glatter.

This is certainly something of a departure for Olsen, although rumors suggest she might take on more villainous traits as the Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Love and Death is scheduled to premiere sometime next year.

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PantherKing
PantherKing - 10/14/2021, 5:40 PM
Gotdamn this woman is fine
dracula
dracula - 10/14/2021, 5:40 PM
Never heard of her (cant find anything on google), but im sure Olsen will do good.
Amuro
Amuro - 10/15/2021, 1:58 AM
@dracula -

A woman, family housewife, who had an affair with her friend's husband. When confessing of the affair, said friend, mother of two, attacked her with an axe. She was unsuccessful, but then Olsen's character assassinated her with the axe. It was ruled that she acted in self-defense and she wasn't jailed for the murder.
YonnyLayna
YonnyLayna - 10/14/2021, 5:55 PM
I read the story how she got a way with murder, just a surreal case of the white woman syndrome.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 10/14/2021, 5:59 PM
I would let her murder me with an axe
DarkDetective
DarkDetective - 10/14/2021, 6:05 PM
Another case of...

Person in the movie: 💁‍♀️
Person in Real Life: 👹
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/14/2021, 6:08 PM
So fine she can chop me up
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 10/14/2021, 6:09 PM
Olsen is certainly a cherry on top but I'd watch this even without her. The story is wild. Like early 80s B-movie slasher era wild.

(Wait, is that an edit button? Neat.)
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 10/14/2021, 6:30 PM
Picturing Lizzie going Jack Torrance on mother[frick]ers...
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/14/2021, 7:07 PM
OT:

Who saw Halloween Kills tonight? No spoilers.

I really enjoyed it. If you like slashers you’ll have fun with this. Think I prefer Halloween 2018.

@MarvellousPorg
Toecutter
Toecutter - 10/14/2021, 7:48 PM
@regularmovieguy - Still not available where I live, but I'll definitely check it out once it drops.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/14/2021, 9:38 PM
@regularmovieguy -


Its amazing film prog now🙆




And ummmmmmmm.....




I LOVED IT!!!




jesus christ it was awesome!



@heavymetal4life



You see this masterpiece?💀👀💀
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/14/2021, 9:39 PM
@regularmovieguy -


Also, Disney needs to hire whoever did you know whos CGI👀😱


Jesus, it was like 1978 foreal❤
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/14/2021, 9:43 PM
@regularmovieguy -

Also the kills were wicked fun.


I saw it with an awesome audience.


I got emotional watching this movie. Its so damn good..lol.


I'm such a bitch🙆
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/14/2021, 9:48 PM
@AmazingFILMporg

I had a lot of fun with it - as did my friends. Got it on a peacock right now 😅

Have to say I think I’d put the 2018 movie above HK. Thematically it worked a lot better for me. Also, the kills were super fun but some of these characters were just here for nostalgia sake (**cough** Marion Chambers **cough**).

But it’s a lot of fun. Michael is an angry mother [frick]er in the movie and that 1978 sequence was pretty jaw dropping.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/14/2021, 9:50 PM
Laurie saying “I’m geeked out on these pain meds” made me laugh so [frick]ing hard. Could never see her saying that, felt like it came right out of Danny McBride’s mouth 😂
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/14/2021, 9:51 PM
John Carpenter’s score remains undefeated. 😳
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/14/2021, 9:52 PM
@regularmovieguy -


I put this film over 2018 only because of the entertainment value and scares.



But I do agree some of the characters were like REMEMBER MEEEEEE🤦
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/14/2021, 9:53 PM
@regularmovieguy -


I LOLd so hard. If shebwouldve said lit I would have died🤡🤡🤡
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/14/2021, 9:54 PM
@regularmovieguy -


We have an edit button now???????



BEST DAY EVER!!!!!
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 10/14/2021, 9:59 PM
@AmazingFILMporg

That is a geek 😂

Didn’t even see that edit button. I could write anything I want now and then edit my comment, and then tell someone “I never said that, check the comment. Blue Morpho photoshopped that receipt.”

😈

Best day of 2021?
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 10/14/2021, 10:31 PM
@regularmovieguy -

Yup!
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 10/15/2021, 4:04 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - I haven't, I'm actually out of the country (have been for the past month and a half, left the week before Shang-chi came out I think), so I won't be seeing it until late November when I'm back home.
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 10/14/2021, 7:58 PM
just found the cases of this candy Montgomery.

Candy Montgomery killed her friend Betty Gore with an ax on Friday, June 13, 1980, in their hometown of Wylie, Texas

The housewife struck up a friendship with Betty at church before embarking on a months-long affair with her husband Allan Gore

Shortly after Candy and Allan called off the affair, Betty was found butchered in the utility room in her home while her infant daughter was in her crib

Candy was charged with murder and released on bail with her church's support
During her trial, she claimed Betty had confronted her about the affair and had attacked her with the ax, forcing her to retaliate in self-defense

if Candy Montgomery is a color people, i guess she might be ended in electric chair or i

Candy delivered 41 blows to Betty's body, 40 of which were done while her heart was still beating, but she insisted she didn't mean to kill her
A psychiatrist and clinical hypnotist determined that Candy suffered from childhood trauma that had triggered her rage as an adult

Despite all of the evidence against her, she was found not guilty of murder

Elizabeth Olsen and Elisabeth Moss are slated to play Candy in two different true-crime series, HBO Max's 'Love and Death' and Hulu's 'Candy,' respectively

If Candy is a color people,i guess she might be ended up in electric chair.
Menks123
Menks123 - 10/14/2021, 8:05 PM

THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 10/14/2021, 8:16 PM
Just looks like images from WandaVision tbh lol.
TheMapleSyrup
TheMapleSyrup - 10/14/2021, 8:49 PM
Gotta love this ComicBookMovie related content
teefurtree
teefurtree - 10/14/2021, 9:17 PM
so, Love, Death, and ...no robots?
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 10/14/2021, 10:08 PM
I’m actually interested in this. Should be dope
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 10/15/2021, 12:15 AM
The real story sounds crazy, HBO always has cool shows and Olsen is a joy to watch. So yeah, I'll definitely be watching this
Kadara
Kadara - 10/15/2021, 2:21 AM
I'm so confused
Kadara
Kadara - 10/15/2021, 2:24 AM
My mom dated a guy but somehow I'm the bad guy. He was so perfect. Damn. I have new father.
Kadara
Kadara - 10/15/2021, 2:24 AM
Shut up
StSteven
StSteven - 10/15/2021, 9:06 AM
Wylie, TX huh? Interesting. I live in Plano, TX, which is almost next to Wylie. Surprised I never heard about this (although I've only been here since 2006). Maybe it's just more common in this area than I thought ("Let's see what's on the ol' TODO list for today: stop by the post office, get something for dinner, hack up my friend with an axe, get my hair done, and oh! don't forget it's bridge night. Did you get all that Siri?"). Siri: "Sit back and relax. Got it". And here I thought it was the folks with guns that you had to worry about down here. Good thing you can't fit an axe in a glove box ;).
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