Colin - The micro-budget zombie movie that's a big hit at Cannes.
Good news has travelled fast as low-budget indie zombie movie, Colin, has caught the eye of several distributors at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
Shot on a budget that
would barely buy a glass of Moet at the glitzy bash, Colin has got two Japanese distributors interested in releasing the film in a dubbed version for their domestic market.
At a festival that opened with the new $75 million offering from Disney/Pixar, it is perhaps surprising that this micro-budgeted film has piqued the interest of
distributors. Director Marc price told UK newspaper The Daily Mail, "'I'd love to have a UK or US distribution deal. I just want people to see it. I wouldn't want the film to be
picked up and end up just sitting on a shelf."
You can read the HorrorTalk.com review of ColinHERE
Festival programmers Shade Rupe and Chris Bavota announce their first collaboration: The Deep Red International Festival of Fantastic Film, or DRIFFF, debuting in Portland, Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater, April 24-25, and in Seattle at the historic Grand Illusion Cinema, May 8-9. Intent on rescuing genre films from premiering on video store shelves, Shade and Chris set out to unearth classic and contemporary 'cult movies' that deserved to be showcased on the big screen, and thus, DRIFFF was born. Presented by Rude Shape Productions and Oddity Cinema, DRIFFF 2009 features northwest premieres, special guest Q & As, award-winning shorts, door prizes and more gore than you can stab a stake through.
We are proud to present the northwest premieres of several feature films including David Gregory's nightmarish Plague Town (USA), Martin Weisz's Grimm Love (Germany) based on the homosexual cannibal killer Armin Miewes, Jonathan Lewis' Black Devil Doll (USA), a microbudget film with a big kick, Gadi Harel and Marcel Sarmiento's DEADGIRL, Justin Johnson and Aaron Marshall's Zombie Girl: The Movie, the Bryan "Re-Animator" Yuzna-produced anthology film, Takut: Faces of Fear (Indonesia) and Frank "Basket Case" Henenlotter's late-night 'comely' shocker, Bad Biology (USA). We will also be serving up the 1970s grindhouse classic INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (Italy), the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's latest epic.
Featured short films include Dead Bones (Switzerland) starring Ken Foree, Richard Gale's festival favorite The Horribly Slow Murderer With the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (USA), Carl Morano and John Carchietta's The Pick Up, and Jason Eisener's tale of Christmas carnage Treevenge (Canada), and as a special treat, we're opening the festival with & Teller and & Teller2, two short films co-directed by Teller, the quieter, smaller half of famed magic duo Penn & Teller, and a special performance by the composers of the soundtracks for the shorts, the remarkable 3 Leg Torso, with Larold Will as a special guest performer on theremin!
Stay tuned for final films and other updates on www.deepredfilmfest.com, and be sure to drop by to meet directors Jonathan Lewis and David Gregory in Portland, and Grimm Love screenwriter T.S. Faull in Seattle.
The Mr. Serial Killer Web Series debuts with its first episode, "The Happy Face Killer". Mr. Serial Killer is a disturbing and psychotic web series featuring a group of serial killers, each with different variations of psychological complexities and perversions. The first episode can be seen at Vimeo.com.
First Episode Summary:
Meet the Happy Face Killer! He’s a strange, confused but loveable little serial killer who’s always looking to cause mischief and mayhem! Along with Allegra ( his secret, secret crush) and her wacky and silly friends, the Happy Face Killer will discover the importance of cathartic anarchy, love, relationships, and existentialism all while having a ton of f-fu-fun! (Run time: 22 minutes.)
The episode streams in HD. If your computer is not capable of streaming in HD, it may lag. However, you can always watch it in standard definition. Though watching it in HD is highly recommended.
The cast stars Charles Lo’Manto as The Happy Face Killer, Katherine Scott as The Mistress, Christopher Lee Grant as BJ Randalls and the film’s narrator, Frank Von as Duncan Watters, Gabriel DiFabio as Bert Martins, Jerry Potter as David Richardson, and Doug Millar as Wilfredo Cromwell.
The first episode is composed by S. Peace Nistades, produced by Anthony Colantonio, and written and directed by Steven Cerritos (In Darkness, Cerritosis).
Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) have joined Timothy Olyphant (TV's "Damages", Hitman) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, Pitch Black) in Overture Films' The Crazies, a reinvention loosely based upon the George Romero classic, the studio announced. The film is set to begin principle photography in Georgia on March 5th with additional shooting to occur in Iowa.
Danielle Panabaker (click thumbnail to enlarge)
Panabaker, who is coming off her recent starring role in the slasher blockbuster hit Friday the 13th and previously appeared alongside Kevin Costner and Demi Moore in Mr. Brooks, plays Becca, a receptionist at the town's medical center where Mitchell is a doctor. Panabaker's other credits include the TV show "Shark", and the acclaimed HBO mini-series Empire Falls.
Anderson, whose previous credits include The Ruins and Becoming Jane, will appear in Mira Nair's upcoming Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia. In The Crazies, he takes on the role of the town's deputy, with Olyphant playing the sheriff.
Breck Eisner is set to direct the screenplay about the inhabitants of a small Kansas town beset by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. The film is written by Ray Wright, from an earlier draft by Scott Kosar.
Overture Films is set to produce and distribute The Crazies with Participant Media co-financing. Michael Aguilar (Constantine, What Happens in Vegas), Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate) and Rob Cowan (Righteous Kill) will produce, with George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow) executive producing. Maxime Alexandre (The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension) is the Director of Photography; Andrew Menzies (War of the Worlds, 3:10 to Yuma) is the Production Designer; George Little (Max Payne, The Omen) is the Costume Designer; and Billy Fox (Traitor, Hustle & Flow) is the Editor.
Called "morbid, darkly funny work" by TV Guide and "horror of the purest kind… a sinister gem which deserves rediscovery" by Beyond Hollywood, The Cremator is a stunning example of the Czech New Wave movement, gliding effortlessly between surrealism and expressionism. Equal parts black comedy and horror, The Cremator was originally released in 1969 and went on to win Best Actor and Best Cinematography at the 1972 Sitges Film Festival.
The Cremator tells the tale of Karl Kopfrkingl (Rudolf Hrusinsky), who works at a stately crematorium in Prague. Obsessed with his duties, he believes he is liberating the souls of the departed. With Nazi forces gathering at the Czech border, Karl descends into a mania that allows him to wholly enact his disturbed beliefs. No one is safe from his quest for salvation, not even his own family.
The film went on to win and will please fans of films like Eraserhead, El Topo and Vampyr and will be released on DVD on March 31st, 2009 from Dark Sky Films.
Well Go USA, Inc., a leading independent distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, announced today their DVD release plans for the soon to be cult horror classic Murder Loves Killers Too. Murder Loves Killers Too marks the debut feature from Radar Dog Productions. Radar Dog's demented duo producer/editor Chris McKinley and writer/director Drew Barnhardt brought us the award-winning short Herbie!.
The Murder Loves Killers Too DVD will be loaded with bonus features including:
The Making of Murder Loves Killers Too
Director's Notebook, Creating a Killer
Music to Murder By: Scoring Murder Loves Killers Too
Title Madness
Photo and Artwork Gallery
Original Trailer
"With Murder Loves Killers Too I hope to deliver the horror goods for the genre fans like myself, and also bring something new to the party. Mix it up. Make it a bit more outrageous, a bit more absurd. Smear my sense of humor all over it", says director Drew Barnhardt. "I believe that there's an audience out there who would really dig it, so it'll be great to get it in front of them."
The Roman Empire is at its zenith. A time of mighty gladiators, lusty women, abundant wealth — and a ferocious one-eyed monster that slaughters those foolish enough to enter his forest domain. The corrupt Emperor Tiberius (Academy Award®-nominee Eric Roberts) has a plan to please the bloodlust of the people: capture the creature and unleash him in the arena against his condemned slaves, including wrongfully imprisoned General Marcus Romulus (Kevin Stapleton). Now, the ultimate battle between man and beast is about to commence…and Rome will taste the full fury of Hell unleashed!
Famed producer Roger Corman and the director of the upcoming Wrong Turn 3 bring to life an ancient creature when Anchor Bay Entertainment unleashes Cyclops on DVD February 24, 2009. With a high-powered cast including Academy Award®-nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, "Heroes"), Kevin Stapleton ("One Life To Live"), Frida Farrell (Contract Killers), and Craig Archibald (Capote), the DVD release of Cyclops comes cloaked in a luminescent, embossed "O" card and includes graphic scenes of carnage not seen during its original Sci-Fi Channel broadcast. SRP is a myopic $19.97 and hits the shelves February 24th.
Dark Sky Films Unleashes The She-Beast!
A small town in 18th century Transylvania is being terrorized by an evil witch. When a child is brutally attacked, the villagers capture the fiend and sentence her to death by dunking chair, but not before she casts a curse on them and their descendants. Two hundred years later, young newlyweds Veronica (Barbara Steele, Black Sunday) and Philip (Ian Ogilvy, And Now the Screaming Starts) pass through the town on a tour of the Carpathians, only to have their car pulled into a lake by an unseen force . A passing truck driver quickly rescues two bodies from the wreck. One is Philip, battered but alive, and the other is... the witch, back from the dead to wreak havoc on the town once again! Can Philip and his newfound friend, the great grandson of Professor Van Helsing, capture the witch and bring back Veronica?
Directed by Michael Reeves (Witchfinder General), Dark Sky Films releases The She-Beast with a new 16x9 scope transfer and a commentary exclusive for this release. Street date is April 28th with an MSRP of $14.98.
See The Centerfold Girls From Dark Sky Films!
A reedy man wearing saddle shoes and an ill-fitting suit drags the nude body of a young woman — her throat slit — along an otherwise empty beach. Soon a number of other beautiful women turn up dead, their throats also cut open. Nurses, students, stewardesses... what's the common thread? All were centerfold models for a popular men's magazine, prey to a bloodthirsty psychotic with a straight razor!
Also from Dark Sky Films, The Centerfold Girls will hit the stores for the first time on DVD on April 28th with an MSRP of $14.98. Uncut and uncensored, the DVD has a new transfer from the original 16mm camera negative and a retrospective featurette with producer Arthur Marks and actors Andrew Prine (Simon: King of Witches), Francine York and Jennifer Ashley.
He first became known to audiences on May 9, 1980. Over the course of nearly three decades and 11 films (soon to be 12), he has inspired terror in the hearts of film fans the world over. He redefined the concept of immortality and invincibility. He gave horror a new face…by not having one. His name is Jason Voorhees and this is his story.
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th, the ultimate tribute documentary about one of horror cinema's most enduring icons, will be released as a special two-disc "splatter edition" DVD on February 3, 2009 by Anchor Bay. Then, on February 13th, 2009, Encore Action will host the broadcast premiere of the documentary — in celebration of the infamous date and its most famous posterboy. SRP is a less-than-monstrous $19.97. Inside each DVD, fans will also find a "Hollywood Movie Money™" certificate, good towards admission for the 2009 Friday the 13th theatrical remake of the film that started the story and the screams, as well as a limited edition poster of the DVD's striking cover art.
Executive Produced by Sean S. Cunningham, produced and written by Anthony Masi (Halloween 25 Years of Terror, The Psycho Legacy) and Thommy Hutson (Prank), and directed by Daniel Farrands (screenwriter of The Girl Next Door and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers), His Name Was Jason is the definitive look at the history and cultural legacy of this 20th Century boogeyman. Extensive interviews were conducted with more than 80 people involved throughout the entire Friday the 13th franchise, as well as filmmaker and fan testimonials.
The documentary is hosted by legendary special effects make-up artist Tom Savini — whose (literally) eye-popping prosthetics were featured in such gorefest classics as 1979's Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow, Maniac, and the original Friday the 13th and Friday The 13th: The Final Chapter.
Jason fans who watch His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th will be treated to reminiscences and ruminations spanning Jason's entire film history, as well as a virtual "who's who" of contemporary film horror, including:
Actors: Betsy Palmer (1), Adrienne King (1 and Part 2), Larry Zerner (Part 3-D), Bonnie Hellman and Judie Aronson (The Final Chapter), Shavar Ross and Debi Sue Voorhees (A New Beginning), Darcy DeMoss and Vincent Gustaferro (Part VI), Lar Park-Lincoln, Elizabeth Kaitan and Diana Barrows (Part VII), Peter Mark Richman and Jensen Daggett (Part VIII), Lawrence Monoson and Camilla More (The Final Friday), Lisa Ryder (Jason X), Seth Green and Travis Van Winkle (2009 remake);
Jason Voorhees portrayers: Ari Lehman (1), Warrington Gillette (Part 2), Richard Brooker (Part 3-D), Ted White (Final Chapter), C.J. Graham (Part VI), Kane Hodder (Part VII, Part VIII, The Final Friday, Jason X) and Ken Kirzinger (Freddy vs. Jason);
Filmmakers: Sean S. Cunningham (Director, 1), Victor Miller (Writer, 1) Danny Steinmann (Writer/Director, A New Beginning), Tom McLoughlin (Writer/Director, Part VI), John Carl Buechler (Director/Special Makeup Effects, Part VII), Joseph Zito (Director, The Final Friday), Greg Nicotero (Special Makeup Effects, The Final Friday), Marcus Nispel (Director, 2009 remake), and Composer Harry Manfredini, creator of Jason's signature musical cue "Sh-sh-sh-sh, ha-ha-ha-ha".
Bonus features include many "cutting-edge" featurettes:
The Men Behind The Mask
Final Cuts
From Script to Screen
Fan Films
Closing the Book on The Final Chapter
Fox Comes Home
Friday the 13th in 4 Minutes
Jason Takes Comic-Con
The Camp Crystal Lake Survival Guide
Inside Halloween Horror Nights
Shelly Lives
Check out the trailer below:
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th streets February 3rd and has an MSRP of $19.99.
You asked for it…you got it! Gutterballs — reminiscent of the sleazy, over-the-top grindhouse cult classics of the ‘80s — is the perfect nostalgic blend of extreme sex, bloody gore and gratuitous nudity. Tensions between two rival bowling teams made up of horny teens boil over into a brutal after-hours assault. Wreaking relentless vengeance on these oversexed adolescents is a sadistic bowling bag-masked killer that will leave no one spared and no one unscathed.
Danger After Dark announces the release date of Gutterballs, the latest film from delightfully controversial director Ryan Nicholson (Live Feed). With some of the most creative deaths seen on film, you’ll want to kick off 2009 with a bang…or a strike for all you bowlers out there.
Special Features include:
Director’s commentary with Ryan Nicholson
Behind the Balls: “The Making of Gutterballs”
Teaser Trailer
Stills Gallery
Gutterballs streets January 27, 2009 with an MSRP of $19.99.
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Check out the G-rated version of the Gutterballs trailer:
Danger After Dark To Release Epitaph
A chill is in their air as unrequited, obsessive love is swept up in a sea of blood in this South Korean box office sensation that takes Asian horror in a new direction.
Both visually lyrical and horrific, Epitaph is a bloodstained foray into the depths of obsessive love and unbearable grief. Set in a small Korean hospital, the once peaceful place is now a labyrinth of haunted corridors and the stage for frightful events: a medical student is inexplicably drawn to a beautiful dead girl; a troubled child is tortured by bloody visions of her dead parents; and a married couple find themselves investigating a series of gory murders. Certain to give you goosebumps and have you peering over your shoulder with every ghastly twist, this Korean chiller will keep you guessing till the end.
Epitaph streets February 24th and has an MSRP of $19.99.
