New month, new horror recommendations from Deep Cuts Rising. This installment features one random pick as well as four selections reflecting the month of May 2024.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a self-loathing serial killer, a violinist’s murderous ghost, and a postmodern vamp flick.
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
Pictured: Ted Bessell and Sian Barbara Allen in Scream, Pretty Peggy.
Directed by Gordon Hessler.
The TV-movie Scream, Pretty Peggy first aired as part of ABC Movie of the Week. Bette Davis plays the mother of a reclusive sculptor (Ted Bessell), and after the previous housekeeper goes missing, a local college student (Sian Barbara Allen) fills the position. Little does she know, though, the young employee’s predecessor was murdered — and the killer is still on the loose.
Admittedly,...
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings include a self-loathing serial killer, a violinist’s murderous ghost, and a postmodern vamp flick.
Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973)
Pictured: Ted Bessell and Sian Barbara Allen in Scream, Pretty Peggy.
Directed by Gordon Hessler.
The TV-movie Scream, Pretty Peggy first aired as part of ABC Movie of the Week. Bette Davis plays the mother of a reclusive sculptor (Ted Bessell), and after the previous housekeeper goes missing, a local college student (Sian Barbara Allen) fills the position. Little does she know, though, the young employee’s predecessor was murdered — and the killer is still on the loose.
Admittedly,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Finnegan’s ’Nocebo’ received €750,000, the highest single award this quarter.
New projects from filmmakers Lee Cronin and Lorcan Finnegan are among several new productions being backed by Screen Ireland in its latest round of funding decisions.
Cronin (The Hole In The Ground) will direct the psychological thriller Box Of Bones from a screenplay he co-wrote with Stephen Shields, to be produced by Wild Atlantic Pictures (Black ’47).
Box Of Bones tells the story of Alice, a devoted young woman who battles to save her fiancé from his conviction that a supernatural entity is trying to possess his body. Wild Atlantic Pictures...
New projects from filmmakers Lee Cronin and Lorcan Finnegan are among several new productions being backed by Screen Ireland in its latest round of funding decisions.
Cronin (The Hole In The Ground) will direct the psychological thriller Box Of Bones from a screenplay he co-wrote with Stephen Shields, to be produced by Wild Atlantic Pictures (Black ’47).
Box Of Bones tells the story of Alice, a devoted young woman who battles to save her fiancé from his conviction that a supernatural entity is trying to possess his body. Wild Atlantic Pictures...
- 11/12/2020
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser, Max Records, Karl Geary, Morgan Rysso, Matt Roy, Bruce Bohne, Elizabeth Belfiori | Written by Billy O’Brien, Christopher Hyde | Directed by Billy O’Brien
I Am Not a Serial Killer is an offbeat take on the serial killer sub-genre of horror, told from the perspective of John (Max Records – best known for his role in Where the Wild Things Are). John is a teenager who has been diagnosed with sociopathy but is determined not to give in to his homicidal tendencies and lives his life by a strict set of self-imposed rules to prevent this. He also helps his mother (Laura Fraser) by assisting in the preparation of bodies in her funeral home, draining blood, removing organs and ogling viscera, is friendly with elderly neighbour Mr Crowley (Christopher Lloyd) and attempts to act like a normal human being during school. Meanwhile, dead bodies are cropping...
I Am Not a Serial Killer is an offbeat take on the serial killer sub-genre of horror, told from the perspective of John (Max Records – best known for his role in Where the Wild Things Are). John is a teenager who has been diagnosed with sociopathy but is determined not to give in to his homicidal tendencies and lives his life by a strict set of self-imposed rules to prevent this. He also helps his mother (Laura Fraser) by assisting in the preparation of bodies in her funeral home, draining blood, removing organs and ogling viscera, is friendly with elderly neighbour Mr Crowley (Christopher Lloyd) and attempts to act like a normal human being during school. Meanwhile, dead bodies are cropping...
- 1/2/2017
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Evoking the ghost of Donnie Darko, this weird horror hybrid is a darkly funny trip through the mind of a would-be killer
“Fear is a really weird thing,” says the antihero of this scalpel-sharp, blackly comic adaptation of Dan Wells’s 2009 Ya bestseller. “People are afraid of things, but they’re never afraid of their own actions.” Not so John Wayne Cleaver, the serial killer-obsessed teenager whose therapist agrees that he exhibits all three of the “Macdonald triad” predictors of violent sociopathy. “But you’re in control of your own destiny,” Karl Geary’s Dr Neblin assures John hollowly. “You’re a good person.”
Yet death is close at hand, stalking the streets of the miserable midwest town of Clayton, where an animalistic killer is stealing people’s organs and leaving a trail of sticky black goo. John, whose name evokes the real-life Illinois “Killer Clown” John Wayne Gacy, is fascinated by the murders,...
“Fear is a really weird thing,” says the antihero of this scalpel-sharp, blackly comic adaptation of Dan Wells’s 2009 Ya bestseller. “People are afraid of things, but they’re never afraid of their own actions.” Not so John Wayne Cleaver, the serial killer-obsessed teenager whose therapist agrees that he exhibits all three of the “Macdonald triad” predictors of violent sociopathy. “But you’re in control of your own destiny,” Karl Geary’s Dr Neblin assures John hollowly. “You’re a good person.”
Yet death is close at hand, stalking the streets of the miserable midwest town of Clayton, where an animalistic killer is stealing people’s organs and leaving a trail of sticky black goo. John, whose name evokes the real-life Illinois “Killer Clown” John Wayne Gacy, is fascinated by the murders,...
- 12/11/2016
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Often lumped into the Young Adult category to the chagrin of author Dan Wells, I’m not sure I know many parents who would like to have their fourteen-year old child heading to theaters with friends for the cinematic adaptation of his debut I Am Not a Serial Killer. The first of what has now spiraled into a quintet of books surrounding John Wayne Cleaver; its story introduces the character as a clinically diagnosed sociopath attempting to survive adolescence within a small mid-western town. His own predilection towards violence and the macabre aside, John’s journey ultimately finds him on the trail of a brutal assailant terrorizing his home with supernatural strength. A keen amateur scholar of the mass murderer circuit, this teen proves perfectly suited to crack the case.
Don’t expect Encyclopedia Brown or Young Sherlock, however. Cleaver’s (Max Records) motivations to hunt this monster are purely selfish.
Don’t expect Encyclopedia Brown or Young Sherlock, however. Cleaver’s (Max Records) motivations to hunt this monster are purely selfish.
- 8/25/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
"There is a savage beast in every man," wrote George R.R. Martin in A Storm of Swords, and American teenager John Wayne Cleaver has taken those words to heart. John (Max Records) lives in a small, cold town in the U.S. His mother April (Laura Fraser) is a morgue technician, and so John has grown up with a pragmatic view of the human body, which only feeds his fascination with bodily functions. Based in part on his clinical detachment from sights that would send many teens fleeing, John has decided that he is a sociopath and, potentially, a serial killer in waiting. He's perfectly fine with his own diagnosis, which goes far beyond what his psychiatrist (Karl Geary) has told him. He feels completely alienated...
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- 8/25/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Good-on I Am Not A Serial Killer for never bullshitting its audience. We don’t even get halfway into this Dan Wells adaptation before director Billy O’Brien addresses the elephant in his title. As the film suggests, O’Brien’s main character is not a serial killer, so why waste time teasing something that isn’t true when the film begins (but might be later)? Such a suggestive name plays directly into an unexpected story for those of us ignorant to Wells’ source novelization, without any momentum to waste. I like surprises, and this is one of the better ones a genre fan can ask for.
Max Records plays young John Wayne Cleaver, a diagnosed sociopath who works with his mother April (played by Laura Fraser) in their family’s funeral home. Everyone knows John isn’t exactly “normal,” which is why he visits his therapist Dr. Neblin (Karl Geary...
Max Records plays young John Wayne Cleaver, a diagnosed sociopath who works with his mother April (played by Laura Fraser) in their family’s funeral home. Everyone knows John isn’t exactly “normal,” which is why he visits his therapist Dr. Neblin (Karl Geary...
- 8/24/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Directed by Billy O’Brien, I Am Not a Serial Killer tells the story of John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records), a young teen riddled with homicidal thoughts who must protect his hometown from an actual serial killer. Based on the novel of the same name by author Dan Wells, we get our first look at the official trailer and poster for the IFC Midnight film before it is released in select theaters and on VOD on August 26th.
Synopsis: “Sixteen-year-old John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are) is not a serial killer—but he has all the makings of one. Keeping his homicidal tendencies and morbid obsessions with death and murder in check is a constant struggle that only gets harder when a real serial killer begins terrorizing his sleepy Midwestern town. Now, in order to track down a psychopath and protect those around him, John must unleash his darkest inner demons.
Synopsis: “Sixteen-year-old John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are) is not a serial killer—but he has all the makings of one. Keeping his homicidal tendencies and morbid obsessions with death and murder in check is a constant struggle that only gets harder when a real serial killer begins terrorizing his sleepy Midwestern town. Now, in order to track down a psychopath and protect those around him, John must unleash his darkest inner demons.
- 8/4/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The first trailer has finally dropped for I am not a Serial Killer, the film Based on the first of Dan Wells' John Cleaver trilogy of books. It is scheduled to screen at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal.
The film is directed by Billy O’Brien (Isolation, Scintilla) and stars Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Laura Fraser and Karl Geary.
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year old John Cleaver (Max Records) is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he [Continued ...]...
The film is directed by Billy O’Brien (Isolation, Scintilla) and stars Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Laura Fraser and Karl Geary.
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year old John Cleaver (Max Records) is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he [Continued ...]...
- 7/11/2016
- QuietEarth.us
"This is nowhere. It isn't supposed to happen here..." A trailer has debuted online for an indie thriller called I Am Not A Serial Killer, starring young actor Max Records, who starred in Where the Wild Things Are a few years ago. Records, now a teenager, plays a kid in a small snowy town with his own homicidal tendencies, but discovers that an actual serial killer is in town and must track him down to stop him from killing more people. Christopher Lloyd plays the serial killer (not a spoiler but still), and he looks rather creepy. The cast includes Laura Fraser, Karl Geary, Bruce Bohne and Tim Russell. This trailer totally sold me. It has some fantastic cinematography, and the film looks like it's from a completely different time. Here's the first trailer (+ poster) for Billy O'Brien's I Am Not A Serial Killer, found on Vimeo (via Tfs...
- 7/8/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The platform has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Billy O’Brien’s thriller and recent SXSW premiere.
Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary star in the tale of a small-town teen who must keep his homicidal urges at bay while tracking down a supernatural killer.
O’Brien and Christopher Hyde wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Dan Wells. The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility financed the film and Floodland Pictures and The Tea Shop & Film Company produced.
Nick Ryan, James Harris and Mark Lane produced and the executive producer roster features Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, James Atherton, Jan Pace, John McDonnell, Rory Gilmartin, Billy O’Brien, Avril Daly, Ruairi Robinson, Robbie Ryan, Bertrand Faivre, Ruth Kenley-Letts and Afolabi Kuti.
IFC Midnight negotiated the deal with Andrew Orr and Nada Cirjanic of Independent Film Company.
Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary star in the tale of a small-town teen who must keep his homicidal urges at bay while tracking down a supernatural killer.
O’Brien and Christopher Hyde wrote the screenplay based on the novel by Dan Wells. The Irish Film Board, Quickfire Films and The Fyzz Facility financed the film and Floodland Pictures and The Tea Shop & Film Company produced.
Nick Ryan, James Harris and Mark Lane produced and the executive producer roster features Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, James Atherton, Jan Pace, John McDonnell, Rory Gilmartin, Billy O’Brien, Avril Daly, Ruairi Robinson, Robbie Ryan, Bertrand Faivre, Ruth Kenley-Letts and Afolabi Kuti.
IFC Midnight negotiated the deal with Andrew Orr and Nada Cirjanic of Independent Film Company.
- 5/10/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
IFC Midnight has acquired North American and Latin American rights to I Am Not A Serial Killer, the Billy O'Brien-directed chiller written by O'Brien and Christopher Hyde based on Dan Wells’ novel. Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser and Karl Geary star in the pic, which bowed this year at SXSW. The takes place in a small Midwestern town where a troubled teen (Records) with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer whilst keeping his…...
- 5/10/2016
- Deadline
[Guest reporter Jenny Nulf shares her impressions of three movies from this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas, including I Am Not a Serial Killer, I Am a Hero, and Pet.]
I Am Not a Serial Killer: What happens when a movie gets stuck in limbo for three years? Well, the director is given enough time to create a slow-burning monster movie that will lurk in the back of your mind long after viewing it.
In a tiny Midwestern town, John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records) works with his mother and aunt at a funeral home, helping her embalm the dead bodies. A possible sociopath, John also chats regularly with his psychologist, Dr. Neblin (Karl Geary), about how to subside his murderous tendencies. Then things start to go wrong when an actual serial killer sweeps through the town, and when Max discovers the identity of the killer, it takes him down a terrifying path of self-discovery. This is not your average, sweet coming-of-age story.
I Am Not a Serial Killer’s slow and methodic pace will keep some at bay, but director...
I Am Not a Serial Killer: What happens when a movie gets stuck in limbo for three years? Well, the director is given enough time to create a slow-burning monster movie that will lurk in the back of your mind long after viewing it.
In a tiny Midwestern town, John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records) works with his mother and aunt at a funeral home, helping her embalm the dead bodies. A possible sociopath, John also chats regularly with his psychologist, Dr. Neblin (Karl Geary), about how to subside his murderous tendencies. Then things start to go wrong when an actual serial killer sweeps through the town, and when Max discovers the identity of the killer, it takes him down a terrifying path of self-discovery. This is not your average, sweet coming-of-age story.
I Am Not a Serial Killer’s slow and methodic pace will keep some at bay, but director...
- 3/24/2016
- by Jenny Nulf
- DailyDead
"There is a savage beast in every man," wrote George R.R. Martin in A Storm of Swords, and American teenager John Wayne Cleaver has taken those words to heart. John (Max Records) lives in a small, cold town in the U.S. His mother April (Laura Fraser) is a morgue technician, and so John has grown up with a pragmatic view of the human body, which only feeds his fascination with bodily functions. Based in part on his clinical detachment from sights that would send many teens fleeing, John has decided that he is a sociopath and, potentially, a serial killer in waiting. He's perfectly fine with his own diagnosis, which goes far beyond what his psychiatrist (Karl Geary) has told him. He feels completely alienated...
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- 3/16/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Based on the first of Dan Wells' John Cleaver trilogy of books, I Am Not a Serial Killer looks to be a decent indie with great atmosphere and a top cast, lead by Max Records, who you'll remember as Max in Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are.
The film is directed by Billy O’Brien (Isolation, Scintilla) and stars Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Laura Fraser and Karl Geary.
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year old John Cleaver (Max Records) is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tem [Continued ...]...
The film is directed by Billy O’Brien (Isolation, Scintilla) and stars Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Laura Fraser and Karl Geary.
Synopsis:
Sixteen-year old John Cleaver (Max Records) is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tem [Continued ...]...
- 3/14/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Eight years after its festival debut, the lo-fi drama Satellite, chocked with obscure Indie band gems and unlikely romantic gestures is now available. Giving bad press to a tiny film with a lot of heart is taxing, but there are enough successes in the sometimes shoddy romantic fable written, directed and edited by Jeff Winner to give a review in good conscience. Unlike his equally under-financed You Are Here (2000), the sophomore feature from the Nyu filmmaking program graduate has a few vaguely recognizable actors and will presumably reach a sizable audience. Satellite made its festival rounds in 2005, winning Special Jury Prize at the Madrid Film Festival after a world premiere at Tribeca. At long last, the indie feature was made available on iTunes, Amazon and VOD earlier this month.
The love story begins when Ro, played by the boyish gap-toothed French model Stephanie Szostak, follows a pouty-lipped stranger to a Southwestern themed Brooklyn bar.
The love story begins when Ro, played by the boyish gap-toothed French model Stephanie Szostak, follows a pouty-lipped stranger to a Southwestern themed Brooklyn bar.
- 8/21/2013
- by Caitlin Coder
- IONCINEMA.com
By MoreHorror.com,
The complete legacy of one deadly experiment, 'Mimic: 3-film Set' (which includes Guillermo Del Toro's Director's Cut of Mimic) will be unleashed to DVD and Bly-ray on May 1. Read the official details below.
Audiences will experience thrills and chills from the franchise that brought the epic battle of man and nature to life as Lionsgate debuts the Mimic: 3-Film Set on Blu-ray Disc this May. Available for the first time as an HD collection, the set includes Mimic: The Director’s Cut, along with Mimic 2 and Mimic 3: Sentinel – both on Blu-ray Disc for the first time and available exclusively in the set. Telling the complete story of one deadly genetic engineering experiment, each film includes a host of special features, certain to excite and terrify fans of the sci-fi series.
Mimic: The Director’S Cut Synopsis
Directed by Oscar® nominee Guillermo Del Toro (Best Writing,...
The complete legacy of one deadly experiment, 'Mimic: 3-film Set' (which includes Guillermo Del Toro's Director's Cut of Mimic) will be unleashed to DVD and Bly-ray on May 1. Read the official details below.
Audiences will experience thrills and chills from the franchise that brought the epic battle of man and nature to life as Lionsgate debuts the Mimic: 3-Film Set on Blu-ray Disc this May. Available for the first time as an HD collection, the set includes Mimic: The Director’s Cut, along with Mimic 2 and Mimic 3: Sentinel – both on Blu-ray Disc for the first time and available exclusively in the set. Telling the complete story of one deadly genetic engineering experiment, each film includes a host of special features, certain to excite and terrify fans of the sci-fi series.
Mimic: The Director’S Cut Synopsis
Directed by Oscar® nominee Guillermo Del Toro (Best Writing,...
- 3/13/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
The question has been asked repeatedly since the video nasty scare of the 1980s (and most likely even well before that), and nobody (especially the filmmakers involved) has felt compelled to answer it: who exactly are slasher movies for? Like any subgenre, they have a base that doesn’t usually stray too far from an easy sociocultural test-market-ready categorization, but frequently mix in elements that suggest that more people watch these movies than would ever freely admit to doing so. Further confusing the issue is Stag Night, a very minor entry in the horror canon that nonetheless inspires you to ask troubling questions about the necessity of the genre itself and its place in the cultural landscape. Basically, you can’t help but wonder whether or not you’re supposed to like the people that are being killed, or whether you’re supposed to be cheering for the largely mute...
- 2/24/2011
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Not a very busy week for horror releases on Blu-ray and DVD. At least The Twilight Zone: Season 3 is here to keep us busy for hours before we dig on the DVD premiere of The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu directed by Henry Saine and starring Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Matt Bauer.
In addition, Peter A. Dowling's Stag Night (starring Breckin Meyer, Scott Adkins, Kip Pardue, Karl Geary) and David A. Cross's Respire (starring Tracy Teague, Mat Wright, Vince Eustace, Jessica Keeler, Ellie Torrez) round up the offerings this week.
The Twilight Zone: Season 3 (1962) (Blu-ray Review)
Directed by Various
Starring Rod Serling, Bill Mumy, Lois Nettleton, William Windom, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Cornthwaite, Cliff Robertson, Lee Marvin, James Best, Strother Martin, Russell Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Peter Falk, Robert Redford, Elizabeth Montgomery, Charles Bronson, Jack Albertson, James Gregory, Jack Klugman, Buster Keaton, Dean Stockwell, Barry Morse, Andy Devine,...
In addition, Peter A. Dowling's Stag Night (starring Breckin Meyer, Scott Adkins, Kip Pardue, Karl Geary) and David A. Cross's Respire (starring Tracy Teague, Mat Wright, Vince Eustace, Jessica Keeler, Ellie Torrez) round up the offerings this week.
The Twilight Zone: Season 3 (1962) (Blu-ray Review)
Directed by Various
Starring Rod Serling, Bill Mumy, Lois Nettleton, William Windom, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Cornthwaite, Cliff Robertson, Lee Marvin, James Best, Strother Martin, Russell Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Peter Falk, Robert Redford, Elizabeth Montgomery, Charles Bronson, Jack Albertson, James Gregory, Jack Klugman, Buster Keaton, Dean Stockwell, Barry Morse, Andy Devine,...
- 2/15/2011
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
Stag Night is a low budget venture from first time director Peter A. Dowling (Flightplan) and this film, described as "story-wise the film is a cliche ridden tale that offers up no suprises" (Blogomatic), will be released on DVD February 15th. This film had some troubles finding distribution before settling with Ghost House Underground (Dance of the Dead), as Stag Night was completed in 2008. However, sometimes indies take their time to find an audience and Blogomatic3000 has also equated this film with "an enjoyable time." All aboard the Stag Night trailer below and check out the recognizable cast, which includes Breckin Meyer (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare), Kip Pardue (Hostel III), and Vinessa Shaw from The Hills Have Eyes (Fearnet.com).
The film's synopsis is here:
"When a group of friends head to the city for a bachelor party, they stall in an abandoned subway station. They soon finds themselves...
The film's synopsis is here:
"When a group of friends head to the city for a bachelor party, they stall in an abandoned subway station. They soon finds themselves...
- 12/28/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
“My favorite films growing up were the works of John Carpenter,” Peter A. Dowling, writer and director of the feature flick Stag Night, told Dread as we discussed his film, which premieres this coming Monday, October 11th, at 9:30pm, as selected by Rachel Belofsky’s Screamfest L.A.!
“Halloween is one of my all time favorites,” continued Dowling of his love for Carpenter’s body of work, “and Assault on Precinct 13 is a great exercise in sustained suspense in a single location, as was The Thing. Actually, until writing Stag Night (review here) and Flightplan, which takes place entirely on a plane, I hadn’t realized how much I must have learned from Carpenter. Being a first-time director I knew there was an unwritten - or maybe written by you guys,” he laughed, “formula for a low-budget horror film, and that is something horrible happens to a small...
“Halloween is one of my all time favorites,” continued Dowling of his love for Carpenter’s body of work, “and Assault on Precinct 13 is a great exercise in sustained suspense in a single location, as was The Thing. Actually, until writing Stag Night (review here) and Flightplan, which takes place entirely on a plane, I hadn’t realized how much I must have learned from Carpenter. Being a first-time director I knew there was an unwritten - or maybe written by you guys,” he laughed, “formula for a low-budget horror film, and that is something horrible happens to a small...
- 10/7/2010
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
Larry Fessenden and his production company, Glass Eye Pix, along with their low-budget horror sideline, Scareflix, have been making some of the best indie horror to come out in recent years.
From Ti West’s The Roost in 2005 and the highly acclaimed The House of the Devil in 2009 to Glenn McQuaid’s current period horror/comedy I Sell the Dead, voted Best Indie Film of 2009 by Rue Morgue magazine, Fessenden is on course to being one of the most in-demand producers/directors as well as actors in the 21st Century (check out his IMDb resume – he’s been in everything from the mainstream hit The Brave One with Jodie Foster to the cult horror favorite Session 9).
Dread Central recently interviewed the affable Fessenden about I Sell the Dead as well as future projects which, according to Larry, just may include his script for the remake of The Orphanage.
Elaine Lamkin: First off,...
From Ti West’s The Roost in 2005 and the highly acclaimed The House of the Devil in 2009 to Glenn McQuaid’s current period horror/comedy I Sell the Dead, voted Best Indie Film of 2009 by Rue Morgue magazine, Fessenden is on course to being one of the most in-demand producers/directors as well as actors in the 21st Century (check out his IMDb resume – he’s been in everything from the mainstream hit The Brave One with Jodie Foster to the cult horror favorite Session 9).
Dread Central recently interviewed the affable Fessenden about I Sell the Dead as well as future projects which, according to Larry, just may include his script for the remake of The Orphanage.
Elaine Lamkin: First off,...
- 3/30/2010
- by thebellefromhell
- DreadCentral.com
The stellar I Sell the Dead (review here) is finally hitting DVD and Blu-ray on March 30th, and in honor of the occasion Dread Central will be running a series of interviews with several members of the cast and crew. First up is writer/director Glenn McQuaid.
Elaine Lamkin: First, I have to say how surprised I was when during the behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD someone mentioned that The Scratcher pub in the East Village, which doubled for the interiors of The Fortune of War pub in I Sell the Dead, is owned by Irish actor, Karl Geary, whom I interviewed for his role in The Burrowers! The film world, particularly the indie film world, can be very small.
Glenn McQuaid: It's a small world all right, especially when you're working in the horror genre. Karl's a fellow Dubliner, too, but it's through his acting that I know him.
Elaine Lamkin: First, I have to say how surprised I was when during the behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD someone mentioned that The Scratcher pub in the East Village, which doubled for the interiors of The Fortune of War pub in I Sell the Dead, is owned by Irish actor, Karl Geary, whom I interviewed for his role in The Burrowers! The film world, particularly the indie film world, can be very small.
Glenn McQuaid: It's a small world all right, especially when you're working in the horror genre. Karl's a fellow Dubliner, too, but it's through his acting that I know him.
- 3/25/2010
- by thebellefromhell
- DreadCentral.com
From the producers of "Outlander", "Die Hard 4", "Lucky Number Sleven" the creator of "Flight Plan" "Stag Night" On DVD Blu-ray 19th April 2010 His last night of freedom could be his last night ever Written and Directed by Peter A. Dowling ("Flight Plan") Producers: Arnold Rifkin, Chris Eberts, Michael Philip and Jo Marr Starring: Kip Pardue ("ER"), Vinessa Shaw ("The Hills Have Eyes"), Breckin Meyer ("Ghost Of Girlfriends Past"), Karl Geary ("The Burrowers"), Scott Adkins ("The Bourne Ultimatum", "X-men Origins: Wolverine"). .Entertaining ... A Great Horror Movie. Horror-Movies .Great Gore Scenes. Flixster Out on the town in New York to celebrate his last night of freedom, Mike (Kip Pardue) and four friends stumble from bar to strip joint in search of a...
- 3/23/2010
- www.ohmygore.com/
British actor and stuntman Scott Adkins - who played Weapon XI in the climactic battle of X-Men Origins: Wolverine - is among the stars of horror flick Stag Night, released on DVD and Blu-ray by Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment on April 19.
It's written and directed by Peter A. Dowling, the writer of 2005 airline thriller Flight Plan starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean.
Dowling switches from planes to trains for Stag Night, which comes from the producers of Outlander, Die Hard 4 and Lucky Number Slevin.
It stars Kip Pardue (ER) alongside Vinessa Shaw (The Hills Have Eyes), Breckin Meyer, Karl Geary and Scott Adkins. Adkins was also in The Bourne Ultimatum, as Agent Kiley.
Out on the town in New York to celebrate his last night of freedom, Mike (Kip Pardue) and four friends stumble from bar to strip joint in search of a little hands-on 'bachelor' action.
But, when...
It's written and directed by Peter A. Dowling, the writer of 2005 airline thriller Flight Plan starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean.
Dowling switches from planes to trains for Stag Night, which comes from the producers of Outlander, Die Hard 4 and Lucky Number Slevin.
It stars Kip Pardue (ER) alongside Vinessa Shaw (The Hills Have Eyes), Breckin Meyer, Karl Geary and Scott Adkins. Adkins was also in The Bourne Ultimatum, as Agent Kiley.
Out on the town in New York to celebrate his last night of freedom, Mike (Kip Pardue) and four friends stumble from bar to strip joint in search of a little hands-on 'bachelor' action.
But, when...
- 3/18/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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In recent years, riding on the popularity of the Saw franchise, Lionsgate has come up with a veritable assembly line model for horror film marketing. That's not to say they haven't been surprisingly selective in the kind of material they put out; High Tension, Open Water, and The Descent have all been relatively well-received and have found a decent audience, particularly Neil Marshall's nerve-racking cave-dweller horror film. The Burrowers, a straight-to-dvd release from the studio, is a surprise, in that it offers not only a novel setting but also more than competent acting and eye-catching cinematography.
A horror western is a unique concept that requires a masterful balancing act, utilized to great effect in Alex Turner's disturbing Dead Birds, released in 2004. Whereas Dead Birds focused largely on a single location and functioned as a psychological thriller, The Burrowers is much more in vein of a western,...
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In recent years, riding on the popularity of the Saw franchise, Lionsgate has come up with a veritable assembly line model for horror film marketing. That's not to say they haven't been surprisingly selective in the kind of material they put out; High Tension, Open Water, and The Descent have all been relatively well-received and have found a decent audience, particularly Neil Marshall's nerve-racking cave-dweller horror film. The Burrowers, a straight-to-dvd release from the studio, is a surprise, in that it offers not only a novel setting but also more than competent acting and eye-catching cinematography.
A horror western is a unique concept that requires a masterful balancing act, utilized to great effect in Alex Turner's disturbing Dead Birds, released in 2004. Whereas Dead Birds focused largely on a single location and functioned as a psychological thriller, The Burrowers is much more in vein of a western,...
- 5/2/2009
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
Chicago – Things are a little light in the world of the DVD Round-Up, HollywoodChicago.com’s popular feature that grabs titles that may have fallen through the cracks while you were busy refreshing your Netflix queue to see if “The Reader,” “Frost/Nixon,” and “The Wrestler” are going to ever be shipped your way.
This week’s Round-Up may be missing an Oscar winner like Kate Winslet, but there’s some definite quality here including a buzzed indie horror film, a beloved BBC hit, and one of the best shows on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Do your part and pick up one of these at least for rent. Broaden your horizons.
“Skins: Volume Two” was released on April 14th, 2009.
“Squidbillies: Volume Two” and “The Burrowers” were released on April 21st, 2009.
“The Burrowers”
Photo credit: Lionsgate “The Burrowers” stars William Mapother, Sean Patrick Thomas, Doug Hutchison, Karl Geary, and Clancy Brown.
This week’s Round-Up may be missing an Oscar winner like Kate Winslet, but there’s some definite quality here including a buzzed indie horror film, a beloved BBC hit, and one of the best shows on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Do your part and pick up one of these at least for rent. Broaden your horizons.
“Skins: Volume Two” was released on April 14th, 2009.
“Squidbillies: Volume Two” and “The Burrowers” were released on April 21st, 2009.
“The Burrowers”
Photo credit: Lionsgate “The Burrowers” stars William Mapother, Sean Patrick Thomas, Doug Hutchison, Karl Geary, and Clancy Brown.
- 4/21/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
It’s early August in the mountains above Santa Fe, New Mexico, and writer/director J.T. Petty is giving instructions for a crane-mounted shot he wants on his horror/Western The Burrowers, which is being released this Tuesday, April 21 on DVD by Lionsgate. Petty, casually dressed in a T-shirt and jacket, looks on his monitor at a green meadow between tall white aspen trees.
Actor William Mapother is loosely tied down to a fallen tree trunk, his face heavy with makeup of bruises, cuts and a pustulent growth. A tall Ute Indian, played by Tatanka Means with war paint on his face and a brown leather outfit, looks on. But he’s not the main threat faced by Mapother’s character, former soldier William Parcher; that would be the film’s title creatures—mysterious, vaguely humanoid beings that live underground and feast upon captured prey.
At the call for “action,...
Actor William Mapother is loosely tied down to a fallen tree trunk, his face heavy with makeup of bruises, cuts and a pustulent growth. A tall Ute Indian, played by Tatanka Means with war paint on his face and a brown leather outfit, looks on. But he’s not the main threat faced by Mapother’s character, former soldier William Parcher; that would be the film’s title creatures—mysterious, vaguely humanoid beings that live underground and feast upon captured prey.
At the call for “action,...
- 4/20/2009
- Fangoria
Scary creatures can invade any time or place, such as outer space, a cave or your innocent daughter’s upstairs bedroom. And horror can come from anywhere—even underground. Such is the case when strange flesheating monsters invade the Old West in writer/director J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers, coming on Lionsgate DVD April 21, and Fango visited the set to dig up the details.
John Ford’s Western films, especially 1956’s The Searchers, served as a template for this creature feature, set in the Dakota Territories in 1879. Petty and his team are putting an emphasis on open spaces, dark moodiness and the broody nature of a Western-era posse. Add in subterranean lifeforms, alien-like but born of the Earth, that hunt and prey on humans, and you have a film (see our reviews here and here) that initially sounds a bit like Tremors in the cowboy era. But it’s not,...
John Ford’s Western films, especially 1956’s The Searchers, served as a template for this creature feature, set in the Dakota Territories in 1879. Petty and his team are putting an emphasis on open spaces, dark moodiness and the broody nature of a Western-era posse. Add in subterranean lifeforms, alien-like but born of the Earth, that hunt and prey on humans, and you have a film (see our reviews here and here) that initially sounds a bit like Tremors in the cowboy era. But it’s not,...
- 4/17/2009
- Fangoria
"The Burrowers" DVD Reviewby Peter Dimako, Editor Admittedly, I love a good western and a decent enough horror; they’re both hard to come by for the most part, quality-wise that is. I had tried watching the absolutely appalling “The Man Who Came Back” western sent to us and just couldn’t chew more than the first twenty minutes before shelving it. This time around I was intrigued and thankfully enough made it through the full, entertaining offering. “The Burrowers” is written and helmed by J.T. Petty, director of the straight-to-video release “Mimic 3.” The story is set in the Dakota Territories in 1879, a place where only a few make their homes far from civilization. Film sets off with a family being attacked and abducted at their home and we meet Irish immigrant Fergus Coffey Karl Geary), a man who dreams of marrying his beloved Maryanne, one of those who have been taken.
- 4/10/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In writer/director J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers, carnivorous creatures roam under the soil of the young American frontier, creeping up on unsuspecting settlers and burying them alive, left to rot in the dirt. Lionsgate appears to be taking a similar tactic with The Burrowers itself, as this cleverly plotted and delightfully sinister film has been dumped into the vast graveyard of the direct-to-dvd market (streeting April 21) with a middling package that can’t even be bothered to list the correct running time on the back cover (it’s a half-hour off the mark). It’s inexcusable treatment for any movie, but practically a crime when the victim is capable of holding its own next to the best of the genre.
Actually, make that “genres,” because The Burrowers isn’t just a great horror movie; it’s a great Western as well. There was always a powerful lurking fear in...
Actually, make that “genres,” because The Burrowers isn’t just a great horror movie; it’s a great Western as well. There was always a powerful lurking fear in...
- 4/6/2009
- Fangoria
"The Burrowers" will be coming to DVD April 21st from LionsGate. Here's the artwork. From its opening images of the Dakota territories in 1879, "The Burrowers" appears to be every inch a Western. But in the hands of writer/director J.T. Petty, "The Burrowers" probes horrors that no Western could ever fathom. What begins as a tale worthy of John Ford . a band of hardened ranchers set off into the wilderness to rescue a family kidnapped by a Native American tribe . turns into a terrifying encounter with a gruesome species that's far from human. The specs are as follows; * The Burrowers: Making a Horror Western featurette * Digging up The Burrowers: Creating the Monster featurettes * Audio commentary with writer/director Jt Petty and actor Karl Geary...
- 2/22/2009
- www.ohmygore.com/
The final artwork and specs have been release for J.T. Petty’s long-awaited underground monster movie The Burrowers, and you can check out the art on your right. Extras are set to include the following:
Commentary by Jt Petty and star Karl Geary ”The Burrowers Making a Horror Western” featurette ”Digging up The Burrowers: Creating a Monster” featurette The Burrowers follows a group of cowboys out to avenge the death of some of their own by the hands of what they believe are Indians. They find out, however, that the culprits are actually creatures living underground who’ve developed a taste for man flesh.
Lionsgate will release the DVD on April 21st, 2009; hit the link below to pre-order it today!
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Commentary by Jt Petty and star Karl Geary ”The Burrowers Making a Horror Western” featurette ”Digging up The Burrowers: Creating a Monster” featurette The Burrowers follows a group of cowboys out to avenge the death of some of their own by the hands of what they believe are Indians. They find out, however, that the culprits are actually creatures living underground who’ve developed a taste for man flesh.
Lionsgate will release the DVD on April 21st, 2009; hit the link below to pre-order it today!
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- 2/19/2009
- by Johnny Butane
- DreadCentral.com
Update: Final cover art is below! Festival favorite The Burrowers is making its way to DVD on April 21st. Lionsgate Home Entertainment is packaging J.T. Petty's "western with a horrific, monstrous twist" with a trio of special features which include: . The Burrowers: Making a Horror Western featurette . Digging up The Burrowers: Creating the Monster featurettes . Audio commentary with writer/director Jt Petty and actor Karl Geary Clancy Brown, William Mapother, Doug Hutchison and Sean Patrick Thomas star in the film as a group of men searching for missing settlers. In their journey, they discover the danger they face is not from a local Native American tribe but from beneath their feet. Rob Hall's Almost Human FX supplies the creatures. The Burrowers...
- 2/19/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The latest film from J.T. Petty, The Burrowers, is getting set to make its DVD debut from Lionsgate, and we got some details for ya!
The film starring Clancy Brown, William Mapother, Doug Hutchison and Sean Patrick Thomas is set to hit home on April 21st and the special features are as follows:
• The Burrowers: Making a Horror Western featurette
• Digging up The Burrowers: Creating the Monster featurette
• Audio commentary with writer/director Jt Petty and actor Karl Geary
Official Synopsis:
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories. A handful of brave pioneers maintain isolated settlements in the badlands beyond civilization. Irish Immigrant Fergus Coffey is near to winning the hand of his beloved Maryanne when she is suddenly taken from him, her family brutally abducted in a nighttime attack on their homestead. Suspicion falls immediately on hostile Indians. Experienced Indian fighters Will Parcher and John Clay form a...
The film starring Clancy Brown, William Mapother, Doug Hutchison and Sean Patrick Thomas is set to hit home on April 21st and the special features are as follows:
• The Burrowers: Making a Horror Western featurette
• Digging up The Burrowers: Creating the Monster featurette
• Audio commentary with writer/director Jt Petty and actor Karl Geary
Official Synopsis:
It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories. A handful of brave pioneers maintain isolated settlements in the badlands beyond civilization. Irish Immigrant Fergus Coffey is near to winning the hand of his beloved Maryanne when she is suddenly taken from him, her family brutally abducted in a nighttime attack on their homestead. Suspicion falls immediately on hostile Indians. Experienced Indian fighters Will Parcher and John Clay form a...
- 1/29/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We just got the cover art!
Lionsgate Home Entertainment just announced details of its release of J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers. The horror/Western hits DVD April 21.
The story of a posse setting out to rescue settlers who they believe have been kidnapped by Indians, only to run afoul of hungry creatures that tunnel beneath the ground and grab human prey, will be accompanied by:
• Audio commentary by writer/director Petty and actor Karl Geary (pictured)
• The Burrowers: Making a Horror Western featurette
• Digging Up The Burrowers: Creating the Monster featurette
Retail price is $27.98. Read our review of The Burrowers here and look for a feature story on the film in Fango #282, on sale in March.
Lionsgate Home Entertainment just announced details of its release of J.T. Petty’s The Burrowers. The horror/Western hits DVD April 21.
The story of a posse setting out to rescue settlers who they believe have been kidnapped by Indians, only to run afoul of hungry creatures that tunnel beneath the ground and grab human prey, will be accompanied by:
• Audio commentary by writer/director Petty and actor Karl Geary (pictured)
• The Burrowers: Making a Horror Western featurette
• Digging Up The Burrowers: Creating the Monster featurette
Retail price is $27.98. Read our review of The Burrowers here and look for a feature story on the film in Fango #282, on sale in March.
- 1/28/2009
- Fangoria
It would be an exaggeration to suggest that JT Petty's The Burrowers goes miles deeper than the hastily-dug graves that play a central role in its plot, but it's nonetheless one of the more pleasant surprises of Fantastic Fest thus far. Beautifully shot and tightly scripted, it's the rare Hollywood genre film (bought and paid for by Lionsgate) that's more concerned with human relationships and behavior than the mysterious supernatural forces that sets the action in motion. Though its narrative definitely turns on the actions of creatures from the unknown, said creatures turn out to be relatively easy to extinguish compared to prejudice and moral decay in the hearts of ordinary men. It plays less like a horror film than a Terrence Malick film, with a mythological MacGuffin designed to reveal dark truths about the men forced to deal with it. Coffey (Karl Geary), an Irish farmhand in t ...
- 9/22/2008
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
When it comes to horror, it takes quite a bit to impress me, and the same goes for westerns, but J.T. Petty's The Burrowers did just that. The concept couldn't be any more appealing: the film is a mix of western and horror that features nasty underground creatures who hunt humans. As far as I know, I don't think there has ever been a horror movie that takes place in the old west, at least not one as good as this. The Burrowers looks amazing, starts out well, and features a great cast, but as thrilling as it was, it ultimately could've been a much better film for reasons that I'm having trouble identifying. However, for an exploration into both the horror and western genres, J.T. Petty should be proud of his latest feature. When Coffey's (Karl Geary) bride-to-be and her entire family suddenly disappear one night, he gathers...
- 9/15/2008
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jt Petty's The Burrowers really should be a bit better than it actually is. The idea of combining the western and horror genres is quite intriguing and Petty has a good basis for a strong movie but unfortunately he falls a bit short with its implementation. Many times throughout the week I have heard over and over how The Burrowers takes The Searchers and combines it with Tremors. While this comparison is true at the most basis level it really does not live up to such comparisons.
When making a comparison with The Searchers one can not help but think of John Wayne's bigoted cowboy. In The Burrowers instead of having the main hero be an anti hero we meet a violent racist captain in the army. In many ways this takes an interesting concept and waters it down to the point of being forgettable. What Jt Petty should...
When making a comparison with The Searchers one can not help but think of John Wayne's bigoted cowboy. In The Burrowers instead of having the main hero be an anti hero we meet a violent racist captain in the army. In many ways this takes an interesting concept and waters it down to the point of being forgettable. What Jt Petty should...
- 9/11/2008
- QuietEarth.us
We host a clip for Lionsgate's "The Burrowers" starring Karl Geary, William Mapother, Sean Patrick Thomas, Galen Hutchison, Clancy Brown, Alex Edmo, Doug Hutchison, Jocelin Donahue, Laura Leighton. The horror/thriller/western is helmed and written by J.T. Petty, writer of the 2007 seven-part TV series of the same title. Additionally, Petty served as both writer and director of "Mimic: Sentinel." The film makes its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival followed by it's Us premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin on Sept. 21st. Further, it then plays at Screamfest in October before making its DVD premiere on April 2009.
- 9/9/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
It is 1879. Coffey (Karl Geary), a young Irishman settled on the plains of Dakota, is about to ask his sweetheart to marry him. His dream of wedded bliss is shattered, however, when something or someone attacks the young lady's family farm, kidnapping the women and children and slaughtering the men. Coffey joins a group of local ranchers and cavalrymen in search of the victims, who are assumed to be prisoners of a fierce band of natives.
Put off by the sadistic and single-minded tactics of self-appointed group leader Henry Victor (Doug Hutchison), Coffey sets out with a couple of ranchers (William Mapother and Highlander's Clancy Brown), as well as a teenaged boy and a freed slave (Sean Patrick Thomas). They soon discover mysterious holes in the ground and a catatonic girl buried in the dirt, suggesting that they may not be hunting an ordinary tribe. A sinister enemy seems to...
Put off by the sadistic and single-minded tactics of self-appointed group leader Henry Victor (Doug Hutchison), Coffey sets out with a couple of ranchers (William Mapother and Highlander's Clancy Brown), as well as a teenaged boy and a freed slave (Sean Patrick Thomas). They soon discover mysterious holes in the ground and a catatonic girl buried in the dirt, suggesting that they may not be hunting an ordinary tribe. A sinister enemy seems to...
- 9/2/2008
- by Leigh
- Latemag.com/film
If you head on over to Bdtv, you can watch the international trailer for J.T. Petty's The Burrowers, which features your first clear look at the creatures in the film, which were created by Almost Human FX (who worked on all of Apatow's films). Lucky attendees of the Midnight Madness portion of this year's Tiff will be treated to the world premiere of the film in September. After a family is brutally murdered in their home, a group of ranchers and infantry men embark on a crusade to find the killers. When a mysterious killer attacks their ranks, they discover that carnivorous creatures are hiding beneath the surface of the earth waiting to feed on their flesh. Doug Hutchison, Clancy Brown, William Mapother, Sean Patrick Thomas, Karl Geary, Jocelin Donahue, Laura Leighton, Robert Ri'chard, Alexander Skarsgård, Brighid Fleming, Galen Hutchinson, Anthony Parker, Christopher Hagan and Jon Krist all star.
- 8/29/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
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