The Nun and The Hallow director Corin Hardy has set up his latest feature, high school horror movie Whistle. According to Deadline, Whistle has also lined up quite the cast.
The high school horror movie centered around an Aztec Death Whistle, known for its shrieking sound, will star Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (“Wednesday”) and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead).
In Whistle, “a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.”
The film was written by Owen Egerton, adapted from his own short story.
The high school horror movie centered around an Aztec Death Whistle, known for its shrieking sound, will star Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (“Wednesday”) and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead).
In Whistle, “a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.”
The film was written by Owen Egerton, adapted from his own short story.
- 10/19/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Dafne Keen of Logan and His Dark Materials and Sophie Nélisse of Yellowjackets and The Book Thief have signed on to star in Whistle, the latest horror film from The Hallow and The Nun director Corin Hardy. Filming is set to begin in Ontario, Canada on the first week in November – and since this is a Canada/Ireland co-production, governed by Actra rather than SAG, it won’t be impacted by the ongoing Screen Actors Guild strike.
Scripted by Owen Egerton from his own short story, Whistle has the following synopsis: A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop...
Scripted by Owen Egerton from his own short story, Whistle has the following synopsis: A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop...
- 10/19/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The Nun and Gangs Of London director Corin Hardy is set to direct high school horror movie Whistle, which Black Bear will be selling at AFM after soft-launching the project at TIFF.
Starring will be Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (Wednesday) and Nick Frost (Fighting With My Family).
In Whistle, a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.
Written by Owen Egerton and adapted from his own short story, Whistle is a Canada-Ireland co-production produced by David Gross (Room...
Starring will be Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (Wednesday) and Nick Frost (Fighting With My Family).
In Whistle, a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion.
Written by Owen Egerton and adapted from his own short story, Whistle is a Canada-Ireland co-production produced by David Gross (Room...
- 10/19/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The newest anthology in the ‘Dark Matter Presents’ series, Bloody Disgusting is excited to announce that Dark Matter Presents: Haunted Reels is now available for pre-order.
Exclusively check out the cover art below, the work of artist Olly Jeavons!
Dark Matter Presents: Haunted Reels will be published on July 25. We’ve also been told that Haunted Reels: Volume 2 is in the works. Stay tuned for more on that one.
The team previews, “In April 2020, the world faced imminent lock-down, so a group of filmmakers started a virtual support group. Once a week, these diverse voices would assemble to do what they do best: tell each other stories. Campfire horror tales, emotional cosmic mysteries, and anything else that either made them take their minds off what was happening to the world, or help them understand it. Haunted Reels is the best of those stories.”
Curated by Indie Spirit Award Nominated film producer,...
Exclusively check out the cover art below, the work of artist Olly Jeavons!
Dark Matter Presents: Haunted Reels will be published on July 25. We’ve also been told that Haunted Reels: Volume 2 is in the works. Stay tuned for more on that one.
The team previews, “In April 2020, the world faced imminent lock-down, so a group of filmmakers started a virtual support group. Once a week, these diverse voices would assemble to do what they do best: tell each other stories. Campfire horror tales, emotional cosmic mysteries, and anything else that either made them take their minds off what was happening to the world, or help them understand it. Haunted Reels is the best of those stories.”
Curated by Indie Spirit Award Nominated film producer,...
- 5/11/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Our friends at Fantaspoa are doing their darndest to keep fans of genre cinema entertained during this season of pandemic. At the beginning of April they announced a short film contest and now it is time to watch the selection of 35 films at www.fantaspoaathome.com. Submissions include short films from folks like Martín Blousson, editor of Argentine black comedy Rock, Paper Scissors and Owen Egerton, writer and director of Blood Fest. From there you can watch all the films then vote for your favorite by liking them. The films that get the most likes on YouTube will be the winners of their respective categories. Fantaspoa is also presenting two very cool virtual screenings of Nosferatu, tomorrow May 3rd, and Genuine, next Sunday May...
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- 5/2/2020
- Screen Anarchy
The Coronavirus is having a widespread impact on people, governments, businesses, and events around the world, and the Fantaspoa Film Festival announced that it will postpone this year's event, with plans to launch "Fantaspoa at Home" to offer seven feature films every week at www.fantaspoaathome.com starting April 1st:
Porto Alegre, Brazil - 24 March 2019 - It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that the Fantaspoa Film Festival announces that it will postpone its upcoming 16th edition due to the Covid-19 pandemic currently sweeping the world. Initially scheduled for this coming May, the festival directors forecast that this year's edition will now take place between the months of October and December, 2020, if deemed responsible and safe at that time.
Due to executive decisions made by the Brazilian government prior to this unprecedented health crisis, Fantaspoa and countless other organizations dedicated to the arts were stripped of all federal sponsorship money.
Porto Alegre, Brazil - 24 March 2019 - It is with great sorrow and heavy hearts that the Fantaspoa Film Festival announces that it will postpone its upcoming 16th edition due to the Covid-19 pandemic currently sweeping the world. Initially scheduled for this coming May, the festival directors forecast that this year's edition will now take place between the months of October and December, 2020, if deemed responsible and safe at that time.
Due to executive decisions made by the Brazilian government prior to this unprecedented health crisis, Fantaspoa and countless other organizations dedicated to the arts were stripped of all federal sponsorship money.
- 3/24/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Seann William Scott among stars on genre slate.
Film Sales Company head Andrew Herwitz has ventured into new terrain and will launch sales in Cannes on a trio of genre films produced by Jason Blum’s prolific Blumhouse label.
New York-based Herwitz will commence talks with international buyers on Bloodline, a thriller starring Seann William Scott and Dale Dickey about a high school counsellor who takes his job of protecting his students a little too seriously.
Henry Jacobson makes his feature directorial debut on the project, which also stars Mariela Garriga, Kevin Carroll, and Christie Herring. Scott’s credits include the American Pie films,...
Film Sales Company head Andrew Herwitz has ventured into new terrain and will launch sales in Cannes on a trio of genre films produced by Jason Blum’s prolific Blumhouse label.
New York-based Herwitz will commence talks with international buyers on Bloodline, a thriller starring Seann William Scott and Dale Dickey about a high school counsellor who takes his job of protecting his students a little too seriously.
Henry Jacobson makes his feature directorial debut on the project, which also stars Mariela Garriga, Kevin Carroll, and Christie Herring. Scott’s credits include the American Pie films,...
- 5/11/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Our friends at the Horrorant Film Festival in Athens, Greece will kick off their sixth edition one week tomorrow on May 9th. Over six days collection of international genre titles will be screened to a rabid local audience. This year's program includes a focus on Latin American genre cinema with three films from the Onetti brothers out of Argentina, Lucio Rojas from Chile and Diego Cohen from Mexico. All three lads are perfect gentlemen and seasoned genre filmmakers. Onetti will be attending the festival to present his giallo trilogy and give a horror masterclass. Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein's Freaks will open this year's festival and Owen Egerton's Blood Fest will close. Celebrating our local talent, a couple Canadian titles made it...
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- 5/1/2019
- Screen Anarchy
From Blood Fest director Owen Egerton comes his take on the Slender Man-esque urban legend, Mercy Black. In this exclusive clip, a young boy searches the internet for stories on the title character and wonder, if all of these people believe, how can she not be real? In the film… “15 years after stabbing a classmate to conjure an imaginary […]...
- 4/3/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Over the weekend, Netflix dropped an unexpected treat for all of us horror fans, as they released Owen Egerton’s Mercy Black on their streaming service, a surprising approach considering we live in the day and age where it feels like we know everything about every movie coming out months ahead of time.
Ahead of its secretive digital bow, Daily Dead spoke with Egerton about the inspiration behind the story of Mercy Black, how the project ended up being driven by some fierce females both in front of and behind the camera, his experiences working with Blumhouse (who produced the project), and more.
Mercy Black is currently available to stream on Netflix Instant.
Congrats on the film, Owen. I was wondering if you could start off by talking about the story of Mercy Black and the inspirations behind it? Also, how did you approach building the emotional weight to this...
Ahead of its secretive digital bow, Daily Dead spoke with Egerton about the inspiration behind the story of Mercy Black, how the project ended up being driven by some fierce females both in front of and behind the camera, his experiences working with Blumhouse (who produced the project), and more.
Mercy Black is currently available to stream on Netflix Instant.
Congrats on the film, Owen. I was wondering if you could start off by talking about the story of Mercy Black and the inspirations behind it? Also, how did you approach building the emotional weight to this...
- 4/1/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
After a night filled with teases and terrible guesses (as to what the film might be), Netflix quietly dropped one of Blumhouse’s films to their service late last night. From Blood Fest director Owen Egerton comes his take on the Slender Man-esque urban legend, Mercy Black. In the film… “15 years after stabbing a classmate to conjure an imaginary phantom […]...
- 3/31/2019
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
To mark the 10th annual Women in Horror Month, Erica Shultz, host of the podcast ‘Customers Also Watched,’ recently interviewed Blood Fest director Owen Egerton. The interview uncovered Egerton’s picks for the WiHMX Challenge on social media – with his votes for categories including icons to the next generation, monsters to divas, plus a nod …
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- 3/12/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
No genre is able to celebrate itself like horror. Plenty of comedies and dramas and sci-fi movies are good—even great—but rarely are they ever about their own genres in the way that horror movies can be. Case in point: Blood Fest, the latest effort from writer/director Owen Egerton (2015’s Follow), a movie that’s as much a horror movie as it is about celebrating why we love horror movies. This is a movie focused on a bunch of horror fans, made by a bunch of horror fans not content to make just one type of horror movie, so instead they make every type of horror movie.
Dax (Robbie Kay) is a horror-obsessed teenager whose mother was murdered by a deranged slasher movie fan when he was a kid. As a result, his dad (Tate Donovan) has forbid him from having anything to do with the genre, including...
Dax (Robbie Kay) is a horror-obsessed teenager whose mother was murdered by a deranged slasher movie fan when he was a kid. As a result, his dad (Tate Donovan) has forbid him from having anything to do with the genre, including...
- 8/20/2018
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
The new horror comedy Blood Fest will be screening One Night Only, August 14th, from Fathom Events
In the 2018 horror flick Blood Fest, fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As festival attendees start dying off, three teenagers – more schooled in horror-film cliches than practical knowledge about neutralizing psycho killers – must band together and battle through various madmen and monstrosities to survive.
Now, thanks to Fathoms Events, you’ll have one opportunity to see Blood Fest on the big screen. It’s Tuesday August 14th 7:30pm (Ct). Tickets to The Fathom Events screening of Blood Fest can be purchased online from www.FathomEvents.com
Described by Nightmare on Film Street as “an already wild party where someone has spiked the punch,” and with Dread Central noting it “could become the party horror film of the year,...
In the 2018 horror flick Blood Fest, fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As festival attendees start dying off, three teenagers – more schooled in horror-film cliches than practical knowledge about neutralizing psycho killers – must band together and battle through various madmen and monstrosities to survive.
Now, thanks to Fathoms Events, you’ll have one opportunity to see Blood Fest on the big screen. It’s Tuesday August 14th 7:30pm (Ct). Tickets to The Fathom Events screening of Blood Fest can be purchased online from www.FathomEvents.com
Described by Nightmare on Film Street as “an already wild party where someone has spiked the punch,” and with Dread Central noting it “could become the party horror film of the year,...
- 8/9/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After announcing that they've teamed up with Fathom Events to bring Blood Fest to more than 600 theaters in the Us on August 14th, Rooster Teeth unveiled another trailer for the meta horror comedy that features a wide range of living nightmares, including zombies, vampires, and killer clowns.
From the Press Release: Get ready for a screaming/laughing/covering-your-eyes, gore-splattered, good night this August when horror-comedy “Blood Fest” comes to cinemas across the nation. Described by Nightmare on Film Street as “an already wild party where someone has spiked the punch,” and with Dread Central noting it “could become the party horror film of the year,” horror aficionados will want to mark their calendars for this one-night event. In addition to the full-length feature, which premiered at SXSW 2018 and screened to raves at the Cleveland, Fantaspoa and Edinburgh International Film Festivals, attendees will also enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes access.
Tickets for “Blood Fest...
From the Press Release: Get ready for a screaming/laughing/covering-your-eyes, gore-splattered, good night this August when horror-comedy “Blood Fest” comes to cinemas across the nation. Described by Nightmare on Film Street as “an already wild party where someone has spiked the punch,” and with Dread Central noting it “could become the party horror film of the year,” horror aficionados will want to mark their calendars for this one-night event. In addition to the full-length feature, which premiered at SXSW 2018 and screened to raves at the Cleveland, Fantaspoa and Edinburgh International Film Festivals, attendees will also enjoy exclusive behind-the-scenes access.
Tickets for “Blood Fest...
- 7/19/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Stars: Robbie Kay, Jacob Batalon, Seychelle Gabriel, Jacob Batalon, Barbara Dunkelman, Tate Donovan, Zachary Levi | Written and Directed by Owen Egerton
Produced by popular YouTube outfit Rooster Teeth, Blood Fest aims to follow in the footsteps of self-aware meta horrors like Scream and Cabin in the Woods. Unfortunately, while there’s no doubting the filmmakers’ evident love for the genre, the end result isn’t nearly as funny or as clever as it thinks it is.
After a generic slasher movie prologue in which a young boy sees his mother get killed by a masked maniac, we’re introduced to horror-loving Dax (Robbie Kay) and his best buddies Sam (Seychelle Gabriel) and Krill (Jacob Batalon), who are desperate to attend horror festival Blood Fest, against the wishes of Dax’s strict father (Tate Donovan), who blames the genre for his wife’s (i.e. Dax’s mother’s) murder in the prologue.
Produced by popular YouTube outfit Rooster Teeth, Blood Fest aims to follow in the footsteps of self-aware meta horrors like Scream and Cabin in the Woods. Unfortunately, while there’s no doubting the filmmakers’ evident love for the genre, the end result isn’t nearly as funny or as clever as it thinks it is.
After a generic slasher movie prologue in which a young boy sees his mother get killed by a masked maniac, we’re introduced to horror-loving Dax (Robbie Kay) and his best buddies Sam (Seychelle Gabriel) and Krill (Jacob Batalon), who are desperate to attend horror festival Blood Fest, against the wishes of Dax’s strict father (Tate Donovan), who blames the genre for his wife’s (i.e. Dax’s mother’s) murder in the prologue.
- 7/5/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Now in its 19th year, Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 has announced a jam-packed lineup of genre screenings, including the UK premiere of The Ranger, the world premiere of Heretiks, the raved-about Anna and the Apocalypse, and much more:
Press Release: Remaining in the heart of London’s West End for its 19th edition, the world renowned horror and fantasy film festival turbo-charges into the Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema from Aug 23 - Aug 27 2018. Hosting a record-breaking seventy films, embracing eighteen countries and spanning six continents, this year’s line-up is a true celebration of the genre’s global popularity. The five-day fear-a-thon includes 20 World, 17 European and 22 UK Premieres.
The opening night attraction is the UK premiere of The Ranger. Jenn Wexler’s impressive directorial debut feature is an explosive, post-modern slasher, with a kick-ass punk soundtrack and a knock-out lead performance from Chloe Levin (The Transfiguration). Wexler, the...
Press Release: Remaining in the heart of London’s West End for its 19th edition, the world renowned horror and fantasy film festival turbo-charges into the Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema from Aug 23 - Aug 27 2018. Hosting a record-breaking seventy films, embracing eighteen countries and spanning six continents, this year’s line-up is a true celebration of the genre’s global popularity. The five-day fear-a-thon includes 20 World, 17 European and 22 UK Premieres.
The opening night attraction is the UK premiere of The Ranger. Jenn Wexler’s impressive directorial debut feature is an explosive, post-modern slasher, with a kick-ass punk soundtrack and a knock-out lead performance from Chloe Levin (The Transfiguration). Wexler, the...
- 7/2/2018
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
What if the characters in your favorite horror movies came to life? Could you channel your inner Randy Meeks to navigate the rules of the genre, or would you be chopped to bits within seconds? Rooster Teeth's new horror comedy Blood Fest pits scary movie fans against all-too-real killers, and if you missed the film on its festival run, then you can watch it in theaters for one night only this August via Fathom Events:
Press Release: Denver – June 26, 2018 – Get ready for a screaming/laughing/covering-your-eyes, gore-splattered, good night this August when horror-comedy “Blood Fest” comes to cinemas across the nation. Described by Nightmare on Film Street as “an already wild party where someone has spiked the punch,” and with Dread Central noting it “could become the party horror film of the year,” horror aficionados will want to mark their calendars for this one-night event. In addition to the full-length feature,...
Press Release: Denver – June 26, 2018 – Get ready for a screaming/laughing/covering-your-eyes, gore-splattered, good night this August when horror-comedy “Blood Fest” comes to cinemas across the nation. Described by Nightmare on Film Street as “an already wild party where someone has spiked the punch,” and with Dread Central noting it “could become the party horror film of the year,” horror aficionados will want to mark their calendars for this one-night event. In addition to the full-length feature,...
- 6/26/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Blood Fest is a horror-comedy from writer/director Owen Egerton. The film treads a well-worn path as three geeky film fans attend a horror convention in the woods, only to find themselves fighting for their lives when actual monsters attack and the 'Blood Fest' truly begins.
Despite spirited performances from the young cast, some slick direction from Egerton, and lots off quick-fire gags, the film ultimately struggles make much of an impact. The overall impression is one of a kid in the playground who really wants to be your best friend, but in the process comes across as desperate and annoying.
As a child, Dax (Robbie Kay) witnessed his mother's murder at the hands of a machete-wielding psychopath on Halloween night. Now a college student and video-store clerk, he immerses h...
Despite spirited performances from the young cast, some slick direction from Egerton, and lots off quick-fire gags, the film ultimately struggles make much of an impact. The overall impression is one of a kid in the playground who really wants to be your best friend, but in the process comes across as desperate and annoying.
As a child, Dax (Robbie Kay) witnessed his mother's murder at the hands of a machete-wielding psychopath on Halloween night. Now a college student and video-store clerk, he immerses h...
- 6/25/2018
- QuietEarth.us
Titles screening at the 18th edition include David Robert Mitchell’s Under The Silver Lake.
Swiss genre festival Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) has announced the programme for its 18th edition, held from July 6-14 this year.
The festival will open with the world premiere of web series Le 5e Cavalier, which won the Fantastic Web Contest at last year’s event. The closing film will be the Swiss premiere of animation Hotel Transylvania 3.
Scroll down for the full line-up
Across nine days the festival will screen over 150 films across 14 sections, consisting of 109 features and 60 shorts.
16 films will compete in the international competition,...
Swiss genre festival Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) has announced the programme for its 18th edition, held from July 6-14 this year.
The festival will open with the world premiere of web series Le 5e Cavalier, which won the Fantastic Web Contest at last year’s event. The closing film will be the Swiss premiere of animation Hotel Transylvania 3.
Scroll down for the full line-up
Across nine days the festival will screen over 150 films across 14 sections, consisting of 109 features and 60 shorts.
16 films will compete in the international competition,...
- 6/21/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Escape rooms are all the rage across the country right now, but what if the experience isn't as safe as you think? Escape Room, starring Skeet Ulrich, is hitting Redbox today! Also: Florida International Horror & Genre Film Festival was announced and Shhhh is coming to VOD.
Escape Room Release Details: "Henderson, Nv - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Worldwide film production and distribution company Global Genesis Group is proud to announce the launch of Escape Room starring Skeet Ulrich, Sean Young and Randy Wayne exclusively at Redbox® kiosks across the nation on May 8th.
In Escape Room, directed by Peter Dukes, four friends decide to partake in a popular escape room horror attraction only to find themselves stuck inside with a demonically possessed killer. They only have one hour to solve the room and escape with their lives.
The film marks Skeet Ulrich’s long-awaited return to the horror film genre after...
Escape Room Release Details: "Henderson, Nv - Thursday, May 3, 2018 - Worldwide film production and distribution company Global Genesis Group is proud to announce the launch of Escape Room starring Skeet Ulrich, Sean Young and Randy Wayne exclusively at Redbox® kiosks across the nation on May 8th.
In Escape Room, directed by Peter Dukes, four friends decide to partake in a popular escape room horror attraction only to find themselves stuck inside with a demonically possessed killer. They only have one hour to solve the room and escape with their lives.
The film marks Skeet Ulrich’s long-awaited return to the horror film genre after...
- 5/8/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Ahead of the full programme announcement on June 21st, Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival have announced twelve films from their official selection. The titles cover all of the festivals' major strands with picks from the International Competition, New Cinema From Asia, Films of the Third Kind and Ultra Movies categories. Three of the films are European Premieres including Nosipho Dumisa's Hitchcockian debut feature Number 37, Owen Egerton's festival-set horror comedy Blood Fest and folk-horror anthology The Field Guide to Evil. The Swiss festival kicks off on June 6th. See below for the full list of titles announced so far. Ammore E Malavita - Swiss premiere - Dir. Marco & Antonio Manetti, It, 2017 Bad Genius - Swiss premiere - Nattawut Poonpiriya, Th, 2017 Blood Fest -...
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- 5/3/2018
- Screen Anarchy
The biggest celebration of genre films in Latin America will kick off on May 17th with Brazil's 2018 Fantaspoa film festival, and following the reveal of the first wave of titles, the second wave of titles for the anticipated festival have now been unveiled, along with the announcement that filmmaker William Lustig will join Mick Garris in receiving a career achievement award:
We have the official press release below with the full second wave of titles, and be sure to visit Fantaspoa's official website for more information.
Press Release: Porto Alegre, Brazil - April 30, 2018 - Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of programming selected for their upcoming fourteenth edition, running from May 17th through June 3rd, 2018. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in the lakeside city of Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, containing more than 100 films from around the world,...
We have the official press release below with the full second wave of titles, and be sure to visit Fantaspoa's official website for more information.
Press Release: Porto Alegre, Brazil - April 30, 2018 - Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of programming selected for their upcoming fourteenth edition, running from May 17th through June 3rd, 2018. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in the lakeside city of Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, containing more than 100 films from around the world,...
- 5/1/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Rooster Teeth, the company behind hit digital sci-fi comedy “Red vs. Blue” and anime-style series “Rwby,” is opening up shop in London as it builds its international presence. The Fullscreen-owned company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, but wants to build closer links with fans in the U.K. and Europe, and is looking to find new talent in Britain.
Eric Cherry will run the London outpost and build a team based in the English capital. His remit extends to building a presence in the U.K. and more broadly in international markets, across programming, licensing, consumer products, and live events. Cherry has been working with Rooster Teeth since 2008. He will also work to expand its Svod service, First, internationally.
Matt Hullum, cofounder and CEO of Rooster Teeth said the U.K. will be a “proving ground” as the company as expands internationally. “Building communities is a goal and we’ve...
Eric Cherry will run the London outpost and build a team based in the English capital. His remit extends to building a presence in the U.K. and more broadly in international markets, across programming, licensing, consumer products, and live events. Cherry has been working with Rooster Teeth since 2008. He will also work to expand its Svod service, First, internationally.
Matt Hullum, cofounder and CEO of Rooster Teeth said the U.K. will be a “proving ground” as the company as expands internationally. “Building communities is a goal and we’ve...
- 4/23/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Brazil’s Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming fourteenth edition, running from May 17th through June 3rd. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
Fifteen features have just been announced, in addition to the previously-announced opening night film, Rodrigo Aragão’s Brazilian feature A Mata Negra, and closing night film, A Pedra da Serpente – the first feature from award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Sanches, co-produced by the festival’s own Fantaspoa Produções.
Honored guests at Fantaspoa 2018 include “Masters of Horror” creator Mick Garris, renowned for his cinematic adaptations of Stephen King novels; and Romanian actress Elina Löwensohn, famous for starring in features from Hal Hartley, Michael Almereyda, and other greats. Attending filmmakers include Marc Carreté,...
Fifteen features have just been announced, in addition to the previously-announced opening night film, Rodrigo Aragão’s Brazilian feature A Mata Negra, and closing night film, A Pedra da Serpente – the first feature from award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Sanches, co-produced by the festival’s own Fantaspoa Produções.
Honored guests at Fantaspoa 2018 include “Masters of Horror” creator Mick Garris, renowned for his cinematic adaptations of Stephen King novels; and Romanian actress Elina Löwensohn, famous for starring in features from Hal Hartley, Michael Almereyda, and other greats. Attending filmmakers include Marc Carreté,...
- 4/13/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Owen Egerton's (Follow, 2016) Blood Fest will have its World Premiere, in Austin. The film will be part of the SXSW Film Festival, in Texas. In the film, several friends arrive at a carnival, hosted by an iconic horror showman. But, the show turns from fantasy into reality, with the characters chased by a group of masked killers. Blood Fest stars: Robbie Kay (Hannibal Rising, 2007), Seychelle Gabriel ("Falling Skies"), Jacob Batalon, Barbara Dunkelman and many more. A trailer for this horror title was released this week and it can be found below. The trailer shows some of the film's action. In the first few seconds, villains - in pig masks - break out the chainsaws. Everyone else heads for the hills. The survivors find refuge in an old cabin, until killer clowns and vampires turn up. Then, it is just a countdown until the end. Blood Fest will show on March 9th,...
- 2/28/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
What if the characters in horror movies came to life? Would you be able to survive the cinematic killers and unforgiving rules to surviving a scary movie (for reference, watch Randy's house party speech in Scream)? A horror festival becomes all too real for a group of teenagers in the first teaser trailer for Blood Fest, which debuted on EW ahead of its world premiere at SXSW.
Written and directed by Owen Egerton (Follow), Blood Fest was produced by Rooster Teeth and will make its world premiere on March 9th at the SXSW Film Festival. According to EW, the movie's cast includes Robbie Kay, Seychelle Gabriel, Jacob Batalon, Barbara Dunkelman, Tate Donovan, Nick Rutherford, Chris Doubek, Rebecca Wagner, and Zachary Levi.
We'll be providing live coverage of SXSW in Austin later this month, so be sure to check back for more updates on Blood Fest, which sounds like it should...
Written and directed by Owen Egerton (Follow), Blood Fest was produced by Rooster Teeth and will make its world premiere on March 9th at the SXSW Film Festival. According to EW, the movie's cast includes Robbie Kay, Seychelle Gabriel, Jacob Batalon, Barbara Dunkelman, Tate Donovan, Nick Rutherford, Chris Doubek, Rebecca Wagner, and Zachary Levi.
We'll be providing live coverage of SXSW in Austin later this month, so be sure to check back for more updates on Blood Fest, which sounds like it should...
- 2/27/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
After experimenting with his form of boundary-pushing, cinema-as-memory films to great, succesful lengths with his last three narrative features–not to mention Voyage of Time, which we’re still awaiting an actual U.S. release for–Terrence Malick will return to more of a traditional script with his WWII drama Radegund, hopefully releasing later this year. But first, after splicing in avant-garde and experiential touches with his last few films, he’s making the natural step into virtual reality.
Premiering at South by Southwest Festival–where he gave a rare public talk last year–on March 13 is the Vr experience Together, which is directed by Malick and shot by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Silence, The Wolf of Wall Street, Brokeback Mountain). Clocking in at 5 minutes and 46 seconds and featuring music by Simon Franglen, see the synopsis below, as well as the first look above.
“Together” is a Vr experience about the power of human connection.
Premiering at South by Southwest Festival–where he gave a rare public talk last year–on March 13 is the Vr experience Together, which is directed by Malick and shot by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Silence, The Wolf of Wall Street, Brokeback Mountain). Clocking in at 5 minutes and 46 seconds and featuring music by Simon Franglen, see the synopsis below, as well as the first look above.
“Together” is a Vr experience about the power of human connection.
- 2/8/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Following the announcement that John Krasinski's A Quiet Place will be the opening night movie at SXSW, the anticipated Midnighters genre slate has now been revealed, including the buzzed-about Hereditary (read Heather Wixson's Sundance review here), Leigh Whannell's Upgrade, Jenn Wexler's The Ranger, and Field Guide to Evil.
You can check out the full list of Midnighters below, and visit the official SXSW website for more information on the festival's schedule.
From SXSW: "The SXSW Midnighters section is a perennial favorite for SXSW audiences thrilled by the weird, electric, and sometimes terrifying selections. Featuring 10 genre films, including 6 World Premieres, the slate includes dark comedies, thrillers, Sci-Fi, mystery and slasher horror from a mix of established and first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters, as well as 12 additional films, which are included in the 132 total features now to be screened at the SXSW 2018 Film Festival.
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative...
You can check out the full list of Midnighters below, and visit the official SXSW website for more information on the festival's schedule.
From SXSW: "The SXSW Midnighters section is a perennial favorite for SXSW audiences thrilled by the weird, electric, and sometimes terrifying selections. Featuring 10 genre films, including 6 World Premieres, the slate includes dark comedies, thrillers, Sci-Fi, mystery and slasher horror from a mix of established and first-time filmmakers. The Midnighters, as well as 12 additional films, which are included in the 132 total features now to be screened at the SXSW 2018 Film Festival.
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative...
- 2/7/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Wes Anderson’s Isle Of Dogs to close Austin event; select guests to attend Alita: Battle Angel set on opening night party.
Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are among a coterie of directors whose horror anthology Field Guide To Evil will receive its world premiere in Midnighters at SXSW next month.
Field Guide To Evil (pictured) contains vignettes about the origins of folklore and boasts a director roster of Peter Stickland (The Duke Of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio), Agnieszka Smoczynska, Katrin Gebbe, Can Evrenol, Calvin Reeder (The Oregonian), Ashim Ahluwalia, and Yannis Veslemes.
Midnighters comprises 10 selections, six of which are world premieres. They include: Saw writer Leigh Whannell’s tech horror Upgrade; Owen Egerton’s horror film Blood Fest; Stephen Susco’s dark web tale Untitled Blumhouse-Bazelevs Film; Jenn Wexler’s slasher film The Ranger; and Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive.
The selection includes Ari Aster’s recent Sundance hot ticket Hereditary from A24...
Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are among a coterie of directors whose horror anthology Field Guide To Evil will receive its world premiere in Midnighters at SXSW next month.
Field Guide To Evil (pictured) contains vignettes about the origins of folklore and boasts a director roster of Peter Stickland (The Duke Of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio), Agnieszka Smoczynska, Katrin Gebbe, Can Evrenol, Calvin Reeder (The Oregonian), Ashim Ahluwalia, and Yannis Veslemes.
Midnighters comprises 10 selections, six of which are world premieres. They include: Saw writer Leigh Whannell’s tech horror Upgrade; Owen Egerton’s horror film Blood Fest; Stephen Susco’s dark web tale Untitled Blumhouse-Bazelevs Film; Jenn Wexler’s slasher film The Ranger; and Colin Minihan’s What Keeps You Alive.
The selection includes Ari Aster’s recent Sundance hot ticket Hereditary from A24...
- 2/7/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
This year’s South by Southwest Conference and Festivals has announced the remainder of its film festival program, including the full run of their Midnighters, Shorts, Virtual Cinema, Music Video, Title Sequence, and the brand-new Independent Episodic lineup, along with a number of additions to their Features slate. Additionally, the festival has announced that the North American premiere of Wes Anderson’s highly anticipated new stop-motion feature, “Isle of Dogs,” will serve as the event’s Closing Night Film, following the film’s world premiere at Berlin. The festival has also added a number of Sundance favorites, including “Sorry to Bother You,” “Blindspotting,” and “Science Fair.”
This year’s Midnighter’s section — a long-time favorite of the genre-loving SXSW audiences — features 10 genre films, including six world premieres, with offerings that span dark comedies, thrillers, sci-fi, mystery, and slasher horror from a mix of established and first-time filmmakers.
Highlights include Ari Aster’s “Hereditary,...
This year’s Midnighter’s section — a long-time favorite of the genre-loving SXSW audiences — features 10 genre films, including six world premieres, with offerings that span dark comedies, thrillers, sci-fi, mystery, and slasher horror from a mix of established and first-time filmmakers.
Highlights include Ari Aster’s “Hereditary,...
- 2/7/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A new horror comedy from Austin-based Rooster Teeth, written and to be directed by Owen Egerton, has lined up a number of young Hollywood actors to take on roles — Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Robbie Kay (Heroes: Reborn), Nick Rutherford (SNL, Crunch Time) and Tate Donovan (The Man in the High Castle) with Rooster Teeth's Barbara Dunkelman (Rwby). Egerton, a screenwriter who has twice appeared on the industry-famous Black List, and has written and directed the…...
- 8/1/2017
- Deadline
Following the success of its first film, Lazer Team -- for which a YouTube Red sequel is currently in the works -- Austin-based production powerhouse Rooster Teeth has announced its third-ever feature: Blood Fest.
The horror comedy film will tell the story of the founder of an iconic horror movie festival who's secretly harboring a diabolical agenda. When attendees at the convention start dying, three teen horror fans must band together to fight off madmen, monstrosities, and other terrifying scenarios. Blood Fest is written and directed by Owen Egerton, and will star Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Robbie Kay (Heroes: Reborn), Rooster Teeth’s Barbara Dunkelman, Nick Rutherford (SNL), and Tate Donovan (The Man in the High Castle).
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The horror comedy film will tell the story of the founder of an iconic horror movie festival who's secretly harboring a diabolical agenda. When attendees at the convention start dying, three teen horror fans must band together to fight off madmen, monstrosities, and other terrifying scenarios. Blood Fest is written and directed by Owen Egerton, and will star Jacob Batalon (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Robbie Kay (Heroes: Reborn), Rooster Teeth’s Barbara Dunkelman, Nick Rutherford (SNL), and Tate Donovan (The Man in the High Castle).
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- 8/1/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
As far as “unsolved mystery” horror films go, The Axe Murders Of Villisca is nothing more than generic at best. Why prey on such a famed case in – wait, let’s rewind quick. Are you even aware of this tragic Iowa slaughterfest? Let’s revisit June 9th, 1912. According to legend, a family was brutally murdered at night by a axe-wielding maniac who was never arrested. One by one, the Moore family was beaten to death – some with the axe’s bluntest side, others hacked and slashed. A traveling Presbyterian minister confessed to the murders, claiming he heard windmills in his head before blacking out – but no convictions were made, and the deed went unpunished.
This brings us to writer/director Tony E. Valenzuela’s ghost story spinoff, which sees three modern-day teens sneak into one of America’s most haunted locations. Caleb (Robert Adamson) and Denny (Jarrett Sleeper) already had...
This brings us to writer/director Tony E. Valenzuela’s ghost story spinoff, which sees three modern-day teens sneak into one of America’s most haunted locations. Caleb (Robert Adamson) and Denny (Jarrett Sleeper) already had...
- 1/23/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Exclusive: Grasshopper Film has announced the acquisition of all U.S. distribution rights to “The Human Surge,” the electrifying debut from Argentine filmmaker Eduardo Williams, which was recently awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival from a jury led by Dario Argento. The film will open in theaters next year.
The film follows Buenos Aires resident “Exe, 25 years old, has just lost his job and is not looking for another one. His neighbors and friends seem as odd to him as they always do. Online, he meets Alf, a boy from Mozambique who is also bored with his job and who is about to follow Archie, another boy who has run away into the jungle.
– Exclusive: Grasshopper Film has announced the acquisition of all U.S. distribution rights to “The Human Surge,” the electrifying debut from Argentine filmmaker Eduardo Williams, which was recently awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival from a jury led by Dario Argento. The film will open in theaters next year.
The film follows Buenos Aires resident “Exe, 25 years old, has just lost his job and is not looking for another one. His neighbors and friends seem as odd to him as they always do. Online, he meets Alf, a boy from Mozambique who is also bored with his job and who is about to follow Archie, another boy who has run away into the jungle.
- 11/18/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The Canada-based distribution outfit has agreed a first-look deal with The Forbidden Room producers.
Toronto-based Raven Banner Entertainment, at the Efm kicking off sales on Owen Egerton’s horror-thriller Follow, has moved to bulk up its pipeline with a first-look financing and distribution deal with The Forbidden Room producers Buffalo Gal Pictures.
Buffalo Gal’s Insidious Pictures, a genre label behind such titles as Silent Night, The Lazarus Project, and The Haunting In Connecticut, will generate the projects.
The arrangement with Winnipeg’s Buffalo Gal is aimed at modestly budgeted, auteur-driven, elevated genre films for global audiences from renowned genre filmmakers and emerging Canadian talent.
Buffalo Gal president Phyllis Laing said: “Buffalo Gal is excited to bring its curatorial excellence to join the Raven Banner brand in cultivating genre films by talented emerging and established filmmakers.”
Michael Paszt and Andrew Hunt of Raven Banner added: “Buffalo Gals has a fantastic track record in production, and a deep...
Toronto-based Raven Banner Entertainment, at the Efm kicking off sales on Owen Egerton’s horror-thriller Follow, has moved to bulk up its pipeline with a first-look financing and distribution deal with The Forbidden Room producers Buffalo Gal Pictures.
Buffalo Gal’s Insidious Pictures, a genre label behind such titles as Silent Night, The Lazarus Project, and The Haunting In Connecticut, will generate the projects.
The arrangement with Winnipeg’s Buffalo Gal is aimed at modestly budgeted, auteur-driven, elevated genre films for global audiences from renowned genre filmmakers and emerging Canadian talent.
Buffalo Gal president Phyllis Laing said: “Buffalo Gal is excited to bring its curatorial excellence to join the Raven Banner brand in cultivating genre films by talented emerging and established filmmakers.”
Michael Paszt and Andrew Hunt of Raven Banner added: “Buffalo Gals has a fantastic track record in production, and a deep...
- 2/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The Toronto-based distributor and sales agent arrives at the Efm with four new titles to introduce to buyers.
Owen Egerton’s claustrophobic horror-thriller Follow premiered at Fantastic Fest and tells of a painter who wakes up to find a gun in his hand and his girlfriend dead.
Noah Segan from Starry Eyes pays the lead and the producers are Seth Caplan and Chris Colbert.
Jason William Lee’s The Evil In Us (pictured) tells the story of six best friends who fall victim to a terrorist organisation when they ingest a drug that transforms them into cannibals. Dalj Brar and Michael Gyori produced.
Nathan Hendrickson’s The Hollow One is about two sisters who must stop a demonic force unleashed upon a small farm town.
Gaurav Seth’s sci-fi thriller Prisoner X centres on a CIA agent who heads to at a secret underground prison to interrogate a time-travelling terrorist.
Romano Orzari, [link...
Owen Egerton’s claustrophobic horror-thriller Follow premiered at Fantastic Fest and tells of a painter who wakes up to find a gun in his hand and his girlfriend dead.
Noah Segan from Starry Eyes pays the lead and the producers are Seth Caplan and Chris Colbert.
Jason William Lee’s The Evil In Us (pictured) tells the story of six best friends who fall victim to a terrorist organisation when they ingest a drug that transforms them into cannibals. Dalj Brar and Michael Gyori produced.
Nathan Hendrickson’s The Hollow One is about two sisters who must stop a demonic force unleashed upon a small farm town.
Gaurav Seth’s sci-fi thriller Prisoner X centres on a CIA agent who heads to at a secret underground prison to interrogate a time-travelling terrorist.
Romano Orzari, [link...
- 2/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in on projects to potentially anticipate, but first, to kickstart Hollywood on bringing them to screen. Last year’s chart-topper Catherine the Great is still waiting to be produced and today we have this year’s editiong
Topping the 2015 edition, we have Isaac Adamson‘s Bubbles, which tells the story of Michael Jackson through the strange perspective of his adopted baby chimp. Also included is the Boston Marathon bombing drama Stronger, which Jake Gyllenhaal was circling, and Miss Sloane, which has Jessica Chastain attached. So, as an early look for some potential upcoming films to keep on your radar, take a looked at the full, detailing list below, along with the number of votes each earned.
Bubbles by Isaac Adamson 44
A baby chimp...
Topping the 2015 edition, we have Isaac Adamson‘s Bubbles, which tells the story of Michael Jackson through the strange perspective of his adopted baby chimp. Also included is the Boston Marathon bombing drama Stronger, which Jake Gyllenhaal was circling, and Miss Sloane, which has Jessica Chastain attached. So, as an early look for some potential upcoming films to keep on your radar, take a looked at the full, detailing list below, along with the number of votes each earned.
Bubbles by Isaac Adamson 44
A baby chimp...
- 12/15/2015
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Owen Egerton’s feature-length directorial debut Follow had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX this weekend to a lukewarm reception, and it disappoints me to say that I share that sentiment as Follow was one of the films I was most looking forward to at the festival. Quinn (Noah Segan, Deadgirl, Starry Eyes) and Thana (Olivia Grace Applegate) […]...
- 9/28/2015
- by Trace Thurman
- bloody-disgusting.com
One thing I love, that is apparent from this wave announcement, is that Fantastic Fest not only celebrates new genre cinema but relishes in repertory genre cinema! We have some awesome martial arts films and a 35mm screening of Evilspeak to coincide with Kier-La Jannise & Paul Corupe’s Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980’s. We are also getting the new horror anthology from V/H/S alumni (Producer Roxanne Benjamin, director David Bruckner and directing team Radio Silence) with Southbound! Read on fiends, read on.
Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman...
Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman...
- 9/9/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Austin, TX – Wednesday, September 9, 2015 – Fantastic Fest announces its final wave of highly anticipated features and epic events for the annual celebration of all things genre. With signature smackdown Fantastic Debates and Comedy Central’s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, this year’s Fantastic Fest promises more thrills than ever before as it rages through Austin from September 24 – October 1st. Joining Fantastic Fest for the first time, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson will be in attendance to share their wildly inventive world of stop motion animation Anomalisa, Cannes Grand Prix winner Son Of Saul is screening in glorious 35mm, the stunning adult fairytale from Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone Tale Of Tales will unfurl, Jerusalem Film Festival’s top prize winner Tikkun, and we welcome the World Premiere of the action-thriller Camino with Zoe Bell and Fantastic Fest veteran / mayor Nacho Vigalondo as a religious psychopath — a prospect that should fill...
- 9/9/2015
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The final wave of Fantastic Fest 2015 has finally been announced and it features a crop of festival darlings along with Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s highly anticipated stop-motion animation film Anomalisa. The Cannes Grand Prix winner Son of Saul joins the list as well as the new film from director Matteo Garrone, Tale of Tales. PopOptiq will be present once again this year so be sure to check out our coverage in the upcoming weeks. Check out the full list below.
****
Anomalisa
United States, 2015
Regional Premiere, 90 min
Directors – Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Charlie Kaufman’s newest story, a revolutionary and emotional stop-motion animation, follows an unhappy customer service guru looking for an escape from the monotony of his life.
The Assassin
Taiwan, 2015
Us Premiere, 104 min
Director – Hou Hsiao-hsien
After failing to dispatch a corrupt government official, an assassin is disciplined by her master with a mission to...
****
Anomalisa
United States, 2015
Regional Premiere, 90 min
Directors – Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Charlie Kaufman’s newest story, a revolutionary and emotional stop-motion animation, follows an unhappy customer service guru looking for an escape from the monotony of his life.
The Assassin
Taiwan, 2015
Us Premiere, 104 min
Director – Hou Hsiao-hsien
After failing to dispatch a corrupt government official, an assassin is disciplined by her master with a mission to...
- 9/9/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Fantastic Fest announced its final wave of features and events for the annual celebration of all things genre.
Taking place in Austin, Texas, from September 24-October 1, the festival will include Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa and Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin.
“I love the diversity and breadth of programming that the team delivered this year,” said Tim League, Fantastic Fest and Alamo Drafthouse founder.
“In particular I’d like to highlight Anomalisa, Tikkun and Son Of Saul. These utterly-unique, auteur-driven, genre-defying masterpieces are exactly the type of groundbreaking cinema I want to share with the discerning Fantastic Fest audience.”
The films are:
Anomalsia (Us), Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
The Assassin (Taiwan, pictured), Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Boy And The Beast (Japan), Mamoru Hosoda
Camino (Us), Josh C Waller
Come Drink With Me (Hong Kong), King Hu
Dag (Norway), Oystein Karlsen
Daniel’s World (Czech Republic), Veronika Lišková
The Devil’s Candy (Us), Sean Byrne...
Taking place in Austin, Texas, from September 24-October 1, the festival will include Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa and Hou Hsiao-hsien’s The Assassin.
“I love the diversity and breadth of programming that the team delivered this year,” said Tim League, Fantastic Fest and Alamo Drafthouse founder.
“In particular I’d like to highlight Anomalisa, Tikkun and Son Of Saul. These utterly-unique, auteur-driven, genre-defying masterpieces are exactly the type of groundbreaking cinema I want to share with the discerning Fantastic Fest audience.”
The films are:
Anomalsia (Us), Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
The Assassin (Taiwan, pictured), Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Boy And The Beast (Japan), Mamoru Hosoda
Camino (Us), Josh C Waller
Come Drink With Me (Hong Kong), King Hu
Dag (Norway), Oystein Karlsen
Daniel’s World (Czech Republic), Veronika Lišková
The Devil’s Candy (Us), Sean Byrne...
- 9/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
Author and filmmaker Owen Egerton is set to direct debut feature, Follow, starring Noah Segan (Looper, Deadgirl) and based on short story collection, How Best to Avoid Dying. Egerton took to Facebook with the news, writing “Happy to announce that this spring I’ll be directing my first feature film – Follow. Follow is a psychological horror…
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- 2/10/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Here's the latest Austin and Texas film news.
Austin Film Festival has been awarded a $25,000 TexTreasures Grant to preserve five years of its audio and video collection, North Dallas Gazette reports. The collection will then be housed at Texas State University in San Marcos. The grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Among many other awards, the commission also approved a $49,500 grant to the Round Rock Library System for a "makerspace" collaboration to benefit middle-school students with Stem and art projects.Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul is starring alongside Juliette Lewis in Austinite Kat Candler's Hellion, according to Deadline. The indie feature drama, currently in production around Central Texas, stemmed from Candler's award-winning short film of the same name, about a seven-year-old who falls prey to his older brother's mischievous ways in a small Texas refinery town. Fellow Austinite Jonny Mars, who appeared in the SXSW 2012 short,...
Austin Film Festival has been awarded a $25,000 TexTreasures Grant to preserve five years of its audio and video collection, North Dallas Gazette reports. The collection will then be housed at Texas State University in San Marcos. The grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Among many other awards, the commission also approved a $49,500 grant to the Round Rock Library System for a "makerspace" collaboration to benefit middle-school students with Stem and art projects.Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul is starring alongside Juliette Lewis in Austinite Kat Candler's Hellion, according to Deadline. The indie feature drama, currently in production around Central Texas, stemmed from Candler's award-winning short film of the same name, about a seven-year-old who falls prey to his older brother's mischievous ways in a small Texas refinery town. Fellow Austinite Jonny Mars, who appeared in the SXSW 2012 short,...
- 9/16/2013
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
Here's the latest Austin film news.
Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League is looking to hire an apprentice, reports The Austin Chronicle. If you think you have what it takes to join the "big leagues," review the job's description via League's Facebook post and apply. In more Drafthouse news, Austin-based screenwriter and Alamo programmer Owen Egerton directed the music video for Austin-based musician Bob Schneider's latest single, "Wish the Wind Would Blow Me," on location at The Highball. The Drafthouse-owned bar and event venue is being renovated next to the theater chain's South Lamar location. The Drafthouse news continues with the announcement of this year's Fantastic Fest Bumper Contest, which invites the public to create the most outrageous and entertaining 15-45 second video possible that represents the festival and its current theme, "Intergalactic Fantastic." Deadline to submit entries is 11:59 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The selected bumpers will play before Fantastic Fest screenings.
Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League is looking to hire an apprentice, reports The Austin Chronicle. If you think you have what it takes to join the "big leagues," review the job's description via League's Facebook post and apply. In more Drafthouse news, Austin-based screenwriter and Alamo programmer Owen Egerton directed the music video for Austin-based musician Bob Schneider's latest single, "Wish the Wind Would Blow Me," on location at The Highball. The Drafthouse-owned bar and event venue is being renovated next to the theater chain's South Lamar location. The Drafthouse news continues with the announcement of this year's Fantastic Fest Bumper Contest, which invites the public to create the most outrageous and entertaining 15-45 second video possible that represents the festival and its current theme, "Intergalactic Fantastic." Deadline to submit entries is 11:59 pm on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The selected bumpers will play before Fantastic Fest screenings.
- 8/19/2013
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
Renaissance man Owen Egerton is on fire.
... metaphorically speaking, of course. But the redhead's career has been making sparks in national literary, film and comedy circles recently.
Next month, the Texas State University Mfa alum will lead readers through a bizarre apocolypse, filled with Jesus clones, a prophetic hermit crab and a slacker couple who are haunted by ghosts as they wait out their final days on Earth in his latest novel, Everyone Says That at the End of the World.
The Austin-based master multi-tasker also debuted his short film Follow, about one man's dangerous challenge to open a gift by his wife (starring local actor Jonny Mars), this week in the SXSW Film Midnight Shorts collection. Egerton based the film on a short story from his 2007 collection How Best to Avoid Dying.
Egerton and producer Seth Caplan are currently raising production funds for a feature-length version of Follow. I...
- 3/14/2013
- by Jordan Gass-Poore'
- Slackerwood
A stunningly gory stop-motion rampage by a maniacal Teddy Bear, the dangers of dancing, perils of babysitting, body horror and a whole lot of head explosions compose what should be a rousing journey for you and SXSW audiences. Those with asterisks are full length. Enjoy!
• The Apocalypse*
Director: Andrew Zuchero
Four uninspired friends try to come up with a terrific idea of how to spend their Saturday afternoon. The Apocalypse.
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• Boy Friends
Director: Hugo Vargas-Zesati
A man disturbed by a dream awakens to realize his unconscious has called his self-awareness into question. When confronting himself, misfortune brings the temporal world into perspective.
• Cats
Director: Michael Reich
A master groomer explains the sensual methods of dog grooming to his young and beautiful apprentice. Her mind begins to wander into a profane dream that melds the grossness of dog bathing with voyeuristic and domineering sexuality.
• Child Eater...
• The Apocalypse*
Director: Andrew Zuchero
Four uninspired friends try to come up with a terrific idea of how to spend their Saturday afternoon. The Apocalypse.
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• Boy Friends
Director: Hugo Vargas-Zesati
A man disturbed by a dream awakens to realize his unconscious has called his self-awareness into question. When confronting himself, misfortune brings the temporal world into perspective.
• Cats
Director: Michael Reich
A master groomer explains the sensual methods of dog grooming to his young and beautiful apprentice. Her mind begins to wander into a profane dream that melds the grossness of dog bathing with voyeuristic and domineering sexuality.
• Child Eater...
- 2/7/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
A stunningly gory stop-motion rampage by a maniacal Teddy Bear, the dangers of dancing, perils of babysitting, body horror and a whole lot of head explosions compose what should be a rousing journey for you and SXSW audiences. Those with asterisks are full length. Enjoy!
• The Apocalypse*
Director: Andrew Zuchero
Four uninspired friends try to come up with a terrific idea of how to spend their Saturday afternoon. The Apocalypse.
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• Boy Friends
Director: Hugo Vargas-Zesati
A man disturbed by a dream awakens to realize his unconscious has called his self-awareness into question. When confronting himself, misfortune brings the temporal world into perspective.
• Cats
Director: Michael Reich
A master groomer explains the sensual methods of dog grooming to his young and beautiful apprentice. Her mind begins to wander into a profane dream that melds the grossness of dog bathing with voyeuristic and domineering sexuality.
• Child Eater...
• The Apocalypse*
Director: Andrew Zuchero
Four uninspired friends try to come up with a terrific idea of how to spend their Saturday afternoon. The Apocalypse.
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• Boy Friends
Director: Hugo Vargas-Zesati
A man disturbed by a dream awakens to realize his unconscious has called his self-awareness into question. When confronting himself, misfortune brings the temporal world into perspective.
• Cats
Director: Michael Reich
A master groomer explains the sensual methods of dog grooming to his young and beautiful apprentice. Her mind begins to wander into a profane dream that melds the grossness of dog bathing with voyeuristic and domineering sexuality.
• Child Eater...
- 2/7/2013
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
School's out today, and that means the kids are ready for summer fun. Alamo Drafthouse is offering several family-friendly events, including Alamo Kids Camp at several Austin locations. Iron Giant began a two-week run at Alamo South Lamar today. From Saturday through Thursday, June 7, Alamo Slaughter is offering Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alamo Village hosts The Corpse Bride, and the Lake Creek location features How to Train Your Dragon. Check the Drafthouse calendar for times, and be sure to arrive extra early for these free screenings -- seating is limited and first come, first served.
On Thursday, Rolling Roadshow invades Austin's Park for a special screening of Pixar's Toy Story. Ticket purchase is only for the movie itself, and tickets must be picked up at Alamo South Lamar prior to the show. Don't forget to bring extra money for arcade games, miniature golf, and pizza before the screening.
For more mature audiences,...
On Thursday, Rolling Roadshow invades Austin's Park for a special screening of Pixar's Toy Story. Ticket purchase is only for the movie itself, and tickets must be picked up at Alamo South Lamar prior to the show. Don't forget to bring extra money for arcade games, miniature golf, and pizza before the screening.
For more mature audiences,...
- 5/25/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
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