After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series (ADO2), Sanatorium, a terrifying film that authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show’s worst fears.
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
“I’m really pleased that Brant Sersen’s film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. … Continue reading →...
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
“I’m really pleased that Brant Sersen’s film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. … Continue reading →...
- 6/14/2013
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series, Sanatorium, a film that "authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show's worst fears."
Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story) directed the picture which stars Kate Riley, Megan Neuringer and Don Fanelli.
On a bitterly cold December night, a paranormal investigations team has set their sights on the bloody Hillcrest Sanatorium to answer the age old question: Is there life after death? With rumors of hauntings and local children gone missing, they may just get their answer the hard way when members of the team mysteriously disappear, leaving behind unnerving evidence... Check out the poster inside!
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Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story) directed the picture which stars Kate Riley, Megan Neuringer and Don Fanelli.
On a bitterly cold December night, a paranormal investigations team has set their sights on the bloody Hillcrest Sanatorium to answer the age old question: Is there life after death? With rumors of hauntings and local children gone missing, they may just get their answer the hard way when members of the team mysteriously disappear, leaving behind unnerving evidence... Check out the poster inside!
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- 6/13/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
It's been awhile since we had a new horror flick to talk about from the good folks over at After Dark as they've been dabbling with action flicks as of late, but here we are with a haunting new tale primed and ready to start spooking!
From the Press Release
After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series (ADO2), Sanatorium, a terrifying film that authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show's worst fears.
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
"I'm really pleased that Brant Sersen's film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. We've built a library of 40+ horror features over the past 6 years, and it's been so rewarding to work with these exciting filmmakers to get their films out into the world.
From the Press Release
After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series (ADO2), Sanatorium, a terrifying film that authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show's worst fears.
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
"I'm really pleased that Brant Sersen's film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. We've built a library of 40+ horror features over the past 6 years, and it's been so rewarding to work with these exciting filmmakers to get their films out into the world.
- 6/13/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Splinterheads will be opening this weekend at the Regal Arbor Cinema in Austin, TX, Friday, November 13th for a limited and exclusive engagement. Austin is one of three cities selected along with Portland, Oregon, and New York City to run Splinterheads’ theatrical release so far. Director Brant Sersen, whose previous film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story won the Audience Award at the 2004 SXSW Film Festival, will be in attendance at the November 13th opening; with leading man Thomas Middleditch possibly joining as well. Splinterheads premiered at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. If you were in Austin this past weekend, you may have also seen the Splinterheads dunking booth at Fun Fun Fun Fest. Read the review by clicking here. Splinterheads introduces rapidly-rising improvisational comic Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. Then, one summer night, he visits a touring carnival...
- 11/12/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Director: Brant Sersen Writer(s): Brant Sersen Starring: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Lea Thompson, Christopher McDonald, Dean Winters, Frankie Faison, Jason Rogel Justin Frost (Thomas Middleditch) is a quirky, hyper and lanky twenty-something slacker. He works for his rotund best friend Wayne’s (Jason Rogel) landscaping business and still lives in his hometown with his mother (Lea Thompson from Back to the Future). Other than karate, he doesn’t seem to have any hobbies or skills or ambitions; as Justin proclaims, his “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. Justin is preyed upon by a sexy con-artist named Galaxy (Rachael Taylor from Transformers). Galaxy is a carnie, uh-hum splinterhead, with a traveling carnival that has come to Justin’s home town. Since there’s little else to do, Justin and Wayne wind up spending a lot of time hanging around the carnival, thus bumping into Galaxy often.
- 11/12/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
2009 is about to end with a bang, though probably not the apocalyptic kind predicted in the long-awaited adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" or Chris Smith's terrifying doc "Collapse," though those will both be playing at your local arthouse. Instead, audiences will be able to enjoy a winter of wildly different indie film offerings to reflect the wildly different tastes of moviegoers as we leave one decade and move into another. (There are also many different ways to watch them, as you can tell from our Anywhere But a Movie Theater section.)
From November through January, there will be musicals ("Nine"), comedies (Broken Lizard's "The Slammin' Salmon") and stop-motion animated wonderments ("A Town Called Panic") to entertain and new films from Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodóvar, Richard Linklater, Terry Gilliam and Werner Herzog to ponder. And if new movies aren't necessarily doing the trick, you can always cozy...
From November through January, there will be musicals ("Nine"), comedies (Broken Lizard's "The Slammin' Salmon") and stop-motion animated wonderments ("A Town Called Panic") to entertain and new films from Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodóvar, Richard Linklater, Terry Gilliam and Werner Herzog to ponder. And if new movies aren't necessarily doing the trick, you can always cozy...
- 11/4/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
"Paranormal Activity" has now made more than $85 million thanks to moviegoers literally demanding to see the low-budget horror flick in their city. And while grassroots promotional campaigns are nothing new in the film industry, this recent success is sure to spur more elaborate strategies from the studios. Well MTV isn't going to wait for them, especially with so many fine films out there that are simply overlooked beneath the crush of remakes and sequels. So every week I'll be spotlighting a few titles opening in limited release that are worthy of your time.
"Splinterheads"
What it is: The latest entry in the quirky, small town-set romantic comedy sub-genre. This one pairs up a socially retarded guy (Thomas Middleditch) and a gorgeous "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (Rachael Taylor). From the director of the hilarious, underrated Rob Corddry mockumentary "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story," Brett Sersen.
Reasons to see it: From what I hear,...
"Splinterheads"
What it is: The latest entry in the quirky, small town-set romantic comedy sub-genre. This one pairs up a socially retarded guy (Thomas Middleditch) and a gorgeous "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (Rachael Taylor). From the director of the hilarious, underrated Rob Corddry mockumentary "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story," Brett Sersen.
Reasons to see it: From what I hear,...
- 11/3/2009
- by Christopher Campbell
- MTV Movies Blog
Brant Sersen's last film, the Rob Corddry-starring comedy Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, won the audience award at SXSW 5 years back. His follow-up, Splinterheads, stars Rachael Taylor (top billed in the Washingtonienne pilot) and Lea Thompson (riding the heat of the recent resurgance of Howard the Duck), and is premiering at SXSW in Emerging Visions. Sersen answers The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone after the jump. </ ...
- 3/12/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
When producer Thomas Woodrow began debating the ideal launchpad for his movie "True Adolescents," he ran through the usual festival suspects: Sundance, Cannes, Toronto and Telluride.
But Woodrow decided to premiere his $1 million comedy featuring Oscar nominee Melissa Leo at South by Southwest, a fest that until recently was known as an afterthought to the powerhouse music event that runs alongside it.
Sure, "Adolescents" is music-oriented, aimed at the same young, hip audience that flocks to Austin each March, and its star, Mark Duplass, is well-known locally.
But more importantly, "the fact a golden handful of distributors who are potential partners are certainly going to be there made it the obvious choice," Woodrow says.
His decision to go with South by Southwest (SXSW or "South By," as it is known) reflects the increasing relevance of the fest heading into its 16th go-round, which begins today and runs through March 21.
Although hardly a busy acquisitions market,...
But Woodrow decided to premiere his $1 million comedy featuring Oscar nominee Melissa Leo at South by Southwest, a fest that until recently was known as an afterthought to the powerhouse music event that runs alongside it.
Sure, "Adolescents" is music-oriented, aimed at the same young, hip audience that flocks to Austin each March, and its star, Mark Duplass, is well-known locally.
But more importantly, "the fact a golden handful of distributors who are potential partners are certainly going to be there made it the obvious choice," Woodrow says.
His decision to go with South by Southwest (SXSW or "South By," as it is known) reflects the increasing relevance of the fest heading into its 16th go-round, which begins today and runs through March 21.
Although hardly a busy acquisitions market,...
- 3/12/2009
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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In just a little over a month from now, a whole bunch of Cinematical lunatics will stomp their way through Austin, Texas in search of the next great indie beauty via the 2009 South By Southwest Film Festival. And, like we do for a few other festivals each year, we'll be previewing some films, debuting images, clips and trailers -- while basically trying our best to keep you in the loop with regards to what's going on in this groovy film world.
First up for us (and you) this year is this exclusive first look at the film Splinterheads, which, sadly, is not a documentary about fans of the character Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- but is, instead, a romantic comedy for the Harold and Kumar crowd (or so I've been told). Starring newcomer Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore...
In just a little over a month from now, a whole bunch of Cinematical lunatics will stomp their way through Austin, Texas in search of the next great indie beauty via the 2009 South By Southwest Film Festival. And, like we do for a few other festivals each year, we'll be previewing some films, debuting images, clips and trailers -- while basically trying our best to keep you in the loop with regards to what's going on in this groovy film world.
First up for us (and you) this year is this exclusive first look at the film Splinterheads, which, sadly, is not a documentary about fans of the character Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- but is, instead, a romantic comedy for the Harold and Kumar crowd (or so I've been told). Starring newcomer Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore...
- 2/9/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
Rachael Taylor has been set to star in "Splinterheads," a carnival-set comedy written and directed by Brant Sersen.
Taylor will play a carnie con artist who dupes and then forms a relationship with a local twentysomething slacker, played by Chicago Second city veteran Thomas Middleditch. The film will play against the colorful backdrop of performers and showmen.
Darren Goldberg and Chris Marsh will produce via their nascent Atlantic Pictures banner; Anisa Qureshi also will produce. Christopher McDonald and Lea Thompson also star.
The Wma-repped Taylor, whose breakout role came last year in "Transformers," recently starred in the Fox thriller "Shutter."
Sersen directed "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story," a comedy about paintballers that starred Rob Corddry.
Production on "Splinterheads" is set to begin next month.
Taylor will play a carnie con artist who dupes and then forms a relationship with a local twentysomething slacker, played by Chicago Second city veteran Thomas Middleditch. The film will play against the colorful backdrop of performers and showmen.
Darren Goldberg and Chris Marsh will produce via their nascent Atlantic Pictures banner; Anisa Qureshi also will produce. Christopher McDonald and Lea Thompson also star.
The Wma-repped Taylor, whose breakout role came last year in "Transformers," recently starred in the Fox thriller "Shutter."
Sersen directed "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story," a comedy about paintballers that starred Rob Corddry.
Production on "Splinterheads" is set to begin next month.
- 7/29/2008
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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