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Saw, Feast Writers Head to ‘Killing Street’

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15 years ago

July 2, 2009

With Marcus Dunstan’s The Collector arriving in theaters July 31 from Freestyle Releasing, we caught up with co-writer Patrick Melton who chatted with Bloody-Disgusting about the possibilities of a sequel to the film, along with details on the duos next project! After breaking onto the scene with Feast, Melton and Dunstan have co-written Saw IV-VI, along with the last two Feast sequels.
Before the financial woes hit the public eye, earlier this year Dimension Films was planning a monster slate of DVD releases, which included two direct-to-disc sequel to THE COLLECTOR, now being released by Freestyle Releasing. Patrick Melton tells us it will take some success to keep The Collector busy.

“In terms of another Collector, that depends on the success of the first film. We’ll see come July 31st.”

Being that the duo are now known as horror icons, we wanted to know if they’d continue down the same path. Melton reveals to Bloody-Disgusting that they just finished a brand new horror script.

“Always more horror. Horror is in our blood (pun intended),” Melton jokes. “As for specifics, we’d like to continue writing and directing our original ideas. We just finished fine-tuning an original script called THE KILLING STREET. It’s deeply rooted in the horror world, but it also has thriller elements along the lines of SEVEN or SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.”

THE COLLECTOR follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property – and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked “Collector” in a maze of lethal invention – the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg – while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.

THE COLLECTOR will be in theaters July 31.

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‘Dancing Village: The Curse Begins’ – Exclusive Clip and Images Begin a Gruesome Indonesian Nightmare

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3 hours ago

April 24, 2024

John Squires

Indonesian filmmaker Kimo Stamboel (Macabre, Headshot, The Queen of Black Magic) is back in the director’s chair for MD Pictures’ Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari (aka Dancing Village: The Curse Begins), a prequel to the Indonesian box office hit KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village. Lionsgate brings the film to U.S. theaters on April 26.

While you wait, whet your appetite for gruesome horror with a gnarly exclusive clip from Dancing Village: The Curse Begins below, along with a gallery of bloody exclusive images.

In the horror prequel, “A shaman instructs Mila to return a mystical bracelet, the Kawaturih, to the ‘Dancing Village,’ a remote site on the easternmost tip of Java Island. Joined by her cousin, Yuda, and his friends Jito and Arya, Mila arrives on the island only to discover that the village elder has passed away, and that the new guardian, Mbah Buyut, isn’t present.

“Various strange and eerie events occur while awaiting Mbah Buyut’s return, including Mila being visited by Badarawuhi, a mysterious, mythical being who rules the village. When she decides to return the Kawaturih without the help of Mgah Buyut, Mila threatens the village’s safety, and she must join a ritual to select the new ‘Dawuh,’ a cursed soul forced to dance for the rest of her life.”

Kimo Stamboel directs from a screenplay by Lele Laila.

Aulia Sarah, Maudy Effrosina, Jourdy Pranata, Moh. Iqbal Sulaiman, Ardit Erwandha, Claresta Taufan, Diding Boneng, Aming Sugandhi, Dinda Kanyadewi, Pipien Putri, Maryam Supraba, Bimasena, Putri Permata, Baiq Vania Estiningtyas Sagita, and Baiq Nathania Elvaretta star.

KKN Curse Of The Dancing Village was the highest grossing film in Indonesian box office history when initially released in 2022. Its prequel is the first film made for IMAX ever produced in Southeast Asia and in 2024, it will be one of only five films made for IMAX productions worldwide. Manoj Punjabi produces the upcoming Indonesian horror prequel.