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UPDATE: The Butcher Bros. Become ‘The Violent Kind’
Updated with first ever casting news! Some major news hit the trades tonight as it was revealed that the producers of both the Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboots will be bringing the Butcher Bros. back into the world of horror with The Violent Kind. The Butcher Bros, also known as Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, broke onto the scene with their low-budget indie vampire film The Hamiltons. Read on for more details on The Violent Kind and watch for some casting news as it comes in.
Award-winning filmmakers The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores; THE HAMILTONS) have begun production on THE VIOLENT KIND. The dramatic feature horror film will be produced by Jeffrey Allard (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and Michael Ferris Gibson, along with producers Andy Gould (HALLOWEEN), Malek Akkad (HALLOWEEN), Jeremy Platt, and executive producer K’Dee Miller. Film began lensing in Petaluma, CA and Cotati, CA on July 13th.
One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the woods, a small group of hardened young biker hoodlums and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the women becomes demonically possessed. A few miles from them, “Missing Persons” signs displaying the faces of individuals not seen since the 1950s are spewed across a wall. The connection is met through a night of sex, booze, and inhuman personas.
Cody (Cory Knauf from The Hamiltons) and Q (Bret Roberts of S. Darko and May) are two young men caught in a legacy of crime and violence. Both born into a tough Northern California biker gang simply called “The Crew”, their lives have been a constant mix of admiration, hatred, love and fear of the criminal culture they’ve grown up in. When Cody’s mother has her 50th birthday at an old secluded farmhouse in the woods – a hangout for The Crew for decades – the evening unites Cody with his cousin and Q’s girlfriend, Shade (Taylor Cole of Surrogates), Cody’s ex-girlfriend Michelle (played by genre fav Tiffany Shepis who will be seen in Night of the Demons this October), and Megan (Christina Prousalis), the younger sister of Michelle who left the gang years ago to lead a cleaner life.
The party quickly turns wild with a typical biker mix of booze, drugs, and strippers, but shifts into something the likes of nothing they have ever known. As mysterious figures are glimpsed amongst the woods, ominous sounds heard, and friends found injured, an evening that begins with The Crew recanting the past quickly finds a bigger question looming: Who has joined them for this evening?
The machinations of THE VIOLENT KIND delve into an exploration of how the past, the present, and the future will impact the lives of several 20somethings, each on their own path, but controlled by a history unbeknownst to them.
The Butcher Brothers direct the project penned from their own script. They have assembled a team of industry notables, including IFC Independent Spirit Award nominated James Laxton (MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY) as its cinematographer, and producers from the horror genre’s most recognized films (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, HALLOWEEN, and HALLOWEEN II.)
THE VIOLENT KIND stars Cory Knauf (THE HAMILTONS, GODSPEED), Taylor Cole (“Heroes,” “Summerland”), Bret Roberts, Christina Prousalis, noted “princess of scream” Tiffany Shepis , Joseph McKelheer (THE HAMILTONS, GODSPEED), Samuel Child (THE HAMILTONS), and Joe Egender (THE HAMILTONS, Backstage West Garland Award winning Best Actor for “He Asked For It”.)
The Butcher Brothers are represented by Jeremy Platt at Spectacle Entertainment, and Greg Pedicin at Gersh.
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‘The Exorcism’ Trailer – Russell Crowe Gets Possessed in Meta Horror Movie from Producer Kevin Williamson
Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) is starring in a brand new meta possession horror movie titled The Exorcism, and Vertical has unleashed the official trailer this afternoon.
Vertical has picked up the North American rights to The Exorcism, which they’ll be bringing to theaters on June 7. Shudder is also on board to bring the film home later this year.
Joshua John Miller, who wrote 2015’s The Final Girls and also starred in films including Near Dark and And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, directed The Exorcism.
Joshua John Miller also wrote the script with M.A. Fortin (The Final Girls). This one is personal for Miller, as his late father was the star of the best possession movie ever made.
Miller said in a statement this week, “The origins of the film stem from my childhood spent watching my father, Jason Miller, playing the doomed Father Karras flinging himself out a window at the climax of The Exorcist. If that wasn’t haunting enough on its own, my dad never shied away from telling me stories of just how “cursed” the movie was: the mysterious fires that plagued the production, the strange deaths, the lifelong injuries— the list went on and on. The lore of any “cursed film” has captivated me ever since.”
“With The Exorcism, we wanted to update the possession movie formula (“Heroic man rescues woman from forces she’s too weak and simple to battle herself!”) for a world where no one group owns goodness and decency over another,” he adds. “We were gifted with an extraordinary cast and creative team to tell a story about how we’re all vulnerable to darkness, to perpetuating it, if we fail to face our demons. The devil may retaliate, but what other choice do we have?”
The film had previously been announced under the title The Georgetown Project.
“The Exorcism follows Anthony Miller (Crowe), a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter (Ryan Simpkins) wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.”
Sam Worthington (Avatar: The Way of Water), Chloe Bailey (Praise This), Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer) and David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) also star.
Of particular note, Kevin Williamson (Scream, Sick) produced The Exorcism.
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