Maxime Alexandre, the director of photography for MIRRORS, HIGH TENSION and THE HILLS HAVE EYES, is set to make his directorial debut on a new thriller entitled HOLY MONEY. The film stars Aaron Stanford (The Hills Have Eyes), Karl Roden (Blade II), Ben Gazzara, Joaquim de Almeida, Suzanne Bertish, Valeria Solarino, Nicola Di Pinto, Tiberio Murgia, Luca Angeletti, Pino Colizzi and Francesco Guzzo. Written by Philippa Goslett and M. Christine Vanden Eede, inside you can check out the synopsis for the film, along with five stills.
Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident, Anthony inherits a vineyard in Sant'Angelo, the village his parents came from in Italy. Surprised by the large sum of money offered to him by a curious Italian "Master of Wine" for the land he just inherited, and considering the mysterious circumstances surrounding Dario's death, Anthony decides to drive down to Sant'Angelo. Anthony soon feels he's in the middle of something he doesn't understand and wants to leave, but... He gets tangled up in "Love's" web and suddenly finds himself the target of a crazy manhunt. But then, "Who says miracles don't happen?".
Hopefully this is on-set photography. Digital is rarely ever done right...especially in horror.
Story sounds kinda lame...I third the "eh" and second the "meh".
Well, obviously, Maxime has got HUGE... shoes to fill. With this kind of plot, there will need to be a few clever plot twists, and massive amounts of well executed gore effects to keep those of us who worship the movies he has already done the directing of photography for. Sounds like it could let us down, but I'll hope for the best with a repitoire like that.
This film has a release date already--it's in November of this year. But it's not really horror at all. It's based on the novella Holy Smoke by Tonino Benacquista i which is a bit of dark comedy and mystery more than anything else.
Though the production stills (myspace.com/holymoneymovie) did show a lot of the lead actor being chased and dunked underwater, so some of the comedy could've gone for way of the mystery/mob aspect.
Also the film is partially in English and partially in Italian.
So if you're looking for another horror film, I don't think that's quite what you're going to get.
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