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SCREAM ’09: ‘The Graves’ Writer/Director Brian Pulido
While on the red carpet for the 2009 Spike TV Scream Awards, we caught up with Brian Pulido, writer/director of After Dark Films’ The Graves, one of the 2010 “8 Films to Die For.” Beyond the break you can read about a new viral website being launched to promote the film’s January 29th release, along with potential DVD extra features and his next project, Damnation.
In The Graves, two inseparable sisters, Megan and Abby Graves, are taking one last wild road trip before Megan has to start a new job. The journey includes a trip through remote Arizona in search of a kitchy roadside attraction. Instead, Megan and Abby happen on Skull City Mine, a weather-beaten, abandoned mine town converted into a self-guided tour. What seems like a fun day in the sun turns into a mind-bending fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.
“GRAVES is coming out January 29th,” Pulido tells Bloody Disgusting breaking the news about a new viral website launching this month. “Sometime right around Halloween we’re going to release a website called SKULLCITYMINE.com and that’s gonna give people a nice inside view of the terrible environment that the girls from the movie end up in,” adding, “that gives people an inside look into the people that run the mine.”
As for extra features, there could be a lot on the DVD. “[It’s] too early to tell. What we’re providing besides the obvious behind-the-scenes, we’re going to provide some visual comics `cause it’s related to the movie, we have a little documentary on the strange locations we shot at, all sorts of commentary tracks and a couple other unique things. We tried to make sure it was different.”
“After Dark has been spectacular, I’m having a great time,” he says of After Dark. But after this hits theaters, he’ll be getting behind the camera for a new horror film entitled DAMNATION.
“I’m finishing two more scripts. I have one called DAMNATION that’s about a family of con artists that perform exorcisms in small town American,” he reveals to Bloody Disgusting. “When they go to this particular town, they actually unleash a horde of demons into the town. We shoot that next March again in Arizona.”
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New Documentaries Explore the Cult Legacies of ‘The Keep’ and ‘Wolfen’; Watch the Trailers Now [Exclusive]
Undersung werewolf gem Wolfen and Michael Mann’s The Keep get the spotlight in a pair of feature documentaries acquired by Antenna Releasing.
A World War II Fairy Tale, which covers the infamous production of and reception to The Keep, will receive a limited theatrical release in October, followed by a TVOD release on Apple/Amazon. The Keep will also screen as a double feature for some showings.
For Uncovering Wolfen, Antenna eyes a limited theatrical release for 2027. Both films are currently available for booking via Antenna prior to their theatrical and digital releases.
Both documentaries are directed by Stewart Buck, who co-helms with Stéphane Piter on A World War II Fairy Tale.
“We at Antenna are obsessed with film history,” said Chief Acquisitions Officer Billy Ray Brewton. “Stewart has done such a remarkable job of really diving into the deepest recesses of how these films were made and, in doing so, has created the definitive histories of both projects.”
“We’re delighted to be partnering with Antenna Releasing!” said director Buck. “It’s refreshing to see a filmmaker-friendly approach to distribution with people who know what it’s like to be in the trenches with independent projects that struggle to find a home in the crowded marketplace.”
Check out our exclusive trailer and poster reveal of both documentaries below.
Released in 1983, Michael Mann’s The Keep was a notorious box office bomb, critically lambasted and all but forgotten for years, save for the fascination with Tangerine Dream’s iconic score. In recent years, the film has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence and is widely considered a cult classic, though director Michael Mann and many cast members refuse to acknowledge it.
Wolfen, on the other hand, was critical success but was overshadowed heavily by its flashier 1981 siblings An American Werewolf in London and The Howling. It’s also a trailblazer for socio-political horror, and the doc will explore that via the craftspeople who made it.
Look for them both in theaters soon. Stay tuned for more as it arrives.
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