IFC has acquired the North American rights to the French animated film Fear(s) of the Dark, which failed to impress us at this year's Sundance Film Festival (review). Directed by Blutch (Christian Hincker), Marie Caillou, Pierre DiSciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire and Charles Burns, the black-and-white film presents the stylized interpretations of nightmares from six graphic artists and cartoonists. "Dark," which currently has no release date, premiered at the Rome film festival and later screened at Sundance.
Well that took long enough, seriously! FINALLY a Sundance horror film has been acquired after a few weeks of silence. It was announced today that Magnolia Pictures has acquired Olly Blackburn's UK teen-thriller Donkey Punch (review) and will release it through their Magnet Releasing label. No word yet on if it'll go theatrical or direct-to-video. The film centers on the freak death of a partygoer on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean and the conflict that arises among the surviving passengers.
One of the most anticipated films of this year's Sundance Film Festival was the Quentin Tarantino produced Hell Ride, which was written and directed by and also starring Larry Bishop. I really, really wanted to like this moviebut ended up hating it more than anything I've seen in a long time. "I don’t care if HELL RIDE is referential or an homage to classic ‘70s flicks, and I don’t care who produced it, a bad movie is a bad movie... HELL RIDE is one of the most incoherent, boring, useless films I have ever seen and I pray to God that you guys never subject yourself to it." Click the title for the review and more info or click here for all of our Sundance reviews.
Imagine a sexual experience that goes all wrong, that's what sets up the UK thriller Donkey Punch, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival earlier this week. "Although the film is technically superb, its inherent flaw comes in the slow-paced script where the characters are faceless and the exciting events come too little, too late. There’s also nothing original or all that exciting that happens in the film other than a drug induced sex orgy that results in a girl being donkey punched in the back of her neck." Click the title for the review and more info or click here for all of our Sundance reviews.
After sitting through nearly a dozen bad films at this year's Sundance Film Festival, I was so relieved when I finally saw Red, the adaptation of the Jack Ketchum novel that had it's world premiere earlier this week. "Don’t get me wrong; this is NOT a horror film. This is a drama-thriller that will really hit you in the gut... It’s a sad, gut-wrenching tale that is sure to entertain." The screenplay was adapted by Stephen Susco who deserves major props for delivering such an emotional script. Click the title above for the full review or here for all Sundance reviews.
Going into Sundance the one film I was looking forward to more than anything was Sean Ellis' psychological-thriller The Broken, which had it's world premiere this past week. Did it live up to expectations? The short answer is yes, but the finale sort of left a bad taste in my mouth, "If the finale wasn’t so (unfortunately) forced this could have been the film to beat, but the ending is so incredibly “out there” that it’s sure to piss off 99% of the people who see it – and my mother always told me that the last thing you want to do is leave on a bad note." Click the title for the entire review or here for all of our Sundance reviews.
In what was a pretty disappointing Sundance Film Festival, we had the chance to check out the animated horror film, Fear[s] of the Dark, which started out pretty good before falling flat on its face. "Even though the film deserves props and is quite an achievement, it fails on the most important level – entertainment value. I understand most artists create the work for themselves, but when you’re making a movie you have to have the audience in mind." Click the title above for the full review or here for all reviews.
We still have a few more reviews coming at you from this year's Sundance Film Festival, which runs for another few days in Park City, Utah. Today we added our official review of Brad Anderson's Transsiberian, which I found pretty disappointing. "TRANSSIBERIAN is an ambitious effort that needs some reworking and a good 20-minutes cut from it… specifically in the first hour where nothing happens. As much as I didn’t hate the film I didn’t love it either. Anderson’s latest is your run of the mill thriller that just doesn’t attempt to step over the line at any point. I’d rather revisit classic from the past – like Hitchcock’s STRANGERS ON A TRAIN - than ever sit through this again." Click the title above for the full review or here for all reviews.
At tonight's world premiere of Olly Blackburn's (interview) UK thriller Donkey Punch, we scored a look at the official poster for the film, which centers on the freak death of a partygoer on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean and the conflict that arises among the surviving passengers. Read on for a look at the poster and watch for our review soon. Don't forget to click here for all of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. ...Read More
While at the Sundance Film Festival the past week we've scored all sorts of goodies from the Jack Ketchum adaptation of Red, with more to come like a new batch of stills from the film, which was one of my favorites of the festival thus far. Read on to check them all out and also check out my review here. A couple of kids kill just for fun a dog named 'Red', the trusty hound of an old gent. The owner finds out who they are, and tries to bring them to justice by informing the authorities. However, this amounts to nothing, so he decides to dish out his own brand of retribution. ...Read More
Tonight we have the honor of checking out the World Premiere of the highly anticipated horror-thriller Donkey Punch, and to get pumped for the screening we sat down and chatted one-on-one with director Olly Blackburn who explains just exactly what a "donkey punch" is and how bloody the film will be. This is a must read interview, watch for our review of the film later this week and cross your fingers we see something good at Sundance this week (sheesh). The film centers on the freak death of a partygoer on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean and the conflict that arises among the surviving passengers.
Speaking of the adaptation to Jack Ketchum's Red, today we were provided with your first look at the poster for the film, which is playing at this week's Sundance Film Festival. Read on to take a peak. A couple of kids kill just for fun a dog named 'Red', the trusty hound of an old gent. The owner finds out who they are, and tries to bring them to justice by informing the authorities. However, this amounts to nothing, so he decides to dish out his own brand of retribution. Click here for all Sundance news. ...Read More
Last night I caught the World Premiere of Red, which was directed by Trygve Allister Diesen and Lucky McKee. We caught up with Trygve - whom finished the film when Lucky exited - and chatted a bit about what type of film Red is and how anyone can relate to it. Read on for our exclusive interview and watch for more on this Jack Ketchum adaptation soon. ...Read More
We've got two new reviews for you this evening from the Sundance Film Festival, which is still taking place in Park City, Utah. First, we have a review of WIP's remake of Funny Games (review), which will hit a theater near you on March 14. The other review is for Bruce LaBruce's Otto; or, Up With Dead People, which can be found inside. The review is a very special one (considering I walked out after an hour) so enjoy! Watch for more Sundance coverage soon and click here read all of our reviews. ...Read More
Today Dimension Films provided us with a first look at the "real" one sheet for George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (review), which hits theaters February 15. With a story mixing elements of "The Blair Witch Project" and the long-running "Dead" series, the film will follow a group of college students shooting a horror movie in the woods who stumble upon a real zombie uprising. When the onslaught begins, they seize the moment as any good film students would, capturing the undead in a "cinema verite" style that causes more than the usual production headaches. ...Read More
One of the most anticipated horror films at this year's Sundance Film Festival is Sean Ellis' The Broken, which had it's world premiere last night. Today we added an exclusive one-on-one interview with Mr. Ellis, which can be read by clicking here. "The Broken" is a psychological horror project, starring Lena Headey as a woman whose life descends into nightmare after she sees an apparent double of herself driving by in her own car.
This evening I just added my review for Magnolia's Timecrimes, which played yesterday at the Sundance Film Festival here in Park City, Utah. "Time travel movies are a rare breed as most often they come off cheesy, unrealistic and just damn stupid – such is not the case with TIMECRIMES. What you’ll get here in Magnet Releasing’s latest acquisition is probably one of the best time travel films of all time. Just sit back, relax and watch the madness unfold." Click the title for the full review or click here for ALL of our Sundance coverage.
If you head on over to Movieweb you can dig on two new stills from Quentin Tarantino Presents Hell Ride, which will have its world premiere next week at the Sundance Film Festival. Writer-Director Larry Bishop will play bad-ass biker Pistolero, (named after the original title for Robert Rodriguez’s “Desperado”) who along with his brother The Gent and Comanche, hit the road to avenge the death of Pistolero’s old lady Cherokee Kisum, by the 666ers a rival motorcycle gang.
United Artists has acquired remake rights to Timecrimes, the Spanish film that is debuting at Sundance this weekend and will also play at this March's HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis, IN, according to Variety. Steve Zaillian is attached to produce. Nacho Vigalondo wrote and directed the film, which was originally titled "Los Cronocrimenes." Magnolia Pictures has U.S. distribution rights to the original pic where a man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
If you head on over to BDTV you can check out the first four clips from WIP's Funny Games (review, trailer) remake, which was written and directed by Michael Haneke, and stars Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet and Devon Gearhart. In this provocative and brutal thriller debuting at next week's Sundance Film Festival, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive.
The Sundance Film Festival is about to kick of this week and Bloody-Disgusting will be on hand all week catching all of the new horror films premiering. I know many of you don't really follow this event, but it truly is an important one as when you're sick of the studio movies, this is where all of those indie films come from that you look forward to so much. To see what reviews you can look forward to, click here for our full preview. Don't forget to watch this spot for any Sundance news over the next 10 days.
If you head on over to MySpace TV you can check out a bunch of clips from the Sundance animated horror pic, Fear[s] of the Dark, which was written and directed by a wide variety of people. Six graphic artists and cartoonists have breathed life into their nightmares, bleeding away color only to retain the starkness of light and the pitch black of shadows. Their intertwined stories make up an unprecedented epic where phobias, disgust and nightmares come to life and reveal Fear at its most naked and intense. Click here for all of our Sundance coverage.
Today the first ever trailer appeared online for Bruce LaBruce's Otto; or, Up With Dead People, which will have it's world premiere at this month's Sundance Film Festival. Read on to check it out. The film is a modern fable about the loneliness, emptiness, and alienation that results from rampant consumerism and materialism under advanced capitalism, “Otto; or, Up with Dead People” presents as its central character Otto, a young man who may or may not be a zombie, depending on your point of view. Click here for our exclusive interview with LaBruce or click the title for LOADS of exclusive images. ...Read More
With the Sundance Film Festival only a few weeks away, all of the goodies are starting to pour online. Inside you'll get your first ever look at Olly Blackburn's dark-thriller Donkey Punch, which centers on the freak death of a partygoer on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean and the conflict that arises among the surviving passengers. Read on for the still or click here for all of our Sundance coverage thus far. ...Read More
Today we were provided with ten new stills from Nacho Vigalondo's Timecrimes (trailer), which will play at this year's Sundance Film Festival later this month. In the film a man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences. Read on for the pics and watch for the film from Magnolia/Magnet Releasing sometime in 2008. ...Read More
