Today we scored a look at the official festival poster for Bruce McDonald's Pontypool, which follows a small-town radio station discovers that recent madness in the local population may be caused by a virus transmitted through speech. The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. Read on for the one sheet or click the title for more info. Also check here for all TIFF news or here for details on all films playing. ...Read More
We were just sent a link to an article over at the Santafe, which details star Galen Hutchison's upcoming Hollywood rise. In the article a new behind-the-scenes photo appeared from the set of J.T. Petty's The Burrowers (trailer), which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Inside you'll find the photo, along with a new look at one of the creatures from the film. After a family is brutally murdered in their home, a group of ranchers and infantry men embark on a crusade to find the killers. When a mysterious killer attacks their ranks, they discover that carnivorous creatures are hiding beneath the surface of the earth waiting to feed on their flesh. Click here for all TIFF news or here for details on all films playing. ...Read More
One of the most talked about movies playing at this year's Midnight Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival is Deadgirl, a new coming-of-age horror film that is being called "this year's MANDY LANE." Today we posted our exclusive interview with directors Marcel Sarmiento & Gadi Harel who talk about the horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Click here for all TIFF news or here for details on all films playing.
Inside you'll find a whopping 30 images from Jon Hewitt's Acolytes, which will have its world premiere at this month's "Midnight Madness" portion of the Toronto International Film Festival. In the film three teens blackmail a serial killer... it's a chiller set in the 'burbs and forests of Queensland. Read on for the images or click here for all TIFF news. ...Read More
If you head on over to BDTV, you can watch an exclusive video interview with Trent Haaga, writer of Deadgirl, which will have its World Premiere this September at the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival. A horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Click here for all TIFF news. ...Read More
If you head on over to BDTV, you can watch the international trailer for J.T. Petty's The Burrowers, which features your first clear look at the creatures in the film, which were created by Almost Human FX (who worked on all of Apatow's films). Lucky attendees of the Midnight Madness portion of this year's TIFF will be treated to the world premiere of the film in September. After a family is brutally murdered in their home, a group of ranchers and infantry men embark on a crusade to find the killers. When a mysterious killer attacks their ranks, they discover that carnivorous creatures are hiding beneath the surface of the earth waiting to feed on their flesh. Click the title above for loads of stills or click here for all TIFF news.
If you head on over to Premiere.fr, you can check out yet another clip from Fabrice du Welz's Vinyan, which will have its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Still not having accepted the loss of their son in a tsunami disaster, Janet and Paul Behlmer are back in Bangkok. Hanging onto the fact that his body has never been discovered, Janet desperately clings to the idea that pirates might have kidnapped their kid in the confusion that followed the catastrophe. Looking for someone to guide them in the Thai underworld, they bribe their way to a mysterious Mr. Gao, who takes them to Ranong, where a mercenary supplies them with a boat and crew to explore the pirate-infested shores of Burma. Slowly, they will lose themselves into a strange child-infested jungle and to their inner demons. Click here for all TIFF news.
Last October we brought you this ultra-early look at J.T. Petty's The Burrowers, which features a creepy look at one of the underground creatures from the film. Since then, we've seen nothing all too interesting. Today we scored another five stills, non of which would lead any of us to believe it's a horror film. I can't wait to see it and tell you what I think... In the film, after a family is brutally murdered in their home, a group of ranchers and infantry men embark on a crusade to find the killers. When a mysterious killer attacks their ranks, they discover that carnivorous creatures are hiding beneath the surface of the earth waiting to feed on their flesh. Click here for all TIFF news. ...Read More
One of the dozen of horror films making its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September is Bruce McDonald's Pontypool, which was recently acquired for release by Maple Pictures. Up until today (this very moment to be exact), nothing has really been known about the film other than the film followed a small-town radio station that discovers that recent madness in the local population may be caused by a virus transmitted through speech. Today we got our hands on the official synopsis, along with six stills from the film! Read on to check 'em out. ...Read More
Maple Pictures has scored the domestic rights to Bruce McDonald's Pontypool, which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September (more details). The Canadian horror film follows a small-town radio station discovers that recent madness in the local population may be caused by a virus transmitted through speech. Click here for all TIFF films playing.
Out of all the films playing at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, I'm probably most excited to see Fabrice du Welz's Vinyan, which we've been covering pretty heavily here on BD. Today we got our hands on another massive batch of stills from the French film, which can be found by reading beyond the break. ...Read More
With the Toronto International Film Festival only weeks away, we caught up with Jon Hewitt, director of Acolytes, who revealed to Bloody-Disgusting his plans for his next two horror features, along with his dreams and desires for some main stream titles. Read on for the skinny and check out ACOLYTES at the "Midnight Madness" portion of the TIFF this September. ...Read More
This afternoon we were provided with five new stills from Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's Deadgirl, which will be having its world premiere at the "Midnight Madness" portion of the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, September 6th (details here). The indie pic, which is said to be this year's MANDY LANE, is a horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Check out the full TIFF line-up here or click here for previous TIFF news. ...Read More
We just learned of three more horror titles playing at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, which will take place September 4-13 in Toronto, Canada. Joining an already impressive line-up (10 incredible films playing Midnight Madness) will be the French thriller VINYAN, the Canadian horror film PONTYPOOL and the Finnish horror pic SAUNA. More details on all three films can be found by checking out the full TIFF horror line-up here. Bloody Disgusting will be on hand to cover live from the event.
We've got a pretty fun viral video that we just posted over at BDTV, which a barrage of snapz from Jon Hewitt's BLOODLUST, REDBALL and DARKLOVESTORY! This will give you a little taste of what you might be able to see in Hewitt's Acolytes (trailer), which will have it's World Premiere at the "Midnight Madness" portion of the Toronto International Film Festival next month. In the film three teens blackmail a serial killer... it's a chiller set in the 'burbs and forests of Queensland. Click here for all TIFF news or click the title for a bunch of stills and more.
With Toronto International Film Festival's "Midnight Madness" arriving in less than a month, it's time to start really pushing the event. This morning we got our hands on the first four official stills from J.T. Petty's The Burrowers. After a family is brutally murdered in their home, a group of ranchers and infantry men embark on a crusade to find the killers. When a mysterious killer attacks their ranks, they discover that carnivorous creatures are hiding beneath the surface of the earth waiting to feed on their flesh. Click here for all TIFF '08 news or read on for the images. ...Read More
This morning we scored even more stills from Jon Hewitt's latest feature film, Acolytes, which will have its world premiere at the September Toronto International Film Festival as part of the always awesome "Midnight Madness" section. The film stars Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman, Sebastian Gregory, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Joshua Payne and Belinda McClory. In the film three teens blackmail a serial killer... it's a chiller set in the 'burbs and forests of Queensland. Click here for all TIFF news. ...Read More
Said to be this year's MANDY LANE, we've got your first ever still from Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's Deadgirl, which is a horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen, Candice Accola, Andrew DiPalma, Eric Podnar and Nolan Funk all star in this new coming-of-age horror film. The pic will have its World Premiere at the "Midnight Madness" section of the Toronto International Film Festival. ...Read More
Said to be this year's MANDY LANE, we've got your first ever still from Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel's Deadgirl, which is a horror/thriller about two teenagers who make a shocking discovery that not only threatens their friendship but also their lives. In a forgotten room of an abandoned asylum, they find a beautiful woman tied to a bed, and soon come to realize she is anything but dead. Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Michael Bowen, Candice Accola, Andrew DiPalma, Eric Podnar and Nolan Funk all star in this new coming-of-age horror film. The pic will have its World Premiere at the "Midnight Madness" section of the Toronto International Film Festival. ...Read More
Today we scored your first official still from J.T. Petty's The Burrowers, which will have its World Premiere at the "Midnight Madness" section of next month's Toronto International Film Festival. BURROWERS tells the story of a band of courageous men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, the group prepares for a routine battle. But they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below. Click here for all TIFF '08 news and watch for more on BURROWERS soon. ...Read More
My interest is growing fast by the day for Jon Hewitt's latest feature film, Acolytes, which will have its world premiere at the September Toronto International Film Festival as part of the always awesome "Midnight Madness" section. Today we got our hands on the one sheet for the film, which stars Joel Edgerton, Belinda McClory, Michael Dorman, Danny Baldwin ,Joshua Payne, Anthony Phelan, Todd Levi and Hanna Mangan Lawrence. In the film three teens blackmail a serial killer... it's a chiller set in the 'burbs and forests of Queensland. Click here for all TIFF news. ...Read More
One film we're pretty excited to see at the Toronto International Film Festival is Fabrice du Welz's latest feature, Vinyan (trailer), which takes a couple into the depths of Bangkok in search of their missing son. This evening I was e-mailed links to two behind-the-scenes videos, which feature interviews with Welz, accompanied by footage from the locations of the film. Unfortunately both videos are in French, but the visuals really make me even more excited for the film. Check out Video #1 or Video #2. Also, if you click here you can check out a clip from the film. Click the title above for pics, posters and more, along with a much more detailed synopsis.
The boys over at Twitch Film have posted the first official trailer for the incredible, gut-wrenching French horror film, Martyrs (review), which will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival's "Midnight Madness" this September. You can take a look at the film inside, or click the title for a bunch of stills. The film tells the story a girl who emerges from a yearlong abduction and forms a bond with another girl while in recovery. ...Read More
Announced this morning as part of this year's "Midnight Madness" - Toronto International Film Festival horror program - is Acolytes, which we found the teaser for early last week. Today the full traler was discovered by Twitch and can be viewed inside. When they discover the body of a murdered Canadian backpacker buried in the woods, three high school students trace the crime back to a suspected killer. Taking full advantage of their situation, they attempt to blackmail their suspect into killing again. Their target? A brutal bully – recently released from prison – who has victimized them all their lives. But as their scheme lures them into a violent and sadistic world, the vulnerable teens soon discover that rather than destroying their childhood nightmare, they have created one far deadlier. ...Read More
The Toronto International Film Festival (September 4 through 13, 2008) announces the complete lineup of the 21st "Midnight Madness", a Festival favourite drawing legions of devoted fans for manic midnight screenings of wild and wicked films for the witching hour. Featuring work you might not expect in a festival context, Midnight Madness brings chillers, thrillers, and ‘”shock-u-mentaries” from around the world to ravenous cinephiles. Read on to see what films will be premiering including a few other horror films playing TIFF... ...Read More
