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Neil Marshall Throwing the Gore Onscreen With ‘Burst 3D’
At the end of the 2009 we reported that Neil Marshall (The Descent, Doomsday, Centurion) had signed on to direct the body explosion flick Burst 3D, which will be produced by Sam Raimi under his Ghost House banner. Today BD got an update from Marshall on the progress of the flick that takes place in an isolated town that endures an alien invasion causing victims to spontaneously combust during a severe snowstorm.
“[We don’t have a] shoot date [or] no release date yet,” Marshall told BD in an exclusive interview. “Raimi’s producing, I’m directing. We have a writer on board who’s working on the script. Fingers crossed we’ll get to do that sometime soon.”
Considering that this is a movie about bodies exploding being directed by Marshall, who has a certain penchant for excessive gore, the minds of horror fans race with possibilities. “It definitely has people exploding in it, quite a lot,” says Marshall with a fair bit of giddiness. “It’s definitely going to be bloodthirsty and I’m going to do as much practical as I can and see what we can do as far as the 3D element’s concerned. We’ll have to throw some stuff at the screen, [but] we’ve got to be really careful and selective about what we’re going to throw at the audience.”
Even though he’s signed on to direct this 3D movie, the director admits to some skepticism over the form’s widespread use of late. “I have mixed emotions about 3D. I think in some cases it’s fine, but I’m terrified that it’s just going to be thrown at everything.
“Some films just don’t need [it] or should never be in 3D,” Marshall continues. “It’s not going to make them a better movie. It’s going to make them worse, in fact. It’s like saying that the Mona List would be better in 3D. Some things are meant to be in 2D and that’s how they work. I don’t want to go see a movie like PRECIOUS in 3D.”
Neil Marshall’s next movie, the ultra-gory battle epic Centurion, comes to VOD July 30th followed by a theatrical release August 27th.
Director Sébastien Vaniček has been set to helm the next Evil Dead movie, but up first from the filmmaker is the creepy crawly spider horror movie Infested. An exclusive new clip gives a discomfiting closer look at the spider terror, and it’ll make you intensely afraid of all bathroom drains and fixtures.
Infested will induce a new wave of arachnophobia this week; the spider horror film arrives on Shudder on April 26, 2024.
If you’re brave enough to face your fears, watch the new clip below to get a feel for the unrelenting wave of spiders that the characters (and the audience) will face in the film.
In the film, “An underprivileged suburb has been thrown into chaos following an invasion of venomous spiders. Ordered to be placed in quarantine, the project sees inhabitants living on lockdown alongside terrifying spiders that are becoming bigger and bigger.
“The story revolves around Kaleb, who’s about to turn 30 and has never been lonelier. He’s fighting with his sister over a matter of inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend.
“Passionate about exotic animals, he comes home one day with a venomous spider and accidentally lets it slip away.”
Théo Christine (“Suprêmes”), Finnegan Oldfield (“Final Cut”), Jérôme Niel (“Smoking Causes Coughing”), Sofia Lesaffre (“Les Misérables”) and Lisa Nyarko star.
Florent Bernard co-wrote the script.
In his review out of Fantastic Fest last year, Bloody Disgusting’s Trace Thurman raved that Infested (aka Vermines) is “one of the best spider attack movies in years,” noting in his 4-star review that the creature feature uses practical spiders – REAL SPIDERS – as much as possible. Thurman also wrote that the spider horror movie is “full of moments that will get under your skin (I kicked my legs up more than a few times in my screening).”
The spiders will be everywhere in Infested, are you ready?
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