Reminiscent of the Quentin Tarantino / Robert Rodriguez collaboration Grindhouse with its throwback features and faux trailers for non-existent movies, filmmaker and artist Pat Tremblay’s new book Terror in the Ailien Realms: Transdimensional Horror Movie Posters & Their Film Reviews consists of posters for and reviews of movies that have never existed!
An explanation of what this book is all about was provided in a press release (via Variety), “Drawn by the deep nostalgia of roaming video rental stores to find cool movies to watch by judging what its VHS box’s artwork would entice or beguile, filmmaker & artist Pat Tremblay has created a series of horror movie posters with the assistance of AI. He then proposed to talented individuals within the horror movie scene to write imaginary reviews for them. The result is a captivating mixture of styles, ranging from the enigmatic and alluring to the outrageously hilarious. The dimensional...
An explanation of what this book is all about was provided in a press release (via Variety), “Drawn by the deep nostalgia of roaming video rental stores to find cool movies to watch by judging what its VHS box’s artwork would entice or beguile, filmmaker & artist Pat Tremblay has created a series of horror movie posters with the assistance of AI. He then proposed to talented individuals within the horror movie scene to write imaginary reviews for them. The result is a captivating mixture of styles, ranging from the enigmatic and alluring to the outrageously hilarious. The dimensional...
- 7/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Dead Dicks is a bit of a mindbender. Filmed by Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer, this Canadian feature debuted at several film festivals throughout 2019. In 2020, Artsploitation Films has brought this indie title to home entertainment formats, in late July. Starring Heston Horwin and Jillian Harris, this title is also the winner of a "Best Screenplay" award at this year's Fantasporto Film Festival. Now, one Canadian reader can win the film on Blu-ray, with entry details below. Dead Dicks offers a strange story. Richie has died. But, an orifice, in his wall, has re-birthed him. Every time he dies, he is born again. Now, his sister, Becca, is getting involved. But, as the bodies stack up, this one room apartment is turning more and more into a mortuary. Dead Dicks released in late July. Now, one Blu-ray will be given away to one Canadian film fan, with a contact email below.
- 8/10/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Dead Dicks is a Canadian shot feature. From Montreal, this film had several festival appearances throughout 2019, with a "Best Screenplay" win at Fantasporto. Now, Dead Dicks is available, across the U.S., via Artsploitation Films. The film was developed by Chris Bavota (Red Acres) and Lee Paula Springer, with Heston Horwin (Echoes of Violence) and Jillian Harris centrally starring. An overview of the film's release is hosted here. The story for Dead Dicks is a bit bizarre. Richie cannot die. Every time he ends up deceased, he is reborn through a strange orifice in his wall. As the bodies pile up, Richie must find a way to end this creepy cycle. Artsploitation Films has made the film available today (July 28th). Already on Digital Platforms like: Prime Video, Apple TV and Vimeo, this title is also available on DVD and Blu-ray. Home entertainment retailers hosting the release include: Amazon, Artsploitation Films,...
- 7/29/2020
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Weird and Inventive Dead Dicks to be Released on DVD, Blu-ray & Streaming Artsploitation Films announces the upcoming release of Dead Dicks, a psychological horror/sci-fi film directed by Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer. The story of a young man’s attempts to kill himself, only to find himself constantly reborn will be released on DVD, …
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- 7/26/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Dead Dicks will be available on Blu-ray From Artsploitation Films July 28th
Dead Dicks, a light-hearted, metaphysical sci-fi horror film, is a bizarre celebration of death, resurrection and insanity. Think Harold and Maud meets Groundhog Day as directed by Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad). Richie is a suicidal young man who, every time he kills himself, finds himself very much alive but with a dead body of him in his apartment. His sister comes to the rescue, but as the bodies pile up, the pair think that a vagina-like opening in Richie’s bedroom might hold the answer.
Check out this trailer:
The critics love Dead Dicks:
“Heston Horwin is fantastic as the depressed, suicidal Richie. He overcomes many of the film’s problems through sheer charisma and intensity. As Becca, Jillian Harris plays the put-upon and exhausted sister perfectly…Thanks to an impeccable cast and a more substantial,...
Dead Dicks, a light-hearted, metaphysical sci-fi horror film, is a bizarre celebration of death, resurrection and insanity. Think Harold and Maud meets Groundhog Day as directed by Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad). Richie is a suicidal young man who, every time he kills himself, finds himself very much alive but with a dead body of him in his apartment. His sister comes to the rescue, but as the bodies pile up, the pair think that a vagina-like opening in Richie’s bedroom might hold the answer.
Check out this trailer:
The critics love Dead Dicks:
“Heston Horwin is fantastic as the depressed, suicidal Richie. He overcomes many of the film’s problems through sheer charisma and intensity. As Becca, Jillian Harris plays the put-upon and exhausted sister perfectly…Thanks to an impeccable cast and a more substantial,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Deals announced in run-up to Cannes virtual market.
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Deals include UK and Ireland, Canada, Russia, and Benelux.
Genre specialist Devilworks has sealed multiple deals on Canadian title Dead Dicks, which won the audience award for best Canadian feature at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
The film has sold to the UK and Ireland (101 Films); Benelux (TakeOne Films); Russia (Kinologistika); Korea (Doki Entertainment); and Taiwan (MovieCloud).
It is about a woman who discovers her brother’s body has been cloned by a supernatural entity growing in his bedroom. The cast is headed by Matt Keyes, Heston Horwin and Jillian Harris,
Dead Dicks was written,...
Genre specialist Devilworks has sealed multiple deals on Canadian title Dead Dicks, which won the audience award for best Canadian feature at last year’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.
The film has sold to the UK and Ireland (101 Films); Benelux (TakeOne Films); Russia (Kinologistika); Korea (Doki Entertainment); and Taiwan (MovieCloud).
It is about a woman who discovers her brother’s body has been cloned by a supernatural entity growing in his bedroom. The cast is headed by Matt Keyes, Heston Horwin and Jillian Harris,
Dead Dicks was written,...
- 5/11/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Deals for both titles were signed at last month’s European Film Market.
Genre specialist Devilworks has signed Us distribution deals for two titles, with exploitation film distributor Artsploitation Films.
The first is Welcome To The Circle, a directorial debut for writer David Fowler, whose previous writing credits include wildlife documentaries Penguins, Born In China and Gowing Up Wild for Disney.
The film tells the story of a young girl and her father who fall prey to a secluded, madman-worshipping cult situation deep in the woods. The title premiered at Fantasporto Fantastic Festival in Portugal earlier this month; Michael Khazen produces for High Deaf Productions,...
Genre specialist Devilworks has signed Us distribution deals for two titles, with exploitation film distributor Artsploitation Films.
The first is Welcome To The Circle, a directorial debut for writer David Fowler, whose previous writing credits include wildlife documentaries Penguins, Born In China and Gowing Up Wild for Disney.
The film tells the story of a young girl and her father who fall prey to a secluded, madman-worshipping cult situation deep in the woods. The title premiered at Fantasporto Fantastic Festival in Portugal earlier this month; Michael Khazen produces for High Deaf Productions,...
- 3/26/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
The cloning thriller won the audience award at the genre fest.
Genre sales specialists Devilworks has taken world rights to sci-fi thriller Dead Dicks.
Starring Matt Keyes (Dark Phoenix), Heston Horwin (Rock Steady Row) and Jillian Harris, Dead Dicks is about a woman who discovers that her brother’s body has been cloned by a supernatural entity growing in his bedroom.
The Canadian production was written, produced and directed by Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer under production banner Postal Code Films. Other producers are Albert I Melamed and Matt Keyes; executive producer is Heston Horwin.
The film won the...
Genre sales specialists Devilworks has taken world rights to sci-fi thriller Dead Dicks.
Starring Matt Keyes (Dark Phoenix), Heston Horwin (Rock Steady Row) and Jillian Harris, Dead Dicks is about a woman who discovers that her brother’s body has been cloned by a supernatural entity growing in his bedroom.
The Canadian production was written, produced and directed by Chris Bavota and Lee Paula Springer under production banner Postal Code Films. Other producers are Albert I Melamed and Matt Keyes; executive producer is Heston Horwin.
The film won the...
- 11/7/2019
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
Dead Dicks is a Canadian shot film, from filmmakers Chris Bavota (Minutes Past Midnight) and Lee Paula Springer. This sci-fi thriller had its World Premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival, this past Summer. Already having shown at several film festivals, a trailer has recently been released for the film. The clip shows one man killing himself over and over again - only to be revived each time. A new poster is available for the film, along with the sales trailer. Dead Dicks has already won a couple of awards. At the Not Film Festival, this title won the "Best Storytime Feature Narrative." Also, at the Fantasia Int. Film Festival, this release was an "Audience Award Winner." Very creative, Dead Dicks will bring lots of surprises - once released. Dead Dicks is being repped by European sales agent Devil Works. This title is getting set for a wider, home entertainment release.
- 11/5/2019
- by noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Stars: Heston Horwin, Jillian Harris, Matt Keyes, Kristina Sandev | Written and Directed by Chris Bavota, Lee Paula Springer
Genre cinema has often been used as an allegory for societal ills – Night of the Living Dead was an allegory for the inherent racism of the time; Deathdream was an allegory for the horrors of war and the effects of Ptsd (before Ptsd was ever a thing really); and Dead Dicks follows the same path – despite the silly title and the comedic aspects of the films, it is an actually an allegory for the effects of mental health.
A relatively small-scale film, Dead Dicks has some loftier ideas than its simple black horror comedy set-up would suggest. The film, on the surface, tells the story of Becca a would-be nurse, who receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie. Having problems with Ritchie is nothing new, but the urgency of his...
Genre cinema has often been used as an allegory for societal ills – Night of the Living Dead was an allegory for the inherent racism of the time; Deathdream was an allegory for the horrors of war and the effects of Ptsd (before Ptsd was ever a thing really); and Dead Dicks follows the same path – despite the silly title and the comedic aspects of the films, it is an actually an allegory for the effects of mental health.
A relatively small-scale film, Dead Dicks has some loftier ideas than its simple black horror comedy set-up would suggest. The film, on the surface, tells the story of Becca a would-be nurse, who receives a distressing call from her suicidal brother Richie. Having problems with Ritchie is nothing new, but the urgency of his...
- 10/7/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Grimmfest, Manchester’s festival of fantastic films, will take place at the Odeon Great Northern warehouse from the 3rd – 6th October 2019. Now in its eleventh year, the festival prides itself on bringing the best new genre movies to Manchester, focusing on horror and premiering films that contain shocks, suspense, terror, mystery… and a fair bit of black comedy.
From the evening of Thursday 3rd October, fans will gather to catch the latest independent genre movies from around the world, on the biggest screen at the Odeon Great Northern. Throughout the 4-day festival Grimmfest will premiere six European premieres, 17 UK premieres 2 English premieres and 15 Northern premieres. Every movie will be new to Manchester. And that’s not all. Many of the film makers and stars will be attending the festival to present their films, answer audience questions and sign autographs.
Guest highlights this year include:
British comedian Johnny Vegas will be...
From the evening of Thursday 3rd October, fans will gather to catch the latest independent genre movies from around the world, on the biggest screen at the Odeon Great Northern. Throughout the 4-day festival Grimmfest will premiere six European premieres, 17 UK premieres 2 English premieres and 15 Northern premieres. Every movie will be new to Manchester. And that’s not all. Many of the film makers and stars will be attending the festival to present their films, answer audience questions and sign autographs.
Guest highlights this year include:
British comedian Johnny Vegas will be...
- 9/16/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Set to enjoy its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada, on July 25, Dead Dicks has unveiled its first Nsfw trailer, which must be seen to be believed. "When a young nursing student named Becca receives a series of panicked messages from her older brother Richie, she rushes over to check on him. Following a seemingly successful suicide attempt, Richie, who suffers from mental illness, has discovered what appears to be his own dead body. "When Becca gets to his apartment, they find more dead versions of Richie and together, try to figure out how and why he keeps being reborn each time he takes his own life." Now that's a great premise! Canadian filmmaking duo Chris Bavota and Lee...
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- 7/9/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Chris Bavota, writer of the family reunion horror short from 2015 Never Tear Us Apart, has a new short, short film, Even The Darkness Has Arms, premiering tonight in the horror shorts program at Fantasia. Yes, it is so short I mentioned how short it was, twice. But hot damn is it a creepy bit of work. Bavota described his film as a man struggles to sleep at night because he is haunted by a manifestation of his fears. Apparently. Look, the idea of this short film is to not explain what haunts this man, The idea is to creep you the fuck out and in the short two minute run time Bavota manages to do just that. From the ominous sound design to...
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- 7/16/2017
- Screen Anarchy
New projects from Larry Fessenden, Rkss and John McNaughton among line-up at sixth edition, taking place July 23-26 in Montreal.
Having announced a first wave during Cannes, Frontières International Co-Production Market has unveiled the full line-up for its upcoming sixth edition.
Among the additional projects announced are The Designer from Glass Eye Pix (Larry Fessenden, Peter Phok, Graham Reznick), Todd E. Freeman’s The Beautiful, Enric Folch’s Duel documentary The Devil on Wheels and Huan Vu’s H.P. Lovecraft’s adaptation The Dreamlands.
They join the already announced projects from the likes of John McNaughton (Carny Kill), Turbo Kid film-makers Rkss (Elora) and Srdjan Spasojevic (Whereout).
Frontières will run July 23-26 at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, following its second European edition at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) in April.
The expanded project line-up for the upcoming edition will see more projects participating in live pitch sessions.
Established in 2012 at...
Having announced a first wave during Cannes, Frontières International Co-Production Market has unveiled the full line-up for its upcoming sixth edition.
Among the additional projects announced are The Designer from Glass Eye Pix (Larry Fessenden, Peter Phok, Graham Reznick), Todd E. Freeman’s The Beautiful, Enric Folch’s Duel documentary The Devil on Wheels and Huan Vu’s H.P. Lovecraft’s adaptation The Dreamlands.
They join the already announced projects from the likes of John McNaughton (Carny Kill), Turbo Kid film-makers Rkss (Elora) and Srdjan Spasojevic (Whereout).
Frontières will run July 23-26 at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, following its second European edition at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) in April.
The expanded project line-up for the upcoming edition will see more projects participating in live pitch sessions.
Established in 2012 at...
- 6/10/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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