If I may get a little incestuous for a moment… It’s always nice to see filmmakers whom Fango gave an early boost making good, and the recently released Blu-ray and DVD of Grace showcase three directors who were part of our Blood Drive short-film compilation discs. Not only are there Means To An End creators Paul Solet, who wrote and helmed Grace, and Jake Hamilton, who chronicled its trip to the Sundance Film Festival, but also Mainstream’s Adam Barnick, who put together its exemplary behind-the-scenes package.
The multiple featurettes demonstrate that this story of a very unusual birth and the unsettling events that follow was a (no pun intended) labor of love, and it’s also clear from the conviction with which Solet spins his weird tale that it was a passion project for him. First excerpted by Solet as a six-minute short of the same title, the...
The multiple featurettes demonstrate that this story of a very unusual birth and the unsettling events that follow was a (no pun intended) labor of love, and it’s also clear from the conviction with which Solet spins his weird tale that it was a passion project for him. First excerpted by Solet as a six-minute short of the same title, the...
- 9/24/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Baby onboard -- hide the blood.
Jordan Ladd in "Grace"
Photo: Anchor Bay
Here's a new kind of chick flick: a sunny contemplation of motherhood (breast-feeding especially) presented in a setting of creepy, blood-gushing perversity. "Grace" isn't really a horror movie, but it's gruesome and unsettling. The story could easily have been turned into low-budget genre trash; but first-time feature director Paul Solet (an Eli Roth protégé) maintains iron control of the wild material (it's his script). Clearly, this is a guy to keep an eye on.
The main characters are all nuts, in one way or another. Heavily pregnant Madeline Matheson (B-queen Jordan Ladd in top form) is a flaming vegan and all-around new-ager who disdains doctors and has entrusted her pregnancy to an upscale midwife named Patricia Lang (Samantha Ferris). Patricia was once not only Madeline's teacher but her lesbian lover, too, and she still pines for her former student.
Jordan Ladd in "Grace"
Photo: Anchor Bay
Here's a new kind of chick flick: a sunny contemplation of motherhood (breast-feeding especially) presented in a setting of creepy, blood-gushing perversity. "Grace" isn't really a horror movie, but it's gruesome and unsettling. The story could easily have been turned into low-budget genre trash; but first-time feature director Paul Solet (an Eli Roth protégé) maintains iron control of the wild material (it's his script). Clearly, this is a guy to keep an eye on.
The main characters are all nuts, in one way or another. Heavily pregnant Madeline Matheson (B-queen Jordan Ladd in top form) is a flaming vegan and all-around new-ager who disdains doctors and has entrusted her pregnancy to an upscale midwife named Patricia Lang (Samantha Ferris). Patricia was once not only Madeline's teacher but her lesbian lover, too, and she still pines for her former student.
- 8/14/2009
- MTV Movie News
On Friday, June 12th, USC’s School of Cinematic Arts hosted Paul Solet’s startling debut feature film Grace (review here) for a packed house. In fact, there was not an empty seat in Norris Hall, and there were even people camped out on the floor throughout the screening.
The USC event was The Horror Chick’s third time screening Grace, and honestly, Solet's film stands up to multiple viewings. There’s something about the subject matter of what lengths people will go to for someone they love intertwined with a script that digs under your skin relentlessly and does not let go until the credits roll that has kept me riveted every single time.
What I enjoyed was seeing Grace amongst several hundred people who hadn’t seen the film yet and had no idea of the disturbing journey they were going to be taken on by Solet and...
The USC event was The Horror Chick’s third time screening Grace, and honestly, Solet's film stands up to multiple viewings. There’s something about the subject matter of what lengths people will go to for someone they love intertwined with a script that digs under your skin relentlessly and does not let go until the credits roll that has kept me riveted every single time.
What I enjoyed was seeing Grace amongst several hundred people who hadn’t seen the film yet and had no idea of the disturbing journey they were going to be taken on by Solet and...
- 6/15/2009
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Our friends over at USC got in touch to let us know that they've added quite a few more guests to this event, so we're re-posting this with updated details.
Those eager to catch Fangoria Blood Drive alum Paul Solet's Grace have a chance to do so for Free, provided they live close enough to see it at USC.
On June 12th (Tomorrow!), the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Alumni Screening Series will present Grace at 7pm, University Park Campus, Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall.
In an unforgettable emotional and psychological journey into terror, a young woman is forced to make the ultimate motherly sacrifice.
The School of Cinematic Arts and Anchor Bay Entertainment invite you and a guest to a special preview screening of Grace, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Paul Solet and composer Austin Wintory.
Free admission. Open to all.
About Grace
Love.
Those eager to catch Fangoria Blood Drive alum Paul Solet's Grace have a chance to do so for Free, provided they live close enough to see it at USC.
On June 12th (Tomorrow!), the USC School of Cinematic Arts' Alumni Screening Series will present Grace at 7pm, University Park Campus, Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall.
In an unforgettable emotional and psychological journey into terror, a young woman is forced to make the ultimate motherly sacrifice.
The School of Cinematic Arts and Anchor Bay Entertainment invite you and a guest to a special preview screening of Grace, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Paul Solet and composer Austin Wintory.
Free admission. Open to all.
About Grace
Love.
- 6/11/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
- Fangoria
Wanna see filmmaker Paul Solet’s Grace with cast and crew? Then you are in luck, as the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Anchor Bay Entertainment are hosting a special screening of the flick Friday, June 12th at 7:30 pm at the University of Southern California (900 W. 34th Street, Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall).
A Q&A with Solet, producer Adam Green, cinematographer Zoran Popovich, production designer Martina Buckley, composer Austin Wintory and star Jordan Ladd will follow the showing of this little indie darling, and all you’ve got to do to attend is RSVP here. So get to it!
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A Q&A with Solet, producer Adam Green, cinematographer Zoran Popovich, production designer Martina Buckley, composer Austin Wintory and star Jordan Ladd will follow the showing of this little indie darling, and all you’ve got to do to attend is RSVP here. So get to it!
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- Sean Decker
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- 6/5/2009
- by SeanD.
- DreadCentral.com
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