"Have you ever wondered where the mindless unkillable monster or the serial killer trapped in a doll go between their murder sprees?" I Hate This Place and Assassin Nation's Kyle Starks takes readers behind-the-scenes to deliver all the gory details in his brand-new meta-horror series Where Monsters Lie!
"Connor Hayes survived his first slasher in summer camp. A handful of years later, he barely escaped a serial killer in an orphanage. Since then he’s been training and planning for when he inevitably runs into these creatures again. He’s a respected special agent. And now he knows where the monsters lie and he’s planning for war."
Featuring feature art from Piotr Kowalski, colors by Vladimir Popov, and letters by Josh Reed, Where Monsters Lie #1 (of 4) will be released on February 1st, 2023 by Dark Horse Comics. The first issue will also feature a variant cover by James Stokoe.
"Piotr...
"Connor Hayes survived his first slasher in summer camp. A handful of years later, he barely escaped a serial killer in an orphanage. Since then he’s been training and planning for when he inevitably runs into these creatures again. He’s a respected special agent. And now he knows where the monsters lie and he’s planning for war."
Featuring feature art from Piotr Kowalski, colors by Vladimir Popov, and letters by Josh Reed, Where Monsters Lie #1 (of 4) will be released on February 1st, 2023 by Dark Horse Comics. The first issue will also feature a variant cover by James Stokoe.
"Piotr...
- 11/17/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Batman: The Adventures Continue has been like a warm blanket amidst the cold horror of ::waves at everything::, giving Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, and Ty Templeton the chance to come home to the universe they tended for years and build on ideas and relationships from the old show. And now, a big name from the comics is making his way into animated continuity for the first time.
Chapter nine of Batman: The Adventures Continue is titled “Red Son Rising, Part 1,” and introduces Red Hood to the world of the cartoon. It’s the start of what DC is calling “the home stretch” of Dini, Burnett, Templeton, colorist Monica Kubina, and letterer Josh Reed’s run, and it looks like, from the preview art, Joker is going to force the issue with the Red Hood, who has been hunting him for a while.
Of course, Jason Todd (the Red Hood) and...
Chapter nine of Batman: The Adventures Continue is titled “Red Son Rising, Part 1,” and introduces Red Hood to the world of the cartoon. It’s the start of what DC is calling “the home stretch” of Dini, Burnett, Templeton, colorist Monica Kubina, and letterer Josh Reed’s run, and it looks like, from the preview art, Joker is going to force the issue with the Red Hood, who has been hunting him for a while.
Of course, Jason Todd (the Red Hood) and...
- 7/31/2020
- by Jim Dandy
- Den of Geek
Erik Thomson (Photo: Alex Vaughan).
In a perfect world Erik Thomson would have just wrapped filming of Amazon Prime’s Back to the Rafters and have started pre-production on the ABC dramedy Yes, Chef!
Stateless star Fayssal Bazzi would be preparing to go to the Us to meet with agents and producers and looking forward to the May release of Paul Ireland’s Measure or Measure, in which he co-stars with Hugo Weaving.
After roles in Amazon Studios’ historical drama The Underground Railroad and the BBC and Netflix serial-killer drama The Serpent, Damon Herriman was set to star in a film in New Zealand.
Roz Hammond was getting ready to perform alongside Lachy Hulme in director Tyran Parke’s stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at Her Majesty’s in May.
All of that is now on hold, of course, curtailed by the Covid-19 crisis.
In a perfect world Erik Thomson would have just wrapped filming of Amazon Prime’s Back to the Rafters and have started pre-production on the ABC dramedy Yes, Chef!
Stateless star Fayssal Bazzi would be preparing to go to the Us to meet with agents and producers and looking forward to the May release of Paul Ireland’s Measure or Measure, in which he co-stars with Hugo Weaving.
After roles in Amazon Studios’ historical drama The Underground Railroad and the BBC and Netflix serial-killer drama The Serpent, Damon Herriman was set to star in a film in New Zealand.
Roz Hammond was getting ready to perform alongside Lachy Hulme in director Tyran Parke’s stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at Her Majesty’s in May.
All of that is now on hold, of course, curtailed by the Covid-19 crisis.
- 3/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Comic Book Reviews: DC Comics Round Up Week 11-02-2016
After a brief hiatus from reviewing the great books of DC Comics I hop back and see what the current state of various series are. Officially moved from “I kind of care” to “I don’t care at all” are Cyborg, Justice League, Blue Beetle, Doom Patrol, Catwoman: Election Night and probably a few others soon. So the review list gets shorter! I am casually keeping up with these titles so if anyone has questions or thoughts feel free to sound off in the comments below and I’m more than happy to engage in discussion!
Aquaman #10
Story: Dan Abnett Art: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, Gabe Eltaeb
Review: Mera is brought before the widowhood and a prophesy is revealed that at some point in the future Mera will become insane with grief after Arthur befalls an untimely end, and thus...
After a brief hiatus from reviewing the great books of DC Comics I hop back and see what the current state of various series are. Officially moved from “I kind of care” to “I don’t care at all” are Cyborg, Justice League, Blue Beetle, Doom Patrol, Catwoman: Election Night and probably a few others soon. So the review list gets shorter! I am casually keeping up with these titles so if anyone has questions or thoughts feel free to sound off in the comments below and I’m more than happy to engage in discussion!
Aquaman #10
Story: Dan Abnett Art: Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, Gabe Eltaeb
Review: Mera is brought before the widowhood and a prophesy is revealed that at some point in the future Mera will become insane with grief after Arthur befalls an untimely end, and thus...
- 11/4/2016
- by Jeremy Scully
- LRMonline.com
Comic Book Reviews: DC Round Up Week 09-28-2016
This week begins New York Comic Con! And your faithful comic book reviewer will be attending and looking to get as many scoops, interviews and photos possible! How does DC Comics look going into this week’s releases and Comic Con line up? Let’s take a look!
Action Comics #964
Story: Dan Jurgens Art: Patrick Zircher, Tomeu Morey
Review: So this is supposed to bring things back to the “status quo” for Superman. Ummm…I guess? Essentially Pre-Flash Point Supes brings current mystery “normal” Clark Kent the fortress of solitude. There Superman begins to inspect Clark to see just how the heck this is all possible. The final conclusion seems to be that indeed this is legit Clark Kent and The Superman of New 52 was impersonating as Clark to protect him from a dangerous organization. Now of course none of this...
This week begins New York Comic Con! And your faithful comic book reviewer will be attending and looking to get as many scoops, interviews and photos possible! How does DC Comics look going into this week’s releases and Comic Con line up? Let’s take a look!
Action Comics #964
Story: Dan Jurgens Art: Patrick Zircher, Tomeu Morey
Review: So this is supposed to bring things back to the “status quo” for Superman. Ummm…I guess? Essentially Pre-Flash Point Supes brings current mystery “normal” Clark Kent the fortress of solitude. There Superman begins to inspect Clark to see just how the heck this is all possible. The final conclusion seems to be that indeed this is legit Clark Kent and The Superman of New 52 was impersonating as Clark to protect him from a dangerous organization. Now of course none of this...
- 10/3/2016
- by Jeremy Scully
- LRMonline.com
Sneak Peek new revealing images of actress Christian Serratos, aka 'Rosita Espinosa' in AMC's "The Walking Dead", from the March 2015 issue of "Playboy" magazine, photographed by Josh Reed:
Serratos first played 'Suzie Crabgrass' in the Nickelodeon series "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" (2004-2007).
Her role as 'Angela Weber' in "Twilight" won her acting awards, reprising the role in Twilight's sequels "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse".
In 2011, Serratos appeared in 'The Black Keys' video for their song "Howlin' for You".
Serratos was cast as 'Rosita Espinosa' in the fourth season of AMC's series "The Walking Dead", debuting at the end of the 10th episode of the season, titled "Inmates".
She was promoted as a series regular going into Season 5 of the series.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Christian Serratos...
Serratos first played 'Suzie Crabgrass' in the Nickelodeon series "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" (2004-2007).
Her role as 'Angela Weber' in "Twilight" won her acting awards, reprising the role in Twilight's sequels "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse".
In 2011, Serratos appeared in 'The Black Keys' video for their song "Howlin' for You".
Serratos was cast as 'Rosita Espinosa' in the fourth season of AMC's series "The Walking Dead", debuting at the end of the 10th episode of the season, titled "Inmates".
She was promoted as a series regular going into Season 5 of the series.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Christian Serratos...
- 3/28/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Screen Australia has committed almost $360,000 in funding to assist 15 filmmaking teams and three new internships.
The announcement, made earlier today, confirmed eight new projects will receive Screen Australia support while another seven teams will benefit from continued funding..
The new projects to receive support include I Am Jack, Confessions of a Super Man, Long Tan, Mulan, Common Foe, and Soundtrack..
Three internships, developed through Screen Australia.s Talent Escalator Project, will send Australian filmmakers overseas to further develop their chosen crafts..
Writer/director Alex Murawski will work alongside Bruce Beresford in Los Angeles for three months on Beresford.s latest production Bonnie and Clyde.
Natalie Lindwall will gain six months experience in the UK working with Ecosse Flims as a development producer, and producer Raquelle David will spend six months in Toronto working with Niv Fichman at Rhombus Media..
Also through the Talent Escalator Program, Screen Australia will assist directors Cris Jones,...
The announcement, made earlier today, confirmed eight new projects will receive Screen Australia support while another seven teams will benefit from continued funding..
The new projects to receive support include I Am Jack, Confessions of a Super Man, Long Tan, Mulan, Common Foe, and Soundtrack..
Three internships, developed through Screen Australia.s Talent Escalator Project, will send Australian filmmakers overseas to further develop their chosen crafts..
Writer/director Alex Murawski will work alongside Bruce Beresford in Los Angeles for three months on Beresford.s latest production Bonnie and Clyde.
Natalie Lindwall will gain six months experience in the UK working with Ecosse Flims as a development producer, and producer Raquelle David will spend six months in Toronto working with Niv Fichman at Rhombus Media..
Also through the Talent Escalator Program, Screen Australia will assist directors Cris Jones,...
- 5/20/2013
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
German director Marc Schoelermann will helm Australian-European co-production The Domestique, which centres on the famous Tour de France pro-cycling race.
The film follows the trials of a veteran pro cyclist, banned for blood doping, who.s trying to pick up the pieces of his life. He fights his way back onto a struggling team and gets one last chance to finish the Tour, trying to win back his estranged wife and son in the process.
Schoelermann directed 2008 crime-thriller Pathology and is a well-known commercials director in Europe. Rob Gibson and Matt Teffer have penned the script for The Domestique. Gibson is also producing the film under the Known Associates banner, the production partnership he set up with Aussie director Josh Reed (Primal).
The project is currently being financed and is expected to take advantage of European production subsidies, according to Gibson.
Known Associates also has several other projects underway including an action/horror pic,...
The film follows the trials of a veteran pro cyclist, banned for blood doping, who.s trying to pick up the pieces of his life. He fights his way back onto a struggling team and gets one last chance to finish the Tour, trying to win back his estranged wife and son in the process.
Schoelermann directed 2008 crime-thriller Pathology and is a well-known commercials director in Europe. Rob Gibson and Matt Teffer have penned the script for The Domestique. Gibson is also producing the film under the Known Associates banner, the production partnership he set up with Aussie director Josh Reed (Primal).
The project is currently being financed and is expected to take advantage of European production subsidies, according to Gibson.
Known Associates also has several other projects underway including an action/horror pic,...
- 7/19/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Writers Andrew Connell and Gordon Napier's Till Death Do Us Die script has.taken out top honours at the inaugural Australian Writers. Guild Terror Australis Horror Script Competition. The script, about a groom who is forced to battle supernatural forces when a cursed wedding ring unleashes an ancient evil upon his bride, was chosen from 130 entries. It will now be read by genre producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef). The two writers have also won a micro-mentorship with Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes). Kraken by Rick Kalowski (story by Rick Kalowski and Andrew Jones) was highly commended by the judges. Also on the finalists' shortlist...
- 1/13/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
Writers Andrew Connell and Gordon Napier's Till Death Do Us Die script has.taken out top honours at the inaugural Australian Writers. Guild Terror Australis Horror Script Competition. The script, about a groom who is forced to battle supernatural forces when a cursed wedding ring unleashes an ancient evil upon his bride, was chosen from 130 entries. It will now be read by genre producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef). The two writers have also won a micro-mentorship with Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes). Kraken by Rick Kalowski (story by Rick Kalowski and Andrew Jones) was highly commended by the judges. Also on the finalists' shortlist...
- 1/13/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
Writers Andrew Connell and Gordon Napier's Till Death Do Us Die script has.taken out top honours at the inaugural Australian Writers. Guild Terror Australis Horror Script Competition. The script, about a groom who is forced to battle supernatural forces when a cursed wedding ring unleashes an ancient evil upon his bride, was chosen from 130 entries. It will now be read by genre producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef). The two writers have also won a micro-mentorship with Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes). Kraken by Rick Kalowski (story by Rick Kalowski and Andrew Jones) was highly commended by the judges. Also on the finalists' shortlist...
- 1/13/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
The Australian Writers’ Guild has celebrated Halloween by launching the Terror Australis Horror Script Competition.
Seeking the best unproduced horror feature script in Australia, the Australis Horror Script Competition is looking for the next Saw, Undead or Wolf Creek.
The winning writer will receive an audience with, and script read by, producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef) as well as a micro-mentorship from Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes).
The Awg welcome all horror-related sub-genres; slasher films, vampire scripts, zombie flicks, thrillers, horror-westerns, you name it.
The competition closes Friday 18 November.
For more information, visit awg.com.au...
Seeking the best unproduced horror feature script in Australia, the Australis Horror Script Competition is looking for the next Saw, Undead or Wolf Creek.
The winning writer will receive an audience with, and script read by, producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef) as well as a micro-mentorship from Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes).
The Awg welcome all horror-related sub-genres; slasher films, vampire scripts, zombie flicks, thrillers, horror-westerns, you name it.
The competition closes Friday 18 November.
For more information, visit awg.com.au...
- 10/31/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Haunted City #1
Written by Chap Taylor, Peter Johnson
Illustrated by Michael Ryan
Colored by Kelsey Shannon, Beth Sotelo
Letters by Josh Reed
Aspen Comics
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Cover Price: $3.50
Paranormal comics usually aren't my bag, but this one seemed different. A crooked cop, a Celtic goddess and children dying. Haunted City #1 brings all that to the story and a bit more. Best of all, not only is it a comic series but it will apparently transition into a feature film, a television show, and a video game.
The story is just getting started, obviously, but Chap Taylor and Peter Johnson spin one hell of an interesting tale. Secret police, female rabbis, drug dealers. A very populated first comic. And that's not even including all the ghosts...it seems New York is an undead haven! The comic actually describes it as "the biggest haunted house in the world." Even the bold...
Written by Chap Taylor, Peter Johnson
Illustrated by Michael Ryan
Colored by Kelsey Shannon, Beth Sotelo
Letters by Josh Reed
Aspen Comics
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Cover Price: $3.50
Paranormal comics usually aren't my bag, but this one seemed different. A crooked cop, a Celtic goddess and children dying. Haunted City #1 brings all that to the story and a bit more. Best of all, not only is it a comic series but it will apparently transition into a feature film, a television show, and a video game.
The story is just getting started, obviously, but Chap Taylor and Peter Johnson spin one hell of an interesting tale. Secret police, female rabbis, drug dealers. A very populated first comic. And that's not even including all the ghosts...it seems New York is an undead haven! The comic actually describes it as "the biggest haunted house in the world." Even the bold...
- 10/12/2011
- by Waerloga69
- Geeks of Doom
Director: Josh Reed.
Writers: Josh Reed and Nigel Christensen.
Waterborne illnesses around the world kill millions. If you are unlucky enough to drink contaminated water, then your chances of catching a disease like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever are pretty good. In Josh Reed's first feature, the water turns people into blood-thirsty killers. Primal released in January of 2011 on DVD and this is an independent horror film from Australia. There are no crazed psychopaths in this film - like Wolf Creek, but there is an ancient terror residing in an ancient cave. That terror creates the tension and the moral dilemmas that hinders six friends like a bad case of stomach cramps.
This is a backwoods thriller, where Mel (Krew Boylan), Chad (Lyndsay Farris), Kris (Rebekah Foord), Warren (Damien Freeleagus), Dace (Wil Traval), and Anja (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith) set out on a trek to research some pictographs. These ancient drawings foretell doom and disease.
Writers: Josh Reed and Nigel Christensen.
Waterborne illnesses around the world kill millions. If you are unlucky enough to drink contaminated water, then your chances of catching a disease like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever are pretty good. In Josh Reed's first feature, the water turns people into blood-thirsty killers. Primal released in January of 2011 on DVD and this is an independent horror film from Australia. There are no crazed psychopaths in this film - like Wolf Creek, but there is an ancient terror residing in an ancient cave. That terror creates the tension and the moral dilemmas that hinders six friends like a bad case of stomach cramps.
This is a backwoods thriller, where Mel (Krew Boylan), Chad (Lyndsay Farris), Kris (Rebekah Foord), Warren (Damien Freeleagus), Dace (Wil Traval), and Anja (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith) set out on a trek to research some pictographs. These ancient drawings foretell doom and disease.
- 7/29/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Come and Get Me, directed by Chris Sun, is an Australian horror movie about a quartet of pretty young women who inadvertently hook up with a trio of serial killers for a night of torturous “kill or be killed” action.
The movie made a big splash earlier this year, taking home numerous awards at the inaugural Bloodfest Fantastique, a new genre-based film festival by the creators of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The awards Come and Get Me took home were for Best Actress (Kelsie McDonald) and Best Editor (Michael Gilbert); while director Sun won the Best Special Effects and Make-Up award and shared the Best Director award with Josh Reed for Primal.
Come and Get Me will next be screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in mid-August.
For more on the movie, please visit the official Come and Get Me website.
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The movie made a big splash earlier this year, taking home numerous awards at the inaugural Bloodfest Fantastique, a new genre-based film festival by the creators of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The awards Come and Get Me took home were for Best Actress (Kelsie McDonald) and Best Editor (Michael Gilbert); while director Sun won the Best Special Effects and Make-Up award and shared the Best Director award with Josh Reed for Primal.
Come and Get Me will next be screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in mid-August.
For more on the movie, please visit the official Come and Get Me website.
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- 7/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The first annual Bloodfest Fantastique genre film festival — which recently wrapped in Melbourne, Australia and was organized by the good folks of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival — has given out a slew of awards to films, filmmakers and actors. The big winner of the fest? The Sydney-based horror flick The Tunnel, directed by Carlo Ledesma.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
- 6/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The sick and twisted minds behind the Melbourne Underground Film Festival have launched a brand new horror and sci-fi themed fest: Bloodfest Fantastique! Australia gets a lot more blood-soaked on June 10-18, nine nights of some of the most gruesome, terrifying and far-out films, past and present, from around the world.
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
- 5/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Primal
Stars: Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Krew Boylan, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Damien Freeleagus, Wil Traval | Written by Josh Reed & Nigel Christensen | Directed by Josh Reed
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the outback, along comes Primal, another bloody slice of modern Ozploitation hat begins 12,000 years ago when a caveman tried to communicate via cave-painting with the presence of an unknown entity only to be devoured by the primordial evil.
Cut to today, as six friends on a field trip to find the paintings, set up camp in the same remote outback location, a decision they come to regret when sexy, slutty Mel takes a dip in a nearby waterhole,and becomes infected, with something evil, something feral, something primal. Regressing to a predatory state, it soon becomes friend against friend as the campers are picked off one by one – if not dying, becoming the same feral beast as Mel…...
Stars: Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Krew Boylan, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Damien Freeleagus, Wil Traval | Written by Josh Reed & Nigel Christensen | Directed by Josh Reed
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the outback, along comes Primal, another bloody slice of modern Ozploitation hat begins 12,000 years ago when a caveman tried to communicate via cave-painting with the presence of an unknown entity only to be devoured by the primordial evil.
Cut to today, as six friends on a field trip to find the paintings, set up camp in the same remote outback location, a decision they come to regret when sexy, slutty Mel takes a dip in a nearby waterhole,and becomes infected, with something evil, something feral, something primal. Regressing to a predatory state, it soon becomes friend against friend as the campers are picked off one by one – if not dying, becoming the same feral beast as Mel…...
- 2/28/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
To celebrate the February 28th DVD and Blu-ray release of brutal Aussie horror Primal, we are giving away a copy of the Blu-ray to 3 lucky winners.
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Primal centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone…..Primal.
Primal comes to DVD & Blu-ray with a whole host of extras on 28th February 2011, you can order your copy today on Amazon. To be in with a chance of winning just answer this simple question:
Where is Primal set?
a) Australia
b) France
c) Canada
Email your answer and address to...
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Primal centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone…..Primal.
Primal comes to DVD & Blu-ray with a whole host of extras on 28th February 2011, you can order your copy today on Amazon. To be in with a chance of winning just answer this simple question:
Where is Primal set?
a) Australia
b) France
c) Canada
Email your answer and address to...
- 2/21/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Primal is equal parts silly, riveting, stupid, clever, fun, and pants-shittingly scary. It's an unusual, and occasionally disturbing experience that is far more enjoyable than it probably deserves to be. The film is written, directed and produced by Australian first-time film maker Josh Reed, and one can't help but wonder what Mr. Reed might be capable of were he released from its low-budget constraints. For Primal is the type of low-budget fare that, if you can look past its goofy stumbles, can be eminently appealing.
The film is set in an unknown jungle-like setting in Australia, where six twenty-somethings are traveling to try to find an ancient set of cave paintings. The reasons aren't particularly important, as the film's brisk pace glosses over much of the background. The characters are essentially disposable stereotypes: there are three women -- the sweet one, the trampy one, the smart one with a dark...
The film is set in an unknown jungle-like setting in Australia, where six twenty-somethings are traveling to try to find an ancient set of cave paintings. The reasons aren't particularly important, as the film's brisk pace glosses over much of the background. The characters are essentially disposable stereotypes: there are three women -- the sweet one, the trampy one, the smart one with a dark...
- 2/16/2011
- by TK
Having been quite well received at the 2010 Film4 Frightfest in London’s Leicester Square (hell, it won the Audience Favourite Award), Josh Reed’s monster mash Primal will be clawing its way onto DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on February 28th courtesy of Kaleidoscope Entertainment.
From the Press Release:
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Winner of the 2010 Audience Favourite Award at Frightest, the film centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone...Primal.
Our regular followers may remember that I was less than impressed with Primal (review here), but the audience...
From the Press Release:
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Winner of the 2010 Audience Favourite Award at Frightest, the film centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone...Primal.
Our regular followers may remember that I was less than impressed with Primal (review here), but the audience...
- 2/16/2011
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
Directed By: Josh Reed
Starring: Krew Boyland, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed
I don't really love the idea of camping, so it should come as no surprise that I am not usually a big fan of "survivalist" horror films. Primal however, is what people are calling a return to "Ozploitation". The majestic environment of the Australian Outback is apparently a frequent place where people get killed. Who knew? With this apparent return to Ozploitation, Primal is often quoted as being a film in the same vein as something like Cabin Fever, but what it ends up being is more or less just kind of a shrug, and also sometimes a laugh.
Six friends are venturing to the Australian Outback to check out some cave drawings. Oh wait before I forget, 12,000 years ago some guy was painting these cave drawings when some scary looking person killed him,...
Starring: Krew Boyland, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed
I don't really love the idea of camping, so it should come as no surprise that I am not usually a big fan of "survivalist" horror films. Primal however, is what people are calling a return to "Ozploitation". The majestic environment of the Australian Outback is apparently a frequent place where people get killed. Who knew? With this apparent return to Ozploitation, Primal is often quoted as being a film in the same vein as something like Cabin Fever, but what it ends up being is more or less just kind of a shrug, and also sometimes a laugh.
Six friends are venturing to the Australian Outback to check out some cave drawings. Oh wait before I forget, 12,000 years ago some guy was painting these cave drawings when some scary looking person killed him,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Andre Dumas
- Planet Fury
In Australia, where the influence of Wolf Creek continues to reverberate with filmmakers, there has been an increasing number of horror movies enthusiastically helmed by first-time feature makers. This can be seen as major progress for a country that legally banned the genre 60 years ago, and Primal, from triple-threat filmmaker Josh Reed, is the latest and perhaps best contender yet to step up to the plate. It hits U.S. DVD today from IFC Films and Mpi Media Group.
- 1/25/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Helms)
- Fangoria
So the day has come for you folks to take home Costas Mandylor in the final chapter of the phenomenon that is Saw! Well, at least until the inevitable reboot. Even cooler...if the jolly red-suited fatman brought you a 3D television last month, you can watch this puppy in its gory 3D glory, too.
Another franchise that is buzzing this week is the video game sequel, Dead Space 2. In addition to the game itself, you can also bring home the collector's edition, the album soundtrack, a hardcover game guide, and an animated DVD movie. That should keep you busy for a while.
Oh yeah, there are a couple of other interesting titles with some familiar faces from "True Blood", "Angel", "Buffy", and even "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".
Saw: The Final Chapter (Blu-ray Review)
Directed by Kevin Greutert
Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes,...
Another franchise that is buzzing this week is the video game sequel, Dead Space 2. In addition to the game itself, you can also bring home the collector's edition, the album soundtrack, a hardcover game guide, and an animated DVD movie. That should keep you busy for a while.
Oh yeah, there are a couple of other interesting titles with some familiar faces from "True Blood", "Angel", "Buffy", and even "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".
Saw: The Final Chapter (Blu-ray Review)
Directed by Kevin Greutert
Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes,...
- 1/25/2011
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
Huge week for releases, so grab a pen and list up!! First we've got Giorgos Lanthimos's Dogtooth (review) a film we covered relentlessly for over a year and which, has received almost unanimous praise from critics and viewers alike.
Next up, is Gaspar Noe’s groundbreaking Enter the Void (review) which, like Dogtooth, essentially owned the fest circuit over the last year. We're also running a contest with IFC for this one for another day so don't miss your chance to win a copy!
We're stacking this one up with the big boys because it's a doozy - that's Severin's release of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre on Blu-ray and DVD. I think this might be the first time it's been available - certainly the first on Blu so Jodorowsky fans rejoice.
The third episode of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest is also out this week.
Next up, is Gaspar Noe’s groundbreaking Enter the Void (review) which, like Dogtooth, essentially owned the fest circuit over the last year. We're also running a contest with IFC for this one for another day so don't miss your chance to win a copy!
We're stacking this one up with the big boys because it's a doozy - that's Severin's release of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre on Blu-ray and DVD. I think this might be the first time it's been available - certainly the first on Blu so Jodorowsky fans rejoice.
The third episode of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest is also out this week.
- 1/24/2011
- QuietEarth.us
This is one of those stories that we really hope doesn’t ruin your weekend, though it certainly won’t help it. We’ll call it “The Legend of Zelda,” because it is about a dog named Zelda. Zelda is a sweet-eyed baby who was rescued by a man named Josh Reed back in 2006, when he found her abandoned on a road. Three years later, in 2009, at the age of 15, Josh was struck and killed by a truck. And according to his family, Zelda has not left his grave site ever since the tragedy. The point of this article? Not only to remember how to feel, but also to go home this weekend, and hug your pets as hard as you can without Of Mice and Menning them. The worst part? This isn’t even the first Friday afternoon post we’ve given you about a heartsick dog who still...
- 1/14/2011
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
Ah the outback of Australia, where the alligators are large, the kids go wild and danger resides around every corner. Well, at least for the characters in the upcoming IFC Films flick 'Primal' which drops onto DVD January 25th. Check out all the 'Ozploitation' details below, and hey, don't drink the water.
From the Official Release:
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Movie Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in...
From the Official Release:
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Movie Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in...
- 1/10/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Lookin' to kick off your new year with a deadly trip to Oz? Then on January 25th, IFC Films has your hot ticket with Primal (review here)!
From the Press Release
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in director Josh Reed’s witty and scary nightmare about young people falling under the curse of a hidden evil. Like Cabin Fever, it’s a classic...
From the Press Release
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in director Josh Reed’s witty and scary nightmare about young people falling under the curse of a hidden evil. Like Cabin Fever, it’s a classic...
- 1/8/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The weather improved on the second day of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, with sunny skies fighting against the autumn chill in the air.
I walked into the Hollywood Theater a bit late, as I was up at 5 am for work, and brewed a container of green tea to drink during the afternoon. As I was too late to make the Riffing on Lovecraft panel, I stopped to talk with the people manning the Guerrilla Production booth.
Guerrilla Productions have released several Lovecraft inspired DVDs, including an animated version (or, more accurately, "motion-still sequencing") of The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath. But they are in "prolonged preproduction" for their biggest film yet, an adaptation of The Temple, Lovecraft's tale of the lone survivor on a crippled German U-Boat who finds a massive underwater temple.
Edward Martin III said the company has the cooperation of the Us Navy and will be filming on the Blueback,...
I walked into the Hollywood Theater a bit late, as I was up at 5 am for work, and brewed a container of green tea to drink during the afternoon. As I was too late to make the Riffing on Lovecraft panel, I stopped to talk with the people manning the Guerrilla Production booth.
Guerrilla Productions have released several Lovecraft inspired DVDs, including an animated version (or, more accurately, "motion-still sequencing") of The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath. But they are in "prolonged preproduction" for their biggest film yet, an adaptation of The Temple, Lovecraft's tale of the lone survivor on a crippled German U-Boat who finds a massive underwater temple.
Edward Martin III said the company has the cooperation of the Us Navy and will be filming on the Blueback,...
- 11/9/2010
- by Chris McMillan
- Planet Fury
This past Halloween weekend FilmShaft was entrenched at the Grimm Up North Horror and Sci-Fi Festival in Manchester for three days of horror entertainment. It was a case of the good, the bad and the ugly. Isn’t it always?
The great thing about the programme was the variety. There was interpretations of horror from around the world. Although the Dancehouse has a certain faded and decayed opulence in an art deco kind of way, the sound wasn’t amazing and the screen wasn’t the best. But one images this is what it was like to watch a film in the days before the multiplex and Thx sound.
Below is a selection of what movies stood out and for various reasons.
The Reeds (dir: Nick Cohen, 2010)
Nick Cohen’s low budget British horror/ghost story, The Reeds, is an atmospheric and well shot film. The plot is a bit hard to keep track of,...
The great thing about the programme was the variety. There was interpretations of horror from around the world. Although the Dancehouse has a certain faded and decayed opulence in an art deco kind of way, the sound wasn’t amazing and the screen wasn’t the best. But one images this is what it was like to watch a film in the days before the multiplex and Thx sound.
Below is a selection of what movies stood out and for various reasons.
The Reeds (dir: Nick Cohen, 2010)
Nick Cohen’s low budget British horror/ghost story, The Reeds, is an atmospheric and well shot film. The plot is a bit hard to keep track of,...
- 11/2/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Grimmupnorth 2010 is coming to Manchester for a second time this Halloween! Readers may remember last year’s coverage from the first Grimmfest last October ‘09. Well, we’re going back for more this year too. Festival director Simeon Halligan and his crew have spent all year finding some amazing new titles to screen at Manchester’s biggest horror film festival, including Evil: In The Time Of Heroes, which I missed at Eiff so am well up for seeing. There’s also the inventively named Canadian shocker, Dead Hooker In A Trunk, the Japanese genre mash-up Alien Vs Ninja, Thai thriller Slice, Zombie mock-u-mentary Reel Zombies and a horror doc featuring all kinds of industry insiders, The Splat Pack. There’s also a ton of activities and seminars for festival goers to participate in too. Personally I’m looking forward to the special screening for my favourite Argento film, Deep Red.
- 10/14/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Director: Josh Reed Writer: Nigel Christensen, Josh Reed Starring: Krew Boylan, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Wil Traval, Lindsay Farriss, Rebekah Ford, Damien Freeleagus Primal begins as we travel back 12000 years to witness an Aboriginal man who is painting a warning next to the mouth of a cave, just as he is slaughtered by the very subject of his work. Fast-forward to present day as we follow six friends, Dace (Wil Traval) the anthropology student, Kris (Rebekah Ford) the assistant, Mel (Krew Boylan) the blonde party girl, Chad (Lindsay Ferris) Mel's introverted jealous boyfriend, Warren (Damien Freeleagus) the "funny guy", and Anya (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith) the claustrophobic chick with man issues, who have set out into the remote reaches of the wild Australian outback on a journey to study an ancient aboriginal rock painting thousands of year old. The camp out excitement switches gears when Mel becomes ill after skinny dipping in a stagnant pond filled with leaches.
- 10/11/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
It's nice to witness the rebirth of a genre. But as horror fans know better than anybody, births can be pretty damn bloody. Last night I caught the retro Ozzie exploitation import Primal at Fantastic Fest. On hand were stars Krew Boylan and Wil Traval (who play campers who encounter an ancient evil that turns them into rabid cannibals) and director Josh Reed (pictured above from left to right). As Reed explained, Primal is their attempt to bring back the glory days of Ozploitation, the days that produced gems like the Mad Max films. Read what the Primal posse had to say after the jump. "The Australian film industry became ruled by the iron fist of the government," said Reed of his...
- 9/28/2010
- FEARnet
Despite a small budget, the new horror film Primal (out of Australia) is a straight-up, old-school horror movie dealing with a tainted waterhole (billabong to those fluent in Australian) and a giant slug monster…yes, you heard right, slug monster. Writer/director Josh Reed and stars Krew Boylan and Wil Traval sat down to discuss the project. Relaxing outside of the famed Highball bar in Austin, the Aussies seemed at ease and ready to talk some shop. The brain child of Reed, this horror film is based in the outback. A dense, green environment where a few young campers are out for an...
- 9/28/2010
- by Amy Curtis, Austin Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Razor-toothed rabbit? Check. Skinny dipping with leeches at night after seeing razor-toothed rabbit attack your friends? Check. Slowly realizing you might not survive the night because your friends are turning into monsters? Check.
It's no insult to call writer/director Josh Reed's Primal a straightforward exploitation horror thriller. Set in the woods somewhere in Australia, the film doesn't spend much time soaking in the beauties of the rural landscape.
Neither do the characters; it's not that important to them, because they're heading off in support of their friend Dace (Wil Traval), who's seeking a doctorate in primal art (or something). He's intent on studying primal paintings; the prologue has already shown us that the paintings (on the outside of a cave) are linked with bloodshed and death, so we have a pretty good idea that something bad is going to happen.
The six friends are paired off neatly: the...
It's no insult to call writer/director Josh Reed's Primal a straightforward exploitation horror thriller. Set in the woods somewhere in Australia, the film doesn't spend much time soaking in the beauties of the rural landscape.
Neither do the characters; it's not that important to them, because they're heading off in support of their friend Dace (Wil Traval), who's seeking a doctorate in primal art (or something). He's intent on studying primal paintings; the prologue has already shown us that the paintings (on the outside of a cave) are linked with bloodshed and death, so we have a pretty good idea that something bad is going to happen.
The six friends are paired off neatly: the...
- 9/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Updated on 9/24 with additonal trailers. Fantastic Fest and IFC have just announced a partnership that will allow film fans who can't make it out to Austin this year for Fantastic Fest to check out some of the titles playing the fest with IFC On Demand. The films include: Philip Ridley's demonic thriller Heartless (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry's mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed's Ozploitation horror flick Primal (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley's hard-core Red White & Blue. Full details below. Check back with us often for more Fantastic Fest coverage leading up to the event. As an official sponsor of Fantastic Fest 2010 ...
- 9/24/2010
- FEARnet
The original The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is back on VOD in celebration of Fantastic Fest along with Philip Ridley’s sublime psychological thriller Heartless (starring Jim Sturgess); Simon Rumley’s hardcore Red, White & Blue; Josh Reed’s neo-Ozploitation horror film Primal; and Abel Ferry’s gripping scarefest High Lane.
To celebrate, IFC Midnight has released an insane teaser video for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). Dig it!
From the Press Release
Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Films, announced today that the company has acquired the North American rights to Tom Six’s much anticipated sequel The Human Centipede Part 2 (Full Sequence) for its IFC Midnight label, which offers the very best in international genre cinema, including horror, sci-fi, thrillers, erotic arthouse, action and more.
Full Sequence has just wrapped shooting in London, and the story is being kept completely under wraps. The only information IFC Films and the producers...
To celebrate, IFC Midnight has released an insane teaser video for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). Dig it!
From the Press Release
Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Films, announced today that the company has acquired the North American rights to Tom Six’s much anticipated sequel The Human Centipede Part 2 (Full Sequence) for its IFC Midnight label, which offers the very best in international genre cinema, including horror, sci-fi, thrillers, erotic arthouse, action and more.
Full Sequence has just wrapped shooting in London, and the story is being kept completely under wraps. The only information IFC Films and the producers...
- 9/24/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Primal Official PosterThe final official theatrical trailer is available for director Josh Reed's Primal. The film takes place in the Australian outback, where four friends encounter an ancient evil. A parasite in a local watering hole turns beautiful blondes into man-eating creatures and the only way out is through a Neanderthal inhabited cave!
This project will release on IFC Films video-on-demand feature tomorrow, September, 22nd. Primal will also be making an appearance at Fantastic Fest and this final trailer shows more footage from the film, but also this clip gives away a lot of the film's plot. Be forewarned, then step inside an Ozzie take on the creature feature.
The synopsis for the film here:
"Anja and four friends join anthropology student Dace on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she...
This project will release on IFC Films video-on-demand feature tomorrow, September, 22nd. Primal will also be making an appearance at Fantastic Fest and this final trailer shows more footage from the film, but also this clip gives away a lot of the film's plot. Be forewarned, then step inside an Ozzie take on the creature feature.
The synopsis for the film here:
"Anja and four friends join anthropology student Dace on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she...
- 9/21/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Thanks to Styd, we now have the official trailer for "Primal," the Australian horror film that's directed by Josh Reed. Check it out below. Plot: 12,000 years ago a caveman tried to communicate the presence of an unknown primal entity only to be devoured by the Neanderthal evil. Now six friends on a field trip set up camp in the same remote wilderness. But when one takes a dip in a nearby water hole, she becomes feverish and agitated, and regresses to a predatory state where her companions become the hunted. When another begins the same beastly transition, terror descends on the remainder as they realize its kill or be killed. Sooner or later one will have to venture into the creepy mountain caves to confront the cause of all the monstrous mayhem. "Primal" will be playing at Fantastic Fest and through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22nd. Trailer: If you cannot see the player,...
- 9/21/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
As mentioned earlier, a bit of Fantastic Fest is coming home thanks to IFC Midnight, and to celebrate, the trailer debut for High Lane (or Vertige for you purists out there) has come online.
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley’s hard-core Red White & Blue (review here).
The following are in-depth summaries of all four films:
Red White & Blue (directed by Simon Rumley)
Erica (Amanda Fuller) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica,...
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley’s hard-core Red White & Blue (review here).
The following are in-depth summaries of all four films:
Red White & Blue (directed by Simon Rumley)
Erica (Amanda Fuller) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica,...
- 9/20/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Here's the first official trailer for the new Australian horror film Primal which is set to play for Fantastic Fest audiences, and will be available through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22.
The movie comes to us from director Josh Reed and The film tells of a group of friends who venture into the wilderness until a primal entity messes with their vacation and one of their friends begins to transform...
This looks like it could be a fun bloody horror film of death. Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think!
- 9/20/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
ShockTillYouDrop.com has your first look at the official trailer for Primal , the Australian shocker from director Josh Reed. The film is playing to Fantastic Fest audiences and will be available through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22. The film tells of a group of friends who venture into the wilderness until a primal entity messes with their vacation and one of their friends begins to transform... You can watch the trailer here , view images from the film here , and learn more about IFC Midnight here .
- 9/20/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Shock Till You Drop has your first look at the official trailer for Primal ( review ), the Australian shocker from director Josh Reed. The film is playing to Fantastic Fest audiences and will be available through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22. You can also follow this link for six hi-res images. The film tells of a group of friends who venture into the wilderness until a primal entity messes with their vacation and one of their friends begins to transform...
- 9/20/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
IFC Midnight, the new genre label of IFC Films, has announced its first partnership with Fantastic Fest! Four brand new IFC Midnight acquisitions will screen at Fantastic Fest (Sept 23-30) and will simultaneously be available nationwide via the movies-on-demand platform of major national cable systems, including Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, and will be available in approximately 40 million homes. The films include: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley’s hard-core Red White & Blue.
IFC Midnight will also make three acclaimed films from Fantastic Fest 2009 available on demand as part of this initiative including: Tom Six’s The Human Centipede, Kim Ji-Woon’s The Good The Bad The Weird, and Jake West’s Doghouse. Primal...
IFC Midnight will also make three acclaimed films from Fantastic Fest 2009 available on demand as part of this initiative including: Tom Six’s The Human Centipede, Kim Ji-Woon’s The Good The Bad The Weird, and Jake West’s Doghouse. Primal...
- 9/15/2010
- by George Bragdon
- OriginalAlamo.com
Two of the biggest names within the world of film distribution and film festivals are set to team up for what appears to be another step in the ever growing popularity of video on demand and film festival partnerships.
Following experiments like YouTube’s attempt at bringing in new viewers by streaming a collection of Sundance films, IFC and their genre label, Midnight, are set to team up with Fantastic Fest, to release four films, premiering at the festival, on their on demand channel.
The Philip Ridley film, Heartless will join High Lane (Abel Ferry), Primal (Josh Reed) and Red White & Blue (Simon Rumley) as the four feature films that premiere day and date at both the Austin, Texas based festival, as well as the IFC Midnight on demand channel.
Midnight has played home to films like The Human Centipede and Doghouse, as well as upcoming releases like Enter The Void...
Following experiments like YouTube’s attempt at bringing in new viewers by streaming a collection of Sundance films, IFC and their genre label, Midnight, are set to team up with Fantastic Fest, to release four films, premiering at the festival, on their on demand channel.
The Philip Ridley film, Heartless will join High Lane (Abel Ferry), Primal (Josh Reed) and Red White & Blue (Simon Rumley) as the four feature films that premiere day and date at both the Austin, Texas based festival, as well as the IFC Midnight on demand channel.
Midnight has played home to films like The Human Centipede and Doghouse, as well as upcoming releases like Enter The Void...
- 9/15/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Fans who can't make it to Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas from September 23-30 will be able to catch four of the movies playing there from the comfort of their own couch. IFC Midnight, a new genre label of IFC Films, will simultaneously premiere four films at the genre film festival and also on demand in about 40 million homes including those with Cablevision, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner and Bright House. The films in question are Heartless, directed by Philip Ridley and starring Jim Sturgess, High Lane, directed by Abel Ferry, Primal, directed by Josh Reed and Red White & Blue, directed by Simon Rumley and starring Noah Taylor and Amanda Fuller. Other films playing Fantastic Fest this year include Let Me In, Red, Mother's Day, Buried, I Spit On Your Grave and more. Hit the jump to read more about the IFC Midnight films and see some stills. Earlier this ...
- 9/14/2010
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
We know that we here at Cinematical have been yammering on and on about how awesome Fantastic Fest is, but that's only because we wish everyone who wanted to could simply attend the largest genre festival in the Us. Unfortunately we live in a world where day jobs still exist and teleportation does not, and so for many getting down to Austin, TX for a decadent week of film programming starting on September 23 just isn't in the cards. If that's the case for you, then you'll be glad to know that IFC Midnight, the genre arm of IFC Films, has your back.
IFC Midnight are now set to make the films they're contributing to Fantastic Fest available On-Demand around the country. And what films are those exactly? 'Heartless', directed by Philip Ridley, starring Jim Sturgess as a man who thinks he's starting to see demons; 'High Lane', a...
IFC Midnight are now set to make the films they're contributing to Fantastic Fest available On-Demand around the country. And what films are those exactly? 'Heartless', directed by Philip Ridley, starring Jim Sturgess as a man who thinks he's starting to see demons; 'High Lane', a...
- 9/14/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
Some pretty great news has come in for those of us who don't have the funds or the time off from work to attend this year's Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas: IFC Midnight, the new genre label of IFC Films, has announced that four brand new IFC Midnight acquisitions screening at Fantastic Fest (Sept. 23-30) will simultaneously be available nationwide via the movies-on-demand platform.
Here are the details from the press release:
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley...
Here are the details from the press release:
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley...
- 9/14/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
IFC new genre label IFC Midnight announced a partnership with Austin's genre festival Fantastic Fest. Under the pact, four IFC Midnight titles will screen at Fantastic Fest later this month (September 23-30) and be available on VOD cable platforms across the nation simultaneously. The new films include: Philip Ridley's thriller "Heartless," Abel Ferry's mountain climber "High Lane," Josh Reed's Australian horror film "Primal," and Simon Rumley's "Red White & Blue." Three ...
- 9/14/2010
- Indiewire
Heartless , High Lane , the Australian thriller Primal and Simon Rumley's Red, White & Blue will make their debut on the IFC Midnight VOD service in part of a partnership with Fantastic Fest taking place in Austin September 23 - 30. The films will simultaneously be available nationwide via the movies-on-demand platform of major national cable systems, including Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, and will be available in approximately 40 million homes. IFC Midnight will also make three acclaimed films from Fantastic Fest 2009 available on demand as part of this initiative including: Tom Six's The Human Centipede , Kim Ji-Woon's The Good, the Bad, and the Weird , and Jake West's Doghouse . Primal director Josh Reed and Red,...
- 9/14/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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