This month’s installment of Deep Cuts Rising features a variety of horror movies. Some selections reflect a specific day or event in August, and others were chosen at random.
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature folk horror, killer animals, and more.
Dark August (1976)
Directed by Martin Goldman.
With August 22 being World Folklore Day, horror fans don’t ever have to look too far to find mysticism and superstitions. Right in their backyards are plenty of homegrown horrors that showcase the extraordinary. Martin Goldman’s Vermont-shot regional horror Dark August centers on the man who accidentally runs over and kills a little girl. While J.J. Barry‘s difficult character is found innocent in court, he still suspects the victim’s grandfather has cursed him. Now the protagonist...
Regardless of how they came to be here, or what they’re about, these past movies can generally be considered overlooked, forgotten or unknown.
This month’s offerings feature folk horror, killer animals, and more.
Dark August (1976)
Directed by Martin Goldman.
With August 22 being World Folklore Day, horror fans don’t ever have to look too far to find mysticism and superstitions. Right in their backyards are plenty of homegrown horrors that showcase the extraordinary. Martin Goldman’s Vermont-shot regional horror Dark August centers on the man who accidentally runs over and kills a little girl. While J.J. Barry‘s difficult character is found innocent in court, he still suspects the victim’s grandfather has cursed him. Now the protagonist...
- 8/1/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Co-president Matt Brodlie, EVP, head of series Caroline Kusser attending TV market in Cannes.
Upgrade Productions, the LA-based production company launched by Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier focused on local-language productions, has announced a Mexican feature project and two upcoming series from India and Italy heading into Mipcom and AFM.
Comedy drama My Teacher, Mr. Kim Remake is a Mexican remake of the 2003 South Korean film My Teacher, Mr. Kim to be directed by Celso Garcia, the fast-rising filmmaker whose multiple award-winning 2015 debut feature The Thin Yellow Line was produced by Guillermo del Toro. Mineko Mori is producing with Upgrade...
Upgrade Productions, the LA-based production company launched by Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier focused on local-language productions, has announced a Mexican feature project and two upcoming series from India and Italy heading into Mipcom and AFM.
Comedy drama My Teacher, Mr. Kim Remake is a Mexican remake of the 2003 South Korean film My Teacher, Mr. Kim to be directed by Celso Garcia, the fast-rising filmmaker whose multiple award-winning 2015 debut feature The Thin Yellow Line was produced by Guillermo del Toro. Mineko Mori is producing with Upgrade...
- 10/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Upgrade Productions, the Los Angeles-based production company focusing on local-language content, has unveiled an initial trio of projects from around the world.
Launched by industry vets Matt Brodlie (ex-Disney and Netflix) and Jonathan Kier (ex-Sierra/Affinity) late last year with backing from German major Constantin, the outfit is looking to feed into the current boom of content emerging from outside of the English-language that finds audiences on a global stage.
The first three projects confirmed, all expected to head into production in early 2023, are as follows:
Twenty Faces (Japan): Based on the popular books written by the Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo, the show is co-produced with leading Japanese production and distribution company The Klockworx (Crunchyroll’s Room Camp) and is produced with Akiko Funatsu (The Goddess of 1967). Anime writer Seishi Minakami (Paprika) is attached as writer. Ranpo published 62 books from the 1920s until his death in...
Launched by industry vets Matt Brodlie (ex-Disney and Netflix) and Jonathan Kier (ex-Sierra/Affinity) late last year with backing from German major Constantin, the outfit is looking to feed into the current boom of content emerging from outside of the English-language that finds audiences on a global stage.
The first three projects confirmed, all expected to head into production in early 2023, are as follows:
Twenty Faces (Japan): Based on the popular books written by the Japanese mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo, the show is co-produced with leading Japanese production and distribution company The Klockworx (Crunchyroll’s Room Camp) and is produced with Akiko Funatsu (The Goddess of 1967). Anime writer Seishi Minakami (Paprika) is attached as writer. Ranpo published 62 books from the 1920s until his death in...
- 4/28/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The French sales agent has added Marc Fouchard’s film, which won the Grand Prix at the Cognac Crime Film Festival, to its line-up and will unveil it online at the 23rd Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. Specialising in "elevated genre", French international sales agent Reel Suspects managed to get through 2020, a complicated year for us all on account of the health crisis. Indeed, it inked some great deals for the thriller Ropes by Spaniard José Luis Montesinos and a real revelation in the Venice International Film Critics’ Week, the intense, warped Lithuanian war film The Flood Won’t Come by Armenian director Marat Sargsyan, among other movies. In addition, Matteo Lovadina’s team is about to play another trump card with Out of This World by Marc Fouchard, which will have its market premiere at the 23rd Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in Paris, an event that, in a change to the usual.
Stars: Paula del Río, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Jordi Aguilar, Ana Terrasa, Irene Terrasa | Written by Yako Blesa, José Luis Montesinos | Directed by José Luis Montesinos
There has been a handful of horror movies with paraplegic characters featuring in main roles. From Franklin in the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, to Marty in the Stephen King story Silver Bullet, to the more recent Nica in 2013’s Curse of Chucky. The use of these characters has been mixed but in Jose Luis Montesinos’ feature film debut Ropes he puts the paraplegic character front and centre, in a new and interesting way.
We see Elena after a recent car crash which has left her in a wheelchair and struggling with life on many levels. Be it the car crash itself, the loss that occurred from it, her relationship with her father since or how she is coping with being in a wheelchair. All...
There has been a handful of horror movies with paraplegic characters featuring in main roles. From Franklin in the original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, to Marty in the Stephen King story Silver Bullet, to the more recent Nica in 2013’s Curse of Chucky. The use of these characters has been mixed but in Jose Luis Montesinos’ feature film debut Ropes he puts the paraplegic character front and centre, in a new and interesting way.
We see Elena after a recent car crash which has left her in a wheelchair and struggling with life on many levels. Be it the car crash itself, the loss that occurred from it, her relationship with her father since or how she is coping with being in a wheelchair. All...
- 10/9/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
More than 20 features and four world premieres selected for genre film festival.
UK genre film festival Grimmfest has revealed the line-up for its 2020 edition, which will take place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scroll down for full line-up
The festival, which runs October 7 to 11, will open with the European premiere of US psychological thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams, in which a grieving widow is pursued through the wilderness by a relentless psychopath.
Grimmfest has also secured four world premieres for this year’s edition, which include US features The Special, from filmmaker B. Harrison Smith, and They Reach,...
UK genre film festival Grimmfest has revealed the line-up for its 2020 edition, which will take place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scroll down for full line-up
The festival, which runs October 7 to 11, will open with the European premiere of US psychological thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams, in which a grieving widow is pursued through the wilderness by a relentless psychopath.
Grimmfest has also secured four world premieres for this year’s edition, which include US features The Special, from filmmaker B. Harrison Smith, and They Reach,...
- 8/14/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Despite the health crisis, the French international sales agent has sealed deals for the thriller by Spain’s José Luis Montesinos and is readying itself for the online Marché du Film. "During this highly challenging time which is affecting the entire film industry, genre films are successfully breaking away from the pack, and sales agents have managed to strike a few deals, mostly thanks to VOD and Svod platforms, though the follow-up to negotiations opened at the European Film Market has, of course, been severely disrupted by the health crisis". Matteo Lovadina, who steers the French international sales agency Reel Suspects, is under no illusions as to the complexity of the situation, but considers his editorial line focused on "elevated genre" to be a lifeline in the current circumstances, as demonstrated by the excellent results already recorded via José Luis Montesinos’ Ropes, in particular.Discovered in a world premiere in Sitges,...
Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights to José Luis Montesinos’s Spanish-language thriller “Ropes” which world premiered at the Sitges Film Festival.
Represented in international markets by Reel Suspects, “Ropes” follows Elena, a young quadriplegic who is mourning the recent death of her sister and has moved to a country house with her father. While there, she has the help of Athos, a Belgian pastoral dog specially trained to help her. But the creature turns into her worst enemy after contracting a strange disease.
An up-and-coming director, Montesinos previously directed several shorts, including “El Corredor” which won a Goya (Spain’s highest film honor) and was nominated for a European Film Award.
“Ropes,” produced by Arturo Mendiz at Bastian Films and Carles Pastor, will be presented at the European Film Market during the Berlin Film Festival. Written by Montesinos and Yako Blesa, “Ropes” stars Paula del Río (“Retribution”) and Miguel Ángel Jenner.
Represented in international markets by Reel Suspects, “Ropes” follows Elena, a young quadriplegic who is mourning the recent death of her sister and has moved to a country house with her father. While there, she has the help of Athos, a Belgian pastoral dog specially trained to help her. But the creature turns into her worst enemy after contracting a strange disease.
An up-and-coming director, Montesinos previously directed several shorts, including “El Corredor” which won a Goya (Spain’s highest film honor) and was nominated for a European Film Award.
“Ropes,” produced by Arturo Mendiz at Bastian Films and Carles Pastor, will be presented at the European Film Market during the Berlin Film Festival. Written by Montesinos and Yako Blesa, “Ropes” stars Paula del Río (“Retribution”) and Miguel Ángel Jenner.
- 1/2/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Barcelona — Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut feature “The Platform” was awarded best film, and best F/X at the 52nd Sitges’ Intl. Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. Gaztelu-Urrutia also snagged the Citizen Kane Award for an up-and-coming director and the Audience Award for best picture. The prizes come off the back of the Grolsch People’s Choice Award at Toronto’s Midnight Madness.
Produced by Carlos Juárez at Bilbao-based outfit Basque Films in co-production with Barcelona’s Mr. Miyagi, Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut offers a harsh survival parable of power human relationships in a dystopic multi-floor dungeon prison. Its oft-starving dwellers handle the situation with existential and cannibalistic inclinations. The nightmarish script was co-written by successful Catalan playwright David Desola (“Warehoused”) and Pedro Rivero, co-director of Gkids U.S. pick-up “Bird Boy.”
Bilbao-born Gaztelu-Urrutia is an experienced producer at Basque Films and has directed commercials as well as two shorts. One,...
Produced by Carlos Juárez at Bilbao-based outfit Basque Films in co-production with Barcelona’s Mr. Miyagi, Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut offers a harsh survival parable of power human relationships in a dystopic multi-floor dungeon prison. Its oft-starving dwellers handle the situation with existential and cannibalistic inclinations. The nightmarish script was co-written by successful Catalan playwright David Desola (“Warehoused”) and Pedro Rivero, co-director of Gkids U.S. pick-up “Bird Boy.”
Bilbao-born Gaztelu-Urrutia is an experienced producer at Basque Films and has directed commercials as well as two shorts. One,...
- 10/12/2019
- by Emilio Mayorga
- Variety Film + TV
The French international sales agent has added to its line-up the feature debut by Spanish director José Luis Montesinos, which will have its world premiere at Sitges. Faithful to an editorial line focused on “elevated genre,” French sales agent Reel Suspects, led by Matteo Lovadina, begins sales on Ropes from Spanish director José Luis Montesinos, which will have its world premiere in competition at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival ( 3-13 October). Recognised for his short films, such as El corredor (winner among others of the Goya 2016), Matagatos (2010) and La historia de siempre (2009), which won 132 prize worldwide, José Luis Montesinos has made his feature debut based on a script co-written with Iakes Blesa, and a cast including Paula del Río and Miguel Ángel Jenner, with the Swiss Marc Zumbach as director of photography.The story of Ropes centres on Elena, a young quadriplegic woman...
We present the winners of the 7th edition of the Seoul International Extreme – Short Image & Film Festival that took place in Seoul (South Korea) from the 17th until the 22th of September.
Grand Award
Running Boy – Lee Daeyoung – South Korea | 2015 – 14 minutes
Special Jury Award
Metal Child – Pedro García-Mejía – Mexico, Colombia | 2014 – 14 minutes
Best Extreme-short Award
Life Smartphone – Chenglin Xie – China | 2015 – 2:48 minutes
Best Short Award
The Runner – José Luis Montesinos – Spain | 2014 – 12:30 minutes
Audience Award
Scouting Report – Choi Byungkwon – South Korea | 2015 – 11 minutes...
Grand Award
Running Boy – Lee Daeyoung – South Korea | 2015 – 14 minutes
Special Jury Award
Metal Child – Pedro García-Mejía – Mexico, Colombia | 2014 – 14 minutes
Best Extreme-short Award
Life Smartphone – Chenglin Xie – China | 2015 – 2:48 minutes
Best Short Award
The Runner – José Luis Montesinos – Spain | 2014 – 12:30 minutes
Audience Award
Scouting Report – Choi Byungkwon – South Korea | 2015 – 11 minutes...
- 10/1/2015
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
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