Presented in the form of a grindhouse trailer with a nasty bite, Sink Hole says more in 89 seconds about the inadvisability of listening to strange voices than any feature film I can think of. The short played on the festival circuit, hitting hot spots such as Sitges, Boston Underground, Calgary Underground, and Slash Film Fest. Greg Hanson directed. Watch it below, and then pay heed to its advice, i.e. beware sexy voices emanating from your kitchen....
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- 1/23/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Via: Twitch
We've got a great short film today called Meat Me In Plainville. The story is set in a world where cannibalism is legal in America after all of the livestock in the country die off.
The movie was written and directed by Greg Hanson and Casey Regan, and it was done in the style of a low budget B-horror movie. It's been making the film festival rounds since 2012 and is finally online for all of you to watch!
A father tries to reconnect with his daughter as they escape their small town before their dream home descends into a nightmare of crazed cannibalism.
The movie is 27 minutes long, but it's a good one that's worth watching. Enjoy!
We've got a great short film today called Meat Me In Plainville. The story is set in a world where cannibalism is legal in America after all of the livestock in the country die off.
The movie was written and directed by Greg Hanson and Casey Regan, and it was done in the style of a low budget B-horror movie. It's been making the film festival rounds since 2012 and is finally online for all of you to watch!
A father tries to reconnect with his daughter as they escape their small town before their dream home descends into a nightmare of crazed cannibalism.
The movie is 27 minutes long, but it's a good one that's worth watching. Enjoy!
- 11/25/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Greg Hanson and Casey Regan's short film Meat Me In Plainville has been on an extensive global our since premiering at the PiFan festival in Korean in summer of 2012 but with its traveling days now over the short has arrived online for viewing by you, our future food source.A father tries to reconnect with his daughter as they escape their small town before their dream home descends into a nightmare of crazed cannibalism.At 27 minutes it's long by short standards but it's a good one. Take a look below....
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- 11/20/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The 6th annual Minneapolis Underground Film Festival makes its move into October this year where it will be screening on Oct. 3-6 at the St. Anthony Main Theater. The fest, while screening new films from all over, does a fantastic job of screening movies by local Minnesota filmmakers.
Some of these locally produced films include Mark Nielson’s spooky road trip flick Land of Sky Blue Water; Adam Jacobs’ suspense comedy Weekend Hat, which was also produced entirely by high school students; Dave Ash’s sci-fi drama Connected, which is co-directed by Paul von Stoetzel, whose short film Twisted Sister screens before the feature; Donny West’s autobiographical documentary Dazzle (The Donny West Story); and Phil Holbrook’s drama Tilt. There are also loads of short film programs featuring work by local filmmakers.
Other feature films to be on the lookout for include Daniel Martinico’s L.A. nightmare Ok,...
Some of these locally produced films include Mark Nielson’s spooky road trip flick Land of Sky Blue Water; Adam Jacobs’ suspense comedy Weekend Hat, which was also produced entirely by high school students; Dave Ash’s sci-fi drama Connected, which is co-directed by Paul von Stoetzel, whose short film Twisted Sister screens before the feature; Donny West’s autobiographical documentary Dazzle (The Donny West Story); and Phil Holbrook’s drama Tilt. There are also loads of short film programs featuring work by local filmmakers.
Other feature films to be on the lookout for include Daniel Martinico’s L.A. nightmare Ok,...
- 10/2/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 5th annual Oakland Underground Film Festival, which runs this year on Sept. 25-29, features their usual mix of socially and politically relevant films, challenging genre fare and loads of short films.
The fest opens on the 25th with two provocative documentaries. First up is Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Citizen Koch, which shines a spotlight on the behind-the-scenes machinations of the billionaire Koch brothers who have greatly influenced modern politics. (Citizen Koch is also screening for free, which you can RSVP for on the Oakuff website.) Also on the 25th is a profile of Riot Grrrl icon Kathleen Hanna in The Punk Singer, directed by Sini Anderson.
Other films in the fest include the martial arts action romp Death Grip by Eric Jacobius; the anti-bullying drama The Dirties by Matt Johnson; the quirky family shenanigans of Toastmaster by Eric Boadella; and the Closing Night lyrical documentary about life on the U.
The fest opens on the 25th with two provocative documentaries. First up is Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Citizen Koch, which shines a spotlight on the behind-the-scenes machinations of the billionaire Koch brothers who have greatly influenced modern politics. (Citizen Koch is also screening for free, which you can RSVP for on the Oakuff website.) Also on the 25th is a profile of Riot Grrrl icon Kathleen Hanna in The Punk Singer, directed by Sini Anderson.
Other films in the fest include the martial arts action romp Death Grip by Eric Jacobius; the anti-bullying drama The Dirties by Matt Johnson; the quirky family shenanigans of Toastmaster by Eric Boadella; and the Closing Night lyrical documentary about life on the U.
- 9/24/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Director Greg Hanson has been a favorite here at Twitch for some time thanks to his short films Thy Kill Be Done and Meat Me In Plainville. It's not hard to tell what sort of space Hanson occupies from the titles of his films and now his latest effort - titled Good Taste - has arrived online. Good Taste has had a healthy festival life thus far - selected at high profile events such as Raindance and winning Best Short at the 2011 Melbourne Underground Film Festival - and now you can experience this tale of obsessive collecting, violence and lunch for yourself below....
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- 1/6/2013
- Screen Anarchy
It’s a film festival! It’s a sideshow! It’s both! It’s the 12th annual Coney Island Film Festival, which will be taking over the world famous Sideshows by the Seashore and other venues on Sept. 21-23 at one of the most wonderful places on Earth: Coney Island!
This year’s fun begins on the 21st with the knock-’em-dead (literally) Opening Night film Play Dead, co-directed by underground journalist Shade Rupe and the world’s greatest silent magician, Teller. The film is a documentary performance of Teller and Coney Island’s own Todd Robbins hit live off-Broadway gore-a-thon.
Play Dead will then be followed by a wild Opening Night Party featuring a performance by Mr. Robbins, plus lots of burlesque performances, Go Go dancers and other crazy surprises.
Some of the other highlights of this year’s Ciff include the Mark Mori’s documentary Bettie Page Reveals All...
This year’s fun begins on the 21st with the knock-’em-dead (literally) Opening Night film Play Dead, co-directed by underground journalist Shade Rupe and the world’s greatest silent magician, Teller. The film is a documentary performance of Teller and Coney Island’s own Todd Robbins hit live off-Broadway gore-a-thon.
Play Dead will then be followed by a wild Opening Night Party featuring a performance by Mr. Robbins, plus lots of burlesque performances, Go Go dancers and other crazy surprises.
Some of the other highlights of this year’s Ciff include the Mark Mori’s documentary Bettie Page Reveals All...
- 9/18/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For their seventh annual edition, the Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is really blowing things up!
Well, not literally. But the world’s premiere horror movie fest is expanding to over double its regular size, screening over 50 films on nine terrifying nights Oct. 10-18 at its new home, the prestigious AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The scares kick off on the 10th with the return of local fave filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr. with the feature-length version of Excision about a teenage girl obsessed with becoming a surgeon. The film co-stars John Waters, Malcolm McDowell and Traci Lords. Bates’ original short Excision on which the feature is based screened at Spooky Movie back in 2008.
A few other Spooky Movie alumni who are back with highly anticipated new films include Mike Davis‘ “green” horror movie President Wolfman, which is composed entirely of public domain footage mixed with a rip-roarin...
Well, not literally. But the world’s premiere horror movie fest is expanding to over double its regular size, screening over 50 films on nine terrifying nights Oct. 10-18 at its new home, the prestigious AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The scares kick off on the 10th with the return of local fave filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr. with the feature-length version of Excision about a teenage girl obsessed with becoming a surgeon. The film co-stars John Waters, Malcolm McDowell and Traci Lords. Bates’ original short Excision on which the feature is based screened at Spooky Movie back in 2008.
A few other Spooky Movie alumni who are back with highly anticipated new films include Mike Davis‘ “green” horror movie President Wolfman, which is composed entirely of public domain footage mixed with a rip-roarin...
- 9/5/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The theme for this year’s B-Movie, Underground and Trash Film Festival, held in the city of Breda in the Netherlands, is “Apocalypse.” So get ready to watch the world end dozens of different ways on Sept. 5-9 at various venues around the city.
The fun kicks off on the 5th with the German movie Hell by director Tim Fehlbaum. If you didn’t know, “hell” means “bright” in German and, given that title, this flick is set appropriately in a post-apocalyptic future where global warming has decimated the planet and surviving tribes battle for water and food.
Other post-apocalyptic visions include Milan Konjevic’s Zone of the Dead starring legendary zombie killer Ken Foree; Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro’s Bazillian underground hit Beyond the Grave about a world where magic and madness rule the world; and Rob van Eyck’s bizarrely twisted Afterman and Afterman 2.
Not all the...
The fun kicks off on the 5th with the German movie Hell by director Tim Fehlbaum. If you didn’t know, “hell” means “bright” in German and, given that title, this flick is set appropriately in a post-apocalyptic future where global warming has decimated the planet and surviving tribes battle for water and food.
Other post-apocalyptic visions include Milan Konjevic’s Zone of the Dead starring legendary zombie killer Ken Foree; Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro’s Bazillian underground hit Beyond the Grave about a world where magic and madness rule the world; and Rob van Eyck’s bizarrely twisted Afterman and Afterman 2.
Not all the...
- 9/4/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This Week’s Must Read is actually a series of reads. If you haven’t been following the One+One Filmmakers Journal new blog, you’ve been missing some of the best new writing on underground film past and present on the web. They’re really turning themselves into an invaluable resource over there. This past week they’ve run a great primer on Barbara Hammer, a review of the documentary It Came From Kuchar, and a piece on dissident filmmaking.Brooklyn’s Light Industry screening room also has a new blog up, which is now required reading. Recently, they posted up the legendary 1971 issue of Artforum that was devoted to underground film.Robert Maier has an awesome story about a Baltimore-based underground film not directed by John Waters, but was to have featured Divine. Alas, the project fell through and it wasn’t to be. It was called Vacancy.
- 9/2/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 6th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival is taking over all three screens of the Factory Theatre for a blow-out four-day event on Sept. 6-9.
Making it’s World Premiere at the fest on the 8th is the highly anticipated President Wolfman, the latest “green movie” by director Mike Davis that he’s cobbled together from public domain footage and feature films and set to an outrageous new soundtrack. The film looks like it promises to be a rollicking good time.
Other highlights of the fest include Guy Maddin‘s latest trippy film noir, Keyhole, about a mobster revisiting his homestead’s old memories; Bob Ray‘s documentary about Austin, Texas’ homegrown Total Badass; Bobcat Goldthwait’s media takedown God Bless America; Michal Kosakowski’s underground murder fantasy documentary hit Zero Killed; Richard Griffin’s funky The Disco Exorcist; and more.
Some of the extra special events of the fest...
Making it’s World Premiere at the fest on the 8th is the highly anticipated President Wolfman, the latest “green movie” by director Mike Davis that he’s cobbled together from public domain footage and feature films and set to an outrageous new soundtrack. The film looks like it promises to be a rollicking good time.
Other highlights of the fest include Guy Maddin‘s latest trippy film noir, Keyhole, about a mobster revisiting his homestead’s old memories; Bob Ray‘s documentary about Austin, Texas’ homegrown Total Badass; Bobcat Goldthwait’s media takedown God Bless America; Michal Kosakowski’s underground murder fantasy documentary hit Zero Killed; Richard Griffin’s funky The Disco Exorcist; and more.
Some of the extra special events of the fest...
- 8/30/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For their 5th annual edition, the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival is heating up by returning to the summer after being a winter event for the past three years. The fest will run on Aug. 17-19 with a killer lineup of films from all over the world — most of which probably will not be able to be seen in Minnesota except at this 3-day event.
Plus, there are two programming blocks of short films all made by local filmmakers, including Pam Colby’s Fertile Ashes, Ryan Becken’s Buffalo Shampoo, Janelle Sorenson & Melany Joy Beck’s Bring It 2 Peter, Jl Sosa’s Some of Angela and more.
The feature films screening this year cover an extremely diverse swath of subject matter, from every day people’s murder fantasies fulfilled — cinematically, at least — in Michal Koskowski’s German documentary Zero Killed; a tattoo comes to live to torment its wearer in...
Plus, there are two programming blocks of short films all made by local filmmakers, including Pam Colby’s Fertile Ashes, Ryan Becken’s Buffalo Shampoo, Janelle Sorenson & Melany Joy Beck’s Bring It 2 Peter, Jl Sosa’s Some of Angela and more.
The feature films screening this year cover an extremely diverse swath of subject matter, from every day people’s murder fantasies fulfilled — cinematically, at least — in Michal Koskowski’s German documentary Zero Killed; a tattoo comes to live to torment its wearer in...
- 8/13/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 8th annual Portland Underground Film Festival is back with a vengeance and under new management! Superstar Portland filmmaker Bob Moricz has assumed total control of Puff and promises to keep the fest’s traditional raucous spirit, but covered with a more artful sheen. The shenanigans will once again take place at Puff’s beloved home, the Clinton Street Theater.
Things kick off on June 29 with a live Skype appearance by none other than sex guru Annie Sprinkle as part of the “Ecosex Symposium,” a frank celebration of sex in the natural world. This will be followed with the traditional “Bike Smut” program of short films celebrating the power and the glory of the bicycle.
Then, on June 30, there will be a selection of short films by some of the most notorious names in underground film today, including Carey Burtt, Neil Ira Needleman, Greg Hanson and Jim Haverkamp, plus filmmakers Jenn Keyser,...
Things kick off on June 29 with a live Skype appearance by none other than sex guru Annie Sprinkle as part of the “Ecosex Symposium,” a frank celebration of sex in the natural world. This will be followed with the traditional “Bike Smut” program of short films celebrating the power and the glory of the bicycle.
Then, on June 30, there will be a selection of short films by some of the most notorious names in underground film today, including Carey Burtt, Neil Ira Needleman, Greg Hanson and Jim Haverkamp, plus filmmakers Jenn Keyser,...
- 6/28/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
InFEST Underground Screening Series
InFEST Underground is a new monthly screening series that takes place in Brooklyn, NY at the Spectacle Theater microcinema at 124 S. 3rd St. near Bedford Avenue. It’s being organized by filmmaker Greg Hanson of Greth Productions, which has produced such underground hits as Thy Kill Be Done.
Specifically, InFEST says it is looking for “underground oddities that are insane, psychotronic, transgressive, subversive, oddball, weirdo, gonzo, mondo, mind-bending, or boundless.” And, since this is a regular screening series, there are no entry fees, nor are there any restrictions on length, year, region or anything. If it’s underground, then Hanson wants to take a look at it.
To submit, please write directly to Greg Hanson at “Grethproductions (at) gmail dot com.” Include, if you can, a link to your online video, either public or private. Or, ask how to mail in your submission.
Dallas Video Fest...
InFEST Underground is a new monthly screening series that takes place in Brooklyn, NY at the Spectacle Theater microcinema at 124 S. 3rd St. near Bedford Avenue. It’s being organized by filmmaker Greg Hanson of Greth Productions, which has produced such underground hits as Thy Kill Be Done.
Specifically, InFEST says it is looking for “underground oddities that are insane, psychotronic, transgressive, subversive, oddball, weirdo, gonzo, mondo, mind-bending, or boundless.” And, since this is a regular screening series, there are no entry fees, nor are there any restrictions on length, year, region or anything. If it’s underground, then Hanson wants to take a look at it.
To submit, please write directly to Greg Hanson at “Grethproductions (at) gmail dot com.” Include, if you can, a link to your online video, either public or private. Or, ask how to mail in your submission.
Dallas Video Fest...
- 4/23/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 14th annual Boston Underground Film Festival is ready to kick ass and take names on March 29 to April 1 at the Brattle Theatre. And a few of those names will look familiar to Buff fanatics — and underground film fans the world over.
A trio of Buff favorites are returning to the fest with debut feature films after totally killing it with their amazing short films in the past. Jamie Heinrich‘s Happily Never After is a feature-length expansion of the short film that took home the Best of Fest Award in 2010, but with more solid and mature themes as the movie explores the problematic life of a degenerate photographer.
Another former award winner is Richard Bates Jr. who will be screening Excision, another feature-length extension of a short film, this one about a teenage girl who exercises her morbid obsession with surgery every chance she gets.
Steven Kostanski‘s feature...
A trio of Buff favorites are returning to the fest with debut feature films after totally killing it with their amazing short films in the past. Jamie Heinrich‘s Happily Never After is a feature-length expansion of the short film that took home the Best of Fest Award in 2010, but with more solid and mature themes as the movie explores the problematic life of a degenerate photographer.
Another former award winner is Richard Bates Jr. who will be screening Excision, another feature-length extension of a short film, this one about a teenage girl who exercises her morbid obsession with surgery every chance she gets.
Steven Kostanski‘s feature...
- 3/21/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 9th annual Calgary Underground Film Festival will run on April 16-22 at the Globe Cinema with a mix of outrageous comedies, documentaries about controversial personalities, cult flicks and some frank depictions of sexuality.
The fest launches on the 16th with the new comedy by Bobcat Goldthwait, God Bless America, in which Joel Murray stars as a terminally ill man who decides to kill as many stupid people he can can before he perishes himself. Also on the comedic front are Rick Alverson’s The Comedy starring TV’s Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareham as troublemaking urban hipsters; and Mikkel Nørgaard Klovn (Clown) about a Danish loser who takes a young boy on a brothel tour.
On the cult film front are Jack Perez’s Some Guy Who Kills People starring Kevin Corrigan in the eponymous role; Alex Ross Perry‘s abusive sibling flick The Color Wheel; the brutal Father...
The fest launches on the 16th with the new comedy by Bobcat Goldthwait, God Bless America, in which Joel Murray stars as a terminally ill man who decides to kill as many stupid people he can can before he perishes himself. Also on the comedic front are Rick Alverson’s The Comedy starring TV’s Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareham as troublemaking urban hipsters; and Mikkel Nørgaard Klovn (Clown) about a Danish loser who takes a young boy on a brothel tour.
On the cult film front are Jack Perez’s Some Guy Who Kills People starring Kevin Corrigan in the eponymous role; Alex Ross Perry‘s abusive sibling flick The Color Wheel; the brutal Father...
- 3/19/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving weekend! Mine was productive and fruitful, so thanks for asking!
This week’s Absolute Must Read — which we haven’t had in awhile — is a recollection about an illicit screening at the legendary Charles Theater in NYC in the ’60s, which used to screen underground films. (See picture above.) Bhob Stewart starts the story that is continued by Tom Conroy and it involves filmmaker Larry Ivie and, mostly, cartoonist Joel Beck.Beyond fascinating is film preservationist Mark Toscano’s write-up on the cue rolls experimental filmmaker Will Hindle employed during the processing of his films back in the ’60s.Cult film review site Movies From Mars took a gander at Greg Hanson & Casey Regan’s Thy Kill Be Done saying they “couldn’t help but wish there was a full length version waiting to come out.” We agree!Film writer Rebecca Harkins-Cross has a...
This week’s Absolute Must Read — which we haven’t had in awhile — is a recollection about an illicit screening at the legendary Charles Theater in NYC in the ’60s, which used to screen underground films. (See picture above.) Bhob Stewart starts the story that is continued by Tom Conroy and it involves filmmaker Larry Ivie and, mostly, cartoonist Joel Beck.Beyond fascinating is film preservationist Mark Toscano’s write-up on the cue rolls experimental filmmaker Will Hindle employed during the processing of his films back in the ’60s.Cult film review site Movies From Mars took a gander at Greg Hanson & Casey Regan’s Thy Kill Be Done saying they “couldn’t help but wish there was a full length version waiting to come out.” We agree!Film writer Rebecca Harkins-Cross has a...
- 11/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This year’s Denver Underground Film Festival, held back on Nov. 11-13, featured two nights of short film programs and one feature film documentary screening. For the short films, the fest handed out a handful of awards and listed about half-dozen honorable mentions. The full list of winners and mentions is below.
In addition to just naming the winners, the fest included the reasons they felt each film earned its award. Awards were given out based on cinematography, audience reaction, film themes, filmmaking techniques and other reasons. These reasons are also included with each winner in the list.
Award Winners
Best Narrative Short
Wind, dir. M. Manikandan
In recognition of its imaginative usage of a minimal number of stage elements and props in a purely natural environment to tell a simple, but powerful story and for its superb cinematography.
Best Experimental Short
Beauty Evaporates, dir. June Kyu Park
For its...
In addition to just naming the winners, the fest included the reasons they felt each film earned its award. Awards were given out based on cinematography, audience reaction, film themes, filmmaking techniques and other reasons. These reasons are also included with each winner in the list.
Award Winners
Best Narrative Short
Wind, dir. M. Manikandan
In recognition of its imaginative usage of a minimal number of stage elements and props in a purely natural environment to tell a simple, but powerful story and for its superb cinematography.
Best Experimental Short
Beauty Evaporates, dir. June Kyu Park
For its...
- 11/25/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Fans of old-school grind-house films may find interest in this short. The film is directed by Greg Hanson, an underground/genre filmmaker based in New York who produced Beneath Contempt, which was a hit at this past year’s Slamdance. There is a lot to like in this short, so I do recommend checking it out.
Thy Kill Be Done has screened in more than 20 festivals worldwide, including the 2011 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival and recently took home “Best Exploitation Short” at the 2011 Pollygrind Film Festival in Las Vegas.
Synopsis: When the Monsignor priest of an inner city church is killed by a gang of hoodlums and their drug lord leader, the nuns in the church’s clergy vow bloody revenge. But these are no ordinary nuns…
Thy Kill Be Done (2010) from Greth Productions on Vimeo.
Starring:
Jessica Webb – Sister Yvonne
Chaseedaw Giles – Sister Morgan
Rachel Cervarich – Sister St. Claire...
Thy Kill Be Done has screened in more than 20 festivals worldwide, including the 2011 Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival and recently took home “Best Exploitation Short” at the 2011 Pollygrind Film Festival in Las Vegas.
Synopsis: When the Monsignor priest of an inner city church is killed by a gang of hoodlums and their drug lord leader, the nuns in the church’s clergy vow bloody revenge. But these are no ordinary nuns…
Thy Kill Be Done (2010) from Greth Productions on Vimeo.
Starring:
Jessica Webb – Sister Yvonne
Chaseedaw Giles – Sister Morgan
Rachel Cervarich – Sister St. Claire...
- 11/15/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
Rescued from the jaws of limbo, the Denver Underground Film Festival comes roaring back to life for three days of short films and one intense feature-length documentary. The fest runs Nov. 11-13 at the Unitarian Society of Denver.
The feature doc screening on the fest’s last night is Iconoclast, Larry Wessel’s epic profile of musician and artistic rabble-rouser Boyd Rice.
The rest of the fest is an eclectic mix of short films, including programs devoted to contemporary Spanish and Canadian cinema, plus a look back at profiles of Andy Warhol caught on film by Jonas Mekas and Stephen Dwoskin.
Some mind-blowing short films to look out for are Jaimz Asmundson’s stunning portrait of his artist father, C. Graham Asmundson, The Magus and Greg Hanson & Casey Regan’s ass-kicking nunsploitation flick, Thy Kill Be Done.
The full lineup of films at the Denver Underground Film Festival is below.
The feature doc screening on the fest’s last night is Iconoclast, Larry Wessel’s epic profile of musician and artistic rabble-rouser Boyd Rice.
The rest of the fest is an eclectic mix of short films, including programs devoted to contemporary Spanish and Canadian cinema, plus a look back at profiles of Andy Warhol caught on film by Jonas Mekas and Stephen Dwoskin.
Some mind-blowing short films to look out for are Jaimz Asmundson’s stunning portrait of his artist father, C. Graham Asmundson, The Magus and Greg Hanson & Casey Regan’s ass-kicking nunsploitation flick, Thy Kill Be Done.
The full lineup of films at the Denver Underground Film Festival is below.
- 11/11/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
These three nuns have come to kick ass and say the Rosary — and they’ve left their Rosary beads at the rectory! Greg Hanson and Casey Regan‘s nunsploitation bloodbath Thy Kill Be Done packs a ton of thrills, laughs and over-the-top gore into a tight 16-minutes. No wonder it’s been a huge hit on the festival circuit the past year and at last it’s available to watch in full online, sure to garner a multitude of new fans.
The key to the film’s success is Hanson and Regan’s near perfect combination of seriousness and implicit goofiness. The filmmakers don’t condescend to their central conceit, especially by not rushing the plot along. When a young boy dies of a drug overdose in the middle of a midnight mass, the calm monsignor pleads for an understanding with the dealers out in the church parking lot.
Of course,...
The key to the film’s success is Hanson and Regan’s near perfect combination of seriousness and implicit goofiness. The filmmakers don’t condescend to their central conceit, especially by not rushing the plot along. When a young boy dies of a drug overdose in the middle of a midnight mass, the calm monsignor pleads for an understanding with the dealers out in the church parking lot.
Of course,...
- 11/7/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For their 4th annual edition, the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival is pulling out all the stops, spotlighting great local and international filmmaking talent over the course of three days, Dec. 2-4, on two screens at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (McAd).
The fest opens with an ambitious Minneapolis-based move: Tyler Jensen’s 30 Films 30 Days. Working with hundreds of local participants, Jensen and his team completed a short film a day over the course of one month and this feature compiles all of them into one package. Plus, also screening on the same night is the groovy grindhouse horror flick The Disco Exorcist by Richard Griffin.
Over the course of the next two full days and nights, two of the best highlights of this year’s Muff include Usama Alshaibi‘s masterful mix of sex and religion Profane, Stuart Simpson‘s retro-sleazetastic monster flick El Monstro Del Mar!, neither of which are to be missed!
The fest opens with an ambitious Minneapolis-based move: Tyler Jensen’s 30 Films 30 Days. Working with hundreds of local participants, Jensen and his team completed a short film a day over the course of one month and this feature compiles all of them into one package. Plus, also screening on the same night is the groovy grindhouse horror flick The Disco Exorcist by Richard Griffin.
Over the course of the next two full days and nights, two of the best highlights of this year’s Muff include Usama Alshaibi‘s masterful mix of sex and religion Profane, Stuart Simpson‘s retro-sleazetastic monster flick El Monstro Del Mar!, neither of which are to be missed!
- 11/4/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
What do I have to do to convince you to check out Greg Hanson & Casey Regan' s exploitation throwback Thy Kill Be Done? Well the picture up above is probably enough to entice, but here's the synopsis: When the Monsignor priest of an inner city church is killed by a gang of hoodlums and their drug lord leader, the nuns in the church's clergy vow bloody revenge. But these are no ordinary nuns...All in all Thy Kill Be Done is an energetic piece of filmmaking, and a fine way to spend 15 minutes of your lunch break, although, yes, this is indeed Nsfw....
- 11/2/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The 2011 PollyGrind Film Festival recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, and the madman behind the scenes, Chad Clinton Freeman, checked in with Dread Central to share with us exclusively the winners of this year's fest.
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
Reveling in everything from arthouse to grindhouse to everything in between, PollyGrind has quickly made a name for itself as one of the up-and-coming premiere genre fests out there due to the success of each year of programming. This year's big winners (and flicks that will no doubt go on to find audiences soon) include the highly controversial The Bunny Game, The Super, Dear God No!, The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol and Ratline.
"I was very happy with the quantity of quality films and the diversity I was able to program this year," Freeman said. "Being able to world premiere films like Mondo Sexxxx: The Terry Kobrah Story and The Gruesome Death of Tommy Pistol,...
- 10/27/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
The 2nd annual PollyGrind assaults Las Vegas during an epic length film festival that runs Oct. 8-17 at Theatre 7 with enough sleaze and violence to make Sin City residents feel right at home.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Actually, the fest does open up on the 7th with a concert at Neon Venus with local acts like Monster Zero, Creepersin and many more.
However, the film portion of the fest opens on the 8th with Stuart Simpson‘s acclaimed Australian gorefest El Monstro Del Mar!, one of the best Russ Meyer/Roger Corman mash-ups with a Down Under twist. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film review of this gem here.
Other Bad Lit favorites in the lineup are Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson‘s The Taint, which is still completely grossing out audiences on the festival circuit, and The Uh-Oh Show, the splatter-filled horror comedy by the Godfather of Gore himself Herschell Gordon Lewis.
- 10/6/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 11th annual Coney Island Film Festival, running Sept. 23-25, offers an exquisite blend of freak show, burlesque and cinematic oddities, featuring movies about reformed gang members, unwitting superheroes, rock ‘n’ roll heaven and tons and tons of short films.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
The fest opens with the portrait of a real-life Coney Island badass, Keith Suber, a reformed gang member who now teaches kids that violence isn’t the solution to their problems in the documentary The Last Immortal, directed by Charles Denson.
However, the highlight of the festival — in Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s opinion — is the headbangin’ documentary Heavy Metal Picnic by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, which beautifully relives the glory days of ’80s era rock ‘n’ roll Maryland in all its raucous glory. Featuring footage from an outrageous backwoods farm concert and a reunion among its (slightly) more mature participants. Read the official Bad Lit documentary review here.
- 9/14/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival is, once again, set to push the boundaries of modern horror with their sixth annual edition that will run for four terrifying nights on Oct. 13-16 at the Artisphere theater in Washington, D.C.
For the opening night event on Oct. 13, Spooky Movie proves its international flair with the over-the-top Japanese zombie gorefest and action flick Helldriver, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, which will have two screenings, one for the early birds at 7:00 p.m. and one for the late-night crowd at 10:00 p.m.
The closing night film on the 16th is also an international affair: Joe Bauer’s The Killage, an Australian horror comedy that sends up the teen camp counselors slasher genre. Plus, there will be several Aussie short films accompanying this final feature.
Smooshed in between these two events are some of the most original and provocative terror flicks around,...
For the opening night event on Oct. 13, Spooky Movie proves its international flair with the over-the-top Japanese zombie gorefest and action flick Helldriver, directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura, which will have two screenings, one for the early birds at 7:00 p.m. and one for the late-night crowd at 10:00 p.m.
The closing night film on the 16th is also an international affair: Joe Bauer’s The Killage, an Australian horror comedy that sends up the teen camp counselors slasher genre. Plus, there will be several Aussie short films accompanying this final feature.
Smooshed in between these two events are some of the most original and provocative terror flicks around,...
- 9/8/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Warning: Nsfw! Embedded above is the official — and officially “dirty” — bumper trailer for the Atlanta Underground Film Festival. Men, take heed. This could happen to you. And it’s worse than having your girlfriend/wife walk in on you during a very private moment between you and the Internet.
The trailer was directed by Greg Hanson, who also has a film in the festival proper: The nunsploitation must-see Thy Kill Be Done, which Hanson co-directed with Casey Regan. Thy Kill Be Done was also reviewed last year on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film.
The Atlanta Underground Film Festival takes place later this month on Sep. 22-25 at the Goat Farm Arts Center. In addition to Thy Kill Be Done, the fest is screening films such as Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson’s outrageous The Taint, Damon Russell’s Snow on tha Bluff, Jack Truman’s 7 Stories From an...
The trailer was directed by Greg Hanson, who also has a film in the festival proper: The nunsploitation must-see Thy Kill Be Done, which Hanson co-directed with Casey Regan. Thy Kill Be Done was also reviewed last year on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film.
The Atlanta Underground Film Festival takes place later this month on Sep. 22-25 at the Goat Farm Arts Center. In addition to Thy Kill Be Done, the fest is screening films such as Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson’s outrageous The Taint, Damon Russell’s Snow on tha Bluff, Jack Truman’s 7 Stories From an...
- 9/5/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Movies were destroyed and awards given to the destructors at the 12th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which was held back on Aug. 19-28.
The Best Film of the fest, as chosen by jury head Jimmy the Exploder in in consultation with The Muff team, was the controversial A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which has been banned in some parts of the country, but now available on DVD in others.
Other big winners are: Larry Wessel who took home Best Director and Best Documentary for his epic 4-hour profile of cult figure Boyd Rice, Iconoclast (Watch the trailer.); Viva Bianca and Hanna Mangan Lawrence appropriately shared the Best Actress award for their starring roles in Jon Hewitt‘s X (Watch the trailer); and John V. Soto”s Needle took home numerous awards such as Best Actor (Michael Dorman), Best Cinematography (D.P. Stephen F. Windon), Best Poster (Horror Version) and the Special Jury Prize.
The Best Film of the fest, as chosen by jury head Jimmy the Exploder in in consultation with The Muff team, was the controversial A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which has been banned in some parts of the country, but now available on DVD in others.
Other big winners are: Larry Wessel who took home Best Director and Best Documentary for his epic 4-hour profile of cult figure Boyd Rice, Iconoclast (Watch the trailer.); Viva Bianca and Hanna Mangan Lawrence appropriately shared the Best Actress award for their starring roles in Jon Hewitt‘s X (Watch the trailer); and John V. Soto”s Needle took home numerous awards such as Best Actor (Michael Dorman), Best Cinematography (D.P. Stephen F. Windon), Best Poster (Horror Version) and the Special Jury Prize.
- 8/31/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Arizona Underground Film Festival keeps picking and screening the best in world extreme cinema and their fourth annual edition, which will run Sep. 16-24 in Tucson is no exception, compiling outrageous cult epics from countries such as Japan, Switzerland and Cuba; as well as some local nastiness produced in the fest’s own backyard.
The fest opens with Jack Perez’s Some Guy Who Kills People, a comedy thriller executive produced by John Landis and starring Kevin Corrigan as a loser who gets sadistic revenge on those he feels have wronged him.
While the opening night film is a big name affair, Auff is also celebrating local freaky film fare with films such as the film noir Sweet Love and Deadly, directed by Paul Clinco; and the horror comedy Dick Night, directed by Andy Viner.
From elsewhere around the U.S., there’s the fest’s annual celebration of extreme cinema,...
The fest opens with Jack Perez’s Some Guy Who Kills People, a comedy thriller executive produced by John Landis and starring Kevin Corrigan as a loser who gets sadistic revenge on those he feels have wronged him.
While the opening night film is a big name affair, Auff is also celebrating local freaky film fare with films such as the film noir Sweet Love and Deadly, directed by Paul Clinco; and the horror comedy Dick Night, directed by Andy Viner.
From elsewhere around the U.S., there’s the fest’s annual celebration of extreme cinema,...
- 8/30/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Atlanta Underground Film Festival will roll out their 8th annual edition at the Goat Farm Arts Center on Sep. 22-25, taking over two screening rooms with a lineup of feature films, shorts and documentaries.
On the features front, Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson’s hilariously offensive The Taint — about a world taken over by foaming-at-the-mouth misogynists — continues with its international underground takeover with a stop at Auff for an appropriately late-night screening on the 24th. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s review here.
In the short films lineups, be on the lookout for the annual Robot Hand infiltration with Brian Lonano‘s Martian Precursor and Kevin Lonano’s Carny lurking in the Horror Shorts collection on the 23rd. Plus, scattered throughout the fest are Greg Hanson and Casey Regan‘s immensely fun Thy Kill Be Done, Dean Packis‘ grotesque and funny animation Premie Petey in Extreme Makeovary,...
On the features front, Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson’s hilariously offensive The Taint — about a world taken over by foaming-at-the-mouth misogynists — continues with its international underground takeover with a stop at Auff for an appropriately late-night screening on the 24th. Read the Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film’s review here.
In the short films lineups, be on the lookout for the annual Robot Hand infiltration with Brian Lonano‘s Martian Precursor and Kevin Lonano’s Carny lurking in the Horror Shorts collection on the 23rd. Plus, scattered throughout the fest are Greg Hanson and Casey Regan‘s immensely fun Thy Kill Be Done, Dean Packis‘ grotesque and funny animation Premie Petey in Extreme Makeovary,...
- 8/25/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Destroy All Movies! That’s the cheeky theme to the 12th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival, which will run on August 19-28.
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
Festival director Richard Wolstencroft lays out his philosophy for this year’s Muff in an excellent Director’s Statement, which is published in the fest’s program guide. He explains his provocative statement as thus:
“Destroy All Movies” can be taken as a query, a question and even a complaint about cinema itself. Most of us love movies. I still do, of course. I am obsessed by them as ever. Making, watching and showing them. But how often do we question our passion in this kind of ontological sense?
In that regard, Muff is a much more focused and scaled back event this year with less films screening, but with a tighter consideration of local talent, as well as a larger, more provocative stance as ever.
Muff has...
- 7/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 7th annual Portland Underground Film Festival is all set to terrorize and revile the entire Pacific Northwest with their lineup of seriously deranged feature films and shorts that will run for four nights on June 9-12.
The insanity begins Opening Night when Portland’s own most demented filmmaker, Bob Moricz, premieres his latest feature-length cinematic crime against nature, Felony Flats. Moricz stars in the film himself as a mentally ill man trying to find love and acceptance in Portland’s seediest neighborhood. Bad Lit has been hard pimpin’ Moricz’s work for years and we’re thrilled he’s been chosen to open this year’s Puff.
Other feature films include the Australian punk rock documentary 6 Foot Hick; the female revenge flick Cherry Bomb; the Portland-based drama The Gray Area; the heavy metal musical Mr. Bricks; and the film Puff says is the most gruesome movie they’ve ever...
The insanity begins Opening Night when Portland’s own most demented filmmaker, Bob Moricz, premieres his latest feature-length cinematic crime against nature, Felony Flats. Moricz stars in the film himself as a mentally ill man trying to find love and acceptance in Portland’s seediest neighborhood. Bad Lit has been hard pimpin’ Moricz’s work for years and we’re thrilled he’s been chosen to open this year’s Puff.
Other feature films include the Australian punk rock documentary 6 Foot Hick; the female revenge flick Cherry Bomb; the Portland-based drama The Gray Area; the heavy metal musical Mr. Bricks; and the film Puff says is the most gruesome movie they’ve ever...
- 5/30/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Both the Sundance and the Slamdance Film Festivals begin in Park City, Utah this week. While I previously posted up the full Slamdance lineup and some underground highlights at Sundance, I thought I’d round them up again for those attending the festivals who might be reading this and looking for the quirkier, out-of-the-hype screenings.
Sundance:
The first movie you don’t want to miss at is After You Left, directed by Jef Taylor, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit. This easygoing, but emotionally complicated tale about a semi-immature dude in his mid-thirties dealing with a serious broken heart has a minimalist charm to it that makes it instantly likable. It’s the kind of film that at first it may not seem like much is going on, but actually has a lot to say. Lead actor Michael Tisdale is really good in it, too. Exact screening info is on this page.
Sundance:
The first movie you don’t want to miss at is After You Left, directed by Jef Taylor, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit. This easygoing, but emotionally complicated tale about a semi-immature dude in his mid-thirties dealing with a serious broken heart has a minimalist charm to it that makes it instantly likable. It’s the kind of film that at first it may not seem like much is going on, but actually has a lot to say. Lead actor Michael Tisdale is really good in it, too. Exact screening info is on this page.
- 1/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
From out of the ashes of Evil City (2005-07) rises the Royal Flush Festival, presented in conjunction with Royal Flush magazine. This is a week-long celebration of music, film, art and good times that runs Oct. 11-18 at the Knitting Factory in Manhattan.
Films run Oct. 13-17, beginning with the NYC No Wave documentary Downtown Calling by Shan Nicholson and ends with the raucous Australian underground hit El Monstro Del Mar! by Stuart Simpson, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit.
In between, they’re also screening the nunsploitation short flick Thy Kill Be Done by Greg Hanson and Casey Regan, also recently reviewed on this site. Plus, there’s more feature films, including The Vinyl Frontier documentary on killer toys, the Prayer to a Vengeful God revenge flick, and newspaper reporter Robert Patton-Spruill desperate attempt to get the Kinks to reunite in the film Do It Again.
If music’s your thing,...
Films run Oct. 13-17, beginning with the NYC No Wave documentary Downtown Calling by Shan Nicholson and ends with the raucous Australian underground hit El Monstro Del Mar! by Stuart Simpson, which was recently reviewed on Bad Lit.
In between, they’re also screening the nunsploitation short flick Thy Kill Be Done by Greg Hanson and Casey Regan, also recently reviewed on this site. Plus, there’s more feature films, including The Vinyl Frontier documentary on killer toys, the Prayer to a Vengeful God revenge flick, and newspaper reporter Robert Patton-Spruill desperate attempt to get the Kinks to reunite in the film Do It Again.
If music’s your thing,...
- 10/12/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Don’t ask how and don’t ask why, but the nunsploitation genre is making a major comeback in the cinema. And we’re all the richer for it.
There are two ways to approach the making of a film about revenge-seeking, death-dealing Catholic nuns. Given the ludicrousness of the entire premise to begin with, one could either treat the subject with real seriousness or go for the strictly goofy send-up route.
Despite the pun-ish title, directors Greg Hanson and Casey Regan successfully opt for the serious route. While there are a few good jokes scattered throughout the film, for the most part Thy Kill Be Done is a straight recreation of the ’70s urban gang exploitation genre.
With a suitably grainy film stock and funky score — both courtesy D.P. and music scorer Seth Applebaum — the film feels both modern and throwback as it begins in a church in an indeterminate year.
There are two ways to approach the making of a film about revenge-seeking, death-dealing Catholic nuns. Given the ludicrousness of the entire premise to begin with, one could either treat the subject with real seriousness or go for the strictly goofy send-up route.
Despite the pun-ish title, directors Greg Hanson and Casey Regan successfully opt for the serious route. While there are a few good jokes scattered throughout the film, for the most part Thy Kill Be Done is a straight recreation of the ’70s urban gang exploitation genre.
With a suitably grainy film stock and funky score — both courtesy D.P. and music scorer Seth Applebaum — the film feels both modern and throwback as it begins in a church in an indeterminate year.
- 10/5/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Has it been a decade of films and freaks already? Well, it has! The 10th annual Coney Island Film Festival is set to run once again on Sept. 24-26 at the world famous Sideshows by the Seashore — the last operating circus-style sideshow/freak show in the U.S.A.
The festival starts with real bang this year with the Brooklyn premiere of Gary Beeber‘s latest documentary Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque, which chronicles the rise of the hot new burlesque trend in NYC and its most popular star, Dirty Martini. The film will also be preceded by two short films: The recently uncovered Museum of Wax by playwright Charles Ludlam and Jaye Cherian’s documentary Shape of the Shapeless.
This year the festival is also celebrating by hosting director Darren Aronofsky as their 2010 honoree. On Sept. 26, Aronofsky — who was born in South Brooklyn — will be present at a...
The festival starts with real bang this year with the Brooklyn premiere of Gary Beeber‘s latest documentary Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque, which chronicles the rise of the hot new burlesque trend in NYC and its most popular star, Dirty Martini. The film will also be preceded by two short films: The recently uncovered Museum of Wax by playwright Charles Ludlam and Jaye Cherian’s documentary Shape of the Shapeless.
This year the festival is also celebrating by hosting director Darren Aronofsky as their 2010 honoree. On Sept. 26, Aronofsky — who was born in South Brooklyn — will be present at a...
- 9/21/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
For those in Seattle, your in luck. The 2nd edition of the The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival is this coming weekend (September 17th - 19th) and has not only a few films to satisfy, but a couple we really love.
Our own agentorange called Adam Mason's Blood River, which will be playing, a tour-de-force. You can read our review here..
A Serbian Film may have run into a few problems elsewhere, but play here in the states is never an issue.
You can check out further details and buy tickets off the official website.
Full lineup after the break.
Blood River
USA - Director Adam Mason - 104 min
A newlywed couple are pushed to the limit during a chance encounter with a mysterious drifter in a deserted ghost town.
Mørke Sjeler (Dark Souls)
Norway, France - Directors César Ducasse, Mathieu Peteul - 97 min
A revengeful father embarks on...
Our own agentorange called Adam Mason's Blood River, which will be playing, a tour-de-force. You can read our review here..
A Serbian Film may have run into a few problems elsewhere, but play here in the states is never an issue.
You can check out further details and buy tickets off the official website.
Full lineup after the break.
Blood River
USA - Director Adam Mason - 104 min
A newlywed couple are pushed to the limit during a chance encounter with a mysterious drifter in a deserted ghost town.
Mørke Sjeler (Dark Souls)
Norway, France - Directors César Ducasse, Mathieu Peteul - 97 min
A revengeful father embarks on...
- 9/15/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Tucson and Phoenix: Prepare to be rocked, shocked and defiled. Blasting its way into its third — and biggest — year on Sept. 18-25, the Arizona Underground Film Festival is a cacophonous concoction of angry transsexuals, bumbling hit men, slacker superheroes, living dolls, aliens, dead hookers, adventure-seeking blondes and other crazies.
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
This year the fest is screening 30 feature films, some of which are making their U.S. and even world debuts. The opening night film is the U.S. premiere of the German hit man comedy Snowman’s Land, directed by Tomasz Thomson,while closing the fest is the controversial and violent A Serbian Film by Srdjan Spasojevic, which you have to be over-18 to get into.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of homebrewed films as well, such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk by Jen Soska & Sylvia Soska; Nude Nuns With Big Guns by Joseph Guzman; 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the...
- 9/13/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Melbourne Underground Film Festival returns to terrorize Australia with a selection of outrageous genre films for its 11th annual edition that will be held on Aug. 20-28.
For years now, Muff Festival director Richard Wolstencroft has been bemoaning the state of Australian cinema — and rightfully so — for abandoning its history of popular genre entertainment and settling for a state-sponsored industry of wussy indie fare. Well, looking over this year’s Muff schedule from a distance, it appears that the fest has gathered its most impressive lineup of bold and risky genre fare yet.
There’s the deep sea terror of Stuart Simpson’s El monstro del mar!, the outback nightmare of Road Train by Dean Francis, the Bdsm fantasy world of David King’s Purge, the chaotically violent world of Bad Behavior by Joseph Sims, the sexy and disturbing Burlesque by Dominic Deacon; plus Richard Wolstencroft’s own documentary...
For years now, Muff Festival director Richard Wolstencroft has been bemoaning the state of Australian cinema — and rightfully so — for abandoning its history of popular genre entertainment and settling for a state-sponsored industry of wussy indie fare. Well, looking over this year’s Muff schedule from a distance, it appears that the fest has gathered its most impressive lineup of bold and risky genre fare yet.
There’s the deep sea terror of Stuart Simpson’s El monstro del mar!, the outback nightmare of Road Train by Dean Francis, the Bdsm fantasy world of David King’s Purge, the chaotically violent world of Bad Behavior by Joseph Sims, the sexy and disturbing Burlesque by Dominic Deacon; plus Richard Wolstencroft’s own documentary...
- 8/16/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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