It's been a good year since we've heard anything from the team behind the indie apocalyptic thriller known as Able. But today we got an email from co-writers Will Stotler and Marc Robert (who also directed) with an update and a couple of new clips.
Able, which tells the tale of terrified Berliners struggling to survive each other and their own failing bodies during a sudden epidemic of progressive paralysis, will be represented by Toronto-based sales agent Critical Mass Entertainment during the upcoming Afm, and they prepared the sales art you see on the right just for that event.
In addition, the film has a new Facebook page, where Robert and Stotler will be uploading other exclusive content in the weeks and months to come.
Below the new clips is the film's trailer. Check 'em all out, and let us know what you think!
Able - Clip #1
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Able, which tells the tale of terrified Berliners struggling to survive each other and their own failing bodies during a sudden epidemic of progressive paralysis, will be represented by Toronto-based sales agent Critical Mass Entertainment during the upcoming Afm, and they prepared the sales art you see on the right just for that event.
In addition, the film has a new Facebook page, where Robert and Stotler will be uploading other exclusive content in the weeks and months to come.
Below the new clips is the film's trailer. Check 'em all out, and let us know what you think!
Able - Clip #1
Uploaded by dreadcentral.
- 10/30/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Writer-director Marc Robert dropped us a line with an update on his horror film Able . It's been some time since we've reported on this tale of a couple trying to survive in Berlin, fighting their own failing bodies and an epidemic of progressive paralysis. But, good news for Robert, the film was picked up by Canadian outfit Critical Mass Entertainment (who has shepherded Bob Clark's Black Christmas onto DVD and Blu-Ray) and they'll be taking it to the American Film Market next week. Robert tells us a trailer is now on YouTube (below) and so is a Nsfw clip (sorry, it's not embeddable). You can watch it right here .
- 10/30/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Year: 2008
Directors: Marc Robert
Writers: Marc Robert & Will Stotler
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 4 out of 10
Described as the interior of a zombie apocalypse, that time during the sickness before the resurrection, Able attempts to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. Unfortunately, all of the stuff before that is quite drab. It's personal as we follow a few different stories in a quarantined and dying city but ultimately boring as we wait for something to happen. While the film had decent photography, it lacked a convincing post apocalyptic setting preferring to keep the lens hidden to side walks and building interiors. I can say the ending was quite fantastic, but overall, this was an arthouse attempt at something we only see briefly in zombie films and it just didn't work.
An overbearing radio voice covers the beginning scatter of folks the films follows,...
Directors: Marc Robert
Writers: Marc Robert & Will Stotler
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 4 out of 10
Described as the interior of a zombie apocalypse, that time during the sickness before the resurrection, Able attempts to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. Unfortunately, all of the stuff before that is quite drab. It's personal as we follow a few different stories in a quarantined and dying city but ultimately boring as we wait for something to happen. While the film had decent photography, it lacked a convincing post apocalyptic setting preferring to keep the lens hidden to side walks and building interiors. I can say the ending was quite fantastic, but overall, this was an arthouse attempt at something we only see briefly in zombie films and it just didn't work.
An overbearing radio voice covers the beginning scatter of folks the films follows,...
- 4/26/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The organizers of the Philadelphia Film Festival-CineFest have revealed the lineup for the Danger After Dark section of their 2009 event, which runs March 26-April 6 at various venues across the city. As usual, the fest is hosting a solid lineup of genre fare in the Danger program, along with others outside of it as well.
The Danger After Dark features include the East Coast premiere of I Sell The Dead, Glenn McQuaid’s period chiller about a pair of graverobbers who confront the living dead (see our early rave here); the North American premiere of Able (pictured), Marc Robert’s Berlin-set study of citizens resorting to savagery to survive in the face of a virulent virus; Art Of The Devil 3, the latest installment in the Thai series of bloodsoaked supernatural chillers; 4Bia, a highly recommended fright anthology by a quartet of Thai directors, including the creators of Shutter; the world premiere of Hanger,...
The Danger After Dark features include the East Coast premiere of I Sell The Dead, Glenn McQuaid’s period chiller about a pair of graverobbers who confront the living dead (see our early rave here); the North American premiere of Able (pictured), Marc Robert’s Berlin-set study of citizens resorting to savagery to survive in the face of a virulent virus; Art Of The Devil 3, the latest installment in the Thai series of bloodsoaked supernatural chillers; 4Bia, a highly recommended fright anthology by a quartet of Thai directors, including the creators of Shutter; the world premiere of Hanger,...
- 3/2/2009
- Fangoria
The good folks at Tla Releasing which provide great genre fare via their Danger After Dark label have just sent out a press release containing just a few of the genre films playing at the Philly Film Fest which has over 250 films this year. Some notables: I Sell The Dead, Able, Linkeroever (Left Bank), Moon and one of our personal favorites, Before The Fall.
Festival website Runs March 26th through April 6th.
Oh, not to mention the 20th Century Boys part 2 world premier!
So check after the break for the sneak peek!
Danger After Dark Program 09
I Sell The Dead (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
[our review]
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere
Able (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
Festival website Runs March 26th through April 6th.
Oh, not to mention the 20th Century Boys part 2 world premier!
So check after the break for the sneak peek!
Danger After Dark Program 09
I Sell The Dead (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
[our review]
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere
Able (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
- 3/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Good news from co-creator/producer Will Stotler: Able is an apocalyptic zombie film! In his own words: "I see Able as an existential tale with 'the zombie apocalypse' as a backdrop." Director Marc Robert had this to say: "Part slasher film, part zombie movie, Able depicts those few maniac days between the onset of a viral epidemic and the dead rising from their graves. Everybody knows how the zombie apocalypse could go down, but what happens in that in-between time--after the infection, but before the hordes of undead set upon the survivors? The answer is pretty gruesome: in the in-between time, the survivors are the monsters." Furthermore, here's some more plot details: "Set the story in Berlin. Stay close to the characters and their sickness and show how that works in a realistic fashion--it's painful, debilitating, and it will end in death. The news on the radio is repeating,...
- 10/1/2008
- QuietEarth.us
The other day we received a heads up from filmmaker Will Stotler about a new film he co-wrote with director Marc Robert called Able which, though we may have not heard of it before now, is premiering at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival, so obviously this is one we need to keep our eyes on.
Able takes place in Berlin, a city under quarantine due to a horrific virus that has swept across the city. It can paralyze the human body in three days. Those who are infected are trapped in their bodies, waiting for their terrible end. Those who are immune, well, they react to their situation in a diverse amount of ways:
Benny Berg seeks to save his father, Ivo. Partially crippled Katrin is stalked by someone who wants to kill her--or worse. Almost incapacitated, Marieke drowns herself. Meat cleaver in hand, Niko grows increasingly frustrated with her "dead" limbs.
Able takes place in Berlin, a city under quarantine due to a horrific virus that has swept across the city. It can paralyze the human body in three days. Those who are infected are trapped in their bodies, waiting for their terrible end. Those who are immune, well, they react to their situation in a diverse amount of ways:
Benny Berg seeks to save his father, Ivo. Partially crippled Katrin is stalked by someone who wants to kill her--or worse. Almost incapacitated, Marieke drowns herself. Meat cleaver in hand, Niko grows increasingly frustrated with her "dead" limbs.
- 9/28/2008
- by Johnny Butane
- DreadCentral.com
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