It’s a good time to be a fan of filmmaker Mike Mendez. Not only did he contribute to the horror anthology Satanic Hispanics, which received a theatrical release a few months ago and is coming soon to Blu-ray, but now Synapse Films has given his awesome 2000 horror comedy The Convent (watch it Here) a limited edition 4K release! Copies of this release can be purchased directly from Synapse Films, or through Diabolik DVD.
Directed by Mendez from a screenplay by Chaton Anderson, The Convent has the following synopsis: In 1960, a young woman named Christine enters St. Francis Boarding School for Girls and lays waste to the resident nuns. Four decades later, a group of college students head to the long-abandoned building late one night to tag it with their fraternity letters, little knowing that rumors of the place being haunted are terrifyingly true. Stir in a couple of disapproving...
Directed by Mendez from a screenplay by Chaton Anderson, The Convent has the following synopsis: In 1960, a young woman named Christine enters St. Francis Boarding School for Girls and lays waste to the resident nuns. Four decades later, a group of college students head to the long-abandoned building late one night to tag it with their fraternity letters, little knowing that rumors of the place being haunted are terrifyingly true. Stir in a couple of disapproving...
- 12/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Missed The First Purge in theaters last July? Well, then, check out a few clips of Gerard McMurray's film, which kicks off today's Highlights. Also: Retro Nightmares returns with Sweet Sixteen and The Convent screenings and soundtrack release details for the RPG Vampyr.
Watch The First Purge Clips: From the Press Release: "Universal City, California – The origin story to the worldwide phenomenon that redefined horror, The First Purge, the fourth chapter in the thrilling franchise, arrives on Digital and the digital movie app Movies Anywhere on September 18, 2018 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on October 2, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. When the New Founding Fathers of America look to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, a radical sociological theory that vents aggression is tested among an isolated community. But once the violence of oppressors clashes with the rage of the marginalized,...
Watch The First Purge Clips: From the Press Release: "Universal City, California – The origin story to the worldwide phenomenon that redefined horror, The First Purge, the fourth chapter in the thrilling franchise, arrives on Digital and the digital movie app Movies Anywhere on September 18, 2018 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on October 2, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. When the New Founding Fathers of America look to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, a radical sociological theory that vents aggression is tested among an isolated community. But once the violence of oppressors clashes with the rage of the marginalized,...
- 10/3/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We have a contest, giveaway, sweepstakes for one copy of The Perfect Host (2010) on Blu-ray for one (1) lucky winner. This The Perfect Host DVD contest, giveaway, sweepstakes illustrates The Perfect Host‘s release on DVD and Blu-ray on August 30, 2011.
The Perfect Host was directed by Nick Tomnay and stars David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Helen Reddy, Megahn Perry, Joseph Will, Tyrees Allen, Brooke Anderson, and Cooper Barnes.
The Perfect Host‘s plot synopsis: “Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses,...
The Perfect Host was directed by Nick Tomnay and stars David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Helen Reddy, Megahn Perry, Joseph Will, Tyrees Allen, Brooke Anderson, and Cooper Barnes.
The Perfect Host‘s plot synopsis: “Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses,...
- 8/31/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival)
Directed by: Nick Tomnay
Written by: Nick Tomnay and Krishna Jones
Starring: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry and Helen Reddy
Having debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, where it was a feature effort stemming from a short film shown almost 10 years earlier, “The Perfect Host” is finally making its way into the world, ushered by Australian producer Stacey Testro (“Saw,” “Insidious”). Helmer Nick Tomnay, another Aussie, has been working in advertising for the past few years, but with his feature effort now coming to theatrical fruition with Magnolia Pictures, he’s sure to be offered other opportunities, and hopefully audiences won’t have to wait as long for whatever’s next.
Tomnay’s central cast is a solid coupling of faces seen before, assembled for roles in which we’ve not seen them previously.
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival)
Directed by: Nick Tomnay
Written by: Nick Tomnay and Krishna Jones
Starring: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry and Helen Reddy
Having debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, where it was a feature effort stemming from a short film shown almost 10 years earlier, “The Perfect Host” is finally making its way into the world, ushered by Australian producer Stacey Testro (“Saw,” “Insidious”). Helmer Nick Tomnay, another Aussie, has been working in advertising for the past few years, but with his feature effort now coming to theatrical fruition with Magnolia Pictures, he’s sure to be offered other opportunities, and hopefully audiences won’t have to wait as long for whatever’s next.
Tomnay’s central cast is a solid coupling of faces seen before, assembled for roles in which we’ve not seen them previously.
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Elliot V. Kotek
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival)
Directed by: Nick Tomnay
Written by: Nick Tomnay and Krishna Jones
Starring: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry and Helen Reddy
Having debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, where it was a feature effort stemming from a short film shown almost 10 years earlier, “The Perfect Host” is finally making its way into the world, ushered by Australian producer Stacey Testro (“Saw,” “Insidious”). Helmer Nick Tomnay, another Aussie, has been working in advertising for the past few years, but with his feature effort now coming to theatrical fruition with Magnolia Pictures, he’s sure to be offered other opportunities, and hopefully audiences won’t have to wait as long for whatever’s next.
Tomnay’s central cast is a solid coupling of faces seen before, assembled for roles in which we’ve not seen them previously.
(April 2011, screening at the 2011 Newport Beach Film Festival)
Directed by: Nick Tomnay
Written by: Nick Tomnay and Krishna Jones
Starring: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry and Helen Reddy
Having debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, where it was a feature effort stemming from a short film shown almost 10 years earlier, “The Perfect Host” is finally making its way into the world, ushered by Australian producer Stacey Testro (“Saw,” “Insidious”). Helmer Nick Tomnay, another Aussie, has been working in advertising for the past few years, but with his feature effort now coming to theatrical fruition with Magnolia Pictures, he’s sure to be offered other opportunities, and hopefully audiences won’t have to wait as long for whatever’s next.
Tomnay’s central cast is a solid coupling of faces seen before, assembled for roles in which we’ve not seen them previously.
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Title: The Perfect Host Director: Nick Tomnay Featuring: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry, Helen Reddy, George Cheung Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 6/9/11 Opens: July 1, 2011 It’s every law-abiding, criminal-hating American’s fantasy, isn’t it? Guy comes to burgle your house, overcomes you, threatens to kill you, puts serious crimps in your dignity. In a weak moment, the intruder is overcome by the owner of the residence, is tied up, and is made sport of. An eye for an eye. We saw this theme in action in David Slade’s movie “Hard Candy,” wherein Hayley Stark, played by Ellen Page, is a fourteen-year-old girl who meets a...
- 6/13/2011
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Title: The Aristocrat Director: Gregory Croteau Starring: Jeff Gill, Adam Soule, Megahn Perry, Gary Henoch, Paxton Whitehead An in-competition title at the ongoing 14th annual Dances With Films festival, ‘The Aristocrat’ tells the story of a traveling salesman who’s spending his final few weeks on the job breaking in his callow, cocksure replacement. A character-based small business drama that eventually morphs into a sort of low-fi back-stabbing thriller, the movie lacks the slickness, skill or psychological perspicacity to deliver on any of its twists or turns. Set in the late 1980s, and shot on location in Massachusetts, ‘The Aristocrat’ centers on an aging salesman, Marc Ward (Jeff Gill), who seems worn down...
- 6/9/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
There's a fine line between thrillers and pure horror projects, but when a film sounds like as much fun as The Perfect Host debuting this month from Magnolia Pictures, we're willing to cross it just to make sure our readers are aware of all their options.
Available On Demand everywhere since May 27th and hitting theatres in New York and Los Angeles on July 1st is writer/director Nick Tomnay's The Perfect Host, which stars David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry, and pop singer Helen Reddy(!). It'll then be available on DVD/Blu-ray on August 30th.
Synopsis:
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
John Taylor (Clayne Crawford) has just robbed a bank. He planned and executed it perfectly. It comes as a shock to him then when he discovers the robbery is...
Available On Demand everywhere since May 27th and hitting theatres in New York and Los Angeles on July 1st is writer/director Nick Tomnay's The Perfect Host, which stars David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry, and pop singer Helen Reddy(!). It'll then be available on DVD/Blu-ray on August 30th.
Synopsis:
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
John Taylor (Clayne Crawford) has just robbed a bank. He planned and executed it perfectly. It comes as a shock to him then when he discovers the robbery is...
- 5/30/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
New featurette and images from The Perfect Host, starring David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce is known mostly for comedy, surely not thriller? Still, the Fraser star who voiced Abe Sapien in the first Hellboy actioner, delves into a different genre this time around, and, it's effective. Oddly enough, I'm actually watching The Perfect Host right now on Amazon Instant Video (via Roku). For those who can't wait for the July theatrical release date from Magnolia Pictures, give it a shot. The film also stars Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry and Helen Reddy. In The Perfect Host, Warwick Wilson (David Hyde Pierce) is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on...
- 5/29/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New featurette and images from The Perfect Host, starring David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce is known mostly for comedy, surely not thriller? Still, the Fraser star who voiced Abe Sapien in the first Hellboy actioner, delves into a different genre this time around, and, it's effective. Oddly enough, I'm actually watching The Perfect Host right now on Amazon Instant Video (via Roku). For those who can't wait for the July theatrical release date from Magnolia Pictures, give it a shot. The film also stars Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry and Helen Reddy. In The Perfect Host, Warwick Wilson (David Hyde Pierce) is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on...
- 5/29/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New featurette and images from The Perfect Host, starring David Hyde Pierce David Hyde Pierce is known mostly for comedy, surely not thriller? Still, the Fraser star who voiced Abe Sapien in the first Hellboy actioner, delves into a different genre this time around, and, it's effective. Oddly enough, I'm actually watching The Perfect Host right now on Amazon Instant Video (via Roku). For those who can't wait for the July theatrical release date from Magnolia Pictures, give it a shot. The film also stars Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry and Helen Reddy. In The Perfect Host, Warwick Wilson (David Hyde Pierce) is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on...
- 5/29/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Perfect Host Movie Trailer has premiered. Nick Tomnay‘s The Perfect Host (2010) stars David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Helen Reddy, and Megahn Perry. The Perfect Host‘s plot synopsis: “A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.” The film starts out one way then completely changes direction, much like David Slade‘s Hard Candy (written about here: Hardy Candy (2005) Film Review), which starred Ellen Page and Patrick Wilson. I doubt The Perfect Host is as brillant as Hard Candy from this movie trailer but who knows, it might be. The beauty of Hard Candy is that it never gave anything away in its promotinal materials. This film does. I love the fact that Warwick Wilson (David Hyde Pierce) is even more violent and twisted than robber/criminal John Taylor (Clayne Crawford). The Perfect Host also stars Joseph Will,...
- 4/12/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Let's party! Oh you gotta love concepts that twist concepts. The Perfect Host is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we're willing to go to satisfy our needs. David Hyde Pierce of "Fraiser" stars as Warwick Wilson, our "host", and he's joined by Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker and Megahn Perry. Magnolia recently debuted the trailer on Apple for the release of this film, which first premiered at Sundance in early 2010. As usual, I'm surprised by how good some of the indie films I miss at Sundance actually look. I am definitely renting this! "Is everyone not enjoying themselves?!" Watch the official trailer for Nick Tomnay's The Perfect Host: You can also watch The Perfect Host trailer in High Definition on Apple A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party... where the host is ...
- 4/12/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Whoa, what a way to start the new year! After several weeks of desolate conditions in terms of horror title releases, the floodgate just burst open.
This is the week you may want to think about using up those giftcards and cash you got from returning your holiday presents. Major releases are vying for your greenbacks alongside re-releases in Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D (in case Santa brought you a 3D TV recently), and other more independent titles. In addition to movies, there's also a Buffy motion comic and the next volume of a vampire's diary in paperback.
The Last Exorcism (Review)
Directed by Daniel Stamm
Starring Patrick Fabian (Interview), Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Tony Bentley
When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort,...
This is the week you may want to think about using up those giftcards and cash you got from returning your holiday presents. Major releases are vying for your greenbacks alongside re-releases in Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D (in case Santa brought you a 3D TV recently), and other more independent titles. In addition to movies, there's also a Buffy motion comic and the next volume of a vampire's diary in paperback.
The Last Exorcism (Review)
Directed by Daniel Stamm
Starring Patrick Fabian (Interview), Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Tony Bentley
When he arrives on the rural Louisiana farm of Louis Sweetzer, the Reverend Cotton Marcus expects to perform just another routine “exorcism” on a disturbed religious fanatic. An earnest fundamentalist, Sweetzer has contacted the charismatic preacher as a last resort,...
- 1/4/2011
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
Those who come to The Gravedancers expecting the off-the-wall, black-humored insanity of director Mike Mendez’s previous The Convent should be advised: This is a much more straightforward supernatural tale. Which is not to say that Mendez has mellowed, just that here he’s tackling material (a script by Brad Keene and Chris Skinner) which largely takes its horrors seriously. And the energy of his filmmaking hasn’t waned; back when he first announced the project, Mendez compared it to an adult version of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, and once it gets cooking, The Gravedancers does indeed play like a cinematic amusement-park spook ride. Without self-consciously homaging the films of decades ago, it harks back to the days when horror movies had fun scaring you, yet didn’t wink at the camera or employ self-conscious humor to do so.
Appropriately enough, the story begins with a funeral, and...
Appropriately enough, the story begins with a funeral, and...
- 3/29/2009
- Fangoria
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