Filmmaking is incredibly hard work, said everybody who's ever made one for our enjoyment. It’s especially a trial by fire for inexperienced movie magicians, hoping that the wand will strike at least once or twice and that they just survive. With his reputation as a BTS guru with Blue Underground and Dark Sky Films in full swing, Severin Films’ David Gregory set out to make his feature debut, Plague Town (2008)—a tense homage to classic British and foreign horror infused with a fresh feel for the present. And now, a Blu from Severin that houses not only a surprisingly effective chiller, but also behind-the-scenes features that painstakingly showcase a vision dragged kicking and screaming all the way to the screening room.
It is odd for me to be discussing a film this recent. However, it makes perfect sense in context to the creators; Gregory and his co-writer John Cregan...
It is odd for me to be discussing a film this recent. However, it makes perfect sense in context to the creators; Gregory and his co-writer John Cregan...
- 5/24/2021
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
"Are there any side effects I should know about?" Screen Media Films has debuted an official trailer for a sci-fi horror thriller titled Retina, from filmmaker Carlos Ferrer (Scallop Pond). The film is about a woman who participates in a medical study, but starts to experience nightmares and unusual side effects. One early review calls it a "low-budget but polished little thriller that invokes the spirit of 70s paranoia thrillers like The Parallax View or The Conversation and 90s indie equivalents like Darren Aronofsky’s Pi." Retina stars Lindsay Goranson as April, with Gary Swanson, Ian Temple, Ron Haxton, and Jamie Fedorko. The footage doesn't look that impressive and the poster is way more explosive than the trailer. Take a look. Here's the official trailer (+ two posters) for Carlos Ferrer's Retina, direct from YouTube: A young woman (Lindsay Goranson) participates in a medical study. After a series of nightmares and unusual side effects,...
- 8/21/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Catriona MacColl, Shane Woodward, André Hennicke, Suzan Anbeh, Debbie Rochon, James Gill, Lena Kleine, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lindsay Goranson, Guilford Adams | Directed by Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini, Douglas Buck, Karim Hussain, David Gregory, Jeremy Kasten
Best known for their DVD and Blu-ray releases, Severin Films move into producing movies with the just-released-in-the-us The Theatre Bizarre, a brand-new anthology flick that captures the essence of the classic anthologies of old and adds a modern twist, with some of the biggest and brightest names in horror and short film helming a selection of stories that range from the strange to the avant garde to the completely grim…
Obviously inspired by grand guignol and all that it entails, the films six stories are framed by a weird stage show watched by the the unexpecting Newcomb and hosted by the legend that is Udo Keir, caked in a...
Best known for their DVD and Blu-ray releases, Severin Films move into producing movies with the just-released-in-the-us The Theatre Bizarre, a brand-new anthology flick that captures the essence of the classic anthologies of old and adds a modern twist, with some of the biggest and brightest names in horror and short film helming a selection of stories that range from the strange to the avant garde to the completely grim…
Obviously inspired by grand guignol and all that it entails, the films six stories are framed by a weird stage show watched by the the unexpecting Newcomb and hosted by the legend that is Udo Keir, caked in a...
- 9/6/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Image Entertainment. Directors: Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley. Cast: Guilford Adams, Elissa Dowling, James Gill, Lindsay Goranson, Udo Kier, Tom Savini and Debbie Rochon. Moody and atmospheric, The Theatre Bizarre is an anthology collection of shorts that journeys through Jacobean style surrealist fringe theatre. This opening narrative may not have the same circus charm as Labyrinth in "Manie Manie" (aka "Neo Tokyo"), an animated product from Japan, but the similar approach is certainly noticeable. Both products convey a sense of unworldliness, and thankfully there is a segment that explores the world through the eyes of a young child, a girl. While the live-action does not have the budget to mimic the grandiose vision that the animated masterpiece offered, the shadow play and decayed sets of the stitching narrative certainly works to draw.
- 5/17/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
by Colleen Wanglund, MoreHorror.com
While I’ve seen more than a few indie horror anthologies of late—some good, others forgettable—the anthology film seems to be making a comeback. Like the classic George Romero/Stephen King Creepshow (1982) and the impending The ABCs Of Death due out later this year, The Theatre Bizarre (2011) is one of those films that lives up to its buzz….and fans’ expectations. Six shorts linked by framing scenes make up The Theatre Bizarre, a film being distributed by Severin Films.
The film’s opening and framing segments, directed by Jeremy Kasten (Wizard Of Gore {2007}) titled “Theatre Guignol” star the wonderfully bizarre Udo Kier as a life-size marionette and story teller in an abandoned theater. Virginia Newcomb plays a young woman obsessed with the old theater, who sneaks into it one fateful night to hear the strange stories. Throughout the segments are a cast of weird,...
While I’ve seen more than a few indie horror anthologies of late—some good, others forgettable—the anthology film seems to be making a comeback. Like the classic George Romero/Stephen King Creepshow (1982) and the impending The ABCs Of Death due out later this year, The Theatre Bizarre (2011) is one of those films that lives up to its buzz….and fans’ expectations. Six shorts linked by framing scenes make up The Theatre Bizarre, a film being distributed by Severin Films.
The film’s opening and framing segments, directed by Jeremy Kasten (Wizard Of Gore {2007}) titled “Theatre Guignol” star the wonderfully bizarre Udo Kier as a life-size marionette and story teller in an abandoned theater. Virginia Newcomb plays a young woman obsessed with the old theater, who sneaks into it one fateful night to hear the strange stories. Throughout the segments are a cast of weird,...
- 1/31/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Title: The Theatre Bizarre Directors: Jeremy Kasten, Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini, Douglas Buck, Karim Hussain and David Gregory Starring: Udo Kier, Catriona MacColl, Virginia Newcomb, Suzan Anbeh, Andre Hennicke, Debbie Rochon, Tom Savini, Lena Kleine, Victoria Maurette, Lindsay Goranson, Guilford Adams Six discrete stories of varying levels of effectiveness come together in “The Theatre Bizarre,” a macabre horror anthology that eschews the laborious weirdness of something like Christopher Landon’s “Burning Palms,” and instead focuses more forthrightly on crafting and sustaining a mood of uneasiness. The main commingled narrative ingredients are genre staples — sex, compulsion, paranoia and obsession – which work well for a movie that doesn’t shy away from...
- 1/27/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
The Theatre Bizarre
Directors:
Douglas Buck (segment The Accident)
Buddy Giovinazzo (segment I Love You)
David Gregory (segment Sweets)
Karim Hussain (segment Vision Stains)
Jeremy Kasten (framing segments)
Tom Savini (segment Wet Dreams)
Richard Stanley (segment The Mother Of Toads)
If you love horror and suffer from A.D.D. then you already agree that horror anthologies are a great way to pass the night. Films such as Creepshow, Twilight Zone: The Movie and Trick ‘r Treat have gained tremendous notoriety for their smorgasbord of terror and fast scares. The Theatre Bizarre may not be in the same league as these gems, but it’s an honourable attempt to satisfy a quick horror fix.
The film opens with a curious woman entering an abandoned theatre. Inside, she sees a human-sized puppet (Udo Kier) summoning her to the front of the stage. After she dutifully complies, the puppet begins his eerie marionette show,...
Directors:
Douglas Buck (segment The Accident)
Buddy Giovinazzo (segment I Love You)
David Gregory (segment Sweets)
Karim Hussain (segment Vision Stains)
Jeremy Kasten (framing segments)
Tom Savini (segment Wet Dreams)
Richard Stanley (segment The Mother Of Toads)
If you love horror and suffer from A.D.D. then you already agree that horror anthologies are a great way to pass the night. Films such as Creepshow, Twilight Zone: The Movie and Trick ‘r Treat have gained tremendous notoriety for their smorgasbord of terror and fast scares. The Theatre Bizarre may not be in the same league as these gems, but it’s an honourable attempt to satisfy a quick horror fix.
The film opens with a curious woman entering an abandoned theatre. Inside, she sees a human-sized puppet (Udo Kier) summoning her to the front of the stage. After she dutifully complies, the puppet begins his eerie marionette show,...
- 10/30/2011
- by Nigel Hamid
- SoundOnSight
Second-Story Man
Directed by Neal Dhand
Written by Neal Dhand and Richard Jackson
USA, 2011
imdb, film web-site
(Note: Neal Dhand writes for us at Sound On Sight. He and I do not currently know each other and after this review our meeting at the staff Christmas party may be a bit awkward.)
Edward Delaney recently wrote a provocative piece arguing that many documentary filmmakers are seduced into making their films feature-length, rather than making them the length that the narrative demands. But this problem is not restricted to documentary. As John Landis tells the story, the great director George Roy Hill once drunkenly gave him great advice about editing: “You need to take your film, shake it and everything that falls on the floor, you leave.”
The problem for most filmmakers, especially in their first films, is that they love their film too much to give them a great shake...
Directed by Neal Dhand
Written by Neal Dhand and Richard Jackson
USA, 2011
imdb, film web-site
(Note: Neal Dhand writes for us at Sound On Sight. He and I do not currently know each other and after this review our meeting at the staff Christmas party may be a bit awkward.)
Edward Delaney recently wrote a provocative piece arguing that many documentary filmmakers are seduced into making their films feature-length, rather than making them the length that the narrative demands. But this problem is not restricted to documentary. As John Landis tells the story, the great director George Roy Hill once drunkenly gave him great advice about editing: “You need to take your film, shake it and everything that falls on the floor, you leave.”
The problem for most filmmakers, especially in their first films, is that they love their film too much to give them a great shake...
- 9/18/2011
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
The Theatre Bizarre
Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Catriona MacColl, Shane Woodward, André Hennicke, Suzan Anbeh, Debbie Rochon, James Gill, Lena Kleine, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lindsay Goranson, Guilford Adams | Directed by Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini, Douglas Buck, Karim Hussain, David Gregory, Jeremy Kasten
Best known for their DVD and Blu-ray releases, Severin Films move into producing movies with The Theatre Bizarre, a brand-new anthology flick that captures the essence of the classic anthologies of old and adds a modern twist, with some of the biggest and brightest names in horror and short film helming a selection of stories that range from the strange to the avant garde to the completely grim…
Obviously inspired by grand guignol and all that it entails, the films six stories are framed by a weird stage show watched by the the unexpecting Newcomb and hosted by the legend that is Udo Keir, caked in...
Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Catriona MacColl, Shane Woodward, André Hennicke, Suzan Anbeh, Debbie Rochon, James Gill, Lena Kleine, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lindsay Goranson, Guilford Adams | Directed by Richard Stanley, Buddy Giovinazzo, Tom Savini, Douglas Buck, Karim Hussain, David Gregory, Jeremy Kasten
Best known for their DVD and Blu-ray releases, Severin Films move into producing movies with The Theatre Bizarre, a brand-new anthology flick that captures the essence of the classic anthologies of old and adds a modern twist, with some of the biggest and brightest names in horror and short film helming a selection of stories that range from the strange to the avant garde to the completely grim…
Obviously inspired by grand guignol and all that it entails, the films six stories are framed by a weird stage show watched by the the unexpecting Newcomb and hosted by the legend that is Udo Keir, caked in...
- 8/23/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
We got word recently about Caveat, an indie project that's coming out of central Pennsylvania produced by husband and wife team Jason and Julie Ufema under their newly formed Group 13 Productions company. Read on for more details, including the poster and three teaser trailers.
Caveat is a psychological thriller that involves unsolved family tensions, mystery, and murder with a third act that shifts head-on into horror mode. It's written and directed by Julie Ufema and Isaac Williams.
Synopsis:
Five privileged sisters are forced to face a lifetime of resentment when returning home to claim their share of the family inheritance. With an ironclad will, the patriarch of the family grants his heirs the fortune necessary to protect their financial future. But who will be left to protect them from themselves?
The film stars Lindsay Goranson, Taylor Nicholson, Tabetha Ray, Kacie Marie, and Heather Howell O’Neill as the five embittered sisters.
Caveat is a psychological thriller that involves unsolved family tensions, mystery, and murder with a third act that shifts head-on into horror mode. It's written and directed by Julie Ufema and Isaac Williams.
Synopsis:
Five privileged sisters are forced to face a lifetime of resentment when returning home to claim their share of the family inheritance. With an ironclad will, the patriarch of the family grants his heirs the fortune necessary to protect their financial future. But who will be left to protect them from themselves?
The film stars Lindsay Goranson, Taylor Nicholson, Tabetha Ray, Kacie Marie, and Heather Howell O’Neill as the five embittered sisters.
- 8/6/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
by Michael Pickle, MoreHorror.com
My next installment of Hidden Horror Gems is the ultra-creepy, low-budget, inventive and visual horror shocker from first time director David Gregory. Plague Town, from Dark Sky Films, is one of my favorite and most watched horror films in recent years for many reasons.
A healthy balance of gothic atmosphere, well structured, original and fresh musical score, well crafted and striking shots, great special effects and naturally effective sound effects make for a pitch perfect bombardment of the senses. The best you are likely to see on such a meager budget.
Plague Town is set up perfectly by an opening scene in which a priest comes to a modest cottage to deliver a baby and tries to shoot it when it comes out deformed. In present day; a family, who immediately appears dysfunctional, are vacationing in Ireland and get dropped off in the middle of...
My next installment of Hidden Horror Gems is the ultra-creepy, low-budget, inventive and visual horror shocker from first time director David Gregory. Plague Town, from Dark Sky Films, is one of my favorite and most watched horror films in recent years for many reasons.
A healthy balance of gothic atmosphere, well structured, original and fresh musical score, well crafted and striking shots, great special effects and naturally effective sound effects make for a pitch perfect bombardment of the senses. The best you are likely to see on such a meager budget.
Plague Town is set up perfectly by an opening scene in which a priest comes to a modest cottage to deliver a baby and tries to shoot it when it comes out deformed. In present day; a family, who immediately appears dysfunctional, are vacationing in Ireland and get dropped off in the middle of...
- 7/8/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
If you're a fan of horror anthologies you may be interested in checking out an upcoming film entitled Theatre Bizarre, which features several short films all revolving around the concept of "Grand Guignol". Rather unique for an anthology is that each segment is being helmed by a different director, with those taking part including old-school names like f/x master Tom Savini (Night of the Living Dead remake), Richard Stanley (Hardware), Buddy Giovanizzo (Combat Shock), Severin Films topper David Gregory (Plague Town), Doug Buck (Sisters remake), Karim Hussain (Ascension) and Jeremy Kasten (The Wizard of Gore remake), who was responsible for the "wraparound" story tying the other six segments together. B-d's Chris Eggertsen recently stopped by the Los Angeles set to take a gander at Gregory's segment entitled "Sweets", starring actress Lindsay Goranson (Plague Town)...
- 3/17/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
"Tonight Is Your Unlucky Night"
Mathew J. Wright, Lindsay Goranson, Mary Lee Adams, Vince Eustace and Daniel W. Johnson star in a psychological horror thriller from indie director / writer David A. Cross (GhostWatcher, GhostWatcher 2, Respire) of "The Blinds".
The Blinds deals with five poker players who are invited to play in an exclusive poker tournament. The players get more than they bargained for when the host of the tournament reveals that one of them is the murderer of his daughter, Juliet. He gives the murderer one hour to confess or all of the players will suffer the consequences.
The Blinds was shot back in June of 2010 on a estimated budget of $50,000. The film is complete and is currently seeking distribution. To view the trailer scroll to the bottom.
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Mathew J. Wright, Lindsay Goranson, Mary Lee Adams, Vince Eustace and Daniel W. Johnson star in a psychological horror thriller from indie director / writer David A. Cross (GhostWatcher, GhostWatcher 2, Respire) of "The Blinds".
The Blinds deals with five poker players who are invited to play in an exclusive poker tournament. The players get more than they bargained for when the host of the tournament reveals that one of them is the murderer of his daughter, Juliet. He gives the murderer one hour to confess or all of the players will suffer the consequences.
The Blinds was shot back in June of 2010 on a estimated budget of $50,000. The film is complete and is currently seeking distribution. To view the trailer scroll to the bottom.
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- 1/15/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Maybe we.re seeing some fallout of the obsession with torture porn flicks and more reliance on creeps to scare - not that there.s not some red stuff in this film mind you. Plague Town is an excellent, creepy throwback horror film that provides chills and will certainly keep you from planning an Irish vacation. The Monahan family is on a trip to Ireland to look up dad.s roots. Jerry (David Lombard) has brought the kids along to hopefully let his daughters bond with Annette (Lindsay Goranson), his fiancée. His daughter Jessica (Erica Rhodes) is having none of it and invited Robin (James Walker), a fellow that she just met on the trip, to accompany them into the Irish...
- 5/12/2009
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Even as it has become a cliché of the new horror wave for filmmakers to say that their projects aim for the spirit of ’70s chillers, movies that genuinely evoke that veneer are few and far between. There’s a certain vibe about the decade’s drive-in fare that’s hard to define and harder to capture, no matter how much gritty photography, explicit gore and cannibal-dinner-table setpieces one incorporates. One new production that gets it, and gets it right, is Plague Town (coming May 12 on DVD from Dark Sky Films), the feature writing/directing debut of David Gregory—perhaps not surprising, since he has previously made his name as a producer of documentaries and DVD extras celebrating films of the era, most notably Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth.
It’s also thus not surprising that Plague Town adopts the Texas Chainsaw template of a squabbling fivesome who travel...
It’s also thus not surprising that Plague Town adopts the Texas Chainsaw template of a squabbling fivesome who travel...
- 3/24/2009
- Fangoria
Year: 2008
Release date: DVD Spring 2009
Director: David Gregory
Writers: David Gregory & John Cregan
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: cyberhal
Rating: 7.7 out of 10
An Irish village full of zombie-ghoul children in Michael Myers masks, a dysfunctional American family on a visit to the Auld Country to get in touch with their roots. And verily the blood did flow, and we did find it pleasing. You've got to check out (probably dead) Rosemary, the freaky eyed chick with skin that goes crunchy crunch when she lovingly rubs the hand of the live boy she wants to have a baby with. She's the one in the poster for the movie. Plague Town is director John Gregory's first feature and it's written with his mate John Cregan. For one million bucks they did a brilliant job, and I hope they do a load more, and people give them more money. Not everything...
Release date: DVD Spring 2009
Director: David Gregory
Writers: David Gregory & John Cregan
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: cyberhal
Rating: 7.7 out of 10
An Irish village full of zombie-ghoul children in Michael Myers masks, a dysfunctional American family on a visit to the Auld Country to get in touch with their roots. And verily the blood did flow, and we did find it pleasing. You've got to check out (probably dead) Rosemary, the freaky eyed chick with skin that goes crunchy crunch when she lovingly rubs the hand of the live boy she wants to have a baby with. She's the one in the poster for the movie. Plague Town is director John Gregory's first feature and it's written with his mate John Cregan. For one million bucks they did a brilliant job, and I hope they do a load more, and people give them more money. Not everything...
- 10/25/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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