*full disclosure: an online screener of this film was provided by Breaking Glass Pictures. Director: Dana Schroeder. Writers: Michael Todd and Kenny Yakkel. Cast: Lance Henriksen, Amy Hathaway, John Savage, Brian Krause and Dave Vescio. Alien Rising is a sci-fi thriller, from director Dana Schroeder (Lost Soul). Previously titled Gemini Rising, this title was completed in 2013 and it is set to be released in 2015. Alien Rising is very CGI heavy and the film's believability suffers. Whole sets are completely constructed in post-production and the results look very poor. Starring Lance Henriksen and Amy Hathaway, Alien Rising is an indie sci-fi title that is more miss than hit. The story's logline sounds good. Alien research, involving telepathy, takes place in a volcano. But, the film is not as great as its premise. Instead, the film brings in an unneeded female protagonist, who is not really part of the research. She is...
- 12/18/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
AMC's Fearfest 2012 is currently showing over 90 horror classics for the Halloween season. This year's Fearfest is also hosting a Friday the 13th and Halloween movie marathon, which has already begun and will continue this weekend (October. 20th & 21st). All of this great content is being hosted by filmmaker and director Kevin Smith (Clerks). Fearfest 2012 has also produced a series of short Mini-Docs' to accompany these classic films. There are 10 titles in total. Each short reel of 3-5 minutes deals with a unique human fear. The short film "Blood Work," starring actor Dave Vescio (Lost Soul), chronicles the actual drinking of blood in the greater Los Angeles area. The research and experiences of Det. Pink are retold by Vescio, in this reel. Apparently, there are active blooddrinkers in the San Fernando Valley as we speak! Other notable titles include "Cannibals" with Irina Stemer, the alien focused "Invasion" with actor Bill Oberst Jr....
- 10/21/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
AMC's month-long Fearfest celebration just got interesting with the release of a series of mini-docs titled "Living Nightmares," which feature one major human fear per episode.
From the Press Release:
Over ninety feature films are helping to celebrate AMC’s 2012 Fearfest, and the network has developed several mini-shockumentaries to precede and play during these many films. Ten "Living Nightmares" are being aired during AMC’s Fearfest. These short reels of 3-5 minutes in length include the violent expose “Breaking Point,” the eye-opening hydrophobia-focused “Dead Pool,” the controversial alien short “Invasion,” and the human blood-drinking documentary “Blood Work.” All of these short features focus on a specific human terror.
Several horror stars are featured in these mini-documentaries. Horror icon Bill Oberst, Jr. (Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies) re-enacts Elliot Cruise’s real-life testimony as an extraterrestrial expert in “Invasion.” Cruise’s accounts of Area 51 and the Roswell Incident will terrify viewers, and...
From the Press Release:
Over ninety feature films are helping to celebrate AMC’s 2012 Fearfest, and the network has developed several mini-shockumentaries to precede and play during these many films. Ten "Living Nightmares" are being aired during AMC’s Fearfest. These short reels of 3-5 minutes in length include the violent expose “Breaking Point,” the eye-opening hydrophobia-focused “Dead Pool,” the controversial alien short “Invasion,” and the human blood-drinking documentary “Blood Work.” All of these short features focus on a specific human terror.
Several horror stars are featured in these mini-documentaries. Horror icon Bill Oberst, Jr. (Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies) re-enacts Elliot Cruise’s real-life testimony as an extraterrestrial expert in “Invasion.” Cruise’s accounts of Area 51 and the Roswell Incident will terrify viewers, and...
- 10/20/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
Over the last few night's I've been catching the Friday the 13th marathon on AMC's Fearfest. It's kind of a tradition.
AMC has also announced the release of a series of Mini-Docs', which feature one major human fear per episode. One mini documentary stars horror favorite Bill Oberst Jr. If you don't happen to have AMC or don't get a chance to catch it, you can check out the embedded video below, as well as a list of links to the other episodes.
Oberst Jr. first appears at about :50 into the episode (embedded below), identified as "Elliot Cruise, E.T. Expert". The episode first "Invasion" aired tonight during a break in Friday the 13th: The Final Friday.
For more details about the 10 terrifying docs, check out the details below.
From The Press Release:
AMC’s Fearfest 2012 continues with its horrifying film schedule that includes classic and modern films.
Over the last few night's I've been catching the Friday the 13th marathon on AMC's Fearfest. It's kind of a tradition.
AMC has also announced the release of a series of Mini-Docs', which feature one major human fear per episode. One mini documentary stars horror favorite Bill Oberst Jr. If you don't happen to have AMC or don't get a chance to catch it, you can check out the embedded video below, as well as a list of links to the other episodes.
Oberst Jr. first appears at about :50 into the episode (embedded below), identified as "Elliot Cruise, E.T. Expert". The episode first "Invasion" aired tonight during a break in Friday the 13th: The Final Friday.
For more details about the 10 terrifying docs, check out the details below.
From The Press Release:
AMC’s Fearfest 2012 continues with its horrifying film schedule that includes classic and modern films.
- 10/20/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Pathfinder Productions have released the first trailer for sci-fi thriller Gemini Rising which stars Lance Henriksen, Amy Hathaway, Brian Krause, John Savage, Dave Vescio and Art Evans, and comes from director Dana Schroeder (Lost Soul). Check out the official synopsis:
Lisa Morgan is an ex-homeland security agent and highly competent martial artist who gets drawn into the nefarious plans of the egomaniacal Colonel Cencula. He runs a top secret research facility, buried in an extinct volcano on an uncharted tropical island. Cencula plans to use Alien technology to build an army of drone soldiers. Our heroine becomes an unwitting accomplice to the rogue Colonel’s plans until she discovers the true nature of the research. She must stop him from succeeding at all cost.
Exploring the possibilities of alien technology when used by the wrong people, Gemini Rising sees an underground experiment use alien technology to create an army of drones here on Earth.
Lisa Morgan is an ex-homeland security agent and highly competent martial artist who gets drawn into the nefarious plans of the egomaniacal Colonel Cencula. He runs a top secret research facility, buried in an extinct volcano on an uncharted tropical island. Cencula plans to use Alien technology to build an army of drone soldiers. Our heroine becomes an unwitting accomplice to the rogue Colonel’s plans until she discovers the true nature of the research. She must stop him from succeeding at all cost.
Exploring the possibilities of alien technology when used by the wrong people, Gemini Rising sees an underground experiment use alien technology to create an army of drones here on Earth.
- 9/16/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Air Collision is the latest disaster film from The Asylum. In this outing, a solar flare has disrupted the instrument panels on not one but two airliners. Now Air Force One and a packed passenger jet are on a collision course in this first trailer. Air Collision stars Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard), Jordan Ladd (Cabin Fever), Dave Vescio (Lost Soul), Gerald Webb (Zombie Apocalypse)
and Kevin Yarbrough. Check out the excitement in this first video clip below with Air Collision set to release March 27th on DVD. There may even be a television showing, as well.
Release Date: March 27th (DVD, VOD, Redbox).
Director: Liz Adams
Producers: David Michael Latt, David Rimawi, and Paul Bales.
Cast: Reginald VelJohnson, Jordan Ladd, Gerald Webb, Darin Cooper, Darren Anthony Thomas, Kevin Yarbrough and Dave Vescio.
The trailer for Air Collision is here:
A few more details on this film are available at The...
and Kevin Yarbrough. Check out the excitement in this first video clip below with Air Collision set to release March 27th on DVD. There may even be a television showing, as well.
Release Date: March 27th (DVD, VOD, Redbox).
Director: Liz Adams
Producers: David Michael Latt, David Rimawi, and Paul Bales.
Cast: Reginald VelJohnson, Jordan Ladd, Gerald Webb, Darin Cooper, Darren Anthony Thomas, Kevin Yarbrough and Dave Vescio.
The trailer for Air Collision is here:
A few more details on this film are available at The...
- 1/6/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The Italian exploitation thriller, The House of Flesh Mannequins, will receive a worldwide DVD release February 21, 2012. This psychological drama by controversial director/writer Domiziano Cristopharo will be sure to be deeply disturbing because of the subject matter being explored.
This film features Sebastian Rhys (Domiziano Arcangeli, “Showtime’s Zalman King’s Chromium Blue”), a loner, whose life is about to change. As an artist and photographer, he habitually explores the seedy side of life and human depravity. When a fellow apartment tenant, Sarah Roeg (Irena A. Hoffman, Moonlight Sonata) takes an interest in his work, where this film goes is a look into a very torturous, surrealistic, and erotic world that also includes snuff films. Up and comer actors Dave Vescio (Lost Soul) and Jerred Berg also star.
This film premiered the Santa Fe Film Festival and was also screened at A Night of Horror International Film Festival. It has...
This film features Sebastian Rhys (Domiziano Arcangeli, “Showtime’s Zalman King’s Chromium Blue”), a loner, whose life is about to change. As an artist and photographer, he habitually explores the seedy side of life and human depravity. When a fellow apartment tenant, Sarah Roeg (Irena A. Hoffman, Moonlight Sonata) takes an interest in his work, where this film goes is a look into a very torturous, surrealistic, and erotic world that also includes snuff films. Up and comer actors Dave Vescio (Lost Soul) and Jerred Berg also star.
This film premiered the Santa Fe Film Festival and was also screened at A Night of Horror International Film Festival. It has...
- 12/27/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Lost Soul is the first film completed by Pathfinder Productions and readied for film markets. This is a psychological thriller that mixes the occult, a damaged individual and a couple just trying to get by. Dark and light collide in this tale of terror, which stars Nick Mancuso (Deadtime Stories 2) and Dave Vescio (Virus X). Vescio, a theatrically trained actor, plays Donald, a shy man with the ability to summon supernatural elements, and prolific actor Mancuso portrays Dr. Charles Crowther, a man investigating some strange goings-on in a local apartment. Will Crowther uncover Vescios demonic powers? "A sexually obsessed loner's (Vescio) practice of the occult shatters a young couples dreams, drawing them into a supernatural nightmare. This is a psychological thriller that exposes the dark underbelly of Hollywood and some of the seedy characters therein." Check out the trailer above and Afm sales art inside.
- 10/30/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
More indie goodness is headed our way from Pathfinder Productions, which will be taking its latest film, Lost Soul, out to the American Film Market. Check out the sales trailer and artwork right here.
From the Press Release
Lost Soul is the first film completed by Pathfinder Productions and readied for film markets. This is a psychological thriller that mixes the occult, a damaged individual and a couple just trying to get by. Dark and light collide in this tale of terror, which stars Nick Mancuso (Deadtime Stories 2) and Dave Vescio (Virus X). Vescio, a theatrically trained actor, plays Donald, a shy man with the ability to summon supernatural elements, and prolific actor Mancuso portrays Dr. Charles Crowther, a man investigating some strange goings-on in a local apartment. Will Crowther uncover Vescio’s demonic powers?
Fans of thrillers will have to wait until February 2012 to find out when Lost Soul...
From the Press Release
Lost Soul is the first film completed by Pathfinder Productions and readied for film markets. This is a psychological thriller that mixes the occult, a damaged individual and a couple just trying to get by. Dark and light collide in this tale of terror, which stars Nick Mancuso (Deadtime Stories 2) and Dave Vescio (Virus X). Vescio, a theatrically trained actor, plays Donald, a shy man with the ability to summon supernatural elements, and prolific actor Mancuso portrays Dr. Charles Crowther, a man investigating some strange goings-on in a local apartment. Will Crowther uncover Vescio’s demonic powers?
Fans of thrillers will have to wait until February 2012 to find out when Lost Soul...
- 10/29/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Lost Soul is a psychological thriller from Pathfinder Productions that will release domestically February 2012. Currently the film is at the American Film Market and starring are Nick Macuso (Deadtime Stories 2) and Dave Vescio (Virus X). The story follows a demented man as he practices with the occult and finds some success. Now , the first trailer is available for this picture, which shows some of the special effects from the feature. As well, enjoy the first graphic for the film that shows Vescio as Donald a man with a dark portal to the supernatural. More details are below.
Release Date: February 2012.
Director: Dana Schroeder.
Writers: Matt Dean and Jonathan Rosenberg.
The first trailer for Lost Soul is here:
Source:
Press Release. 28 October 2011.
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Release Date: February 2012.
Director: Dana Schroeder.
Writers: Matt Dean and Jonathan Rosenberg.
The first trailer for Lost Soul is here:
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Press Release. 28 October 2011.
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- 10/29/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Lost Soul is the first film completed by Pathfinder Productions which will be taking this indie effort out to the American Film Market. This is a psychological thriller that mixes the occult, a damaged individual and a couple just trying to get by. The film stars Nick Mancuso and Dave Vescio. Vescio, a theatrically trained actor, plays Donald a shy man with the ability to summon supernatural elements and prolific actor Mancuso portrays Dr. Charles Crowther, a man investigating some strange goings on in a local apartment. Will Crowther uncover Vescio.s demonic powers? Here's some poster art and a trailer...
- 10/28/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Dave Vescio is one of Hollywood’s most talented up-and-coming actors and has achieved much recognition through his mastery of playing villainous and evil roles. Dave, having been featured in over two dozen short films in the past 2 years, including, “Blue Hour” and “Q for Death,” is currently focusing on his newest role as a villain in 2012’s Hick. This coming of age story about a 13 year olds life on the road, stars Alec Baldwin, Blake Lively, Juliette Lewis, Chloe Moretz, Eddie Redmayne and Rory Culkin. Hick, produced by the very talented Derick Martini, was just recently unveiled to buyers at this years’ Cannes Film Festival which we'll get deeper into. Check out my latest Versus with actor Dave Vescio.
Brian S- First off, tell me how you got into acting.
Dave Vescio- I actually didn’t start acting until the age of 32. Before that, I was a TV photojournalist for CBS News.
Brian S- First off, tell me how you got into acting.
Dave Vescio- I actually didn’t start acting until the age of 32. Before that, I was a TV photojournalist for CBS News.
- 6/18/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
A film director who worked with Macaulay Culkin's sister Dakota before her tragic death has paid tribute to the Home Alone star's older sibling - remembering her as a "humble" young woman.
The 29-year-old stepped in front of a car in West Los Angeles just before 11pm on Tuesday, according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Richard French.
She was rushed to UCLA hospital with massive head trauma and died the following day.
Prior to her death, Culkin was trying to break into film production, and landed a behind-the-cameras role on independent movie Lost Soul.
The film's director, Dana Schroeder, recalls: "Dakota was very humble. She didn't want to get in front of the cameras, she wanted to work behind the scenes."
A pal of Dakota Culkin tells People.com, "She was very low key, but at the same time proud of her siblings. She was very close to Macaulay. They would talk frequently on the phone or go out to eat.
"All of us who knew and worked with Dakota are in deep shock. It was a total freak accident."
Culkin, 28, has five other siblings: Shane, 32, actor Kieran, 26, Quinn, 24, Christian, 21, and actor Rory, 19.
The 29-year-old stepped in front of a car in West Los Angeles just before 11pm on Tuesday, according to Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Richard French.
She was rushed to UCLA hospital with massive head trauma and died the following day.
Prior to her death, Culkin was trying to break into film production, and landed a behind-the-cameras role on independent movie Lost Soul.
The film's director, Dana Schroeder, recalls: "Dakota was very humble. She didn't want to get in front of the cameras, she wanted to work behind the scenes."
A pal of Dakota Culkin tells People.com, "She was very low key, but at the same time proud of her siblings. She was very close to Macaulay. They would talk frequently on the phone or go out to eat.
"All of us who knew and worked with Dakota are in deep shock. It was a total freak accident."
Culkin, 28, has five other siblings: Shane, 32, actor Kieran, 26, Quinn, 24, Christian, 21, and actor Rory, 19.
- 12/14/2008
- WENN
Dakota Culkin had the famous name, but didn't want the fame. Macaulay's sister, who was killed in a traffic accident, was "a real sweetheart, a really good kid," says Dana Schroeder, a director who recently worked with the one-time art production assistant on an independent film Lost Soul."Dakota was very humble," Schroeder tells People. "She didn't want to get in front of the cameras, she wanted to work behind the scenes." Culkin, 29, was accidentally struck by a car in L.A. Tuesday night, and died the next day. No crime was committed, police say. A close friend of Culkin's,...
- 12/13/2008
- by Ken Lee
- PEOPLE.com
Dakota Culkin, the older sister of former child actor Macaulay Culkin, died Wednesday, December 10 after being hit by a car. She was 29 years old.
TMZ, which breaks the news, reports Dakota accidentally stepped off a curb and was struck while she was walking to an unmentioned destination in West Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 9. It was at that time that she was hit by a car.
Rushed to UCLA Medical Center, Dakota who recently worked as an art production assistant on the 2009 thriller "Lost Soul", lost her fight for life after suffering "massive head trauma." No record on the car that hit Dakota. In the meantime, Los Angeles Police Department is still investigating the accident and no arrest has been made.
A representative for Macaulay Culkin confirms Dakota Culkin's death, telling Us Weekly, "We can officially confirm that the victim is Dakota Culkin. This is a terrible tragic accident.
TMZ, which breaks the news, reports Dakota accidentally stepped off a curb and was struck while she was walking to an unmentioned destination in West Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 9. It was at that time that she was hit by a car.
Rushed to UCLA Medical Center, Dakota who recently worked as an art production assistant on the 2009 thriller "Lost Soul", lost her fight for life after suffering "massive head trauma." No record on the car that hit Dakota. In the meantime, Los Angeles Police Department is still investigating the accident and no arrest has been made.
A representative for Macaulay Culkin confirms Dakota Culkin's death, telling Us Weekly, "We can officially confirm that the victim is Dakota Culkin. This is a terrible tragic accident.
- 12/12/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Macaulay Culkin is in mourning: E! News has learned that the Culkin clan of seven siblings, which includes fellow actors Kieran and Rory, has lost a member. The Home Alone star's older sister, Dakota Culkin, 29, was struck by a car when she stepped off the curb and in front of a moving vehicle Tuesday evening in Los Angeles. She was taken to UCLA Medical Center with massive head trauma and died from her injuries yesterday afternoon. The elder Culkin worked in production design, most recently on the film Lost Soul. "She was a real sweetheart and excited to learn all she could about the film business," the film's director, Dana Schroeder, exclusively tells E! News....
- 12/11/2008
- E! Online
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