Fresh off playing three characters across two seasons of the Chucky TV series, Devon Sawa has taken a lead role in the horror film Consumed, coming our way from The Butcher Brothers (a.k.a. director Mitchell Altieri and producer Phil Flores), the filmmaking duo behind The Night Watchmen, The Violent Kind, and The Hamiltons.
Courtney Halverson of Unfriended and St. Agatha and Mark Famiglietti of Hang Time and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star in Consumed as Jay and Beth, a married couple taking a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth’s cancer remission, who find themselves trapped between a wild madman (Sawa) and a skin stealing monster.
David Calbert wrote the screenplay for the film, which was executive produced by Jeffrey Allard and XYZ Films. XYZ Films is also handling the world distribution sales and will be presenting the project to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Festival this month.
Courtney Halverson of Unfriended and St. Agatha and Mark Famiglietti of Hang Time and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines star in Consumed as Jay and Beth, a married couple taking a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth’s cancer remission, who find themselves trapped between a wild madman (Sawa) and a skin stealing monster.
David Calbert wrote the screenplay for the film, which was executive produced by Jeffrey Allard and XYZ Films. XYZ Films is also handling the world distribution sales and will be presenting the project to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Festival this month.
- 5/11/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Chucky and Final Destination star Devon Sawa is starring in Consumed, the new film from The Butcher Brothers, aka director Mitchell Altieri, and producer Phil Flores, the team behind The Night Watchmen, The Violent Kind, and The Hamiltons.
Jeffrey Allard, producer of the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot and a frequent Butcher Brothers’ collaborator, is executive producing the film.
Courtney Halverson (Unfriended, St. Agatha) and Mark Famiglietti (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) co-star in Consumed as Jay and Beth, a married couple taking a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth’s cancer remission, who find themselves trapped between a wild madman ( Sawa) and a skin stealing monster. David Calbert wrote the script.
“When I first read the script for Consumed, I was excited about the challenges it presented. Its characters not only have to face a terrifying creature stalking the woods, but individually, they are also forced to...
Jeffrey Allard, producer of the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot and a frequent Butcher Brothers’ collaborator, is executive producing the film.
Courtney Halverson (Unfriended, St. Agatha) and Mark Famiglietti (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) co-star in Consumed as Jay and Beth, a married couple taking a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth’s cancer remission, who find themselves trapped between a wild madman ( Sawa) and a skin stealing monster. David Calbert wrote the script.
“When I first read the script for Consumed, I was excited about the challenges it presented. Its characters not only have to face a terrifying creature stalking the woods, but individually, they are also forced to...
- 5/9/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The dudes sit down in the old Baphomet Bungalow to talk with Mitchell Altieri, director of the new horror comedy, The Night Watchmen and half of the mysterious Butcher Brothers (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind). Also discussed: the psychology behind remaking a horror classic, and the genius of Neill Blomkamp. Subscribe and Listen to Past […]...
- 8/18/2017
- by Sean Miller
- bloody-disgusting.com
It's been announced that Jordan Peele (Get Out) will be the recipient of The National Association of Theatre Owners (Nato)'s "CinemaCon Director of the Year" award. Congrats, Mr. Peele! Also in today's Highlights: Other Madnesses trailer and release details, Kill The Minotaur, Raised by Wolves, and The Quiet Hour.
Jordan Peele to Receive CinemaCon Director of the Year Award: Press Release: Washington D.C. (March 20, 2017) – Jordan Peele, the breakthrough writer/director of Universal Pictures’ smash “Get Out,” will receive the “CinemaCon® Director of the Year,” it was announced today by CinemaCon Managing Director, Mitch Neuhauser. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (Nato), will be held March 27-30, 2017 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Peele will be presented with this special honor at the “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony, which takes place on the evening of Thursday, March 30, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace,...
Jordan Peele to Receive CinemaCon Director of the Year Award: Press Release: Washington D.C. (March 20, 2017) – Jordan Peele, the breakthrough writer/director of Universal Pictures’ smash “Get Out,” will receive the “CinemaCon® Director of the Year,” it was announced today by CinemaCon Managing Director, Mitch Neuhauser. CinemaCon, the official convention of The National Association of Theatre Owners (Nato), will be held March 27-30, 2017 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Peele will be presented with this special honor at the “CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards” ceremony, which takes place on the evening of Thursday, March 30, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace,...
- 3/21/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Slime is a terrible thing to waste. With only 300 in existence, the limited edition Hellraiser / Ghostbusters crossover pins from Cavity Colors are available right now. Also: read an excerpt from Micky Neilson’s The Turning, first details for Neil Gaiman’s Forbidden Brides, El Terror contest details, and the Model Hunger cast autograph signing at the Dark Delicacies bookstore.
Cavity Colors’ Hellraiser / Ghostbusters Crossover Pins: From Cavity Colors: “Hell-slime” + “Puft-head” Enamel Pin Set
We are proud to present our first ever Double Enamel Pin set!
Featuring an incredible pop-culture mashup of hellish & ghostly worlds.
Whatever you do, don’t open the box! You’ll release the ghosts!
It’ll tear your marshmallows… I mean Soul apart!
“Hell-slime” & “Puft-head” two pin set
* Limited Edition Of 300 Pin Sets Only! *
– Both pins are approx 1.5 inches in diameter
– High quality, soft enamel pins with a Black Nickel Finish
– 2 rubber clutches on the back of...
Cavity Colors’ Hellraiser / Ghostbusters Crossover Pins: From Cavity Colors: “Hell-slime” + “Puft-head” Enamel Pin Set
We are proud to present our first ever Double Enamel Pin set!
Featuring an incredible pop-culture mashup of hellish & ghostly worlds.
Whatever you do, don’t open the box! You’ll release the ghosts!
It’ll tear your marshmallows… I mean Soul apart!
“Hell-slime” & “Puft-head” two pin set
* Limited Edition Of 300 Pin Sets Only! *
– Both pins are approx 1.5 inches in diameter
– High quality, soft enamel pins with a Black Nickel Finish
– 2 rubber clutches on the back of...
- 7/15/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Before Daniel Falicki’s Accidental Exorcist is released this Friday, check out three clips from the film! Also in today’s Highlights: a new clip from Me and My Mates Vs. The Zombie Apocalypse and DVD / Digital HD release details for Model Hunger.
Watch Three Clips from Accidental Exorcist: “All Richard really wants is to finish his book but fate dealt him a very strange hand – he is a natural born Exorcist. In fact, he is the best there ever was and with possessions on the rise across the city, he’s booked solid. Reluctantly, he faces the fact that performing exorcisms is the only thing he’s truly good at even though it’s wearing him down and making his life utterly miserable. Case after case, he stares evil incarnate in the face, taking on satanic forces to help those in need. However, he soon finds his power...
Watch Three Clips from Accidental Exorcist: “All Richard really wants is to finish his book but fate dealt him a very strange hand – he is a natural born Exorcist. In fact, he is the best there ever was and with possessions on the rise across the city, he’s booked solid. Reluctantly, he faces the fact that performing exorcisms is the only thing he’s truly good at even though it’s wearing him down and making his life utterly miserable. Case after case, he stares evil incarnate in the face, taking on satanic forces to help those in need. However, he soon finds his power...
- 6/21/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The final season of SyFy’s Haven is coming to Blu-ray on April 19th. Also in this round-up: early access details for Free Range Games’ Labyrinth, a clip from You’re Killing Me, a new Model Hunger trailer, and details on Nitehawk Cinema’s St. Patrick’s Day screening of Leprechaun.
Haven: The Final Season: Press Release: “This April, The Town Of Haven Hurtles Towards A Cataclysmic Showdown In The Startling Final Episodes Of Syfy’S Popular Series
Haven: The Final Season
Street Date: April 19, 2016
Blu-ray/DVD Srp: $49.98/$39.98
The Loaded 4-Disc Set Features the Final 13 Broadcast Episodes, and Hours of Bonus Features Including a Mythology Refresher, 13″Inside Haven” Featurettes, Livestream Segments with the Cast & Crew,13 Commentary Tracks, Interviews with Eric Balfour, Lucas Bryant, William Shatner, Adam Copeland and More!
Program Description
For five eye-opening seasons, fans tuned into the hit Syfy series “Haven”, based on Stephen King’s...
Haven: The Final Season: Press Release: “This April, The Town Of Haven Hurtles Towards A Cataclysmic Showdown In The Startling Final Episodes Of Syfy’S Popular Series
Haven: The Final Season
Street Date: April 19, 2016
Blu-ray/DVD Srp: $49.98/$39.98
The Loaded 4-Disc Set Features the Final 13 Broadcast Episodes, and Hours of Bonus Features Including a Mythology Refresher, 13″Inside Haven” Featurettes, Livestream Segments with the Cast & Crew,13 Commentary Tracks, Interviews with Eric Balfour, Lucas Bryant, William Shatner, Adam Copeland and More!
Program Description
For five eye-opening seasons, fans tuned into the hit Syfy series “Haven”, based on Stephen King’s...
- 3/9/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
WildEye Releasing have announced they are set to release the directorial debut of Scream Queen Debbie Rochon, Model Hunger. After nearly 300 films, Rochon (Return to Nuke ‘Em High, Phobia, The Theater Bizarre) steps behind the camera to skewer audiences with her blood-curling take on an actress’ response to forced retirement.
Former pinup model Ginny (Lowry) had been cast aside by the heartless and exploitative modeling industry. Ginny didn’t take rejection well and grew into a revenge-seeking, bloodthirsty, broken woman. When her new neighbors Debbie (Shepis) and Sal (Capobianco) move in, Debbie begins to notice strange things going on. Sal believes she is mentally unstable, but Debbie becomes determined to figure out what secret life Ginny is leading. Her new nosy neighbor throws a damper on Ginny’s private life: her cannibalistic addictions and ever-growing body count. Both women become determined to put an end to the other’s obsession.
Former pinup model Ginny (Lowry) had been cast aside by the heartless and exploitative modeling industry. Ginny didn’t take rejection well and grew into a revenge-seeking, bloodthirsty, broken woman. When her new neighbors Debbie (Shepis) and Sal (Capobianco) move in, Debbie begins to notice strange things going on. Sal believes she is mentally unstable, but Debbie becomes determined to figure out what secret life Ginny is leading. Her new nosy neighbor throws a damper on Ginny’s private life: her cannibalistic addictions and ever-growing body count. Both women become determined to put an end to the other’s obsession.
- 3/8/2016
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
One look at the image above and you’d be forgiven for expecting the accompanying film to be something along the lines of 8Mm 3: Shaving Leather, but looks can often be deceiving. A Beginners Guide to Snuff is actually a dark comedy, and this synopsis should clarify if it’s dark or comedic enough for your own personal tastes. Mitchell Altieri (The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind, Holy Ghost People) channels the filmmakers of the ’70s and ’80s in this homage to splatter exploitation films. Two brothers, desperate to break into the world of television and film, decide to enter a horror movie contest. And what could be more horrifying than the elusive snuff film? Of course, they won’t actually kill someone on camera—all they’re going to do is kidnap an actress, torture her, and make her think she’s going to die. What could possibly go wrong? Charming...
- 2/19/2016
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
• Boardwalk Empire actor Jack Huston will take the chariot reins as the title role in the upcoming remake of Ben-Hur. Previously, Tom Hiddleston had been in talks for the role of slave Judah Ben-Hur in the Paramount and MGM picture. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is directing the film adapted by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Keith Clarke (The Way Back) that is said to be based more on Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ than the 1959 film that starred Charlton Heston. Morgan Freeman has already been cast as Ildarin, the teacher who helps make the slave Ben-Hur into chariot racer champion.
- 9/18/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "New" Tweetable Logline: An elderly couple are revived from cryonic suspension to face the joys and challenges of a second life in the distant future. Elevator Pitch: An elderly couple, cryonically preserved at death, are revived in the distant future. Hugh and Candace awaken to find their minds and memories are intact, but now reside inside freshly-cloned, 20-year-old bodies. What unfolds is a drama, spiked with humor, as the two come to grips with the joys and challenges of a second life. What will they do with this second chance? Production Team: John Harden - Writer/Director (La Vie D'Un Chien - The Life Of A Dog) Don R. Lewis...
- 3/25/2014
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Coming to VOD February 18th and then limited theatrical release on February 21st is the latest from director Mitchell Altieri and writer Phil Flores, the duo formally known as "The Butcher Brothers" ('The Hamiltons,' 'The Violent Kind') 'Holy Ghost People.' And we've got an exclusive clip from the film just for you devoted Fearnet followers. Quick set-up, 'Holy Ghost People' is a Southern Gothic thriller about a teenager searching for her lost sister in the Appalachian Mountains, where she encounters a snake-handling religious cult and eventually learns the truth about her sister's fate. It stars Emma Greenwell (Showtime’s "Shameless"), Brendan McCarthy (HBO’s "True Blood", FX’s "Justified"), Joe Egender (Hunger, The Frankenstein Theory), Cameron Richardson (CBS’ "Harper’s Island," Alvin and the Chipmunks). Below the clip, you can also find the full trailer. Fearnet's own Scott Weinberg reviewed the 'Holy Ghost People...
- 2/10/2014
- by Rob Galluzzo
- FEARnet
Clearly if Michael Tully receives an invite to Sundance this year, it won’t be for a return visit in the Park City at Midnight section. Moving from dramatic in 2006′s Cocaine Angel (Rotterdam, SXSW), to docu Silver Jew (2007 – SXSW), to the Sundance preemed atypical Southern gothic horror Septien (2011), the filmmaker (who runs one of our fave portals for American indie film worshipping – HammerToNail.com) managed to lasso Susan Sarandon, Lea Thompson, John Hannah, Amy Sedaris, Judah Friedlander and Sundance vet Robert Longstreet (makes his second Tully film appearance) along with a cast of pre-teens for another 180° switch from his previous material. In something that should do the summer set coming-of-ager film done right and remind me why I Love The 80s, Ping Pong Summer and received mentorship/coin helping hands from the U.S in Progress and Sffs/Krf Filmmaking Grant and completed filming in late 2012. This is ready for some tournament action.
- 11/20/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Take a look at the new Cannes promo trailer for Bleiberg Entertainments The Ganzfeld Experiment. This movie seems to have it all sex drugs ghosts and the potential of real creepiness. Rumer Willis (Sorority Row) Toby Hemingway (Black Swan) Taylor Cole (The Violent Kind) and Ryan Donowho (Cabin Fever Patient Zero) star alongside veteran actors Holt McCallany (Fight Club) and Dominic Purcell (Prison Break). It was written and directed by Michael Oblowitz (This World Then the Fireworks).
- 4/25/2013
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Doing blow can lead to a lot of bad stuff. Racing heartbeats, improbable strength, bad decisions, and extrasensory perception gone horribly awry. That's just what happens in The Ganzfeld Experiement, and we've got your first look!
Written and directed by Michael Oblowitz (This World, Then the Fireworks), The Ganzfeld Experiment is sporting a rock solid cast including Rumer Willis (Sorority Row), Toby Hemingway (Black Swan), Taylor Cole (The Violent Kind), Ryan Donowho (Cabin Fever: Patient Zero), Holt McCallany (Fight Club), and Dominic Purcell (“Prison Break,” Blade: Trinity).
Check out the trailer below courtesy of Bloody Disgusting, and look for more news about this one to come out of Cannes.
Synopsis
In this sexy paranormal thriller, four psychology students gather in a secluded house over a weekend to try the Ganzfeld Experiment, a test of their potential extrasensory perception (Esp) abilities. In doing so, they lose touch with what is and...
Written and directed by Michael Oblowitz (This World, Then the Fireworks), The Ganzfeld Experiment is sporting a rock solid cast including Rumer Willis (Sorority Row), Toby Hemingway (Black Swan), Taylor Cole (The Violent Kind), Ryan Donowho (Cabin Fever: Patient Zero), Holt McCallany (Fight Club), and Dominic Purcell (“Prison Break,” Blade: Trinity).
Check out the trailer below courtesy of Bloody Disgusting, and look for more news about this one to come out of Cannes.
Synopsis
In this sexy paranormal thriller, four psychology students gather in a secluded house over a weekend to try the Ganzfeld Experiment, a test of their potential extrasensory perception (Esp) abilities. In doing so, they lose touch with what is and...
- 4/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
"Holy Ghost People," the latest thriller from director Mitchell Altieri of the Butcher Brothers ("The Violent Kind"), has been picked up by XLrator Media. The company, who also distributed Altieri and Phil Flores' 2012 vampire film "The Thompsons," has secured all North American right to "Holy Ghost People." Read More: Meet the 2013 SXSW Filmmakers #35: Mitchell Altieri Directs a Congregation of Outcasts in American Gothic 'Holy Ghost People' Emma Greenwell of "Shameless" stars in the film as Charlotte, who goes on a search for her missing sister with the help of unstable ex-Marine Wayne (Brendan McCarthy). Her sister disappeared in the Appalachian Mountains where the Church of One Accord and its fiercly devout members are found. The church is led by a snake-handling preacher named Brother Billy (Joe Egender) who leads his congregation into harmful and even deadly pursuits of salvation. Wayne and Charlotte's journey on the mountain leads them to.
- 4/4/2013
- by Cristina A. Gonzalez
- Indiewire
Just a few weeks ago, Mitchell Altieri's (one half of The Butcher Brothers) Holy Ghost People (review) celebrated its world premiere at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival.
Starring Emma Greenwell, Joe Egender, Brendan McCarthy, Cameron Richardson and Don Harvey, Holy Ghost People follows a young girl named Charlotte (Greenwell) who enlists the help of an ex-Marine (McCarthy) in locating her missing sister, who last contacted her while living on a religious compound tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains.
Holy Ghost People was co-written by Altieri, Phil Flores (the other half of The Butcher Brothers), Egender and Kevin Artigue. Dread Central recently chatted with both Altieri and Flores about their latest collaboration and their experiences working with their cast in the mountains of Tennessee. The duo also discussed their next feature project, Raised by Wolves, which is currently being wrapped up in post-production.
Dread Central: How much research did you guys...
Starring Emma Greenwell, Joe Egender, Brendan McCarthy, Cameron Richardson and Don Harvey, Holy Ghost People follows a young girl named Charlotte (Greenwell) who enlists the help of an ex-Marine (McCarthy) in locating her missing sister, who last contacted her while living on a religious compound tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains.
Holy Ghost People was co-written by Altieri, Phil Flores (the other half of The Butcher Brothers), Egender and Kevin Artigue. Dread Central recently chatted with both Altieri and Flores about their latest collaboration and their experiences working with their cast in the mountains of Tennessee. The duo also discussed their next feature project, Raised by Wolves, which is currently being wrapped up in post-production.
Dread Central: How much research did you guys...
- 4/2/2013
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
It was only a matter of time before the filmmaking team known as "The Butcher Brothers" would drop the slightly silly moniker and start crediting themselves as normal guys, and it only seems fitting that Mitch Altieri and Phil Flores would choose to do it with a film like Holy Ghost People. The duo has shown some skill and (better yet) improvement with each successive movie -- The Hamiltons, The Violent Kind, The Thompsons (and yes I left out April Fools Day to be kind) -- but their latest is easily their most complete, cohesive, and compelling thriller yet.
The simple gritty film works as both a dramatic piece and a thriller at the same time, and tonally it seems to borrow a little from the early indie films of David Gordon Green, which is meant as a compliment to all involved. At its best moments Holy Ghost People provides...
The simple gritty film works as both a dramatic piece and a thriller at the same time, and tonally it seems to borrow a little from the early indie films of David Gordon Green, which is meant as a compliment to all involved. At its best moments Holy Ghost People provides...
- 3/11/2013
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
This week The Butcher Brothers' latest project, The Thompsons, arrived on Blu-Ray and DVD everywhere, and to mark the occasion, Dread Central caught up with the filmmaking duo, Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, to chat about the sequel to the 2006 modern vampire flick The Hamiltons.
The Thompsons still follows the Hamilton family, but this time things are a bit different as the clan of vamps are on the search for a potential cure, other people like them and getting a dangerous taste of freedom while traveling the world. Written by The Butcher Brothers and star Cory Knauf, The Thompsons also stars Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, Mackenzie Firgens, Elizabeth Henstridge and Ryan Hartwig.
Read on for our exclusive interview with The Butcher Brothers on The Thompsons, their future projects and much more!
Dread Central: So back when you were working on The Hamiltons in '06, did you have any idea...
The Thompsons still follows the Hamilton family, but this time things are a bit different as the clan of vamps are on the search for a potential cure, other people like them and getting a dangerous taste of freedom while traveling the world. Written by The Butcher Brothers and star Cory Knauf, The Thompsons also stars Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, Mackenzie Firgens, Elizabeth Henstridge and Ryan Hartwig.
Read on for our exclusive interview with The Butcher Brothers on The Thompsons, their future projects and much more!
Dread Central: So back when you were working on The Hamiltons in '06, did you have any idea...
- 1/4/2013
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
I may have been a little too tough on the 2007 indie vampire flick The Hamiltons. Reviewing it for another website, I said this: "Feeling more like an angsty indie drama than any sort of horrific piece of cinema, the movie is jam-packed with all the things that make 'homemade' movies so irritating: Clumsy screenwriting, wooden acting, and a sense of self-importance run rampant throughout The Hamiltons. Not even the few moments of grim humor and bloodletting can salvage the flick's leaden pacing and overbaked narrative."
Yikes. Pretty rough. And then once co-directors Mitch Altieri and Phil Flores presented us with April Fools Day (2008) and The Violent Kind (2010), I figured I would just leave the "Butcher Brothers" to their fans and focus on indie horror films I actually enjoyed. So here's some good news for all involved: The Thompsons (aka The Hamiltons Part 2, although you need not have seen (or liked!
Yikes. Pretty rough. And then once co-directors Mitch Altieri and Phil Flores presented us with April Fools Day (2008) and The Violent Kind (2010), I figured I would just leave the "Butcher Brothers" to their fans and focus on indie horror films I actually enjoyed. So here's some good news for all involved: The Thompsons (aka The Hamiltons Part 2, although you need not have seen (or liked!
- 12/31/2012
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Blue Dusk Productions is pleased to announce that Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Amber Chaney (The Hunger Games, The Walking Dead) have joined the cast of The Morningside Monster.
Production begins later this month around Atlanta, Ga and Lawrenceville, Ga.
"We are extremely excited to add the immense talents of Nicholas and Amber to our already extraordinary cast," said writer-producer Jayson Palmer.
Brendon and Chaney join previously announced stars, Robert Pralgo (Revolution), Tiffany Shepis (The Violent Kind) and Catherine Taber (Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
Read more...
Production begins later this month around Atlanta, Ga and Lawrenceville, Ga.
"We are extremely excited to add the immense talents of Nicholas and Amber to our already extraordinary cast," said writer-producer Jayson Palmer.
Brendon and Chaney join previously announced stars, Robert Pralgo (Revolution), Tiffany Shepis (The Violent Kind) and Catherine Taber (Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
Read more...
- 11/15/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Blue Dusk Productions has announced that Nicholas Brendon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Criminal Minds") and Amber Chaney ( The Hunger Games , "The Walking Dead") have joined the cast of the upcoming feature thriller, The Morningside Monster . Production will commence in late November around Atlanta, Ga and Lawrenceville, Ga. "We are extremely excited to add the immense talents of Nicholas and Amber to our already extraordinary cast," said writer/producer Jayson Palmer. Brendon and Chaney join previously announced stars, Robert Pralgo ("The Vampire Diaries," "Revolution"), Tiffany Shepis ("The Violent Kind," "The Frankenstein Syndrome") and Catherine Taber ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars,"...
- 11/15/2012
- Comingsoon.net
The Thompsons (2012) Directorial duo The Butcher Brothers (aka Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores) follow up their 2006 family themed vampire flick “The Hamiltons” with “The Thompsons”, offering up more of the same as the clan quit the Us for the English countryside after an unfortunate incident has them on the run from the police. With older brother David (Samuel Child, also in the Brothers’ “The Violent Kind”) looking after the gravely injured youngest family member Lenny (Ryan Hartwig, recently in Steven C. Miller’s awesome “The Aggression Scale”) while the twins (Mackenzie Firgens and Joseph McKellheer) lurk in Paris, it’s left to Francis (Corey Knauf) to follow up a vague lead on other vampires in a small village called Ludlow in rural England. There he meets the Stuart family, upper class vampires who initially offer their help, but quickly are revealed to have their own less than decent intentions. Coming in below the radar,...
- 9/7/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
by Colleen Wanglund, MoreHorror.com
Written and directed by Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores Aka The Butcher Brothers, The Violent Kind is a film that I have mixed feelings about.
The movie opens with three members of a Northern California biker gang, Cody (Cory Knauf), Q (Bret Roberts) and Elroy (Nick Tagas) beating the crap out of someone over a bad drug deal or something. Okay so it’s established that they are a pretty violent crew. Three are headed to an isolated mountain cabin to celebrate Cody’s mom’s birthday with the rest of the gang. The party isn’t going so well for Cody—he’s been informed that he has to take on a crap job (he was born into the gang, his dad being an original member) and then his ex-girlfriend Michelle (Tiffany Shepis) shows up with another guy.
Cody’s mood lifts a bit...
Written and directed by Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores Aka The Butcher Brothers, The Violent Kind is a film that I have mixed feelings about.
The movie opens with three members of a Northern California biker gang, Cody (Cory Knauf), Q (Bret Roberts) and Elroy (Nick Tagas) beating the crap out of someone over a bad drug deal or something. Okay so it’s established that they are a pretty violent crew. Three are headed to an isolated mountain cabin to celebrate Cody’s mom’s birthday with the rest of the gang. The party isn’t going so well for Cody—he’s been informed that he has to take on a crap job (he was born into the gang, his dad being an original member) and then his ex-girlfriend Michelle (Tiffany Shepis) shows up with another guy.
Cody’s mood lifts a bit...
- 7/17/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Taylor Cole loves playing bad girls, but this summer, she's back on the side of the law.
The actress and ex-model spent the final season of CBS' "CSI: Miami" as a lab technician-turned-field agent. Shortly after that, she echoed her former role on NBC's "The Event" as a presumed-dead but still-lethal villain who all but destroyed the team's headquarters in the season finale of "Hawaii Five-0."
Now Cole is back in a Florida setting -- and pursuing justice again -- in Season 3 of A&E Network's Sunday drama "The Glades." She's just settling into her new role as police bureau chief Jennifer Starke, but it shouldn't take long for her to shake up the already shaky relationship of Detective Jim Longworth (Matt Passmore) and unhappily wed nurse Callie Cargill (Kiele Sanchez).
Pics: Summer TV 2012 from 'The Bachelorette' to 'Breaking Bad'
"I was shooting 'CSI: Miami' right...
The actress and ex-model spent the final season of CBS' "CSI: Miami" as a lab technician-turned-field agent. Shortly after that, she echoed her former role on NBC's "The Event" as a presumed-dead but still-lethal villain who all but destroyed the team's headquarters in the season finale of "Hawaii Five-0."
Now Cole is back in a Florida setting -- and pursuing justice again -- in Season 3 of A&E Network's Sunday drama "The Glades." She's just settling into her new role as police bureau chief Jennifer Starke, but it shouldn't take long for her to shake up the already shaky relationship of Detective Jim Longworth (Matt Passmore) and unhappily wed nurse Callie Cargill (Kiele Sanchez).
Pics: Summer TV 2012 from 'The Bachelorette' to 'Breaking Bad'
"I was shooting 'CSI: Miami' right...
- 6/17/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
San Francisco based horror directors The Butcher Brothers - helmers of Sundance selected The Violent Kind - are paying a fresh visit to their favorite family with their latest effort. A sequel to their breakout hit The Hamiltons, The Thompsons takes the original family of vampires on the road where they discover that they are not the only ones of their kind after all. A new sales trailer for the film has arrived in Cannes and you can check it out below.The Butcher Brothers burst onto the genre scene with the original film that reinvented vampire lore by placing a family of orphaned bloodsuckers in the middle of suburbia. The film was released theatrically in the U.S. as part of the original "After Dark:...
- 5/19/2012
- Screen Anarchy
We've been talking about John Wildman's horror flick Stripped for about two years now, and we are extremely happy to report that the little indie flick that's home to some stunning eye candy is finally gettin' cookin'!
From the Press Release
Wildworks Productions announced that the horror thriller Stripped, initially set to film two years ago in 2010, will begin principal photography in Dallas, Texas this June. Directed by John Wildman from a script co-penned by Wildman and Justina Walford, the film will star the previously announced trio of popular horror film scream queen Tiffany Shepis (pictured below; The Violent Kind, Night Of The Demons), adult film icon Michelle “Belladonna” Sinclair, who will make her mainstream feature film debut, and internationally accomplished actor Samrat Chakrabarti (The Waiting City, Kissing Cousins). The film also stars Michael Guarnera (“Desperate Housewives”, “NCIS”).
The effort to get the film before cameras is headed by executive producers Ruth Mutch,...
From the Press Release
Wildworks Productions announced that the horror thriller Stripped, initially set to film two years ago in 2010, will begin principal photography in Dallas, Texas this June. Directed by John Wildman from a script co-penned by Wildman and Justina Walford, the film will star the previously announced trio of popular horror film scream queen Tiffany Shepis (pictured below; The Violent Kind, Night Of The Demons), adult film icon Michelle “Belladonna” Sinclair, who will make her mainstream feature film debut, and internationally accomplished actor Samrat Chakrabarti (The Waiting City, Kissing Cousins). The film also stars Michael Guarnera (“Desperate Housewives”, “NCIS”).
The effort to get the film before cameras is headed by executive producers Ruth Mutch,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Feeling parched for some horror comedy? Well then, pull up a chair and get ready for all sorts of beverage-induced hilarity with Dread Central’s own Andrew Kasch’s short film Thirsty, which we are proud to debut below as part of our Indie Horror Month celebration this March.
Based on the short story of the same name from cult horror author Joe Knetter, Thirsty stars Joe Lynch ("Holliston", director of Wrong Turn 2), Tiffany Shepis (The Violent Kind), and Michael Bailey Smith (The Hills Have Eyes) along with several voice cameos from various genre icons and filmmakers including eternal badass Sid Haig.
Also check out the teaser trailer for Kasch and John Skipp's new short film Stay at Home Dad, which will premiere at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 29th-April 1st, along with Skipp’s Rose short, Fetching Danny!
So grab a slushy...
Based on the short story of the same name from cult horror author Joe Knetter, Thirsty stars Joe Lynch ("Holliston", director of Wrong Turn 2), Tiffany Shepis (The Violent Kind), and Michael Bailey Smith (The Hills Have Eyes) along with several voice cameos from various genre icons and filmmakers including eternal badass Sid Haig.
Also check out the teaser trailer for Kasch and John Skipp's new short film Stay at Home Dad, which will premiere at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 29th-April 1st, along with Skipp’s Rose short, Fetching Danny!
So grab a slushy...
- 3/14/2012
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Fancy a scare of the unfamiliar variety? Then check out some of the finest horror movies you've never seen...
There are a lot of terrible horror movies out there. Possibly more than any other genre, horror seems to appeal to wannabe filmmakers who figure it’s easy and cheap to pull off a scary movie – and thanks to the success of many low budget horror movies, distributors seem to be putting out an awful lot of them. So I’d understand if you didn’t want to trawl through an endless sea of crap to find the few real gems amongst the cinematic slurry.
But I’m an addict, and keep coming back for more punishment. The payoff is that sometimes, very occasionally, you discover something brilliant. Here are 25 great horror movies that you probably haven’t seen, possibly haven’t even heard of (some of them don’t even...
There are a lot of terrible horror movies out there. Possibly more than any other genre, horror seems to appeal to wannabe filmmakers who figure it’s easy and cheap to pull off a scary movie – and thanks to the success of many low budget horror movies, distributors seem to be putting out an awful lot of them. So I’d understand if you didn’t want to trawl through an endless sea of crap to find the few real gems amongst the cinematic slurry.
But I’m an addict, and keep coming back for more punishment. The payoff is that sometimes, very occasionally, you discover something brilliant. Here are 25 great horror movies that you probably haven’t seen, possibly haven’t even heard of (some of them don’t even...
- 1/4/2012
- Den of Geek
Take a Weekend Celebrity Getaway to Cozumel Amp up your vacation with a Hollywood VIP Carnival cruise
What do films like .Burlesque,. .Se7en,. .X2,. .The Rock. and .Transformers. all have in common? Stars from their films will be partying their way across the Gulf of Mexico with you next April! What movie fan wouldn.t like this vacation under their Christmas tree this year?
Dark Star Fantasy Cruises is proud to bring the Hollywood VIP experience to your vacation with their celebrity cruise Tides of Torture. Movie fans from around the world will board a Carnival Cruise ship on April 12, 2012 in Tampa, Florida and set sail for Mexico. This four-day event features a complete celebrity convention while offering all the luxuries and amenities that a Carnival Cruise provides along with a day trip to sunny Cozumel.
Stars from recent box office hits like .Insidius,. .Machete. and .Tron: Legacy,. iconic favorites from the .Halloween,...
What do films like .Burlesque,. .Se7en,. .X2,. .The Rock. and .Transformers. all have in common? Stars from their films will be partying their way across the Gulf of Mexico with you next April! What movie fan wouldn.t like this vacation under their Christmas tree this year?
Dark Star Fantasy Cruises is proud to bring the Hollywood VIP experience to your vacation with their celebrity cruise Tides of Torture. Movie fans from around the world will board a Carnival Cruise ship on April 12, 2012 in Tampa, Florida and set sail for Mexico. This four-day event features a complete celebrity convention while offering all the luxuries and amenities that a Carnival Cruise provides along with a day trip to sunny Cozumel.
Stars from recent box office hits like .Insidius,. .Machete. and .Tron: Legacy,. iconic favorites from the .Halloween,...
- 12/15/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Violent Kind
Stars: Corey Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina McDowell, Tiffany Shepis | Written by Phil Flores | Directed by Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores (aka The Butcher Brothers)
Cody (Knauf), a second-generation member of a violent and notorious Nor-Cal biker gang, ride out with his friends to party at a cabin located deep within the redwood forest. At the end of the wild evening, things take a turn for the worse when Cody’s ex-girlfriend Michelle (Shepis) is discovered wandering aimlessly and covered in blood, screaming and convulsing as if she were possessed by something unworldly. Cody and the others try desperately to help Michelle while stuck in the middle of nowhere, but their plans are quickly ruined when another malicious gang, seemingly from the 1950s, shows up “looking for a few kicks…the violent kind.” However, this ominous Rockabilly gang is not there to pick a fight. They want...
Stars: Corey Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina McDowell, Tiffany Shepis | Written by Phil Flores | Directed by Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores (aka The Butcher Brothers)
Cody (Knauf), a second-generation member of a violent and notorious Nor-Cal biker gang, ride out with his friends to party at a cabin located deep within the redwood forest. At the end of the wild evening, things take a turn for the worse when Cody’s ex-girlfriend Michelle (Shepis) is discovered wandering aimlessly and covered in blood, screaming and convulsing as if she were possessed by something unworldly. Cody and the others try desperately to help Michelle while stuck in the middle of nowhere, but their plans are quickly ruined when another malicious gang, seemingly from the 1950s, shows up “looking for a few kicks…the violent kind.” However, this ominous Rockabilly gang is not there to pick a fight. They want...
- 8/2/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Despite a significant second-weekend drop, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is poised to become the highest UK earner of 2011
The winner
With a drop of 64% from the previous weekend, the second-biggest fall in the top 10, you might think that, after all the hype, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 isn't finding favour with audiences. Rate of decline is the key measure of word of mouth's strength.
But it's not as simple as that. First, second-weekend takings of £8.52m are a bit higher than Part 1's £8.34m for the second frame, and way ahead of equivalent results for other recent entries in the Potter franchise. More importantly, it's not just about how a film performs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Over the past seven days, Deathly Hallows has added more than £20m to its cumulative total. No other Potter film has grossed such a sum in the week following its opening,...
The winner
With a drop of 64% from the previous weekend, the second-biggest fall in the top 10, you might think that, after all the hype, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 isn't finding favour with audiences. Rate of decline is the key measure of word of mouth's strength.
But it's not as simple as that. First, second-weekend takings of £8.52m are a bit higher than Part 1's £8.34m for the second frame, and way ahead of equivalent results for other recent entries in the Potter franchise. More importantly, it's not just about how a film performs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Over the past seven days, Deathly Hallows has added more than £20m to its cumulative total. No other Potter film has grossed such a sum in the week following its opening,...
- 7/26/2011
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Cody (Cory Knauf) is a second-generation member of a California biker gang. One night, he and his best friend Q (Bret Roberts) along with assorted other members of their biker fraternity head out to a remote farmhouse for a party. Most of the revellers have drifted off when it all starts to get a bit weird, then bloody. The cars won’t start, the lights are on the fritz and all of a sudden one of their number is possessed by an other-worldly entity and a 1950′s rockabilly band start dishing out some genuinely unpleasant violence on the rest of them.
*****
As is sadly all too often the case with films like this, here we have an independently minded film, with plenty of good ideas, fatally hamstrung by the director and screen-writer’s inability to keep it on track and coherent. Drummed up as bikers vs aliens (which sounded like...
*****
As is sadly all too often the case with films like this, here we have an independently minded film, with plenty of good ideas, fatally hamstrung by the director and screen-writer’s inability to keep it on track and coherent. Drummed up as bikers vs aliens (which sounded like...
- 7/26/2011
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It’s another jam-packed week of DVD and Blu-ray releases, here’s the rundown of what’s available to buy from today, July 25th 2011.
Pick Of The Week
Gallants (DVD)
When legendary Kung-fu master, Law Sun (Teddy Robin), awakes from a 30 year coma he discovers that his once celebrated martial arts school has become a teahouse. With the aid of his now middle-aged apprentices, Dragon (Chan Koon Tai) and Tiger (Leung Siu Lung) and new-kid-on- the-block, geeky office worker, Cheung (Wong You Nam), Master Law trains his motley crew of gallant fighters for the battle of their lives – one they must win to safeguard all their futures. Review.
And the rest…
The Eagle (DVD/Blu-ray)
In 140 Ad, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father,...
Pick Of The Week
Gallants (DVD)
When legendary Kung-fu master, Law Sun (Teddy Robin), awakes from a 30 year coma he discovers that his once celebrated martial arts school has become a teahouse. With the aid of his now middle-aged apprentices, Dragon (Chan Koon Tai) and Tiger (Leung Siu Lung) and new-kid-on- the-block, geeky office worker, Cheung (Wong You Nam), Master Law trains his motley crew of gallant fighters for the battle of their lives – one they must win to safeguard all their futures. Review.
And the rest…
The Eagle (DVD/Blu-ray)
In 140 Ad, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father,...
- 7/25/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Beginners (15)
(Mike Mills, 2010, Us) Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent. 105 mins
Mills doesn't iron out the hipster-auteur quirks here – a subtitled dog, freeform photomontages, felt-tip illustrations – but he puts them to the service of an authentic drama. McGregor is an La loner whose widowed father (Plummer) came out as gay and enjoyed a few hedonistic years before his death. Not your standard indie baggage, this warm, smartly told story deals with it sincerely, and gets the sweet/sad balance just about right.
Horrible Bosses (15)
(Seth Gordon, 2011, Us) Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis. 98 mins
Clearly aiming for the post-Hangover fratcom market, this sees three guys' plan to off their bosses go awry from the outset, with occasionally amusing, but often crude consequences. Colourful big-name cameos gloss over some political dodginess.
The Big Picture (15)
(Eric Lartigau, 2010, Fra) Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup. 115 mins
Duris proves his leading man capabilities amply...
(Mike Mills, 2010, Us) Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent. 105 mins
Mills doesn't iron out the hipster-auteur quirks here – a subtitled dog, freeform photomontages, felt-tip illustrations – but he puts them to the service of an authentic drama. McGregor is an La loner whose widowed father (Plummer) came out as gay and enjoyed a few hedonistic years before his death. Not your standard indie baggage, this warm, smartly told story deals with it sincerely, and gets the sweet/sad balance just about right.
Horrible Bosses (15)
(Seth Gordon, 2011, Us) Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis. 98 mins
Clearly aiming for the post-Hangover fratcom market, this sees three guys' plan to off their bosses go awry from the outset, with occasionally amusing, but often crude consequences. Colourful big-name cameos gloss over some political dodginess.
The Big Picture (15)
(Eric Lartigau, 2010, Fra) Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup. 115 mins
Duris proves his leading man capabilities amply...
- 7/22/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Truly one of the strangest and most uneven horror-thrillers to come down the pipe in quite some time, The Violent Kind – the latest cheapo effort from the Butcher Brothers – is for the most part a bland, pedestrian venture, but at least it distinguishes itself somewhat – albeit rather incomphrehensibly – in its barmy third act. Whether you’ll perservere with it long enough to see that through, however, is another case altogether…
The film’s opening scenes are perhaps best described as resembling a modestly-budgeted porno, employing performers whose acting chops aren’t much better, albeit lacking any actual nudity. As a group of burly bikers and their girlfriends descend upon a remote Californian farmhouse to party the night away, each scene seems to set up any excuse to leer exploitatively at scantily-clad femmes rather than make even the least morsel of sense or even, really, just fess...
Truly one of the strangest and most uneven horror-thrillers to come down the pipe in quite some time, The Violent Kind – the latest cheapo effort from the Butcher Brothers – is for the most part a bland, pedestrian venture, but at least it distinguishes itself somewhat – albeit rather incomphrehensibly – in its barmy third act. Whether you’ll perservere with it long enough to see that through, however, is another case altogether…
The film’s opening scenes are perhaps best described as resembling a modestly-budgeted porno, employing performers whose acting chops aren’t much better, albeit lacking any actual nudity. As a group of burly bikers and their girlfriends descend upon a remote Californian farmhouse to party the night away, each scene seems to set up any excuse to leer exploitatively at scantily-clad femmes rather than make even the least morsel of sense or even, really, just fess...
- 7/21/2011
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Metrodome are set to release The Butcher Brothers’ The Violent Kind in the UK next Monday and they’ve just sent us the UK artwork and trailer for the film which stars Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina Prousalis, Tiffany Shepis and Joe Egender, and sees:
…troubled Cody (Knauf), a second-generation member of a violent and notorious Nor-Cal biker gang, ride out with his friends to party at a cabin located deep within the redwood forest. At the end of the wild evening, things take a turn for the worse when Cody’s ex-girlfriend Michelle (Shepis) is discovered wandering aimlessly and covered in blood, screaming and convulsing as if she were possessed by something unworldly. Cody and the others try desperately to help Michelle while stuck in the middle of nowhere, but their plans are quickly ruined when another malicious gang, seemingly from the 1950s, shows up “looking for a few kicks…...
…troubled Cody (Knauf), a second-generation member of a violent and notorious Nor-Cal biker gang, ride out with his friends to party at a cabin located deep within the redwood forest. At the end of the wild evening, things take a turn for the worse when Cody’s ex-girlfriend Michelle (Shepis) is discovered wandering aimlessly and covered in blood, screaming and convulsing as if she were possessed by something unworldly. Cody and the others try desperately to help Michelle while stuck in the middle of nowhere, but their plans are quickly ruined when another malicious gang, seemingly from the 1950s, shows up “looking for a few kicks…...
- 7/19/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Join guest of honor John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York) all weekend at Fright Night Film Fest/Fandom Fest. Carpenter’s latest movie “The Ward” is making its way to horror fans all around the world this year. The Walking Dead will be representing all weekend with the zombies from the hit show appearing. Melissa Cowan, Addy Miller, Keisha Tillis and Brittany Murphy will all be appearing.
Any Star Wars fans out there? Of course there is! Both boba Fett’s will be at Fandome Fest, meet Jeremy Bulloch (The Empire Strikes Back) and Daniel Logan (Attack of the Clones, Star Wars:Clone Wars)
Other awesome guests for the weekend include Henry Winkler (Happy Days, The WaterBoy, Scream), Edward Furlong (The Crow Wicked Prayer, Terminator 2, Pet Semetary 2) Michael Biehn (Aliens, Tombstone, Terminator) and Jennifer Blanc (Dark Angel, The Crow) will be screening their new movie and Biehn’s directorial debut,...
Any Star Wars fans out there? Of course there is! Both boba Fett’s will be at Fandome Fest, meet Jeremy Bulloch (The Empire Strikes Back) and Daniel Logan (Attack of the Clones, Star Wars:Clone Wars)
Other awesome guests for the weekend include Henry Winkler (Happy Days, The WaterBoy, Scream), Edward Furlong (The Crow Wicked Prayer, Terminator 2, Pet Semetary 2) Michael Biehn (Aliens, Tombstone, Terminator) and Jennifer Blanc (Dark Angel, The Crow) will be screening their new movie and Biehn’s directorial debut,...
- 7/18/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Cell 211 (18)
(Daniel Monzón, 2009, Spa/Fr) Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines. 113 mins
Sometimes all you need is a great set-up: a prison guard, first day on the job, gets trapped in a cell just as a riot breaks out, and must therefore pose as an inmate to survive. It's better not to know where this tough Spanish thriller goes from there, but rest assured you're in very good hands. There's tightrope tension and breakneck pace, but wider questions of honour and justice unfold, too – everything you could ask for, in fact.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (12A)
(David Yates, 2011, UK/Us) Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson. 130 mins
Having sat through the deathly dullness of Part 1, here's our reward: a rousing finale that strikes all the right notes, ties up 10 years' worth of loose ends, plunges you into 3D battle, and perhaps even wrings the odd tear – all without inducing effects fatigue.
(Daniel Monzón, 2009, Spa/Fr) Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann, Antonio Resines. 113 mins
Sometimes all you need is a great set-up: a prison guard, first day on the job, gets trapped in a cell just as a riot breaks out, and must therefore pose as an inmate to survive. It's better not to know where this tough Spanish thriller goes from there, but rest assured you're in very good hands. There's tightrope tension and breakneck pace, but wider questions of honour and justice unfold, too – everything you could ask for, in fact.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (12A)
(David Yates, 2011, UK/Us) Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson. 130 mins
Having sat through the deathly dullness of Part 1, here's our reward: a rousing finale that strikes all the right notes, ties up 10 years' worth of loose ends, plunges you into 3D battle, and perhaps even wrings the odd tear – all without inducing effects fatigue.
- 7/15/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Interplanetary invaders have taken on other extraterrestrials (Alien vs Predator), mankind's military might (Battle: Los Angeles), kids on a south London council estate (Attack the Block) and are even set for a showdown with prehistoric beasts (in the upcoming Dominion: Aliens v Dinosaurs).
Now, in a new twist on this popular genre, it's outlaw bikers who are tackling an outer-space incursion.
In The Violent Kind, we meet troubled Cody, a second-generation member of a violent and notorious Nor-Cal biker gang, who rides out with his friends to a party deep within the redwood forest.
At the end of the wild evening, Cody's ex-girlfriend Michelle is discovered wandering aimlessly, covered in blood, screaming and convulsing as if possessed by something unworldly.
Desperately trying to summon help, Cody's plans are ruined by the arrival of another malicious gang, seemingly from the 1950s, who show up "looking for a few kicks...the violent kind.
Now, in a new twist on this popular genre, it's outlaw bikers who are tackling an outer-space incursion.
In The Violent Kind, we meet troubled Cody, a second-generation member of a violent and notorious Nor-Cal biker gang, who rides out with his friends to a party deep within the redwood forest.
At the end of the wild evening, Cody's ex-girlfriend Michelle is discovered wandering aimlessly, covered in blood, screaming and convulsing as if possessed by something unworldly.
Desperately trying to summon help, Cody's plans are ruined by the arrival of another malicious gang, seemingly from the 1950s, who show up "looking for a few kicks...the violent kind.
- 6/21/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The Violent Kind is the latest low budget offering from The Butcher Brothers (The Hamiltons). The story follows our likable lead character Cody (Cory Knauf) and Q (Bret Roberts) who are tough neighborhood punks who like to fight, a lot! Throw Cody’s ex-girlfriend Michelle (Tiffany Shepis) , her younger sister Megan (Christina Prousalis) and several strong supporting cast members in and we have us a weird, twisted and ultra violent party movie.
The story takes our “gang” up to the woods to a cabin to, what else? Party! It’s all good times when all of a sudden the camera shows us that there are others watching. We watch Cory deal with his ex Michelle who is at the cabin with her new bf. Cory is the cool, calm and collected one of the entire group and plays it cool. Of course, we have our hot-heads, funny guys and beautiful...
The story takes our “gang” up to the woods to a cabin to, what else? Party! It’s all good times when all of a sudden the camera shows us that there are others watching. We watch Cory deal with his ex Michelle who is at the cabin with her new bf. Cory is the cool, calm and collected one of the entire group and plays it cool. Of course, we have our hot-heads, funny guys and beautiful...
- 5/22/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
The Violent Kind (out this week on DVD and Blu-ray from Image Entertainment) feels vintage. Not in a faux-grindhouse sort of way, and not because of its ’50s/rockabilly aesthetic. The Violent Kind’s old-school vibe is a direct result of it being batshit in a way today’s genre films rarely are anymore. Which is to say, it’s kind of wonderful.
- 5/12/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
- Fangoria
If the early summer blockbusters just aren't doing it for you, the good news is we've got some interesting DVD and Blu-ray releases in stores this week. Looking past the two biggest and blandest releases of the week (No Strings Attached and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never), we've also got Blue Valentine starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, creepy urban legend documentary Cropsey, and the Oscar-nominated animated film The Illusionist. We've also got a handful of intriguing genre stuff including Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil, Christopher Smith's Black Death, and biker horror flick The Violent Kind. All this plus Jackie Chan's Supercop on Blu-ray and Webster: Season 2! What will you be buying or renting this week? Check out the full list of releases after the jump. Amazon.com Widgets
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- 5/10/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
It’s Monday and here are your DVD & Blu-Ray Releases for May 10th! We have a good release week for genre fans. For those of you that didn’t buy the Alien Anthology on Blu-Ray, the individual films are released this week as well as some other key titles that you should definitely pay attention to! Click on Read More to find all the releases.
All Descriptions of the following titles are provided by Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. If you plan on buying a flick from this list, please click on the links provided or click on the cover as it helps us pay the bills around here. Also, unlike most sites, we provide the Netflix widget which we think is pretty convenient to add these films to your queue. If you don’t have Netflix, feel free to click on “Free Trial” and try it out!
Alien
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All Descriptions of the following titles are provided by Amazon.com unless otherwise noted. If you plan on buying a flick from this list, please click on the links provided or click on the cover as it helps us pay the bills around here. Also, unlike most sites, we provide the Netflix widget which we think is pretty convenient to add these films to your queue. If you don’t have Netflix, feel free to click on “Free Trial” and try it out!
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- 5/9/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
The cast, directors and producers from The Violent Kind will be attending Fangoria’s free screening of the movie this coming Monday, May 2 at Los Angeles’ Silent Movie Theater (611 North Fairfax Avenue; [323] 655-2510). Directors the Butcher Brothers (a.k.a. Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores), stars Joe Egender, Samuel Child and Mackenzie Firgens (the trio reuniting from The Butchers’ The Hamiltons) and producers Jeff Allard (Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake), Any Gould (Halloween remake), Malek Akkad (Halloween series), Jeremy Platt (The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto) and Don Lewis will be on hand, and most will participate in a Q&A after the 7:30 p.m. screening. See below the jump for more details.
- 4/29/2011
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
Year: 2008
Directors: Timothy Friend
Writers: Timothy Friend
IMDb: link
Amazon: link
Trailer: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 4.5 out of 10
Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula is less a throwback to good old Aip drive-in flicks from the 60s than it is a throwback to straight-to-video Troma films of the 90s. I know that probably sounds like good news for you Troma junkes looking to view a micro-budget indie that re-captures the glorious goofiness of something like Redneck Zombies, but unfortunately B and C vs. D doesn't have the same reckless abandon as those early underground movies and fails to push the envelope, winding up a somewhat fun, but mostly dull, film that doesn't really deliver on its tantalizing premise of, well, Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula for one.
That's not to say there's not some talent at work here. For one, we've got Tiffany Shepis playing Bonnie. Shepis is considered a...
Directors: Timothy Friend
Writers: Timothy Friend
IMDb: link
Amazon: link
Trailer: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 4.5 out of 10
Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula is less a throwback to good old Aip drive-in flicks from the 60s than it is a throwback to straight-to-video Troma films of the 90s. I know that probably sounds like good news for you Troma junkes looking to view a micro-budget indie that re-captures the glorious goofiness of something like Redneck Zombies, but unfortunately B and C vs. D doesn't have the same reckless abandon as those early underground movies and fails to push the envelope, winding up a somewhat fun, but mostly dull, film that doesn't really deliver on its tantalizing premise of, well, Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula for one.
That's not to say there's not some talent at work here. For one, we've got Tiffany Shepis playing Bonnie. Shepis is considered a...
- 4/28/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Fangoria will host a free screening of the Butcher Brothers’ bizarro flick The Violent Kind on Tuesday, May 2 at Los Angeles’ Silent Movie Theater (611 North Fairfax Avenue; [323] 655-2510). The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and will be attended by the film’s cast and crew (names Tba) who will participate in a Q&A after the screening. See below the jump for more details, pics and the Violent Kind trailer. The movie is a raucous mashup of horror, sci-fi, biker flicks and rockabilly and comes from Northern California’s Butcher Brothers (a.k.a. Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores), creators of The Hamiltons.
- 4/20/2011
- by samueldzimmerman@gmail.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
With Image Entertainment's Blu-ray and DVD release of The Violent Kind just a few weeks away (it hits store shelves on May 10th), the good folks at Image have released a new trailer for the flick, and of course we have it for you here!
Synopsis:
Brace yourself for an unrelenting new horror classic that’s scary, rough, and willing to break all the rules! Your life will never be the same when you meet The Violent Kind, a ruthless pack of unstoppable psychopaths terrorizing the wilds of Northern California. Now they have their eyes on young Cody, the member of a notorious biker gang whose ex-girlfriend, Michelle (scream queen Tiffany Shepis), turns up hysterical, drenched in blood… and carrying a dark, terrifying secret. Unrelenting and wildly unpredictable, this acclaimed shocker from the Butcher Brothers, directors of the horror hit The Hamiltons, shocked audiences at Sundance and takes you...
Synopsis:
Brace yourself for an unrelenting new horror classic that’s scary, rough, and willing to break all the rules! Your life will never be the same when you meet The Violent Kind, a ruthless pack of unstoppable psychopaths terrorizing the wilds of Northern California. Now they have their eyes on young Cody, the member of a notorious biker gang whose ex-girlfriend, Michelle (scream queen Tiffany Shepis), turns up hysterical, drenched in blood… and carrying a dark, terrifying secret. Unrelenting and wildly unpredictable, this acclaimed shocker from the Butcher Brothers, directors of the horror hit The Hamiltons, shocked audiences at Sundance and takes you...
- 4/18/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
The Violent Kind Advertised as being from the producers of Halloween and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre comes The Violent Kind. After causing some ruckus on the film circuit scene, The Violent Kind is coming to DVD/Blu-Ray from Image Entertainment on May 10, 2011. Directed by The Butcher Brothers, the directors behind such horror efforts as The Hamilton's and the ill advised April Fool's Day, The Violent Kind is sure to become a modern day cult classic.
One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the Northern California woods, a small group of hardened young bikers and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the girls becomes savagely possessed and a gang of "Rockabillies" seemingly from the 1950's descends upon them to collect what is growing inside her.
The Violent Kind stars Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Tiffany Shepis, Nick Tagas, Joe Egender, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer and introducing Christina Prousalis.
One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the Northern California woods, a small group of hardened young bikers and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the girls becomes savagely possessed and a gang of "Rockabillies" seemingly from the 1950's descends upon them to collect what is growing inside her.
The Violent Kind stars Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Tiffany Shepis, Nick Tagas, Joe Egender, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer and introducing Christina Prousalis.
- 3/20/2011
- by Big Daddy aka Brandon Sites
- Big Daddy Horror Reviews - Interviews
Having already done the festival rounds and picked up several awards along the way, action/horror mash-up Bonnie and Clyde vs. Dracula is ready hit screens big and small. If I'd only read the film description, I'm not sure how interested I'd be, but this preview roped me right in. Writer/Director Timothy Friend (Cadaverella) throws us back to the 1930s, where the infamous duo get themselves mixed up with a force even worse than the police. After a bank robbery goes bad, Bonnie (Tiffany Shepis, Tromeo and Juliet, The Violent Kind) and Clyde (Trent Haaga, Suburban Nightmare, Gimme Skelter) seek refuge at the home of Dr. Loveless (Allen Lowman, Ride with the Devil), but something strange and unexpected lurks in the basement. Here's the kickass trailer:
The only thing missing is Olyphantypants.
Bonnie and Clyde vs Dracula also stars T Max Graham (Eraserhead, Ride with the Devil), theater actress,...
The only thing missing is Olyphantypants.
Bonnie and Clyde vs Dracula also stars T Max Graham (Eraserhead, Ride with the Devil), theater actress,...
- 3/9/2011
- by Cindy Davis
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