Resident Evil Village, Capcom’s newest vision of horror, unleashed its villain, Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, onto the world in January, and the internet has hardly been the same since. Before we’d even seen anything substantial from the new game, the nine-foot “Tall Vampire Lady” was already the sequel’s most popular character, the subject of countless memes and even a few…salacious mods and videos.
With the release of the game this month, Dimitrescu’s star is shining even brighter. We just can’t stop talking about our Lady. And when you hear who the developers at Capcom turned to for inspiration when creating this character, you get the sense that she was always destined for infamy, designed specifically to go viral.
One major influence, according art director Tomonori Takano, was the Japanese internet urban legend Hasshaku-sama (or “hachishakusama”), an eight-foot-tall evil spirit in a wide-brimmed hat who lures...
With the release of the game this month, Dimitrescu’s star is shining even brighter. We just can’t stop talking about our Lady. And when you hear who the developers at Capcom turned to for inspiration when creating this character, you get the sense that she was always destined for infamy, designed specifically to go viral.
One major influence, according art director Tomonori Takano, was the Japanese internet urban legend Hasshaku-sama (or “hachishakusama”), an eight-foot-tall evil spirit in a wide-brimmed hat who lures...
- 5/11/2021
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
If a modern-day story focused on a descendant of “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory sounds up your alley, then you’ll want to read on for the early details of a TV adaptation of bestselling author Tosca Lee’s The Progeny. Edward Burns’… Continue Reading →
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- 8/23/2017
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Glacier Films backer and producer Vladimir Poliakov is launching a $100m fund to ramp up production at the year-old company.
The Russian businessman and Glacier’s Tove Christensen are in Cannes taking meetings to identify the next wave of productions.
Glacier launched at Cannes last year with Christensen and his brother Hayden Christensen, Sarik Andreasyan, Gevond Andreasyan, Georgy Malkov and Poliakov on board as partners.
In that time they have produced four features: Sundance premiere Cooties, which Lionsgate will release; the in-post duo of American Heist starring Christensen and Adrien Brody and Russian-language Lady Of Csejte; and horror The Tank, which is set up at Open Road and due to wrap in two weeks.
All four projects were part of a buyers presentation here hosted by Russian promotion agency Roskino and Poliakov’s Renovatio Entertainment.
Poliakov told ScreenDaily that the goal now was to create larger films with global appeal that would put Glacier on the...
The Russian businessman and Glacier’s Tove Christensen are in Cannes taking meetings to identify the next wave of productions.
Glacier launched at Cannes last year with Christensen and his brother Hayden Christensen, Sarik Andreasyan, Gevond Andreasyan, Georgy Malkov and Poliakov on board as partners.
In that time they have produced four features: Sundance premiere Cooties, which Lionsgate will release; the in-post duo of American Heist starring Christensen and Adrien Brody and Russian-language Lady Of Csejte; and horror The Tank, which is set up at Open Road and due to wrap in two weeks.
All four projects were part of a buyers presentation here hosted by Russian promotion agency Roskino and Poliakov’s Renovatio Entertainment.
Poliakov told ScreenDaily that the goal now was to create larger films with global appeal that would put Glacier on the...
- 5/20/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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