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[TIFF Spotlight] Joe Begos’ Head-Exploding ‘The Mind’s Eye’
Returning to the Midnight Madness portion of the Toronto International Film Festival is Almost Human director Joe Begos, who’s becoming one of my new favorite directors/people.
His sophomore effort, The Mind’s Eye, described as a violent telekinetic revenge thriller set in snowy 1990 New England, will have its World Premiere at the fest.
It follows a drifter with telekinetic abilities who targets a doctor who is creating a synthetic telekinetic power serum.
The Mind’s Eye stars Graham Skipper (from Begos’ feature directorial debut Almost Human), Lauren Ashley Carter (Pod), John Speredakos, Noah Segan (Looper), Matt Mercer, Larry Fessenden, and Jeremy Gardner.
Begos introduced many of the cast through his Twitter page, sharing a series of new images from the psychokinetic thriller that filmed earlier this year in Rhode Island
“The Mind’s Eye is about Zack Connors (Graham Skipper), whose abilities have kept him off the grid for years until he’s recruited by the mysterious Dr. Slovak. The snowy New England landscape turns into a whirlwind of psychic rage, flying axes, and brutal revenge as Zack does everything in his power to stop Dr. Slovak’s deadly descent into synthetically engineered telekinetic madness.”
The MAN, the MYTH, and the motherfucking LEGEND Larry Fessenden as Mike Connors. #TIFF15 #midnightmadness pic.twitter.com/LdpJv7CaP4
— Joe Begos (@joebegos) August 12, 2015
SNOW, BLOOD, FIRE, and TELEKINESIS as John Speredakos is the nefarious Dr. Michael Slovak. #TIFF15 #midnightmadness pic.twitter.com/JqDweRgeF0
— Joe Begos (@joebegos) August 12, 2015
Here's Lauren Ashley Carter portraying the VERY ANGRY Rachel Meadows in THE MIND'S EYE. #TIFF15 #midnightmadness pic.twitter.com/NG1jBOXFXr
— Joe Begos (@joebegos) August 12, 2015
Ladies and gentleman, Zack Connors, as portrayed by Graham Skipper in THE MIND'S EYE. #TIFF15 #midnightmadness pic.twitter.com/KUn7YWFIe9
— Joe Begos (@joebegos) August 12, 2015
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‘Dead Mail’ Exclusive Images: SXSW Horror Movie Begins With a Blood-Stained Postal Box Delivery
One of the genre films we’re looking forward to checking out at SXSW this year is Dead Mail, written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy and premiering on March 9.
Meagan Navarro will be reviewing Dead Mail for Bloody Disgusting as part of her SXSW coverage, and she writes in her preview for the upcoming fest: “Dead Mail leans heavily into the ’80s analog aesthetic, delivering a unique crime thriller unafraid to get offbeat with its dark narrative. Expect its characters to be as atypical as Dead Mail‘s sense of style.”
In the SXSW 2024 horror film…
“On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled “dead letter” investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives.
“When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it…”
Sterling Macer, Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman star in Dead Mail. Preview the film with an exclusive image gallery below.
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