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A Very Blue Poster Premiere For ‘Roadside’ Thriller!
Eric England, the 23-year-old director from Arkansas, has really made a mark as an indie filmmaker over the past year. It all comes into fruition this month.
Next Tuesday, Image Entertainment will release is debut film, the slasher Madison County, on DVD/Blu-ray/VOD everywhere. In addition, he’s working with BlackBoxTV on some short programming, while also gearing up for Contracted, his Cronenberg-esque thriller that begins production this month in Los Angeles.
The icing on the cake is Roadside, his single location thriller that “Finds Dan Summers and his pregnant wife, Mindy, in a fight for their lives when they are held hostage in their car by an unseen gunman on the side of a desolate mountain road.” Ace Marrero, Katie Stegeman, Alan Pietruszewski, Lionel D. Carson and Jack Curenton all star.
With Cannes just a few weeks away, Bloody Disgusting has landed the official teaser poster premiere that taunts, “Your car is running… leave when you like.“
“The designer is Nichole Hamilton and she’s a really talented artist that we’ve been in contact with since the Madison County days,” says England. “Ace and I approached her about doing the poster and told her that we really wanted something that reflected the film… simple, yet effective. The film basically takes place on the side of a road, so I wanted the poster to reflect the simplicity of the story, but still accenting the essential elements of that story. She also added a nice Hitchockian flare to top it off.”
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‘The Haunting of Pennhurst’ Exclusive Clip Trains Scare Actors For Historic Haunt in Tribeca Doc
The past and present collide in haunting, poignant ways in the genre documentary The Haunting of Pennhurst, which sees a Halloween haunt serve as a reclamation of true historic horrors.
Ahead of its world premiere at the 25th Tribeca Film Festival, we have an exclusive clip that sees scare actors in training for the Halloween season. The catch? This haunt is opening at the historic Pennhurst State School & Hospital site, a facility that caused immense harm to its disabled patients over decades of its operation.
In the documentary, “For over seventy years, Pennhurst State School & Hospital was called a place of care. What happened inside killed over half its population. It closed in 1987, leaving behind unmarked graves and an unresolved history. Today, on those same grounds, disabled performers – many living with the same conditions that once sent people to Pennhurst – put on their makeup, pull on their costumes, and prepare to scare people for a living.
“Through grit, compassion, and buckets of blood, the eclectic performers of the Pennhurst Asylum haunted attraction are wrestling with a space that is at once a lucrative business and a gravesite.”
The upcoming documentary hails from directing trio Nathan Stenberg, Mike Attie, and Katarina Poljak, who explore their socially-relevant subject through archival footage, first-hand accounts, and an immersive verité.
“Pennhurst has haunted us since we first passed through its dragon-tooth gates; the horrors of the institution echo through the site today. We are so grateful to bring this film to the Tribeca Festival, particularly the Escape from Tribeca section, which feels right for a story where past and present bleed together. We hope audiences leave unnerved and asking the same uncomfortable questions we did,” Attie, Stenberg, and Poljak said in a statement.
Watch the clip below that sees disabled and neurodivergent scare actors learning the ropes of a Halloween haunt, reclaiming the site’s grim history in the process.
Tribeca Screenings:
- Public 1 (Premiere) Screening – Friday, June 5 at 9:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 2 Screening – Sunday, June 7 at 3:15PM at Village East by Angelika
- Public 3 Screening – Tuesday, June 9 at 6:15PM at Village East by Angelika
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