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[Trailer] Hammer Horror Influences ‘The Good Samaritans’!
Bloody Disgusting is proud to premiere the trailer for Christopher Goodman‘s Hammer Horror-inspired The Good Samaritans, but not for the reason you might think. It’s always great to get an exclusive, but The Good Samaritans is special because it was created in the service of fostering an appreciation for horror filmmaking in students studying under the National Film and Television School production, in collaboration with Neill Gorton Prosthetic Studio. And wherever people are advancing the cause of horror as art, we’re thankful.
This is the fourth year the institutions have worked hand-in-hand to produce a horror film that shows off the work of their students in the context of a real film project, and Goodman has been at the forefront of each annual project.
“Each year I’m tasked to come up with a story concept that would give the students an opportunity to really push the limits of what they can do,” Goodman told me. ” I wanted to challenge them with a fantasy story that would require realistic gore, CGI creatures, a full period setting and immersive sound design.”
My love of Hammer Horror films inspired me to go with a retro vibe and I came up with the story of ‘The Good Samaritans’.
The film centers on a beautiful young woman is stranded alone in a desolate corner of 16th century Romania. Two opportunistic highwaymen seek to take advantage of the woman’s predicament but all is not as it seems…
You can take a look at the short’s first trailer right here and we’ll be sure to post the final film when it’s finally released.
Released in 1981, the original Canadian slasher classic My Bloody Valentine spawned a Hollywood remake (My Bloody Valentine 3D) in 2009, but it’s now been 15 years since we’ve heard a peep from the franchise about a sadistic and bloodthirsty miner with a pick(axe) to grind. But as “The Ballad of Harry Warden” once told us, it’s a curse that will live on and on…
And the My Bloody Valentine franchise does indeed plan to live on, as Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned that Blumhouse is developing a brand new My Bloody Valentine movie.
Stay tuned for more information as we learn it.
My Bloody Valentine is one of those franchises that never was, with both the original movie and the 2009 remake failing to spawn follow-up movies. That’s despite Lionsgate’s My Bloody Valentine 3D scaring up $100 million at the worldwide box office, and the original becoming a classic that horror fans enjoy watching every time the calendar flips to February 14.
George Mihalka directed the original 1981 movie. In the film, “A decades-old folk tale surrounding a deranged murderer killing those who celebrate Valentine’s Day turns out to be true to legend when a group defies the killer’s order and people start turning up dead.”
Directed by Patrick Lussier, the 3D remake follows a similar storyline. “Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he’s innocent.”
“In this little town when the 14th comes ’round, there’s a silence and fear in the air…”
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