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[Fantasia '12] Trailer For ‘Texas Chainsaw’ Writer’s ‘Boneboys’!

The 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is taking Montreal by storm with three weeks of inspiration and thrills through August 7. The other week we revealed the full Second Wave announement that included gems such as Sleep Tight and A Fantastic Fear of Everything, now we’ve scored even more.

Scripted by Texas Chainsaw Massacre‘s Kim Henkel, and having its world premiere at the fest is Duane Graves and Justin Meeks’s Boneboys, which now has an official festival trailer. We’ve also added a handful of new posters.

A gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, her brother, Mikey, and friends, Kenny and Barbie, face to face with the macabre world of the Boneboys. Inspired by Jonathan Swift’s cannibalistic tale A Modest Proposal, the Boneboys are international predators who deal in human flesh – dead or alive. Their hunting grounds are the cities of the world.READ MORE

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[Fantasia '12] From ‘Texas Chainsaw’ Writers Comes ‘Boneboys’!

The 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up to take Montreal by storm with three weeks of inspiration and thrills starting July 19 and running all the way through August 7. Yesterday we revealed the full Second Wave announement that included gems such as Sleep Tight and A Fantastic Fear of Everything. Now we’re revealing new imagery from a handful of titles…

Having its world premiere is Duane Graves, Justin Meeks’s Boneboys, which not has the following imagery. It was scripted by Texas Chainsaw Massacre‘s Kim Henkel.

A gut-wrenching, non-stop roller coaster ride through the hellish underbelly of inner-city America. A birthday celebration at an upscale restaurant sets in motion events that bring Sissy, her brother, Mikey, and friends, Kenny and Barbie, face to face with the macabre world of the Boneboys. Inspired by Jonathan Swift’s cannibalistic tale A Modest Proposal, the Boneboys are international predators who deal in human flesh – dead or alive. Their hunting grounds are the cities of the world.

Delicious Human Flesh Eaten in ‘Texas Chain Saw’ Writer’s ‘Boneboys’

Duane Graves and Justin Meeks, who both co-directed the popular indie The Wild Man of the Navidad, are reteaming for Boneboys, which is now filming in Dallas Texas. Penned by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre‘s Kim Henkel, Boneboys is comedic horror inspired by Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” in which the author suggested, tongue firmly in cheek, that cannibalism might be a good notion. Henkel’s script looks at the descendants of a culture that adopted just that philosophy. ““They discovered that eating human flesh is highly addictive,” he said. “Eat too much and it turns you into a monster.Chain Saw fans will enjoy a few cameos by Ed Neal, who was the hitchhiker in the original film, and John Dugan, who was the grandfather. Bill Johnson, Leatherface in 1986′s Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, pops up as Mr. Grimm, a baker who tries to lure the innocent into his shop.
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