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I’ve Already Decided I Don’t Want To Play ‘Basement Crawl’

Games
Posted by Adam Dodd on June 06, 2013 @ 2:33pm
Category: Games / News

Hello, my name is Adam, and I have a fear of clowns.

Polish developer Bloober Team has unveiled their next game, a mysterious PS4 exclusive launch title called Basement Crawl. We don’t know really anything about it outside of the above picture of an intensely freaky clown and the strong possibility that this creepy little bastard may or may not be chasing my screaming ass through a basement. I’m going to go ahead and hand over all future coverage of this game to TJ from now on — I need to go turn on every light and start thinking happy thoughts.
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[Exclusive] Get Your Horror-Punk On With The Brains’ ‘The Monster Within’ Full Album Stream

Music
Posted by JonathanBarkan on April 16, 2013 @ 2:00pm
Category: Music / Exclusives

Today sees the digital release of Canadian horror punk band The Brains‘s new album The Monster Within and we’re giving you a chance to hear the whole thing! Head on below to give it a listen!

The Brains concoct an irresistible brew of Motorhead-esque ferocity and sexed up Latin swagger while adding a pinch of new-wave and a whole lot of booze-fueled punk rock mayhem.

The Monster Within is released via Sailors Grave Records and can be purchased digitally here. The album is out today via Stomp Records in Canada. A CD release is planned for May 7th. READ MORE

Exclusive Clip From ‘Simon Killer’ Hatches A Sinister Plan!

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 09, 2013 @ 9:00am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

We’ve got an exclusive new clip from Simon Killer, which comes from much of the filmmaking team behind Martha Marcy May Marlene and is apparently even more intense. The film is directed by Antonio Campos (Afterschool) and was written by Campos along with his stars Brady Corbet (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Funny Games) and Mati Diop (35 Shots Of Rum). The film opened in NY theaters last week and hits LA theaters (check your listings) and VOD on Friday.

In the film, “Recently heartbroken, Simon travels to Paris to clear his head. After several days of wandering aimlessly, Simon finds himself drawn into a sex parlor and has a sexual encounter with an exotic prostitute, Victoria. The chemistry builds between the two until they find themselves in a serious relationship, one that leads to blackmail, betrayal and the ultimate revelation of Simon’s true nature.”

This is definitely on my list to check out ASAP! Head inside for the clip! READ MORE

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[Interview] Kevin Riepl On Scoring ‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ And Living Up To The Legacy Of The Films

Games
Posted by Adam Dodd on February 05, 2013 @ 12:00pm
Category: Games / Interviews

I recently had the opportunity to chat with composer Kevin Riepl, the man behind the soundtrack of the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines. Riepl’s work can also be heard in games like Gears of War and Unreal Tournament, as well as several horror films, including Silent Night and Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. Colonial Marines is a different beast in that its considered a sequel to Aliens, which obviously has a massive, devoted fan base, so there’s a definite bar to live up to. Kevin and I discuss those expectations and more after the break.
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Some Extremely Dedicated Fans Have Translated The Japan Exclusive ‘Silent Hill Play Novel’

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Posted by Adam Dodd on January 31, 2013 @ 9:33pm
Category: Games / News

Japan gets a lot of great exclusives, like the Silent Hill Sounds Box and Fatal Frame IV — both of which I’m still pretty bitter about — but at least now we can sort of cross one off the list. The Silent Hill Play Novel was an altered version of the original Silent Hill that released for the Game Boy Advance exclusively in Japan back in 2001. It was a visual novel of sorts that retold the story of the first game through text-based gameplay with some player interaction that came from basic decisions and various puzzles. Strangely enough, it lacked one of the most iconic things about the survival horror franchise, a soundtrack.

If you missed it, now is your chance to experience the long forgotten game, which has been translated and made fully playable by Amy Balot of Silent Hill fansite Alchemilla Hospital and translator Toby Normoyle. It took seven years, but it’s finally here. This just goes to show the dedication some fans have for the franchises they love, and that can sometimes lead to incredibly cool projects like these. You can check out the Silent Hill Play Novel as an HTML Flash game that can be played online or as a download at their website.
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[Exclusive] Weekend Nachos Song Premiere + Contest

Music
Posted by SuperRadMike on December 17, 2012 @ 11:00am
Category: Music / Contests

It is no secret the love I have for the Nightmare On Elm Street series. I’t also no secret how much I love power-violence. It brings a tear to my eye that I can bring not only one of the funniest interviews ever but also Weekend Nachos‘ new song “Watch You Suffer” and a pretty awesome contest. Past the break a389 Records owner/former Domenic Romeo interviews Weekend Nachos’ frontman John Caution covering all things A Nightmare On Elm Street including his ‘Dream Lineup’ of Weekend Nachos featuring characters from the Nightmare On Elm Street series. And in addition to that we have a very awesome contest where you have the chance to win a test press of Weekend Nachos’ new 7″ Watch You Suffer. Enjoy! READ MORE

The Horrors Of ‘Asylum’ Realized In Exclusive Trailer Premiere!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 10, 2012 @ 4:50pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Bloody Disgusting is excited to share the exclusive trailer premiere for Asylum, the third film in the After Dark Originals 2 series.

Directed by Todor Chapkanov (Vampyre Nation), written by Chris Mancini (The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies), and starring Stephen Rae (V for Vendetta, Underworld: Awakening), Jason Wong and Bruce Payne, the film will be released as part of After Dark’s next Originals line-up.

In the film, “A veteran hostage negotiator’s next call leads him to an overrun insane asylum. He soon finds that dark forces are pushing the patients to commit atrocities, and that he may be the only one that can stop them.”

Building on the success of Horrorfest, After Dark released the first 8 originally produced horror films in January 2011 under its horror brand After Dark Originals. Now on its seconds series, ADO2 includes Asylum, Dark Circles and Red Clover. READ MORE

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TV: Exclusive “Walking Dead” Promo Is Not A Democracy!

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Posted by EvanDickson on September 07, 2012 @ 12:32pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Season 3 of “The Walking Dead“ is approaching fast and now we have an exclusive promo for the show. It’s short, but with anticipation at a fever pitch we’re absorbing coverage like a sponge. Especially when it’s Rick barking orders, like he does below.

In Season 3, premiering October 14, “Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and company will face a brand new threat – one that is very much human. While Rick and the gang are busy clearing out a prison in the hopes of transforming it into a protective fortress, not so far away is the town of Woodbury, Georgia, and its self-appointed leader, the Governor (David Morrissey).”

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Get Stuck Inside With This Exclusive Clip From ‘Greystone Park’

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Posted by EvanDickson on September 07, 2012 @ 11:53am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Greystone Park is the feature directorial debut by Sean Stone (Oliver Stone’s son) which will be available on VOD on September 13 and on DVD on October 16 through Xlrator Media. Now we have an exclusive clip from the film. Entitled “Stuck Inside”, it features two of our protagonists trapped with a caped figure.

“Based on true events, the film follows three aspiring filmmakers trying to document unexplainable events in an abandoned insane asylum known as Greystone Park. Urban legend has it that anyone who ventures into the forsaken hospital will suffer the consequences and face their own horrors. The trio stumble across a mysterious realm of escaped patients, ghosts and demonic shadows, as they try to uncover the truth behind Greystone Park.”

Greystone Park stars Sean Stone, Oliver Stone, Alexander Wraith, Antonella Lentini, John Schramm, Monique Zordan and Monique Van Vooren and written by Stone and Wraith. Head inside to give it a look! READ MORE

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Exclusive ‘Spiders 3D’ Stills Come Crawling Home For Dinner

Movies
Posted by EvanDickson on August 15, 2012 @ 10:15am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

We’ve got some new photos from Millenium/Nu Image’s Spiders 3D and this thing looks like it could be a lot of fun if you’re into the “giant species run amok” subgenre.

In the film, “following the crash of a derelict Soviet space station into a Manhattan subway tunnel, a new species of spider is discovered in the wreckage. But when the spiders mutate to gigantic proportions, an average NYC subway worker (Patrick Muldoon) is forced to step up in order to save his family and all of New York from the destructive giant spiders wreaking havoc throughout the city.”

Directed by Tibor Takacs (The Gate, Ice Spiders), Spiders 3D also stars Christa Campbell, Jon Mack, William Hope and Sydney Sweeney. Head inside for the pics! READ MORE

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[Interview] Director Todd Lincoln Talks About His Grounded Approach To ‘The Apparition’ And ‘The Fly’ Remake That Was Too Weird For Fox

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Posted by EvanDickson on August 15, 2012 @ 9:00am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Warner Bros. will release writer/director Todd Lincoln‘s The Apparition next week and I recently hopped on the phone with him to discuss the film. We wound up talking for quite a while and I found him to be a truly engaging and enthusiastic conversationalist, not only in regard to his own film, but in terms of his love for cinema in general. We discussed The Apparition at length as well as what happened to Hack/Slash and his re-imagining of The Fly.

In the film, “When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force…”

Head inside for the interview. The Apparition appears in theaters on August 24. READ MORE

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[Interview] Anessa Ramsey On Subverting Genre In ‘Rites Of Spring’

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Posted by EvanDickson on July 25, 2012 @ 11:00am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Writer/director Padraig Reynolds’ mixed genre kidnapping slasher/creature feature Rites of Spring plays kind of like a modern day From Dusk Till Dawn in that it totally switches gears midway through (not a spoiler, the film tips its hat to this early on). Of course, there aren’t any vampires and the film is much more serious than that early Tarantiono/Rodriguez collaboration. An early kidnapping segment really struck me with its unflinching brutality, as did some of the film’s more “sacrificial” moments. Star Anessa Ramsey (The Signal, YellowBrickRoad) is tied up and forced to hear (and later see the outcome of) that unnerving moment, which you’d think would be as bad as it gets for her character… until it gets much worse.

I recently hopped on the phone with Ramsey to talk about defining her character amongst the chaos of the film as well as what it was like to be forced to hang in a sacrificial barn for what seems like an awfully long period of time. Also? She gets to run through a corn field while being chased by a monster – always an iconic horror moment.

In the film, “A group of kidnappers abduct the daughter of a wealthy socialite and hide out in an abandoned school on the edge of town. But feelings of guilt soon overtake the kidnappers, dividing the group and putting their entire plan in jeopardy. The evening further spirals out of control when their poorly chosen hideout becomes a hunting ground for a mysterious creature that requires springtime ritualistic sacrifices.” The creature, “Wormface”, was designed by Aaron Sims (A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, Wrong Turn, The Mist, I Am Legend, Clash of the Titans, The Thing).

IFC Midnight releases Rites Of Spring July 27 on VOD and in limited theaters. Head inside for the interview! READ MORE

[Exclusive] New “Flying Squid” Clip From Noboru Iguchi’s ‘Dead Sushi’!

Movies
Posted by EvanDickson on July 20, 2012 @ 10:00am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Walker Pictures and Nishimura Eizo’s Dead Sushi, the latest horror/comedy from acclaimed Japanese director Noboru Iguchi, will World Premiere at Montreal’s prestigious Fantasia International Film Festival on July 22nd, followed shortly thereafter by its Asian Premiere at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan). Iguchi, best-known for his high-octane 2008 action/comedy The Machine Girl, has become an international sensation with jaw-dropping, boundary-pushing films such as RoboGeisha, Karate-Robo Zaborgar, and Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead.

We’ve scored and exclusive new clip from the film called “Flying Squid”, and it’s got a pretty high body count for only being a minute or so long. If you have yet to see a decapitation today, we’ve got you covered.

Dead Sushi, which stars 21-year-old martial arts prodigy Rina Takeda, “tells the tale of Keiko, the daughter of a legendary sushi chef, who runs away from home when his kung fu-like regimen becomes too severe. Finding work at a rural hot springs inn, she is ridiculed by the eccentric staff and guests, including the employees of a pharmaceutical firm there on a work vacation. But little do they know that a disgruntled former researcher has also come to the inn with a plan for revenge, using a serum he developed that can awaken the murderous instincts of ordinary sushi, turning it into bloodthirsty monsters! Keiko must use both her sushi training and her martial arts skills to save the others and defeat the flying killers.”

For more on the film you can check out the official website or its Facebook. Head inside for the clip! READ MORE

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[Interview] Director Noboru Iguchi Talks ‘Dead Sushi’ And ‘The ABC’s Of Death’

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Posted by EvanDickson on July 17, 2012 @ 12:00pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

I recently caught up with Iguchi over email and we talked about his inspiration for the film, its “brutal yet delicious” look and his segment in the upcoming ABC’s Of Death anthology.

The film, which stars 21-year-old martial arts prodigy Rina Takeda, “tells the tale of Keiko, the daughter of a legendary sushi chef, who runs away from home when his kung fu-like regimen becomes too severe. Finding work at a rural hot springs inn, she is ridiculed by the eccentric staff and guests, including the employees of a pharmaceutical firm there on a work vacation. But little do they know that a disgruntled former researcher has also come to the inn with a plan for revenge, using a serum he developed that can awaken the murderous instincts of ordinary sushi, turning it into bloodthirsty monsters! Keiko must use both her sushi training and her martial arts skills to save the others and defeat the flying killers.”

For more on the film you can check out the official website or its Facebook. Head inside for the interview! READ MORE

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[Interview] Transcript From Our Twitter Interview With ‘Buried’ And ‘Red Lights’ Director Rodrigo Cortes

Movies
Posted by EvanDickson on July 06, 2012 @ 12:42pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

In theaters July 13 from Millenium Entertainment is Red Lights, the new thriller from Buried director Rodrigo Cortes. Last week we conducted a Twitter interview with him (via @rodrigocor7es and @BDisgusting) to get his take on psychics, Robert De Niro and how Red Lights compares to Buried.

Having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, “Veteran paranormal researchers Dr. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) debunk fraudulent claims of ghost whispering, faith healing and other psychic phenomena by detecting what Matheson calls “red lights,” the subtle tricks behind every staged supernatural occurrence. But when the legendary blind psychic Simon Silver (Robert De Niro)comes out of retirement after 30 years, his once-fearless adversary Matheson warns Buckley to back off, fearing reprisal from the powerful Silver. Determined to discredit Silver, Buckley and his star student (Elizabeth Olsen) use every tool at their disposal to uncover the truth behind the charismatic, spoon-bending, mind reader. But Buckley is forced to reexamine his own core beliefs as his quest builds to a mind-blowing conclusion in this taut psychological thriller.”

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Exclusive Images From Eric England’s ‘Contracted’ And The First Word On His Next Film, ‘The Underneath’

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Posted by EvanDickson on June 08, 2012 @ 3:27pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Bloody Disgusting has landed the exclusive first images from Contracted, the new film from writer/director Eric England (Madison County, Roadside). The film just wrapped principal photography earlier this week and stars Njarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Katie Stegeman, Charley Koontz, E-Kan Soong, Matt Mercer, Simon Barrett, Alice Macdonald, Jennifer Gonzalez, Ruben Pla and Lionel D. Carson.

In the film, also penned by England, “A young girl has a one-night stand with a random stranger and contracts, what she thinks is, a sexually-transmitted disease – but is actually something much worse.” Here’s our initial report on the project.

I recently spent some time on the set of the film, and while I can’t give away too much just yet – I can say that this movie most certainly does not shy away from its subject matter. I wouldn’t wish the sickness visited on Townsend’s character on anyone but, from what I saw at least, it felt like she was rising to the challenges of the role. My visit left me feeling queasy in all of the intended ways.

We also have the exclusive word on England’s next directing gig, The Underneath. In the film written by T.J. Cimfel (Crawl To Me), “After her husband goes missing in a tragic mining accident, a distraught woman joins the rescue crew only to discover a demonic presence hellbent on reaching the surface.”

Head inside for the Contracted images featuring Njarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Dave Holmes and Charley Koontz. READ MORE

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Writer/Director Brandon Cronenberg Discusses His Feature Film Debut, ‘Antiviral’

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Posted by Mike Pereira on May 30, 2012 @ 6:02am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, audiences will be getting a dose of double Cronenberg. Not only is David Cronenberg’s surreal-looking Cosmopolis having its World Premiere but his son, Brandon will also be there showcasing his feature film debut, Antiviral. This sci-fi/horror tale is about a rogue medic played by Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class and The Last Exorcism) who sells sample viruses’ drawn from sick celebrities and sells it to their rabid fanbase. Brandon Cronenberg dabbles in the Body Horror subgenre; his dad’s bread and butter. Antiviral will be competing in the Un Certain Regard category which awards new talent.

I had the opportunity to chat with Brandon right before he made his way to France. I was also treated to several clips from the film. To say the least, I was extremely impressed by what I had witnessed. The footage had a wonderfully haunting quality that kept me glued to the screen. I’m particularly excited by what appears to be a starmaking turn from the utterly captivating Caleb Landry Jones. READ MORE

[Exclusive] The Bunny The Bear Behind The Scenes Pictures From The Video “Lonely”

Music
Posted by SuperRadMike on May 11, 2012 @ 7:18pm
Category: Music / Exclusives

Experimental-metal group The Bunny The Bear released their video “Lonely” this Wednesday which is off their upcoming album “The Stomach For It“. The albums comes out May 22 and will be released through Victory Records. Victory Records was nice enough to give us exclusive behind the scenes pictures from the video set which was filmed in Chicago. The video is definitely a nightmarish take on Alice In Wonderland. Check out the exclusive pictures as well as the video for “Lonely” past the break. Enjoy!

Movies
Posted by EvanDickson on May 10, 2012 @ 3:30pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Premiering at Cannes this year will be Outsider Pictures’ new thriller 5 Souls. The Brett Donowho (At Silver Falls) directed film stars Ian Bohen (Pearl Harbor), Steve Bacic, Kristina Anapau (Black Swan), Steven Schub (The Thirteenth Floor), Samaire Armstrong (“The OC”) and Allison McAtee (“NCIS”). I haven’t seen the film yet, but I always tend to think hospitals make great settings for horror movies.

In the film, “After falling into a coma after a routine doctors visit, Noah awakens to find a man sitting at the end of is bed. The good news is that he has come to kill him, and then there is the bad news…” This clip comes straight from that premise, it’s here that we first see Noah awake in the hospital to less than a warm welcome.

Be sure to check in tomorrow for my interview with Donowho, who has four directorial features going to Cannes this year!

Director Zal Batmanglij On Cults, Belief And The ‘Sound Of My Voice’

Movies
Posted by EvanDickson on April 26, 2012 @ 12:00pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

While my official review doesn’t hit until Friday, it’s safe to say that I pretty much love Sound Of My Voice. It’s a small, but very effective, thriller with some genuinely creepy moments. It also gives you a lot to think about and asks some interesting questions about the nature of belief itself – not necessarily religious belief (though it can be interpreted that way), but the mechanics behind what we accept as fact and reject as fiction.

Last week I sat down with Zal Batmanglij, the film’s director and co-writer, to talk about cults, the nature of belief and debunking, long (intense) scenes and crafting the film in general.

In the R-rated thriller from director Zal Batmanglij, “Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (Brit Marling). Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and each other as they unravel the secrets of Maggie’s underworld.”

Sound Of My Voice opens in tomorrow, April 27th. I strongly urge you to seek it out. Head inside for the interview. READ MORE

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Directors Adrián García Bogliano and Ramiro García Bogliano Talk ‘Penumbra’

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 25, 2012 @ 4:11am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

On April 20th, IFC Midnight released Penumbra, nationwide on IFC Midnight Cable VOD and Digital Outlets (SundanceNOW, iTunes, Amazon Streaming, XBOX Zune, Playstation Unlimited). It’s also currently playing at the IFC Center in New York.

To that end, I recently conducted an email interview with Adrián García Bogliano and Ramiro García Bogliano regarding their South American horror outing and their approach to its unsettling imagery and suspense (among other things).

“Combining stylistic elements of classic Polanski with a contemporary vision that rivals anyone working in horror today, the Bogliano brothers’ ‘Penumbra’ is a superbly realized South American horror slow-burner. Marga is a highly motivated, arrogant and successful business woman on assignment in Buenos Aires – a city she hate and whose people she loathes. While in the Argentina capital on a day the whole population is waiting to view a rare solar eclipse, she must also find a new tenant for her family’s decrepit apartment. Rapidly losing her patience waiting for one applicant, she runs into the mysterious Jorge lurking outside the front door of the place who informs her that he has a client willing to pay four times what she is asking in rent. There’s one catch – the paperwork must be signed immediately. As greedy Marga waits to complete the transaction, several of Jorge’s associates suspiciously appear at the apartment ready to strip the wallpaper. And what’s behind the decor signals a startling fate worse than death – or should that be life!”

Head inside for the interview! And be sure to check out the film, it’s available now. READ MORE

Get A Peek At ‘The Divide’ Blu-ray With This Exclusive Clip!

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 16, 2012 @ 7:04am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Tomorrow, April 17th, Anchor Bay will release The Divide as a Blu-ray/DVD combo. The film is bleak as all get out, and I imagine many of you will be disturbed and engrossed by the depths many of its characters go to in order to eke out some kind of survival. Director Xavier Gens (Frontiers) does not shy away from dark places.

To that end, the clip we have actually takes place in the beginning of the film so it’s comparatively light-hearted (or as light-hearted as things get when you’re trapped in a basement after a nuclear blast). It also gives you a feel for what the interplay is like on the film’s commentary track as Xavier Gens, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia and Michael Ecklund riff off each other while discussing the film.

In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance and Lauren German, “nine strangers—all tenants of a New York high rise apartment—escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside.”

Head inside to check out the clip! The Divide hits home video tomorrow! READ MORE