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Festival Pleaser American Mary to Tour the UK with Frightfest

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Posted by ChelseyB on December 05, 2012 @ 8:38am
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If you call yourself a horror fan and you haven’t yet caught wind of the incomparable Jen and Sylvia Soska and their fetishistic feminist horror hit American Mary then, quite frankly- you’re doing something wrong.

The twins, who are experts at self promotion, have been shamelessly generating all kinds of internet hype about their second feature, in which Katherine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) shines as a broke medical student whose lust for revenge sets her on a dark and dangerous road into illegal underground surgery. Jen and Sylvia Soska have been showing up like tornadoes at festival after festival since the films debut at UK’s Frightfest and they’ve been sure to leave their mark on every one of them. Critics, bloggers, geeks and fangirls have all become equally enamoured by the twosome and their haunting yet beautiful tale of revenge. And now the Soska Sisters have a new trick up their sleeve.

Frightfest Presents will be distributing the film to major cities across the UK in a one of a kind tour that will have the directors AND the star in attendance at every venue for a post-show Q&A. Already set for a UK DVD/Blu-ray release from Universal in late January and courted by the likes of Anchor Bay and Monster Pictures for distribution in Canada and Australia (respectively), American Mary will be the first film to be taken on by Frightfest’s new distribution arm and boy are they doing it in style! American Mary has become one of the most talked about horror hits of 2012 and is widely being heralded as the year’s most original and impressive piece of work. With the opportunity to meet the irrepressible Twisted Twins and Katherine Isabelle herself, this tour should be an unmissable event for UK genre fans up and down the country.

Full details of the tour, which kicks off in London on January the 11th can be found here and readers elsewhere should keep their ears to the ground for other festival screenings before international DVD release dates are announced.

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FrightFest ’11: A Distorted ‘The Devil’s Business’ Poster

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 06, 2011 @ 2:32pm
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Part of this summer’s Film4 FrightFest lineup is Sean Hogan’s British The Devil’s Business, which we just landed the official festival one sheet.

“Two hit men, Pinner, a cynical veteran and the inexperienced Cully, are sent to murder an old associate of their underworld boss. Waiting for their mark to return home, Pinner attempts to pass the time by telling a strange story from his past, involving Valentina, a dancer he was once ordered to kill… But things are not all what they seem in their quarry’s house and the discovery of a make-shift black magic altar sends the uncomprehending duo into the shadowy darkness of their own tortured souls.”

FrightFest 11: A Distorted The Devils Business Poster

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FrightFest ’11: Image Roundup: ‘Inbred,’ ‘ Glass Man,’ ‘Devil’s Business’ and ‘Sennentuntschi’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 4:55pm
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The Film4 FrightFest news is straight up out of control, so we’re going to squeeze the last batch of new images into a single news post. Inside you’ll find a super gory new look at Alex Chandon’s Inbred (trailer), whcih follows “a disparate group of young urban offenders and their care workers embark on a community service weekend in the strange, remote Yorkshire village of Mortlake, which prides on keeping itself to itself. A minor incident with some locals rapidly escalates into a blood-soaked, deliriously warped nightmare for all involved.”

The first image was also released for Sean Hogan’s British The Devil’s Business. “Two hit men, Pinner, a cynical veteran and the inexperienced Cully, are sent to murder an old associate of their underworld boss. Waiting for their mark to return home, Pinner attempts to pass the time by telling a strange story from his past, involving Valentina, a dancer he was once ordered to kill… But things are not all what they seem in their quarry’s house and the discovery of a make-shift black magic altar sends the uncomprehending duo into the shadowy darkness of their own tortured souls.”

Inside you’ll also find your first look at Neve Campbell in Cristian Solimen (star of Dario Argento’s Mother of Tears) thriller The Glass Man (trailer), which also stars Andy Nyman (Severance), James Cosmo (Braveheart), Don Warrington, Polly Furnival, Cristian Solimeno, Lorraine Burroughs, Simon Sherlock, Brett Allen, Gary Grant, Amanda Ray King, Luke Sullivan, Lauren Cuthbertson, and Jonathan Goddard. “Martin Pyrite has lost his job. But instead of telling his wife he continues his work routine and gets into enormous monetary difficulties. Then late one night a sinister debt collector bangs on his door with an offer – if Martin helps him carry out an important task he’ll wipe the financial slate clean. In accepting, Martin goes on a journey through his own private hell where he’s forced to confront his worst dreads in a mesmerizing vortex of soul-destroying madness.”

Lastly comes a doezen or so photos from Michael Steiner’s Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (trailer), whcih can be seen by clicking the still below. “An Alpine legend tells the story of three lonely herdsmen who were so starved of female companionship they built the girl of their dreams from a broom, some straw and a few rags. Then the Devil took pity and made Sennentuntschi live and breathe… This fable informs the first ever shocker from Switzerland, a complex and twisted tale of past crimes, tragic love, ghostly encounters, horrendous murder, unexplained suicide and sexual enslavement. Continually surprising, brilliantly directed and superbly acted, this unusual and beguiling mystery chiller finally puts Switzerland on the genre map.”

You’ll find the full FrightFest lineup up here.

sennennenen070111 FrightFest 11: Image Roundup: Inbred, Glass Man, Devils Business and Sennentuntschi

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 4:09pm
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Probably the most controversial film of the year is May director Lucky McKee’s The Woman (review), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film features some intense abuse to the female protag, which resulted in one man freaking out in the theater lobby.

Gearing up for release later this year, the Angela Bettis, Pollyanna McIntosh and Sean Bridgers starrer will be screening as part of the Film4 FrightFest in London. Check out a newly released still.

“The Woman is the last surviving member of a feral clan that has roamed the Northeast Coast for decades. When the last of her family is killed in a battle with the police, The Woman finds herself alone, severely wounded and vulnerable. Unfortunately, she is now a far too easy prey for local hunter, successful country lawyer and seriously disturbed family man Christopher Cleek. With his twisted set of ideals, Cleek decides to embark upon a deranged project – to capture her and “break” The Woman – a decision that will soon threaten the lives of Cleek, his family and The Woman.”

FrightFest 11: Stare Into the Empty Eyes of The Woman

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FrightFest ’11: Need Help? Push the ‘Panic Button’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 4:00pm
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Playing at London’s Film4 FrightFest is Chris Crow’s high altitude thriller Panic Button, which we’ve just scored the first action-packed images. You’ll also find the trailer inside, along with the poster and some more stills by clicking the title.

“Four young people win a trip of a lifetime to New York, courtesy of their favourite social-networking website – All2gethr.com. As they board the private jet, they are asked to relinquish their mobile phones and take part in the in-flight entertainment – a new online gaming experience.

But this is no ordinary game. Trapped at 30,000 feet, they are forced to play for their lives and the lives of their loved ones by their invisible captor, who seems to all know their most intimate secrets.

With no escape and no one to trust, they are about to learn that putting your life on-line can have deadly offline consequences… ”

Watch the official website and Facebook for more.

FrightFest 11: Need Help? Push the Panic Button

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 3:45pm
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You’ve heard quite a bit about Joseph Kahn’s mindf*ck of a slasher, Detention, which David Harley raved about out of SXSW. While the film is more of a pop culture slap-in-the-face, the slasher starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Parker Bagley, Alison Woods, Walter Perez and Carrie Wiita is quite violent. Behold a bit of proof in the first blood image below.

“ ‘Detention’ tells the story of the senior class at Grizzly Lake high school. The road to graduation is never an easy one, but it’s further complicated for these students by the arrival of a slasher movie killer who has seemingly come to life. The only ones who can stop the killer are a handful of students, but they’ll have to cut out of detention if they’re to stand a chance at saving the world.”

It will screen at the upcoming Film4 FrightFest in London.

FrightFest 11: Detentions First Bloody Imagery

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FrightFest ’11: Snow Gets Red in ‘Blood Runs Cold’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 3:40pm
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Also announced to be screening at this summer’s Film4 FrightFest in London is Sweden-based production company Stockholm Syndrome’s Blood Runs Cold, a new slasher that we just scored the following sick and twisted still from. Inside you’ll also find the trailer, with official website carrying tons more stills.

Blood Runs Cold, directed by Sonny Laguna, is “a horror/suspense feature film about an artist looking to get away from her stressful life. Her manager rents her a house in her home town, where she runs into an old boyfriend. They go back to the house, only to find out it is not as empty as they assumed.”

FrightFest 11: Snow Gets Red in Blood Runs Cold

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 3:30pm
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Announced to be screening at this summer’s Film4 FrightFest in London, Bloody scored a pretty rad new still from Image Entertainment’s Chillerama, the forthcoming anthology featuring directors Joe Lynch, Adam Rifkin, Adam Green and Tim Sullivan.

The image released is from Joe Lynch’s (Knights of Badassdom, Wrong Turn 2) segment entitled “Zom-B-Movie”, where “a final night of nostalgia unfolds at the Kaufman Drive-In before it is torn down, where owner Cecil Kaufman (Richard Riehle, pictured inside) is screening obscure B-Movies from his private collection to an audience of local geeks and line-quoting movie lovers. Little do the unsuspecting cinema-loving patrons know, but tonight something is horrifically amiss at the Last Drive-In…” It reminds me of Mike Mendez’s The Covent from 2000.

The anthology featuring the works of Adam Rifkin (“Wadzilla”), Joe Lynch (“Zom-B-Movie”), Tim Sullivan (“I Was a Teenage Werebear”) and Adam Green (“The Diary of Anne Frankenstein”) is said to be released this Fall.
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FrightFest ’11: New ‘Rabies’ Still To Keep Your Mouth Shut

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 3:26pm
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It was recently announced out of Cannes that Image Entertainment has snapped up U.S. rights to Israeli horror film Rabies (review) from XYZ Films. Mongrel Media also nabbed Canadian rights to the pic, which is the directorial debut of Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales, who also penned the script. The deal includes a theatrical release. But before all of these occurs, the Israeli slasher will screen at this summer’s Film4 FrightFest in London.

Rabies, produced by United Channels Movies, “follows a group of teens at a deserted nature reserve drawn into a whirlwind of misunderstandings and violence.” It toplines Lior Ashkenazi and Ania Bukstein.

The pic premiered in competition at Tribeca in the Cinemania section, check out a second domestic poster inside and brand spanking new image.
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Film4 FrightFest 2011 Announced FULL Festival Lineup

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 2:39pm
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Hebrew horror, killer santas, carrot-wielding maniacs, demented descents, a Werewolf musical, the end of the world and Troll Hunters – it can only be Film4 FrightFest, back for a terrifying twelfth year.

From Thursday August 50 to Monday August 29 the UK’s premiere event for horror fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 37 films in two screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strand will play in Empire 4. There are eleven countries represented, with seven world premieres and a record-equalling twenty UK or European premieres.

The lineup is absolutely massive, so read on to see what will be playing and watch this spot over the next few days for breaking new stills.