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TIFF ’11: Astounding ‘Midnight Madness’ Lineup Revealed!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 03, 2011 @ 2:12pm
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While most people vacation during the holidays, my own person break (that I work intensely through) is every September when I fly up to Canada for the annual Toronto International Film Festival, which always plays host to an amazing array of genre premieres (remember High Tension, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, REC 2, Inside, Martyrs and even Frontier(s)?) through its illustrious “Midnight Madness” sidebar.

Running from September 8-18, this year is no exception as TIFF will play host to some outrageous premieres: Inside directors Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo return with the world premiere of Livid; A Horrible Way to Die duo (writer Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard) return to the fest with the world of their home invasion slasher You’re Next; Ben Wheatley is going to shock the thousands of audience members with Kill List; lastly comes an out of left field shocker from Bobcat Goldthwait entitled God Bless America (~~featuring the Carrie-esque phot released the other night.~~ We were asked to remove this image is it’s “not representational” of the film).

Check out the full list of ten films, and don’t forget that TIFF will also be presenting Twixt, Melancholia and The Skin I Live In.

TIFF 11: Astounding Midnight Madness Lineup Revealed!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 03, 2011 @ 4:24am
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After revealed a handful of image clues late last night, the official Midnight Madness Twitter was updated tonight with an announcement of the first three films playing as part of the Toronto International Film Festival from September 8-18.

So how epic will the event be? We’ve only got three films and already I’m excited out of my mind.

The first is the absolutely fantastic Kill List, which David Harley raved about out of the SXSW Film Festival this past March. Toronto audiences are going to literally lose their sh*t over this. It’s on my own person top 10 of 2011 thus far. IFC acquired the horror film about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

Also playing is Doug Aarniokoski’s The Day, which stars Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Cory Hardrict, Dominic Monaghan, Shannyn Sossamon and Andrew Coutts. You’ve read a lot about the film here on Bloody, now I’m sure there’s plenty more in the pipeline leading up to its premiere!

The other film isn’t horror, but that means tomorrow you’ll wake up to FOUR more genre film announcements. Also showing is Katsuhito Ishii’s Japanese action comedy Smuggler, which you’ll find details on inside.
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Meet the Contract Killers of ‘Kill List’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 28, 2011 @ 2:52pm
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I finally had the chance to see Ben Wheatley’s UK genre-mash-up Kill List (review), which stars will premiere at FrightFest on Sunday, August 28 and open in UK cinemas on September 2. It does more than live up to the hype – it builds on it. The thriller is dark, twisted and straight up gut-wrenching. It does to the viewer what A Serbian Film does without being so incredibly vile. Kill List is making my top 10 of 2011 guaranteed.

The pic starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

“Beginning 8 months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay, is pressured by his partner Gal, into taking a tough new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again – his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.”

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 20, 2011 @ 3:27pm
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One of my own personal most anticipated of the year is Ben Wheatley’s Kill List (review), which stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring and will premiere at FrightFest on Sunday, August 28 and open in UK cinemas on September 2.

Early this week a slew of social networking sites were launched – official website, Facebook and Twitter – along with the promise of the full trailer. After a few teaser videos, inside you’ll now find the full trailer featuring bad people who deserve to suffer.

The pic is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

Wave Goodbye to Sanity in Full Kill List Trailer!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 19, 2011 @ 3:56pm
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Updated with a second teaser, courtesy of Twitch. Full trailer hits during Comic-Con.

On the heels of the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas this past March, IFC acquired Ben Wheatley’s Kill List (review), which stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring. The trailer is promised to be released this coming Wednesday, with the newly launched official website, Facebook and Twitter now live. You’ll find a “teaser” video on the film’s website that plays similar to The Ring VHS tape.

The pic is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

Second Eerie Teaser for Secretive Kill List

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 15, 2011 @ 1:49pm
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The pic is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

Kill List Trailer Premieres Next Week, Teaser Taps Into The Ring

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SXSW ’11: INTERVIEW: ‘Kill List’ Director Ben Wheatley

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Posted by David Harley on March 18, 2011 @ 3:28pm
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Just acquired last night by IFC Midnight was Ben Wheatley’s Kill List (review), an entry from the SXFantastic midnight series at SXSW. The pic is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

Continuing our SXSW coverage we’ve just now added our interview with Kill List director Ben Wheatley and star Michael Smiley.

“Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay, is pressured by his partner Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again – his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.”

SXSW 11: INTERVIEW: Kill List Director Ben Wheatley

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 15, 2011 @ 5:33pm
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Just acquired last night by IFC Midnight was Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, an entry from the SXFantastic midnight series at SXSW. The pic is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

David Harley is running around like a madman at the Austin film festival checking out all of the premieres, and talking to the directors. Continuing our SXSW coverage we’ve just now added our review of Kill List, an uneven movie that carries quite a few surprises:

“Kill List is a film that warrants a second viewing, if only to see how seemingly unrelated incidents connect in hindsight. On a first watch, however, Wheatley’s hit man horror is an atmospheric delight, boasting incredibly intense performances by Maskell and Smiley, and a doozy of an ending that will unhinge even the most hardened of genre fans.”

You’ll find the full review by clicking the title above.
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SXSW ’11: IFC Acquires Bizarre ‘Kill List’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 15, 2011 @ 6:20am
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And we have our first official SXSW genre film sale!

Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, an entry from the SXFantastic midnight series at SXSW, has sold to IFC Midnight! No word on if it will go theatrical, but expect a DVD and VOD release this year.

The pic is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 14, 2011 @ 6:08am
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Having just premiered at the ongoing SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas, a very Wicker Man-esque image appeared online (via Twitch) from Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, which stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring.

The pic is about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven.

SXSW 11: New Kill List Image Goes Wicker Man Bananas

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 08, 2011 @ 3:50pm
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Torque director Joseph Kahn is bringing this stylish commercial directing to this month’s SXSW Film Festival as they’ll be holding the world premiere of Detention, his slasher film that look like Scream meets Prom Night meets a SyFy original, with the Burger King’s Queen as the killer, as we previously reported.

The trailer premiered last week to a flurry of positive remarks, now we got our hands on two more stills and the official festival one sheet. “Cancel your future…”

“ ‘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.” Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Parker Bagley, Alison Woods, Walter Perez, and Carrie Wiita all star.

SXSW 11: Genre Bending One Sheet Debut for Detention

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 03, 2011 @ 4:13pm
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Remember the days when you’d be watching Showtime or TMC and they’d play House, Night of the Creeps, Fright Night or even Monster Squad? There was something special about that time where movies were always engaging and fun. Maybe it was seeing someone closer to your age battling ghouls, or something else, but when I finished watching the trailer for Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block I had “that” feeling.

Inside you’ll find the trailer debut for the alien invasion horror film which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

The pic will have its premiere at this month’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Also dig on the official website and Facebook.

SXSW 11: Attack the Block Trailer Reminds Me of When Movies Were Fun!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 01, 2011 @ 4:15pm
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With the SXSW premiere just weeks away, we just now got our hands on two gorgeous posters for Room for Tourists director Adrián García Bogliano’s Cold Sweat, which we’ve been hearing really good things about (people explode!) From Argentina, the pic premieres March 15 in Austin, Texas.

“A young man searching for his missing girlfriend. A loyal friend willing to do anything to uncover the truth. An investigation that culminates in an old house. Inside two brutal murderers expect them, armed with twenty-five boxes of explosives stolen from the last military dictatorship in Argentina.”

Inside you’ll find the film’s official trailer and the two new one sheets, while you can click the image for our full image gallery!

1coldswehi030111 SXSW 11: Two Arty New Posters for Cold Sweat

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 28, 2011 @ 5:38am
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Not getting enough attention leading up to its SXSW premiere is Room for Tourists director Adrián García Bogliano’s Cold Sweat, which we’ve been hearing really good things about. From Argentina, the pic premieres March 15 in Austin, Texas.

Inside you’ll find the film’s official trailer, while you can click the image for our full image gallery!

sweats022611 SXSW 11: Trailer, Poster, First Info on Cold Sweat

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 28, 2011 @ 5:19am
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Premiering at mext month’s SXSW Film Festival is Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block, which stars Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost in a film that follows a gang of South London teenagers defending their housing project home against an alien attack.

Gearing up for the fest, the official website and Facebook have launched, featuring your first ever look at the film, along with a crazy long synopsis. I love genre films that are targeted towards kids, some of my all-time favorite horror films were made for the youngins.

SXSW 11: Aliens Will Attack the Block in First Stills!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 11, 2011 @ 4:17pm
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Just announced as part of this March’s SXSW Film Festival, early indication was that Nicolas Goldbart’s Argentinean Phase 7 (Fase 7) wasn’t good for our audience. I think I judged way too soon.

This afternoon I made a few calls and got my hands on the official festival poster, images, a Metallica-rocking international trailer, a Dawn of the Dead-ish festival trailer, and an exclusive clip that also taps musically into Assault on Precinct 13.

From the executive producer of Paranormal Activity, Phase 7 looks like it taps into early Romero and can be described as a cross between The Crazies, Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later. We’re told Goldbart loves Carpenter and used temp music from Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing and Escape From New York.

Starring Daniel Hendler, Federico Luppi, Jazmin Stuart, and Jose “Yayo” Guridi, “Coco just moved to his new apartment with 7-month pregnant wife. When the building is in quarantined for a deadly flue. The neighbors became unexpected enemies.”

SXSW 11: Trailers, Clips, Posters, Images from Carpenter Inspired Phase 7!!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 11, 2011 @ 4:02pm
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After preeming at the London Frightfest this month, Little Deaths – a crazy new anthology featuring horrific tales from three of England’s edgiest filmmakers: Simon Rumley (Red White & Blue, Living and the Dead), Andrew Parkinson (I, Zombie, Venus Drowning) and Sean Hogan (Isle of Dogs, Summer’s Blood) – will have its U.S. premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

We just now scored this new steamy still, while inside you’ll find details on all of the shorts with some insane imagery.

SXSW 11: Smokey New Still from Little Deaths

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 10, 2011 @ 11:35pm
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It’s rare when a movie gets made the entire team behind it keep their lips sealed until a festival. I mean, it’s got to be hard not to share your creativity with the world, no?

First discovered back in May, Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, which stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, and MyAnna Buring, was announced as part of the Austin, Texas SXSW Film Festival. No details were revealed, but we’re so on top of our sh*t we’re excited to tell you that it’s about a group of demobbed soldiers turned contract killers who run up against a devil-worshipping coven (sounds a bit like what Rob Zombie is up to with The Lords of Salem). Anyways, here’s the super secret plot crunch and first ever hi-res still:

SXSW 11: Devil Worshippers Attack in Kill List!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on February 10, 2011 @ 11:26pm
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“To survive the end of the world…you must first survive each other…”

How many of you are fans of Frontier(s)? Yeah, me too. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to see Xavier Gens’ quasi-anthology The Divide, which will premiere at this March’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

Starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, and LaurenGerman, “the segments include a post-apocalyptic thriller set mostly in an apartment building fallout shelter, a serial-killer thriller about a woman afflicted with “face blindness,” and a coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking out her birth mother.

German’s character is at the center of the film, set in New York, which is virtually destroyed in a mysterious explosion in the first act. Eight survivors take refuge in the fallout shelter of an apartment building, where they are menaced first by mysterious men in HazMat suits and eventually by each other.”