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Full Length ‘Europa Report’ Trailer Teases Mysterious Horror Near Jupiter

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Posted by EvanDickson on May 17, 2013 @ 12:07pm
Category: Movies / Trailers

The official trailer for Sebastian Cordero’s sci-fi horror flick Europa Report reminds me a lot of the sci-fi movies I’d rent on VHS around 1996-97. Which is to say it has a little bit of that low budget Event Horizon vibe.

Penned by Philip Gelatt, the film tells of “a group of astronauts, handpicked from around the world, who make the arduous journey to Jupiter’s frigid, glacial moon Europa in search of extraterrestrial life. The only thing more intimidating and unpredictable than the trip itself is what the team will encounter upon arrival…” The film stars District 9‘s Sharlto Copley alongside Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca, Christian Camargo, and Karolina Wydra.

It opens June 27th on VOD and in theaters Aug 2nd from Magnet Releasing. READ MORE

Magnet Not Afraid Of ‘Big Bad Wolves’

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Posted by EvanDickson on May 14, 2013 @ 5:02pm
Category: Movies / News

Big Bad Wolves, the latest genre flick from Rabies directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, has been picked up for US Distribution by Magnet Releasing.

“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”

Per Variety,” Magnet, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, is planning a theatrical release for later this year.” Lior Ashkenazi (Footnote), Tzachi Grad (The Flood) , Rotem Keinan (The Exchange) and Dov Glickman star. READ MORE

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5 Questions With ‘Kiss Of the Damned’ Writer/Director Xan Cassavetes!

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Posted by EvanDickson on May 02, 2013 @ 7:00am
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Magnolia Pictures releases writer/director Xan Cassavetes‘ wonderful Kiss of the Damned in theaters on Friday, May 3rd. I really had a lot of fun with this one (review here) and urge you to see it on the big screen.

In the film, “Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her sister Mimi comes to visit, Djuna’s love story is threatened, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered…” Joséphine de la Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida, Anna Mouglalis, Michael Rapaport, Riley Keough and Ching Valdes-Aran star.

I recently hopped on the phone with Cassavetes and we discussed Kiss Of The Damned‘s look, its sexy 70′s swagger and the welcome appearance of a coked out Michael Rapaport. Head inside to check it out! READ MORE

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LA Readers!!! Win Tickets To A Special Screening Of ‘Kiss Of The Damned’ On Monday!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 26, 2013 @ 9:22am
Category: Movies / Contests

Magnolia Pictures releases Xan Cassavetes’ wonderful Kiss of the Damned in theaters on Friday, May 3rd. However, you can see it on the big screen early and I encourage you to do so! I really had a lot of fun with the film (review here) and here’s your chance to see it with a nice crowd!

The screening goes down Monday, April 29th at 7:30pm at ArcLight Hollywood (6360 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028). We have 5 PAIRS of tickets (10 total) – so we are going to randomly pick 5 winners, each of whom can bring one guest. All you have to do is email contest now closed and PROMISE you can be there at least half an hour early (7PM) to claim your ticket. Also, be 17 or over please.

Return The Tape With This ‘V/H/S/2′ Poster!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 23, 2013 @ 2:14pm
Category: Movies / Images

The poster for V/H/S/2 has emerged and it’s a nice, solid classy look for the film! It keeps the skull theme from the original but adds an air of old-school menace. By the way, as someone who really liked most of the original film, I’ve got no problem telling you that V/H/S/2 is much, much better. It’s tighter, shorter, leaner and a rock solid viewing experience.

Acquired by Magnet Releasing out of Sundance as S-VHS, V/H/S/2 will be arriving on VOD platforms June 6 with a theatrical rollout set for July 12. In the film directed by Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Gareth Evans, Eduardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Jason Eisener and Timo Tjahjanto, “Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static—white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

From the demented minds that brought you last year’s V/H/S comes V/H/S/2, an all-new anthology of dread, madness, and gore. This follow-up ventures even further down the demented path blazed by its predecessor, discovering new and terrifying territory in the genre. This is modern horror at its most inventive, shrewdly subverting our expectations about viral videos in ways that are just as satisfying as they are sadistic. The result is the rarest of all tapes—a second generation with no loss of quality.”

What was your favorite segment in V/H/S? Which director has you most excited for V/H/S/2? READ MORE

Now You Know When That ‘Europa Report’ Is Due!

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 05, 2013 @ 10:49am
Category: Movies / News

Magnet has set a release window for Sebastian Cordero’s sci-fi horror Europa Report. The film stars District 9‘s Sharlto Copley alongside Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca, Christian Camargo and Karolina Wydra. It’ll hit VOD June 27th and select theaters on August 2nd.

Penned by Philip Gelatt, “A group of astronauts, handpicked from around the world, make the arduous journey to Jupiter’s frigid, glacial moon Europa in search of extraterrestrial life. The only thing more intimidating and unpredictable than the trip itself is what the team will encounter upon arrival…”

Head inside for a teaser and viral video for the film. READ MORE

Guess The Letter For This Short From ‘The ABC’s Of Death’!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 31, 2013 @ 3:50pm
Category: Movies / Trailers

Magnet officially releases The ABCs of Death on various On Demand platforms (Cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon, Xbox Zune, Playstation Market, VUDU and Google Play) TODAY January 31st with a limited theatrical run set for March 8. And now we have a new clip via Hulu – you get one guess what letter of the alphabet this comes from.

In this mega-anthology, “Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABCs of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”

The ABC’s Of Death is out now! Head inside for the clip! NSFW! READ MORE

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[Interview] Director Marcel Sarmiento On ‘The ABC’s Of Death’ And His Favorite Onscreen Death Of All Time!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 31, 2013 @ 12:00pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Magnet officially releases The ABCs of Death on various On Demand platforms (Cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon, Xbox Zune, Playstation Market, VUDU and Google Play) TODAY January 31st with a limited theatrical run set for March 8. The film has 26 directors, so to celebrate 26 different websites are running exclusive interviews with the film’s directors! If you do some poking around (Badass Digest, Slashfilm, HitFix, Latino Review etc…) you can find some of the others. Eventually all 26 interviews will be collected at the The ABCs of Death Tumblr.

I’m particularly excited about my interview. Director Marcel Sarmiento (the underrated Deadgirl) has fashioned one of the true highlights of the film with his segment, “D is for Dogfight.” It’s a truly incredible bit of visual storytelling, a complete narrative contained within a beautifully shot 5 minute sequence without any dialogue.

The ABC’s Of Death is out now! Head inside for the interview! READ MORE

Three Exclusive Images From ‘The ABC’s Of Death’ To Tide You Over Until Thursday!

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 29, 2013 @ 1:00pm
Category: Movies / Exclusives

Magnet Releasing will officially The ABCs of Death will hit various On Demand platforms on January 31 with a limited theatrical run set for March 8. And now we’ve got a look at three exclusive images from the film! While all of them are cool, one is deliciously gory.

Remember, January 31st is only TWO DAYS away! So check your VOD/On Demand/iTunes listings now! Head inside for the gallery of stills and to check out the red band trailer one last time! READ MORE

New NSFW Clip From ‘John Dies At The End’ Freaks Paul Giamatti The F*ck Out!

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Posted by EvanDickson on January 04, 2013 @ 12:33pm
Category: Movies / Trailers

Now on various VOD platforms is Magnet Releasing’s John Dies at the End (review), the sci-fi/horror movie from horror icon Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) that also plays in theaters February 3, 2013. Now we’ve got a new clip (via Yahoo) that opens the doors of perception and gets Paul Giamatti to drop the F-bomb repeatedly. Good times!

“In ‘John Dies at the End’, it’s all about the Soy Sauce, a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. Users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John (Rob Mayes) and David (Chase Williamson), a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No.No, they can’t.”

Get more at the film’s Facebook, write your own review here and head inside for the clip! READ MORE

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[Video Interview] Don Coscarelli And Paul Giamatti On ‘John Dies At The End’!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on December 26, 2012 @ 9:39am
Category: Movies / Interviews

Magnet Releasing will unleash John Dies at the End (review), the sci-fi/horror movie from horror icon Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) On-Demand tomorrow. To that end, I recently sat down with Coscarelli and star Paul Giamatti (Sideways, “John Adams”) to talk about what attracted them to such strange material. For Coscarelli, it was chance. For Giamatti, well, he connected with it immediately.

John Dies At The End hits from Magnet On-Demand tomorrow December 27, 2012 and is in theaters February 3, 2013. You can find more on the film’s Facebook page Head inside for the interview! READ MORE

‘V/H/S’ Actually ON VHS In The UK!! US Version Forthcoming!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on December 07, 2012 @ 10:42am
Category: Movies / News

Magnolia released V/H/S (write your reviews) on DVD and Blu-ray this week (along with iTunes and VOD etc…). But there’s another, older – and titular – format on which the film can be seen. Actual VHS tape! Total Film has the rundown on the UK release (via Momentum films) of the film on its “intended” format.

“The logistics of such an exercise were far from easy, and by all accounts Momentum Pictures had to undertake considerable research to get big-box-sized tapes made up which include many nods to the glory days of rental stores. Getting hold of these tapes won’t be easy though. Only 300 numbered copies have been manufactured and Momentum are promising a unique V/H/S event in January at which lucky fans will be able to get hold of them. Further details will emerge on the Total Film VHS Hub.”

V/H/S comes from filmmakers Adam Wingard (You’re Next, A Horrible Way to Die, Pop Skull), Simon Barrett (You’re Next, Dead Birds, Red Sands), Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Roost, The Innkeepers), David Bruckner (The Signal), Joe Swanberg (Silver Bullets), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell the Dead), and Radio Silence.

Head inside for a better look at the big box packaging! And keep your eyes peeled for a US Version from Magnolia soon! READ MORE

Green Band Trailer For ‘ABCs Of Death’ Less Bloody, Still Awesome

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Posted by EvanDickson on December 04, 2012 @ 3:14pm
Category: Movies / Videos

Magnet Releasing will release The ABCs of Death on various On Demand platforms on January 31 with a limited theatrical run set for March 8. Last month you saw the gory red band trailer, and now a cleaned-up all ages trailer (with some new footage) is ready to sell you on the chaos. I can’t wait to see this!

“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABCs of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”

Head inside to check it out! READ MORE

[BD Review] ‘Meeting Evil’ Challenges Indifference With Extreme Situations

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Posted by LaurenTaylor on July 22, 2012 @ 11:42am
Category: Movies / Home Video

If you asked someone on the street what they believe horror is, they more than likely won’t tell you bad customer service, jerk bosses, and cheating spouses. They more than likely won’t tell you a picture perfect life is having two kids and a white picket fence. Meeting Evil, directed by Chris Fisher, delves into modern day horrors like the above and puts a twist on them. Based on the 1992 novel by Thomas Berger, Meeting Evil follows the story of John Felton, an average every day guy living in suburbia. On the same day John gets fired from his real estate job, a stranger named Richie shows up at his door and takes him on a murderous joyride through town. READ MORE

Hi-Res Domestic Poster For [REC] 3 Genesis Is Familiar, Still Great

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Posted by EvanDickson on April 23, 2012 @ 3:41pm
Category: Movies / Images

[REC]3 Genesis finds Paco Plaza largely dispensing with the found footage aesthetic of the series and going much broader. I still haven’t seen the film, and while Mr. Disgusting thinks it falls a hair or two short of the prior two entries, I’m not too worried. All of the teasers, trailers and images actually have me kind of confident that I’ll like this thing. I’m not a die-hard fan of the series so maybe I’m just responding positively to the new aesthetic. This beautiful high-res poster kind of makes my point for me.

In the film, “Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride and groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day; that is until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what’s happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding. Amidst the chaos, Koldo and Clara become separated and begin a desperate search for one another. What started off as an idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind…”

Magnet will release here in the States via On Demand August 3 with a theatrical run planned for September 7. Head inside for a look at the final domestic one-sheet. READ MORE

[Blu-ray Review] ‘Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil’

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Posted by David Harley on November 22, 2011 @ 1:46pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

In what feels like an overcrowded sub-genre, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evilstands tall as a horror-comedy with dramatic irony that works and strong chemistry between its three principal actors. A play on clichés and conventions, Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson’s script focuses on a pair of bumbling rednecks (Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine) who rescue a co-ed (Katrina Bowden) after she bumps her head and her cannon-fodder friends that suspect the strangers are murderous kidnappers. READ MORE

[DVD Review] ‘The Last Circus’

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Posted by LaurenTaylor on October 18, 2011 @ 2:58pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

Anyone who grew up in the middle of a war with fighting in the streets and air raids have some sort of permanent scaring from it. For Javier, the son of a “Happy” circus clown, the mark inflicted upon him is far greater than anyone could imagine.
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[Blu-ray Review] ‘Troll Hunter’

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Posted by David Harley on August 25, 2011 @ 8:23pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

America really doesn’t have much folklore and mythology. Yes, there’s Paul Bunyan, an overhyped gunslinger or two and bigfoot, but there’s not many fantastic elements to distinctly American campfire stories – the best ones we have stateside are based in Creole culture, not even our own. It’s a touch depressing to know that we’re too young of a country to have weaved any great cultural yarns while Europe is swimming in superstitious lore. The troll, a creature that’s no stranger to the screen, never really got its due before Troll Hunter came along. Mixing old-world charm with modern-day dark humor, the mockumentary approach works well for its Jurassic Park meets Men In Black angle.
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Sex and Death By Trumpet in Insanely Bloody ‘Last Circus’ Clip!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 12, 2011 @ 7:43pm
Category: Movies / News

Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing has now unloaded a red band clip from Álex de la Iglesia’s Spanish-language The Last Circus (Balada Triste de Trompeta), which begins its limited theatrical release on August 19th. The clip features a crackpot clown losing his sh*t when he sees a girl having sex. He beats the male to death with a trumpet. Aces!

Starring Carolina Bang, Santiago Segura, Antonio de la Torre and Fernando Guillen-Cuervo, “In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, “happy” circus clown is interrupted mid-performance and forcibly recruited by a militia. Still in his costume, he is handed a machete and led into battle against National soldiers in this twisted tale of love, revenge, and psychopathic clowns.”

lastcircus081211 Sex and Death By Trumpet in Insanely Bloody Last Circus Clip!

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Posted by David Harley on July 21, 2011 @ 2:53pm
Category: Movies / Home Video

Everyone will believe it when they see it! Norwegian director Andre AEvredal (Future Murder) presents an “enormously entertaining” (Variety) look at a creature thought only to exist in fairy tales when Trollhunter is uncovered on Blu-ray Disc and DVD August 23 from Magnolia Home Entertainment under the Magnet label. Shot in vérité style in the vein of popular films like Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield, Trollhunter follows three Norwegian film students as they travel to the mountains to catch a real-life troll on camera, a creature whose existence has been covered up for years by the local government. Their persistence quickly pays off as they trail a shadowy poacher, leading them straight into the path of the menacing trolls and documenting every last second of this “Trollhunter’s” heroics.

“The coolest monster movie import since The Host” (FEARNet) and “the best `found footage’ movie ever” (Screen Junkies), Trollhunter is beautifully shot, offering awesome images of the titular monsters destroying the Norwegian countryside. The Blu-ray Disc and DVD are loaded with special features including a making-of featurette, deleted scenes, an HDNet special on the film and the international trailer.
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Tribeca ’11: ‘The Troll Hunter’ Post Mortem

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Posted by MrDisgusting on March 16, 2011 @ 2:27am
Category: Movies / News

Before stampeding through theaters this June, the Tribeca Film Festival will host a screening of Andre Ovredal’s incredible Norwegian creature feature The Troll Hunter (review). We were provided with the following new image that features the aftermath of an attack.

“Shot in a vérité style, ‘The Troll Hunter’ is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy.”

Here are the first 3 theatrical dates: 6/24/2011 (West Los Angeles, CA: Nuart Theatre), 7/1/2011 (Washington, DC: E Street Cinema), and 8/12/2011 (Salem, MA: Cinema Salem 3).
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Have You Captured a Troll? Fill Out These ‘Troll Hunter’ Forms!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 27, 2010 @ 7:00pm
Category: Movies / News

While Magnet Releasing teases us with a 2011 release, the international publicity for Andre Ovredal’s The Toll Hunter is in full effect. The Norwegian PR team has uploaded a slew of viral documents that appear to be for those whom have captures said Troll. I don’t speak the language, so hopefully one of you guys can translate what’s being said (if it’s at all interesting). Shot in a vérité style, The Troll Hunter is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy.
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OMFG of the Day: The Creature Walks Among Us in ‘The Troll Hunter’ Monster Reveal!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 19, 2010 @ 4:53pm
Category: Movies / News

If you can’t wait for Magnet/Magnolia Pictures to release Andre Ovredal’s highly anticipated The Troll Hunter some time next year, Bloody Disgusting reader ‘Avery’ tipped us off to the following videos that give you an array of looks at the creature in the film that tells the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. I would say this looks pretty efffin’ cool, no?
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Universal Owns Remake Rights for ‘The Troll Hunter’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 03, 2010 @ 3:48am
Category: Movies / News

In an article over at the LA Times they reveal that universal Pictures now hold the remake rights to Andre Ovredal’s The Troll Hunter, described as The Blair Witch Project meets Men in Black meets The Host. Shot in a vérité style, the Norwegian original is the story of a group of Norwegian film students that set out to capture real-life trolls on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. Magnet Releasing holds the domestic distribution rights for the original. Plans are to release it theatrically in 2011.
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