In this week’s round-up, I take a look at David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis (01/01/13), Dark Sky’s release of Sleep Tight (01/08/13), Chiller (12/11/12), and Scream! Factory’s Deadly Blessing (01/22/13). Let’s get to it! READ MORE
The First Prize winner this week is BornVillain (please DM me your US mailing address) you get Jaume Balagueró’s Sleep Tight on Blu-ray!
![BornVillain Sleep Tight 1 9 13 [BD Caption Contest] Win A Haunted House Poster And T Shirt Signed By The Cast!!](http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/BornVillain_Sleep_Tight_1_9_13.jpg "BornVillain_Sleep_Tight_1_9_13")
This week’s prize is a poster and T-shirt for Open Road’s A Haunted House! They are signed by cast members Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Affion Crockett and David Koechner. The film opens on Friday, January 11th! We have 3 sets to give away – so 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners all get prizes!
Head inside to see the Runner-Ups for last week’s contest and to start this week’s contest! READ MORE
Director Jaume Balagueró ([Rec] and [Rec] 2) switches gears a bit with his creepy new film Sleep Tight. The film was written by Alberto Marini (Films to Keep You Awake: To Let) and inhabits a much different tonal space than the [REC] films.
To that end I recently shot Balagueró a few questions via email. We touched on the change of pace this film represents, working with 700 live cockroaches and what to expect from his next directorial effort, [REC] 4: Apocalypse
IN the film “Toiling silently among the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman César (Luis Tosar, Even the Rain, Miami Vice) harbors a dark secret: his sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara (Marta Etura, Cell 211, Dark Blue Almost Black), one of his building’s cheeriest residents, his sick need blossoms into a full-fledged obsession.” Sleep Tight was nominated for more than 20 awards in Spain and won six Gaudi Awards, including Best Director, Best Actor for Luis Tosar and Best Screenplay.
Sleep Tight comes to Blu-ray and DVD from Dark Sky Films and MPI Media Group tomorrow, January 8, 2013. Head inside for the interview! READ MORE
The First Prize winner this week is darkscarecrow (please DM me your US mailing address) you get a Blade Runner: 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Box Set (review)!
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This week (ie for the winners of this new contest) we will be giving away 3 Blu-Ray copies of [REC] director Jaume Balagueró’s Sleep Tight! This means that the winner and two-runner ups will have their memes posted and get prizes. The Blu/DVD hits on Tuesday, January 8th from Dark Sky Media!
Head inside to see the Runner-Up for last week’s contest and to start this week’s contest! READ MORE
The residents of a sleek apartment building would never suspect that the quiet man who opens the door for them every day has a dark and deadly secret. And now the secret’s out as Sleep Tight, featuring “one of the most charismatic villains in the recent cinema” (Fotogramas), comes to high-definition Blu-ray and DVD from Dark Sky Films and MPI Media Group on January 8, 2013.
Written by Alberto Marini (Films to Keep You Awake: To Let), Sleep Tight is the latest film from Jaume Balagueró, director of the Calista Flockhart thriller Fragile and the modern shock classics [Rec] and [Rec] 2.
“Toiling silently among the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman César (Luis Tosar, Even the Rain, Miami Vice) harbors a dark secret: his sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara (Marta Etura, Cell 211, Dark Blue Almost Black), one of his building’s cheeriest residents, his sick need blossoms into a full-fledged obsession.
Embarking on a series of private and physical violations against Clara, César becomes determined to ruin her life by any means necessary. Becoming the boogeyman hiding under the bed and bringing her nightmares to life, his fascination with torment soon crosses the line into lunacy – and his thirst for others’ sadness soon becomes manically unquenchable.”
Sleep Tight was nominated for more than 20 awards in Spain and won six Gaudi Awards, including Best Director, Best Actor for Luis Tosar (praised as “appropriately clammy” by The New York Times’ Manohla Dargis) and Best Screenplay. READ MORE
Yesterday we reported that the production house responsible for the [REC] franchise is developing the new horror project Summer Camp to shoot in 2013. They debuted the poster today at the American Film Market in Santa Monica.
While there are no details just yet, Sleep Tight screenwriter Alberto Marini will be making his directorial debut on the film and co-wrote the screenplay.
The plot is under wraps but Marini commented to Variety, “There’s a game common to the majority of kids around the world, both in and out of summer camps: “Tag, you are it”…. The fun of the game is that the roles are constantly changing: The pursuer becomes the pursued, the cat becomes the mouse.” He added, “We wanted to capture this idea in a horror-filled, adrenaline-pumped movie…. A film in which you’re never sure who your friends or who your enemies are, a game you’d never wish to be part of and where, sometimes, in order to escape the only option is to attack.” Jaume Balaguero (Sleep Tight, [REC], [REC]2) executive produces.
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With MPI/Dark Sky Films releasing Jaume Balagueró’s critically-acclaimed Spanish shocker Sleep Tight VOD and in US theaters this Friday, October 26th, we’ve landed an exclusive clip for you to stalk. The clip reminds me of the dance scene in Ti West’s House of the Devil, only this hottie has an admirer (hiding under the bed).
“Toiling silently amongst the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman Cesar (Luis Tosar) harbors a dark secret: his sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara (Marta Clara), one of his building’s cheeriest residents, his sick need blossoms into a full-fledged obsession. Embarking on a series of private and physical violations against Clara, Cesar becomes determined to ruin her life by any means necessary. Becoming the boogeyman hiding under the bed and bringing her nightmares to life, his fascination with torment soon crosses the line into lunacy – and his thirst for others’ sadness soon becomes manically unquenchable.”
Acclaimed Spanish director Jaume Balagueró, co-creator of the blockbuster [REC] series, delves into the perverse fantasies of a man on the brink, and delivers an unnerving tale of obsession and torment that delivers nonstop thrills right up to its shocking conclusion. READ MORE
MPI/Dark Sky Films are proud to announce Jaume Balagueró’s critically-acclaimed Spanish shocker Sleep Tight will be released simultaneously on VOD and in US theaters on October 26th, 2012 – just in time for Halloween.
“Toiling silently amongst the residents of an everyday Barcelona apartment building, doorman Cesar (Luis Tosar) harbors a dark secret: his sole desire in life is to make others unhappy. When he sets his sights on Clara (Marta Clara), one of his building’s cheeriest residents, his sick need blossoms into a full-fledged obsession. Embarking on a series of private and physical violations against Clara, Cesar becomes determined to ruin her life by any means necessary. Becoming the boogeyman hiding under the bed and bringing her nightmares to life, his fascination with torment soon crosses the line into lunacy – and his thirst for others’ sadness soon becomes manically unquenchable.”
Acclaimed Spanish director Jaume Balagueró, co-creator of the blockbuster [REC] series, delves into the perverse fantasies of a man on the brink, and delivers an unnerving tale of obsession and torment that delivers nonstop thrills right up to its shocking conclusion. READ MORE
Even though our man on the scene, Lonmonster, has already delivered two batches of mini-reviews out of the Fantasia Film Festival (read part one and part two), I too was on hand watching dozens of horror movies.
While I’m proud to report two sellouts for our V/H/S and Under the Bed, there were a handful of excellent horror films running alongside us that I’m more that ecstatic to tell you about.
Inside you’ll find the BEST of the fest, which includes my mini-reviews for Juan of the Dead, My Amityville Horror, Sleep Tight, Game of Werewolves, Hidden in the Woods, Resolution, Play Dead, Sushi Girl and Toad Road. The WORST comes next… READ MORE
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…
Already acquired for U.S. release by Dark Sky Films, we’ve scored new imagery from director Jaume Balaguero’s Sleep Tight. He’s best known for co-directing REC and REC 2, along with Darkness, Fragile and Nameless.
“The residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night.”
![SLEEP TIGHT 1 150x150 [Fantasia 12] Festival Drags Out New Look At Sleep Tight](http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SLEEP-TIGHT-1.jpg "SLEEP TIGHT - 1")
![SLEEP TIGHT 11 150x150 [Fantasia 12] Festival Drags Out New Look At Sleep Tight](http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SLEEP-TIGHT-11.jpg "SLEEP TIGHT 1")
![SLEEP TIGHT 2 150x150 [Fantasia 12] Festival Drags Out New Look At Sleep Tight](http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SLEEP-TIGHT-2.jpg "SLEEP TIGHT 2")
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Need to catch up on all of the movies you’ve missed at Sundance and SXSW? 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.
The Second Wave Announcement has just been sent over to Bloody and is beyond promising. The 3-week-long festival is jam-packed with premieres and surprises ranging from screenings of Simon Pegg’s A Fantastic Fear of Everything to the coming-of-age Sundance selection Excision, the Spanish thriller Sleep Tight, Martyrs director Pascal Laugier’s The Tall Man, not to mention the world premiere of our children’s horror tale Under the Bed.
We’ve added the entire second wave beyond the break with the First Wave available here. READ MORE
Did I hear you say you wanted more out of the forthcoming Film4 FrightFest? Taking place Thursday, August 23 to Monday, August 27, the UK’s leading event for horror fantasy fans will be back at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 48 films in three screens. (Check out the festivals official website for ticket info.)
We’ve already covered Paco Plaza’s [REC]3 Genesis and Jaume Balaguero’s, stunning thriller Sleep Tight to death, but there’s a few films getting some well-deserved attention from such as Hidden in the Woods, a Chilean chiller, the Dutch Kill Zombie!, the Japanese Dead Sushi and Germany’s Errors of the Human Body and We Are the Night.
Also under the radar but bound to get people buzzing are Steven C Miller’s Under the Bed, Ryan Smith’s After, The Butcher Brothers’ The Thompsons, Peter Engert’s Remnants, Stig Svendsen’s Elevator and Buddy Giovinazzo’s return to the genre A Night of Nightmares.
Check out a whopping 25 new hi-res images inside! READ MORE
Film4 FrightFest the 13th is delighted to unveil its most ambitious line-up in history. From the sensational Sinister starring Ethan Hawke, the Sam Raimi produced The Possession and Jennifer Chambers Lynch’s jaw-dropping Chained, to the Maniac remake, the surgical underground of American Mary and the V/H/S anthology everyone is talking about, this year’s event is definitely something to scream about.
From Thursday, August 23 to Monday, August 27 the UK’s leading event for horror fantasy fans will be back at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 48 films in three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery and the newly-created Re-Discovery strand will play in Empires 4 & 5. There are eleven countries represented, with a record-beating fifteen world premieres and twenty-three UK or European premieres. READ MORE
MPI Media Group (The Innkeepers, Stake Land) today announced it has acquired all North American rights to Sleep Tight, a psychological thriller that has drawn huge audiences and won numerous awards in Spain. Featuring “one of the most charismatic villains in the recent cinema” (Fotogramas), director Jaume Balaguero’s movie will be released theatrically in the fall of 2012 through MPI’s genre arm, Dark Sky Films. The theatrical release will be followed VOD and DVD availability.
Sleep Tight is a Filmax Entertainment and Castelao Pictures production, produced by Julio Fernandez. Written by Alberto Marini (6 Films to Keep You Awake), it is the latest film from the director of the Calista Flockhart horror movie Fragile.
Sleep Tight stars “Luis Tosar as Cesar, an apartment building doorman who keeps very close tabs on the residents’ private lives and whose only happiness comes from others’ misery. One building resident in particular, the cheery, happy-go-lucky Clara (Marta Etura), makes his skin crawl. He becomes determined to do whatever it takes to wipe the smile off her face.”
Tense and disturbing, Sleep Tight has been nominated for more than 20 awards in Spain and won six Gaudi Awards, including Best Director for Jaume Balaguero, Best Actor for Luis Tosar and Best Screenplay. READ MORE
I haven’t seen Kidnapped but I hear it’s a pretty brutal piece of work. Now, its director Miguel Angel Vivas screenwriter Alberto Marini (Sleep Tight) are bringing their Filmax backed I Will Die Tonight to the Cannes Film Market.
In the film, “Marcos and his family have found themselves the victims of a cruel fate. He is currently the only suspect in a murder case, his trial is about to begin and the only witness who could save him has disappeared without trace. Marcos discovers something much more sinister is behind all this. Someone has been plotting this revenge for a long time and is planning to see it out until the bitter end…”
Head inside for the full (small-ish) poster. READ MORE
While co-creator Paco Plaza was off working on [REC]3, Spanish filmmaker Jaume Balagueró killed some time by taking on a new subgenre. Sleep Tight, which David Harley loved out of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, is a sublime thriller that every genre fan should be excited for.
In the film starring Luis Tosar, Marta Etura and Alberto San Juan, the residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night.
Harley was one of the few lucky individuals who had a chance to sit down with Balagueró and talk about the psychological chiller. Read on for the interview!
![[Interview] FF 11: Sleep Tight Director Jaume Balaguero!](/photosizer/upload/seeptight092811.jpg "[Interview] FF 11: Sleep Tight Director Jaume Balaguero!")
Screening at the ongoing Fantastic Film Festival in Austin, Texas, David Harley write in with his thoughts on Filmax’s Sleep Tight, a new thriller from Spaniard Jaume Balagueró, best known for co-directing REC and REC 2, along with Darkness, Fragile and Nameless.
In the film: The residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night.
“Marini’s script might be built upon a simple, familiar premise but the characterization is excellent, giving Tosar the ammunition needed to create one hell of a creepy villain.”
Click the title to read Harley’s entire review.
![sleeptightnew051711 [Review] FF 11: Sleep Tight and Its Creepy Villain](/photosizer/upload/sleeptightnew051711.jpg "[Review] FF 11: Sleep Tight and Its Creepy Villain")
This morning Aullidos has shared the first two Spanish-language clips from Jaume Balagueró’s Sleep Tight (Mientras Duermes), a new thriller from Filmax. Watch them inside. “The residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night.”
Also beyond the break are the first two TV Spots from Universal’s Dream House, the Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz starrer from director Jim Sheridan hitting theaters September 30. “The Sheridan-helmed psychological thriller follows a family that relocates into what appears to be the ideal residence in small town Connecticut. However, the husband (Craig) and wife (Watts) are disturbed to discover that their beautiful new home was the site of another family’s slaughter, believed to be at the hands of the husband who survived.”
Former “Greek” star Scott Michael Foster is joining ABC’s midseason series “The River” as a recurring, says Deadline. On the horror drama chronicling a family and TV crew’s efforts to locate a missing explorer in the Amazon, Foster will play a thrill-seeking, adventurous cameraman who may be hiding a secret.
Lastly, check out this low resolution new look at Amy Heckerling’s Vamps. Normally we’d wait for a hi-res version, but it’s the coolest still released to date. The film is selling quietly at the TIFF. A Distributor could be found soon for the Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver and Richard Lewis starrer. “‘Vamps’ tells the modern day tale of two young beautiful female vampires living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.” Click the inside image for the old gallery.
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“The Silence of the Lambs” helmer Jonathan Demme has optioned feature film rights to Stephen King’s upcoming novel “11/22/63″ and is set to write, direct and produce, Variety reports. The book follows Jake Epping, a 35-year-old high school English teacher from Maine who travels back in time to try and prevent President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. It’s unclear how this is remotely horror, but other sites are reporting on it. Figured we might as well squeeze it in this edition of News Bites.
In prison for tax evasion, Blade star Wesley Snipes chatted with IGN about a possible return to the vampire franchise that’s already spawned two sequels, a TV and cartoon series. “It would be nice to fulfill some of the really cool plans we had for ‘Blade’ but didn’t get the chance to go live with. Some people forget or overlook my/our contribution to this current trend,” says Snipes. “The ‘Gaming’ community knows and the streets give us credits, but the movie world frequently plays us like the ‘ugly stepchild’ or the ‘kitchen help,’ especially when the conversation revolves around the ‘boys in tights’ or ‘the bat’.” Snipes continues, “Getting asked this question all the time, my response is: ‘Under the right circumstances, with the right team, yes, I’d do another one.’ But don’t get me wrong; I’m not waiting around for the opportunity. I’ve got plenty to do, plus an unraveled character in the works who I think will give ‘Blade’ a helluva run for his money.”
The official website has now been launched for Filmax’s Sleep Tight, which opens in Spain on October 14. Directed by [REC]‘s Jaume Balagueró, the pic follows the residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night.
The Playlist is reporting that director Justin Lin says that he’s met with both James Cameron(!) and Arnold Schwarzenegger to talk about Terminator 5. Lin will first direct the next Fast and the Furious sequel, while Arnie is commited to The Last Stand, but what comes after could be something of wonder. “Just even this week, I had a great meeting with Arnold and James Cameron, just sitting down unofficially. And James is so gracious because he’s not part of the project, he’s not going to be producing, but it was great of him just as a filmmaker to take time out to just talk.” Click the link for more.
Hitfix confirmed old news that both Steve Kloves and David Yates, who wrote/directed the last four Harry Potter films, will be teaming for Warner Bros. Pictures’ adaptation of Stephen King’s apocalyptic tale The Stand. The 1978 “The Stand” is a story of good vs. evil after a virus wipes out most of the American population. While it features dozens of characters (such as the Trashcan Man and Mother Abigail) and overlapping story lines running over many years, the struggle boils down to a group of survivors fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg.
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While there are already English-subbed trailers released, this morning Filmax released the FULL international trailer for Sleep Tight, a new thriller that’s been gaining some steam out of the Cannes market. Unfortunately, there are no subs on this guy…
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, best known for co-directing REC and REC 2, along with Darkness, Fragile and Nameless, “the residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night.”
Inside you’ll find the film’s official international poster with a U.S. distributor to be announced soon.
Last week the English-subbed trailer was released, this morning Filmax launched the official website and Facebook for Sleep Tight, a new thriller that’s been gaining some steam out of the Cannes market.
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, best known for co-directing REC and REC 2, along with Darkness, Fragile and Nameless, “the residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night.”
Inside you’ll find the film’s official international poster with a U.S. distributor to be announced soon.
While Paco Plaze gets rolling on the third REC, co-creator Jaume Balagueró (REC, REC 2, Darkness, Fragile: A Ghost Story) is in post-production on his psychological thriller Sleep Tight (formerly Flatmate), which follows the residents of the building where Cesar works as a doorman are not aware of the overtime he has been putting in. Apparently, he is at their service both day and night. We’ve seen some art and a few early stills, but now we’ve got a Spanish-language teaser trailer that shares with us the first ever footage. How can you not be excited to see what Balagueró has up his sleeve?
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