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‘The Theatre Bizarre’ Performs In Your House This April

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 03, 2012 @ 11:11pm
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The Theatre Bizarre Performs In Your House This April

Image Entertainment presents a horror anthology like no other with its release of The Theatre Bizarre. The film was directed by seven veterans of the horror genre including Richard Stanley (Hardware), Buddy Giovinazzo (No Way Home), Tom Savini (Night of the Living Dead (1990)), Douglas Buck (Sisters), Karim Hussain (Ascension), David Gregory (Plague Town) and Jeremy Kasten (The Wizard of Gore (2007)).

This boundary-pushing film featuring stories of ancient evil, love, obsession, addiction, gluttony, sexual nightmares, pain, brutality and of course, death, is now available On Demand with cable and satellite providers, and will be available on DVD April 24, 2012.

“Down a seedy city street, a young woman is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees the front door slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the vast, eerie auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an odd marionette-like man who will introduce her to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees crosses paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people’s memories gets her fix through the fluid of her victims’ eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep. But as the stories unfold, something strange is happening to the woman. Something irreversible and horrific. Something that awaits its next audience in The Theatre Bizarre.”

The Theatre Bizarre enjoyed a successful 2011 festival run, screening at Fantasia International Film Festival, Frightfest, Sitges Festival De Cine Fantastic and Toronto After Dark. The film began its theatrical release in the U.S. on January 27, 2012 in seven markets including NY & LA, expanding to additional cities across the country. READ MORE

AFM ’11: W2 Acquires ‘The Theatre Bizarre 2′ and Finances Anthology Sequel!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 04, 2011 @ 4:39pm
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AFM 11: W2 Acquires The Theatre Bizarre 2 and Finances Anthology Sequel!

W2 Media, the Los Angeles and Vancouver based film distribution, financing and international sales company, announced today that it will co-finance and distribute The Theatre Bizarre 2 – the sequel to Severin Films and Mataluna Productions’ gripping horror anthology The Theatre Bizarre, executive produced by Daryl J. Tucker.

W2 Media is releasing The Theatre Bizarre (review) theatrically in the U.S. in January 2012 and plans to release the sequel in January 2013. W2 Media is also handling worldwide sales for both films.

Severin Films and France’s Metaluna Productions co-produced the original The Theatre Bizarre, a modern horror anthology inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris’ early 20th century ‘Theatre du Grand Guignol,’ featuring films by directors Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini & Richard Stanley.

Generating major buzz throughout the horror festival circuit and even causing audience members to pass out during screenings, The Theatre Bizarre is comprised of seven separate and disturbing chapters from seven cutting-edge genre directors enlisted from around the world and granted total creative freedom. READ MORE

AFM ’11: Chew on This ‘Theatre Bizarre’ Art

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 02, 2011 @ 11:14pm
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AFM 11: Chew on This Theatre Bizarre Art

On sale out of AFM is Severin’s new horror anthology The Theater Bizarre (review), which played at both Fantastic in Toronto and the Film4 Frightfest in London.

We have just now scored a slew of intense new imagery and a truly bizarre new sales poster that’s true to the title.

On the subject of Canada’s esteemed horror film culture, Fantasia was the site of the world premiere of the partially-made-in-Quebec (as well as the USA, the UK, Germany and France) anthology film, The Theater Bizarre (read our set visit). One of the most hotly anticipated genre films of 2011, Theater showcases the combined talents of some of the world’s most exciting and iconoclastic fantastic film figures: Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil), Karim Hussain (Subconcious Cruelty, cinematographer of Hobo With a Shotgun), Douglas Buck (Sisters, Cutting Moments), Buddy Giovinazzo (Combat Shock), David Gregory (Plague Town, founder of the Severin video label) and Tom Savini (legendary FX artist – Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th and countless others, director of the 1990 Night of the Living Dead remake and actor in such films as From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete). READ MORE

Fantasia ’11 [Review] ‘The Theater Bizarre’ Lives Up to Its Name!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 28, 2011 @ 6:15pm
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One of the biggest shockers out of the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal was Severin Films’ The Theatre Bizarre, their massive horror anthology featuring the likes of Tom Savini, Richard Stanley, Douglas Buck and many more. Quite reminiscent of HBO’s classic “Tales From the Crypt”, the anthology will be celebrated by all kinds of genre fans.

“Well-paced, absolutely hilarious, scary, bloody, grotesque and demented, ‘Theatre Bizarre’ lives up to its name. Shockingly carrying only a few missteps, an audience is recommended for one of those true movie-going experiences that’ll end with cheers and applause.”

Click the title for the entire review and watch for many more in the coming week as Fantasia continues on!

Fantasia 11 [Review] The Theater Bizarre Lives Up to Its Name!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 07, 2011 @ 9:55pm
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Playing at this month’s Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal is Sony Pictures Worldwide’s thriller Retreat, which stars Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton and Jamie Bell.

Carl Tibbetts makes his feature directorial debut on the film, which “finds Murphy and Newton heading to a remote island cottage to rebuild their frail marriage. When a wounded and armed stranger (Bell) shows up at their door with news about a deadly airborne virus, they must seal themselves inside the cottage, where the tension starts to escalate from psychological to physical.”

Alongside the trailer we’ve now got the first official stills.

Fantasia 11: Not So Thrilling New Images from Retreat

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 07, 2011 @ 7:02pm
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Udo Kier has just freaked me the f*ck out. Playing at both the upcoming Fantasia Film Festival and the Film4 FrightFest is Severin’s new horror anthology The Theater Bizarre.

We have just now scored a slew of intense imagery that feature a creepy Kier, alongside a bunch of trippy new stills. In addition, inside you’ll discover the first trailer fore the film jam-packed with outrageous horror madness.

On the subject of Canada’s esteemed horror film culture, Fantasia will be the site of the world premiere of the partially-made-in-Quebec (as well as the USA, the UK, Germany and France) anthology film, (read our set visit). One of the most hotly anticipated genre films of 2011, Theater showcases the combined talents of some of the world’s most exciting and iconoclastic fantastic film figures: Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil), Karim Hussain (Subconcious Cruelty, cinematographer of Hobo With a Shotgun), Douglas Buck (Sisters, Cutting Moments), Buddy Giovinazzo (Combat Shock), David Gregory (Plague Town, founder of the Severin video label) and Tom Savini (legendary FX artist – Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th and countless others, director of the 1990 Night of the Living Dead remake and actor in such films as From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete).

Fantasia 11: Whacked Out Trailer for Theatre Bizarre Anthology

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 07, 2011 @ 5:55pm
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The Fantasia Film Festival hasn’t even started and I’m already burnt out.

The first announced wave of films nearly gave me an anxiety attack, while today’s announcement sent me into cardiac arrest.

Inside you’ll find all of the newly announced genre titles from the 130-feature array that’s going to blow up Montreal on July 14 (through August 7). You’re going to need three weeks to even attempt to see all of these! (Breathe, Brad, breathe.)

Fantasia 11: Ridiculously Large Full Lineup Announced, Anxiety Ensues

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 02, 2011 @ 4:15pm
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Playing at both the upcoming Fantasia Film Festival and the Film4 FrightFest is Severin’s new horror anthology The Theater Bizarre!

On the subject of Canada’s esteemed horror film culture, Fantasia will be the site of the world premiere of the partially-made-in-Quebec (as well as the USA, the UK, Germany and France) anthology film, THE THEATRE BIZARRE (read our set visit). One of the most hotly anticipated genre films of 2011, Theater showcases the combined talents of some of the world’s most exciting and iconoclastic fantastic film figures: Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil), Karim Hussain (Subconcious Cruelty, cinematographer of Hobo With a Shotgun), Douglas Buck (Sisters, Cutting Moments), Buddy Giovinazzo (Combat Shock), David Gregory (Plague Town, founder of the Severin video label) and Tom Savini (legendary FX artist – Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th and countless others, director of the 1990 Night of the Living Dead remake and actor in such films as From Dusk Till Dawn and Machete).

Check out a brain-scrambling new image inside!

FrightFest/Fantasia 11: Have Breakfast With The Theater Bizarre

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 02, 2011 @ 4:14pm
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Very reminiscent of Black Christmas and te recent Kidnapped, below we scored a slew of new imagery from Andy Fetscher’s Urban Explorer, which will be playing at next month’s Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal.

“Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide, Kris, who leads them into the maze of escape tunnels and subterranean fortifications under the city. When their guide has a bad fall, two of the girls in the group frantically set off to seek help while Denis, the young American, stays behind. Armin, a former East German border guard suddenly appears from nowhere. Out of sheer desperation, Denis allows Armin to lead them and their unconscious guide to safety and it is at this moment that Denis realizes he has just made the biggest mistake of his life!”

Click the image for the full gallery. Trailer inside.

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Fantasia ’11: A Jackass of a ‘Wicker Tree’ Image!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 01, 2011 @ 2:39pm
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Well, it’s actually a horse…

Having its premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal next month is The Wicker Tree, Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man companion piece that looks pretty effin’ bizarre. We’ve compiled all of the previously released goodies, and added an exclusive creeptacular image below.

Starring Graham McTavish, Jacqueline Leonard, Clive Russell, Honeysuckle Weeks with Henry Garrett & introducing Britannia Nicol, “Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland . When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.”

Fantasia 11: A Jackass of a Wicker Tree Image!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on June 29, 2011 @ 2:59pm
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When the Fantasia International Film Festival returns to set Montreal ablaze this summer, the fantastic film festival – one of the largest and most influential of its kind in the world – will be celebrating its 15th anniversary with an astonishing three weeks showcase of international genre cinema, from July 14th to August 7th, 2011.

The full line-up of over 120 feature films from across the world will be announced in another few weeks. But for now, Fantasia is proud to reveal several juicy teases, one of which stands out: A Gala World Premiere for The Theater Bizarre!

Inside you’ll find the first ever images, along with more information on Severin’s insane new anthology.