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Elijah Wood’s Woodshed Acquires ‘Toad Road,’ Announces ‘Girl’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 19, 2012 @ 7:04pm
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The Woodshed, the new horror shingle from partners Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller has announced two new projects — the original production A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and the completed feature Toad Road (review) from writer-director Jason Banker, reports Variety.

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is an Iranian western about vampires that will mark the feature debut of writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour. The film is described as a love story set in a fictitious Iranian ghost town reeking of death and loneliness, where a strange and jaded population is haunted by a lonesome vampire who preys upon the city’s most depraved denizens.

Shot in widescreen black-and-white and entirely in Farsi, everything from the characters, the look, a modern soundtrack of 60′s inspired Western guitar music and Iranian pop make the film a mythical mash-up of genre and culture. READ MORE

[Fantasia '12] Mr Disgusting’s Mini-Reviews #1: The Best of the Fest!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on August 02, 2012 @ 7:31pm
Category: Movies / Reviews

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

[Fantasia '12 Interview] Director Jason Banker On Drug Use And Paranormal Experiences In ‘Toad Road’

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Posted by Lonmonster on July 28, 2012 @ 2:45pm
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Jason Banker’s debut feature film, Toad Road, had its world premiere this past Friday at Fantasia Film Festival. Banker has quite the impressive cinematographer portfolio, working on many documentaries such as My Name Is Faith, and All Tomorrow’s Parties, but with Toad Road, Banker delivers a realistic portrayal of a drug induced paranormal world. The film explores an urban legend about The Seven Gates Of Hell, and it follows a group of misled party-goers who venture a bit too far into the rabbit hole.

Jason Banker took the time to chat with me about his first feature film, his past relationship with drug use, urban legends, and a lot more. READ MORE

[Fantasia '12] Exclusive Clip From ‘Toad Road’ Parties Down With The Condom Trick

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Posted by EvanDickson on July 27, 2012 @ 11:00am
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Black Out Films and Random Bench Productions are excited to announce the world premiere of Toad Road at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montréal. The Fantasia Festival kicked off July 19th and continues on through August 7th in Montréal, Canada, with the Fantasia Film Market making its debut from July 26-29, 2012. The film is directed and produced by Jason Banker and marks his first narrative feature. And now we have an exclusive clip! And yeesh! Let’s be honest, a lot of clips are boring. Not this one! While there’s nothing here in terms of people getting killed, this is one party trick I wouldn’t want to try!

“Inspired by an urban legend, Toad Road is an intimate meditation on lost youth evocative of Gus Van Sant (with a racy touch of Larry Clark) and a radical deconstruction of genre cinema, a devastating and brilliant object of contemplation and dread, and a journey down unexpected paths.”

Head inside for the clip and the film’s trailer! READ MORE

[Fantasia '12] Take A Trip Down ‘Toad Road’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 23, 2012 @ 11:43am
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Black Out Films and Random Bench Productions are excited to announce the world premiere of Toad Road at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montréal. The Fantasia Festival kicked off July 19th and continues on through August 7th in Montréal, Canada, with the Fantasia Film Market making its debut from July 26-29, 2012. Jason Banker directed and produced his first narrative feature, Toad Road, in collaboration with producers Liz Levine and Adrian Salpeter. Toad Road displays a disturbing portrait of contemporary youth culture where the lines between perception and reality are blurred with often frightening results.

Inside we’ve added the trailer while below you’ll find the official festival poster and stills.

New Teaser For Fantasia Film Selection ‘Toad Road’ Certainly Looks Mumblecore

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Posted by EvanDickson on July 17, 2012 @ 12:52pm
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There’s a new trailer (via TwitchFilm) for director Jason Banker‘s upcoming Fantasia Fest selection, Toad Road. It’s way too early to call for sure, but it looks to have a flat, mushy mumblecore aesthetic that I don’t know if I can buy into.

“Inspired by an urban legend, ‘Toad Road’ is an intimate meditation on lost youth evocative of Gus Van Sant (with a racy touch of Larry Clark) and a radical deconstruction of genre cinema, a devastating and brilliant object of contemplation and dread, and a journey down unexpected paths.”

Head inside to check out the teaser. Toad Road premieres July 26th at Fantasia Fest. READ MORE