‘The Divide’s’ Mickey Promises That It Will Melt Your Face and Your Hair Will Fall Out

 The Divides Mickey Promises That It Will Melt Your Face and Your Hair Will Fall Out

LITTLE GIRL: “I don’t want to stay down here. I want to go home now.

MICKEY (Michael Biehn): “I know sweetie, but uncle Mickey says we have to stay.

LITTLE GIRL: “Why?

MICKEY: “Because your face will melt off and your hair will fall out.

We’ve just landed a disturbing set of photos show the result of fallout in Anchor Bay’s horror-thriller The Divide (review) that opens in theaters January 13, 2012. Below you can dig on the new Fallout Progression photos for Rosanna Arquette, Milo Ventimiglia (above) and Michael Ecklund.

The award-winning makeup (Best Makeup FX, Sitges International Film Festival) for The Divide was done by artist Steve Kostanski, creating a disturbingly realistic look at the physical effects of fallout after a group of strangers narrowly survive a nuclear bomb. READ MORE

Xavier Gens Teases ‘ABCs of Death’ Short

 Xavier Gens Teases ABCs of Death Short

As cool as Magnet’s The ABCs of Death is, I am not looking forward to covering it. Featuring 26 short films from some of the hottest young directors, this means we’ll be releasing images, clips and trailers for 26 2-minute long films. That’s going to be a messy (but wonderful) array of content.

It begins today thanks to director Xavier Gens (Frontier(s), The Divide), who released the first teaser still from his unrevealed “letter”. Dig on the image above and check inside for full details on this massive anthology undertaking. READ MORE

Check Out The First Scene Of ‘The Divide’!

 Check Out The First Scene Of The Divide!

In anticipation of the impending release of the director’s cut of The Divide (review) the opening scene of the film (once made briefly available a while back) is now online.

The director’s cut will contain additional footage not seen during its previous screenings at SXSW and Fantasia 2011. Initial markets on January 13th will include New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Denver with additional markets to be announced.

In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller starring Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance, Ivan Gonzalez, Michael Eklund, Abbey Thickson, Ashton Holmes and Rosanna Arquette , “Nine strangers—all tenants of a New York high-rise apartment—escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness. Each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape, even with no promise of salvation on the outside.

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Xavier Gens Enters ‘House of Horror’, Huge News Forthcoming

Bloody Disgusting learned today that Xavier Gens is now getting behind the camera for House of Horror, the James Wan-produced haunted house horror flick that was penned by newcomer Max La Bella. STYD first reported.

In addition, we’ve learned that a MAJOR studio is about to get behind the production. Watch for that update soon. Gens directed Frontier(s) and Anchor Bay’s forthcoming The Divide. Wan is the co-creator of the Saw franchise, and directed both Insidious and Dead Silence.

Javier Gutierrez was once attached and is now said to be in talks to replace Juan Carlos Fresnadillo for Relativity’s The Crow reboot, although that’s a little too early to say.

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First Ever Batch of Hi-Res Imagery from Anchor Bay’s ‘The Divide’

Divide still1110311 First Ever Batch of Hi Res Imagery from Anchor Bays The Divide

From Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens comes the new post-apocalyptic thriller, The Divide (review), which blasts into theaters January 13 from Anchor Bay Films. Even though it premiered last March at SXSW, we’ve just now landed the first batch of imagery. Click above for all the stills.

In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance and Lauren German, “nine strangers—all tenants of a New York high rise apartment—escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside.READ MORE

Anchor Bay to Release Director’s Cut of ‘The Divide’

 Anchor Bay to Release Directors Cut of The Divide

Anchor Bay Films has announced today that on Friday, January 13th 2012, they will be releasing theatrically the full, unrated directors cut of Xavier Gens’ The Divide (review) in theaters. The version will contain additional footage not seen during its previous screenings at SXSW and Fantasia 2011. Initial markets on January 13th will include New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Denver with additional markets to be announced.

In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller starring Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance, Ivan Gonzalez, Michael Eklund, Abbey Thickson, Ashton Holmes and Rosanna Arquette , “Nine strangers—all tenants of a New York high-rise apartment—escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness. Each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape, even with no promise of salvation on the outside.READ MORE

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‘The Divide’ Comic Book Becomes New York Comic-Con Experiment

 The Divide Comic Book Becomes New York Comic Con Experiment

Now that I finally went broke and bought myself an iPad, reading comic books is once again the priority in my life (seriously, it’s amazing).

Making it’s debut at this weekend’s New York Comic-Con is Mondo artist James Flames’ comic book prequel to The Divide, Xavier Gens’ apocalyptic tale exploding into theaters January 13 from Anchor Bay. The film will be screening at NYCC this weekend and in honor of the event said comic will be available exclusively at Anchor Bay’s Comic Con booth, #430.

Inside you’ll find an exclusive look at pages 12 and 13 from the comic, which are actually kind of a spoiler for those of you looking forward to the film. Personally, having seen it, I’m DYING to know the origin behind these “specimens”. The cover art is also included.
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Theatrical Trailer for ‘The Divide’ Explodes Online!

 Theatrical Trailer for The Divide Explodes Online!

From Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens comes the new post-apocalyptic thriller, The Divide (review), which blasts into theaters January 13 from Anchor Bay Films.

This afternoon Yahoo! is hosting the official theatrical trailer that opens with a teardrop and ends with a (big) bang. The lucky ones died in the blast…

In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance and Lauren German, “nine strangers–all tenants of a New York high rise apartment–escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside.
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‘Frontier(s)’ Director Feeling ‘Cold Skin’

David Slade is officially off of Madrid and Paris-based Kanzaman’s Cold Skin as genre specialist Xavier Gens (The Divide, Hitman, Frontiere(s)) is now attached to direct psychological thriller, says Variety.

Set on an Antarctic island, “Skin” adapts Catalan writer Albert Sanchez Pinol’s eponymous bestseller. The novel chronicles the stay of an unnamed weather official on a remote island in the south Atlantic close to the Antarctic Circle

Spain’s Jesus Olmo (Linked, 28 Weeks Later) penned the script.

Now in pre-production, Skin is budgeted at around e million ($23 million).
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Milo Ventimiglia Has Evil Thoughts In New ‘The Divide’ Still

Having just screened at the San Diego Comic-Con, and aiming for release in 2012, Bloody Disgusting just scored a tense new image from Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens’ The Divide (review) that features star Milo Ventimiglia having some evil thoughts. What happens next?

In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller, nine strangers–all tenants of a New York high rise apartment–escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside.

Check out the new NSFW clip here.
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Rape and Beans in NSFW ‘The Divide’ Clipage!

Anchor Bay has provided Bloody Disgusting with the following exclusive Comic-Con clip from Xavier Gens’ The Divide (review), which will hit theaters in 2012 from Anchor Bay Films.

Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance and Lauren German all star in the film from the director of Frontier(s).

In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller, nine strangers–all tenants of a New York high rise apartment–escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside.
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SXSW ’11 INTERVIEW: ‘The Divide’ Director Xavier Gens!

Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens’ The Divide (review) was acquired for a whopping seven figures (by Anchor Bay) after its SXSW world premiere late last week, and just before the big sale David Harley caught up with the French phenom to talk about the end of the world.

Starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, and Lauren German, the film begins when a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York forcing eight strangers to take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey.
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SXSW ’11 REVIEW: ‘The Divide’ is “Terrifying and Bleak”

Earlier this week Anchor Bay pulled out the check book and spent over a million bucks on Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens’ The Divide, a tense post-apocalyptic thriller that takes to a NYC bunker where a group of apartment tenants fight to stay alive.

‘The Divide’ is a terrifying and bleak vision of the future whose performances and images will stick with you for days after you watch it. Gens’ direction and Laurent Barès cinematography create a moody, claustrophobic atmosphere that never feels stale despite its closed-quarters setting. The tone is vile and the characters devolve into sickening states of being, but the reality-based approach to Gens’ end of days makes for one of the best apocalyptic tales in quite a while.

You’ll find the full review by clicking here, while you can keep up with all of our SXSW coverage here.

 SXSW 11 REVIEW: The Divide is Terrifying and Bleak

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SXSW ’11: Anchor Bay Pays Big for ‘The Divide’

After an intense world premiere, the hyper relevant The Divide (watch 3 clips) has gone to Anchor Bay in a low seven figure deal.

Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Lauren German, Rosanna Arquette, Michael Eklund and Courtney B. Vance star in the story of what happens after eight people take refuge in the underground bunker a 9/11 survivor has built beneath their apartment building after a cataclysmic bomb wrecks New York.

Xavier Gens (Frontiers) directed the screenplay by Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean.

Watch for our exclusive interview with Gens and a review in the coming week. I implore you to keep your eyes peeled for a release date as the movie is pretty effin’ awesome.
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SXSW ’11: Two New Clips From ‘Frontier(s)’ Director’s ‘The Divide’

There’s not much known about Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens’ The Divide,his end of the world thriller starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, and Lauren German. While we have a synopsis, it’s still unclear what kind of movie we’ll be seeing. Suffice to say, word out of the SXSW world premiere is that the movie is absolutely incredible (review forthcoming).

To garner even more excitement, inside you’ll find an exclusive look at 2 more clips, alongside the previous released opening sequence.

When a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York, eight strangers take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey. With just three connecting rooms it’s barely big enough, but with stockpiles of food and water, the group are at least safe from the horrors outside, and they settle in and attempt to fathom the catastrophe that has ended the lives of so many of their loved ones.
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SXSW ’11: Internal Conflict Realized in Opening Scene From ‘The Divide’

To survive the end of the world…you must first survive each other…

Frontier(s) director Xavier Gens’ end of the world thriller The Divide is set to have its world premiere this coming weekend as the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. While a trailer was released late last year, this morning our friends at Twitch scored the opening scene from the post-apocalyptic thriller starring Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Rosanna Arquette, Courtney B. Vance, and LaurenGerman.

When a cataclysmic explosion devastates New York, eight strangers take refuge in the basement of their apartment building, a converted fallout shelter designed by their paranoid superintendent Mickey. With just three connecting rooms it’s barely big enough, but with stockpiles of food and water, the group are at least safe from the horrors outside, and they settle in and attempt to fathom the catastrophe that has ended the lives of so many of their loved ones.

 SXSW 11: Internal Conflict Realized in Opening Scene From The Divide

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SXSW ’11: Genre-Bending One Sheet Debut for ‘Detention’

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

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.

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SXSW ’11: Two Arty New Posters for ‘Cold Sweat’

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!

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SXSW ’11: Trailer, Poster, First Info on ‘Cold Sweat’

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.

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

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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SXSW ’11: Trailers, Clips, Posters, Images from Carpenter-Inspired ‘Phase 7′!!

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.”

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SXSW ’11: Smokey New Still from ‘Little Deaths’

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.

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SXSW ’11: Devil Worshippers Attack in ‘Kill List’!

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:

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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