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Lawrie Brewster’s Period Horror ‘Automata’ Breaks Kickstarter Record
Automata, the latest horror from Scottish genre house Hex Studios, has smashed its £80K Kickstarter goal, with days left in the campaign. Horror fans from all over the world have rallied to support the Gothic chiller, earning the film a place in Kickstarter history as the UK’s most funded narrative film ever.
Directed byLawrie Brewster, “The film tells the story of antique expert Brendan Cole who is sent to authenticate a 300-year-old clockwork doll with a notorious history, known as ‘The Infernal Princess’. In the remote Scottish mansion where it has been discovered, Brendan soon finds himself the victim of the automaton’s legendary curse.”
The team have announced a set of stretch goals which would see epic battle scenes added to the film, featuring phantom horsemen and a legion of ghost soldiers. There’s still time to get your hands on the Kickstarter-exclusive rewards; T-shirts, Collector’s Editions, Owlman plushes, or even a credit in the movie, before the campaign ends on the 9th of May.
The film stars Hex Studios’ regulars Jamie Scott Gordon (Bonejangles) and Alexandra Nicole Hulme (The Black Gloves), alongside Erich Redman (The Danish Girl), Jonathan Hansler (The Devil’s Business) and rising star Victoria Lucie (Dartmoor Killing).
Automata is an international co-production between Hex Studios and partners Dark Dunes Productions, in association with Needle’s Eye Productions and 7 Toes Productions, and Executive Producers Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki, Charles Stiefel, Nick Ford, Greg Orsi, Bill Eikost and Richard Pate.
As well as being a hit with horror fans, the campaign has garnered support along the way from genre heavyweights such as Doomsday actor Craig Conway, Fashionista director Simon Rumley, Ghost Stories actor/director Andy Nyman, and StudioADI, the Academy Award-winning creature effects company behind Starship Troopers, Tremors, and It.
The film is slated for release in December 2018.
Following in the wake of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse getting their own horror movies, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid is the next to get the twisted treatment.
Originally published in 1837, the original tale of The Little Mermaid is now in the public domain, and MSR Media International presents their own horror version of the tale this year.
The Little Mermaid is being distributed by Grindstone Entertainment Group, and the film has officially been rated “R” this week for “Language, some violence and brief nudity.”
In the film from director Leigh Scott, “Dr. Eric Prince, an archaeologist, makes a dramatic discovery on a small Caribbean island—proof of an ancient, advanced prehistoric society. While his dig is in progress, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Aurora Bey and falls in love. Her arrival coincides with several mermaid sightings and strange disappearances.
“When Eric’s friend and mentor, Dr. Ashley, arrives on the island, Ashley uncovers the true identity of Aurora and the dangers of the hidden evil inside Eric’s dig site. Will Eric heed his friend’s advice, or will he be blinded by love and the power of the siren, allowing the world to fall to the forces of evil?”
Lydia Helen, Mike Markoff and Jeff Denton star in The Little Mermaid.
You can watch the trailer now over on MSR Media International’s website.
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