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‘Open 24 Hours’ Inspired by John Carpenter’s ‘Body Bags’ Short
Set to World Premiere at theFrightFest Film Festival in London is Padraig Reynolds‘ latest slasher, Open 24 Hours, which brings the horror to the graveyard shift.
In the film, after setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire. A paranoid delusional woman gets a job at an all-night gas station. Reynolds says that he was influenced by both John Carpenter and Alex Aja:
“John Carpenter’s Body Bags episode ‘The Gas Station’ and High Tension for sure,” Reynolds revealed when asked about his influcens.
He adds: “Since we shot in Serbia in the winter I really wanted to capture the cold and the rain. I really think that added a nice element to the film.”
“The Gas Station”, featured Robert Carradine as a serial killer, with cameos by David Naughton, Sam Raimi, and Wes Craven.
In Open 24 Hours, which stars Vanessa Grasse (Leatherface), Brendan Fletcher (Rampage, Freddy vs. Jason), Cole Vigue, Emily Tennant, and Daniel O’Meara:
“A paranoid delusional woman, Mary White (Vanessa Grasse), has just been released from a mental hospital for setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire. Her boyfriend, James Lincoln Fields is brutal serial killer known as The Rain Ripper. After being released from the Hospital, Mary’s vulnerable demeanor aids her in obtaining employment at an all-night gas station. However, left alone to her own devices, her paranoia and hallucinations return with furious consequences.”
Pray you never run out of gas.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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