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New Zealand [REC] Promotion Draws REAL Blood
One of my favorite foreign horror films of all-time is Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza’s Spanish flick [REC] (review), which has already been remade here in the States as QUARANTINE (hitting theaters October 10). While the remake is already arriving in theaters, the original is still making its way around the world giving horror fans a taste of some real horror. While the film was making its rounds in New Zealand, a promotion for the release made the news as it was banned by the New Zealand censors. Read on to see what happened…
A promotion for the release of an upcoming horror film involving a cocktail laced with human blood has been banned by New Zealand censors, according to Stuff (and various other sources).
The promotion for Spanish horror film [REC] – a movie so scary one Kiwi viewer soiled themselves at the New Zealand premiere – was deemed dangerous and offensive by the Chief Investigator for the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.
It centred around an Extreme Bloody Mary, a make-believe cocktail containing drops of blood.
Under Section 9 of the Food Act 1981, it is prohibitive to serve food that is unsound, unfit or offensive for human consumption.
[REC] is a documentary-style film in the style of The Blair Witch Project that follows local Barcelona firefighters working a night shift.
It is being released in New Zealand theatres from August 28, and is screening as part of the Incredibly Strange Film Festival.
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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