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High Profile ‘Animals’ Gets Dumped to DVD
Quite possibly one of the worst movies I have EVER seen (seriously, this is fun to watch with friends) is Douglas Aarniokoski’s star-studded disaster Animals (review), the high profile adaptation starring Mark Blucas, Nicki Aycox, Eva Amurri, Andy Comeau and Naveen Andrews. Not surprisingly, the film is getting dumped on DVD June 15th from Maverick Entertainment. Adapted from co-authors Craig Spector and John Skipp’s landmark 1993 lycanthrope novel, Animals is a tale about a blue-collar worker whose uneventful life receives a sudden jolt of uncontainable violence. In a dying factory town, a cursed love triangle spirals into a frenzied disaster that will consume the lives of all involved.
One of contemporary horror’s best werewolf movies is 2017’s Good Manners, and it’s finally set to receive a proper physical media release.
Icarus Films is partnering with OCN Distribution to unleash a new Blu-ray that’s now available to preorder via Vinegar Syndrome. and with a limited edition slipcover.
Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon to be born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.
Good Manners is the second collaboration between filmmakers Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra, who write and direct. Zama’s Rui Poças‘ cinematography captures this unique werewolf tale described as “Disney meets Jacques Tourneur.”
Our own Trace Thurman wrote in his review, “With Good Manners, Rojas and Dutro have made one of the best werewolf movies ever made. That they are able juggle commentaries on racism and classism while still managing to tell two deeply affecting love stories is remarkable.”
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary from film critics Shelagh Rowan-Legg and Carolyn Mauricette
- 12-page booklet with an essay by film critic Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer
- Making-of short film: The Making of a Werewolf (2 mins)
- Two additional short films from the filmmakers: A STEM (15 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutras, and DOPPELGANGER (24 mins), directed by Juliana Rojas
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