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Feral Cannibals Bite Into ‘The Colony’
Not to be confused with Room 101’s bug invasion film, Alcina Pictures with Item 7 and Mad Samurai Productions are aligning for The Colony, which is to be directed by Jeff Renfroe from a screenplay he penned with Patrick Tarr and Pascal Trottier.
Some names are already being thrown around as potential casting (none locked in stone so we’ll refrain from mentioning), but we did get the lead on the real plot crunch:
“In a future ice age, a mechanic must rally an underground colony to fight off a race of feral cannibals.”
Sounds like Mad Max meets Doomsday, which isn’t a bad thing at all!
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‘Season’s Greetings’ – The Original ‘Trick ‘r Treat’ Short Film Gets 4K Restoration and Fantasia Screening
Before Michael Dougherty made the Halloween classic Trick ‘r Treat, he first introduced the world to the lovable Sam in the 1996 animated short film, Season’s Greetings. The short served as the basis for the anthology feature film, and Season’s Greetings has now been given a brand spankin’ new 4K restoration as we approach another Halloween season.
Michael Dougherty has announced that the brand new 4K remaster of his short Season’s Greetings will be screening at the Fantasia International Film Festival this Summer!
Dougherty writes on Instagram, “Thirty years after he first crept from the shadows one fateful Halloween night, Sam is headed to Montreal. I’m excited to announce that Season’s Greetings, the hand-drawn animated short that first introduced Sam, has been officially selected to screen at the Fantasia International Film Festival in a brand-new 4K restoration with remastered 5.1 audio. The film will screen July 23 at 9:30 PM and July 26 at 10:30 AM, before Rubberhead: The Life & Monsters of Steve Johnson.”
Can’t make it to Fantasia this year? We’ve got good news! Dougherty teases…
“I couldn’t ask for a better place to kick off what’s shaping up to be a very busy spooky season. Because this is just the first stop. More screenings, events, and a few more tricks are on the way…”
You can grab tickets to the Season’s Greetings Fantasia screening right now.
“Twelve years before Trick ‘r Treat had horror fans across the world loving the burlap-donning Sam, the character first appeared in this wonderful animated short from director Michael Dougherty,” Fantasia previews. “As Season’s Greetings is turning 30 this year, we’re celebrating with a special screening of the original short in a stunning new 4K restoration.”
This year’s 30th anniversary Fantasia Film Festival runs from July 16 – August 2.
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