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R.I.P. ‘Shin Godzilla’ and ‘Audition’ Star Ren Osugi Has Died
We’re sad to report today, via Godzilla-Movies, that a member of the Godzilla family has passed away. Ren Osugi, who played Prime Minister Seiji Okochi in Shin Godzilla, has died at 66 from acute heart failure.
A testament to how prolific Ren Osugi was throughout his career, he amassed just under 400 acting credits since he began appearing in films and television shows back in 1979. Osugi was nominated for the Japanese Academy Award in 1999 for his performance in Hana-bi, which also nabbed him a handful of other prestigious awards.
Other prominent films on Osugi’s massive resume include Takashi Miike’s Audition, Miike’s Dead or Alive, Nightmare Detective and Takeshi Kitano’s Brother.
He frequently worked with Kitano, also starring in his Sonatine.
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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