Luke Arnold’s latest thriller, Scrublands, sees Martin Scarsden’s investigation into the tragic church killings orchestrated by Pastor Byron Swift. Those who knew Pastor Byron Swift (Jay Ryan) said he was a generous and kind-hearted man. He treated everyone with respect and was always the first to volunteer to serve the community. He preached the teachings of Christ but never forced or pressured anyone to follow suit. Maybe that’s why no one would have suspected what was going to happen next. One day, while everyone gathered around the church for their morning prayers, Pastor Swift went berserk. He cold-bloodedly murdered Craig (Martin Copping), Tom (Scott Major), Alf (Fletcher Humphrys), Hugh (Ben De Pagter), and Gerry (Adam Morgan) with his long-range rifle. Robbie, the cop, arrived at the scene, shot Pastor Swift, and ended his killing spree.
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- 11/17/2023
- by Rishabh Shandilya
- Film Fugitives
"Breathe in the clear air, and out the blackness…" Netflix has released an official trailer for an acclaimed, super dark Australian thriller titled The Stranger, made by actor / director Thomas M. Wright. This first premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival back in May, just played at the Melbourne Film Festival, and is also stopping by the London Film Festival before debuting on Netflix in October. A small circle of seasoned undercover cops must pose as a vast and influential criminal network to catch a murderer who has evaded conviction for eight years. Joel Edgerton stars as Mark, a cop who perilously finds himself descending deeper into hell while trying to establish a relationship with a dangerous murder suspect. The film unravels as it plays out, initially you don't know who's who and what's going on, with details coming to light as the story continues. Also starring Sean Harris, Steve Mouzakis,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Cate Blanchett in ‘Stateless.’ (Photo: Ben King).
The first two episodes of Matchbox Pictures’ Stateless and the second series of Bunya Productions’ Mystery Road will have their world premieres at the sixth edition of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Berlinale Series.
In addition, Goalpost’s Dark Victory from writer-director Matthew Saville is among eight titles selected for the Co-Pro Series 2020, which seeks to link projects with international partners.
Adapted from the book by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson, Dark Victory is the story of the Howard government’s refusal to allow Norwegian frieghter Tampa, with hundreds of mainly Afghan refugees on board, to enter Christmas Island.
The Berlinale Series line-up consists of eight series from around the world including Damien Chazelle’s Paris-set musical-drama The Eddy for Netflix, Jason Segel’s AMC series Dispatches from Elswehere and the BBC-HBO Max’s Trigonometry.
“An abundance of topics and...
The first two episodes of Matchbox Pictures’ Stateless and the second series of Bunya Productions’ Mystery Road will have their world premieres at the sixth edition of the Berlin International Film Festival’s Berlinale Series.
In addition, Goalpost’s Dark Victory from writer-director Matthew Saville is among eight titles selected for the Co-Pro Series 2020, which seeks to link projects with international partners.
Adapted from the book by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson, Dark Victory is the story of the Howard government’s refusal to allow Norwegian frieghter Tampa, with hundreds of mainly Afghan refugees on board, to enter Christmas Island.
The Berlinale Series line-up consists of eight series from around the world including Damien Chazelle’s Paris-set musical-drama The Eddy for Netflix, Jason Segel’s AMC series Dispatches from Elswehere and the BBC-HBO Max’s Trigonometry.
“An abundance of topics and...
- 1/14/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Aaron Pedersen and Jada Alberts in ‘Mystery Road 2’ (Photo: David Dare Parker).
Swedish actress Sofia Helin, who starred in all four seasons of The Bridge, is co-starring with Aaron Pedersen in the second series of Bunya Productions’ ABC crime drama Mystery Road.
Helin, who played Saga Norén, a homicide detective from Malmö, in the Swedish/Danish film noir crime series which screened here on Sbs, is cast as archaeologist Professor Sondra Elmquist.
The professor is conducting a dig near a remote coastal town when she encounters Pedersen’s Detective Jay Swan, who has moved to the town to be closer to his family and is investigating a grisly case.
Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair are sharing the directing duties on the six episodes produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, with Thornton as the Dop.
Two weeks into the 10 weeks shoot in Broome and the Dampier Peninsular, the series is...
Swedish actress Sofia Helin, who starred in all four seasons of The Bridge, is co-starring with Aaron Pedersen in the second series of Bunya Productions’ ABC crime drama Mystery Road.
Helin, who played Saga Norén, a homicide detective from Malmö, in the Swedish/Danish film noir crime series which screened here on Sbs, is cast as archaeologist Professor Sondra Elmquist.
The professor is conducting a dig near a remote coastal town when she encounters Pedersen’s Detective Jay Swan, who has moved to the town to be closer to his family and is investigating a grisly case.
Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair are sharing the directing duties on the six episodes produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, with Thornton as the Dop.
Two weeks into the 10 weeks shoot in Broome and the Dampier Peninsular, the series is...
- 7/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
We've been excited for Daily Dead readers to check out Ben Young's Hounds of Love since our own Heather Wixson saw it at SXSW, calling it a "harrowing and boundary-pushing thriller" in her review. Now, ahead of its theatrical and VOD release on May 12th, you can get an idea of what to expect in the film's haunting new trailer.
Synopsis: "In suburban Perth during the mid 1980s, people are unaware that women are disappearing at the hands of serial killer couple John and Evelyn White. After an innocent lapse in judgment, Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted by the disturbed couple. With her murder imminent, Vicki realizes she must find a way to drive a wedge between Evelyn and John if she is to survive. Hounds of Love is an exercise in expertly-crafted tension, offering a bold, challenging debut from writer/director Ben Young."
Written and directed by Ben Young,...
Synopsis: "In suburban Perth during the mid 1980s, people are unaware that women are disappearing at the hands of serial killer couple John and Evelyn White. After an innocent lapse in judgment, Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted by the disturbed couple. With her murder imminent, Vicki realizes she must find a way to drive a wedge between Evelyn and John if she is to survive. Hounds of Love is an exercise in expertly-crafted tension, offering a bold, challenging debut from writer/director Ben Young."
Written and directed by Ben Young,...
- 4/27/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
In today's Horror Highlights, we have release details for Asylum of Darkness and Chupacabra Territory, a new poster for Hounds of Love, details on Ghost Brothers moving to Destination America, acquisition info on Red Christmas, and details on MondoCon 2017.
Asylum of Darkness: "'Wild Eye Releasing unlocks the doors to award-winning filmmaker Jay Woelfel's supernatural horror feature Asylum of Darkness this April.
Woelfel’s stirring cocktail of supernatural suspense and goosebump-inducing horror features a superlative cast of sci-fi and horror icons including Golden Globe nominee Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), in one his final film appearances.
Tim Thomerson (Trancers, Near Dark, Nemesis) and Tiffany Shepis (12 Monkeys, Tromeo and Juliet, Tales of Halloween) also star in the movie, a striking, spine-tingling horror jaunt, shot in 35mm, that resembles the works of genre icons Lynch and Cronenberg.
After awakening in a mental asylum, a patient plans his escape to freedom while...
Asylum of Darkness: "'Wild Eye Releasing unlocks the doors to award-winning filmmaker Jay Woelfel's supernatural horror feature Asylum of Darkness this April.
Woelfel’s stirring cocktail of supernatural suspense and goosebump-inducing horror features a superlative cast of sci-fi and horror icons including Golden Globe nominee Richard Hatch (Battlestar Galactica), in one his final film appearances.
Tim Thomerson (Trancers, Near Dark, Nemesis) and Tiffany Shepis (12 Monkeys, Tromeo and Juliet, Tales of Halloween) also star in the movie, a striking, spine-tingling horror jaunt, shot in 35mm, that resembles the works of genre icons Lynch and Cronenberg.
After awakening in a mental asylum, a patient plans his escape to freedom while...
- 4/7/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
One of our favorite films from last year’s Venice Film Festival is making its way to the United States. Hounds of Love, a harrowing debut from Australian director Ben Young, will get its North American premiere at South by Southwest Film Festival before arriving in theaters in May courtesy of Gunpowder & Sky Distribution. Featuring a couple who abducts a young women, the first teaser has now arrived.
We said in our review “director Ben Young’s feature debut is the kind of film you wish you could un-see – except not really. Sure, its extended depictions of physical and psychological abuse will upset/offend many. At the same time, there’s no denying the level of craft and performance involved that probes human depravity so compellingly, you’re left with much more than just rattled nerves and a taste of bile.”
Check out the teaser below for the film starring Ashleigh Cummings,...
We said in our review “director Ben Young’s feature debut is the kind of film you wish you could un-see – except not really. Sure, its extended depictions of physical and psychological abuse will upset/offend many. At the same time, there’s no denying the level of craft and performance involved that probes human depravity so compellingly, you’re left with much more than just rattled nerves and a taste of bile.”
Check out the teaser below for the film starring Ashleigh Cummings,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The Belanglo State Forest, scene of Ivan Milat.s grisly serial murders, is such a forbidding place the producers of the Seven Network.s Catching Milat chose to avoid the area.
Only director Peter Andrikidis and DoP Joe Pickering visited the area south of Berrima but they used a drone camera to film the location.
.It.s such an eerie place I didn.t want to go there when they did the tech survey,. Kerrie Mainwaring, who produced the two-part Shine Australia miniseries with Rory Callaghan, tells If.
Instead, the cast and crew shot the crime drama in Terrey Hills, St Ives, Balmain, Glebe, Wattle Grove and Parramatta.
As the title suggests, the focus is not on Ivan Milat but on the marathon investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders that led to his arrest and conviction.
Callaghan came up with the idea and Shine optioned the book Sins of the...
Only director Peter Andrikidis and DoP Joe Pickering visited the area south of Berrima but they used a drone camera to film the location.
.It.s such an eerie place I didn.t want to go there when they did the tech survey,. Kerrie Mainwaring, who produced the two-part Shine Australia miniseries with Rory Callaghan, tells If.
Instead, the cast and crew shot the crime drama in Terrey Hills, St Ives, Balmain, Glebe, Wattle Grove and Parramatta.
As the title suggests, the focus is not on Ivan Milat but on the marathon investigation into the 1990s backpacker murders that led to his arrest and conviction.
Callaghan came up with the idea and Shine optioned the book Sins of the...
- 5/11/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Crawlspace writer-director- producer Justin Dix aims to set up a screening of the action-thriller in each capital city following its premiere last Sunday night at Melbourne.s Astor Theatre.
Dix was heartened by the turnout in Melbourne, where he hosted a Q&A session, and is talking to independent exhibitors about staging. similar events around the country.
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He figures there will be an appetite among audiences to see his film on the big screen although the title is being released by Greenlight Releasing on DVD and Blu-ray on July 22, and simultaneously on Big Pond Movies.
Dix.s debut film, the saga follows a special forces unit sent to infiltrate the top secret underground military compound Pine Group and is attacked by unknown forces, featuring Ditch Davey, Fletcher Humphrys, Eddie Baroo, Peta Sergeant and Samuel Johnson.
It had its Australian premiere at the Cockatoo Island Film Festival in Sydney, was sold...
Dix was heartened by the turnout in Melbourne, where he hosted a Q&A session, and is talking to independent exhibitors about staging. similar events around the country.
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He figures there will be an appetite among audiences to see his film on the big screen although the title is being released by Greenlight Releasing on DVD and Blu-ray on July 22, and simultaneously on Big Pond Movies.
Dix.s debut film, the saga follows a special forces unit sent to infiltrate the top secret underground military compound Pine Group and is attacked by unknown forces, featuring Ditch Davey, Fletcher Humphrys, Eddie Baroo, Peta Sergeant and Samuel Johnson.
It had its Australian premiere at the Cockatoo Island Film Festival in Sydney, was sold...
- 7/9/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
After screening at Sitges, Screamfest La and a bunch of Australian festivals -- and helping director Justin Dix get the attention of Fox for his next film -- sci-fi thriller Crawlspace will finally have its hometown premiere at the glorious Astor Theatre on Sunday 7 July.Executive produced by Greg McLean, and with special effects by Dix's own FX company Wicked of Oz, Crawlspace stars the awesomely-named Ditch Davey (who really should play Dirk Pitt if they ever make another movie based on Clive Cussler's novels), Amber Clayton, Nicholas Bell, Peta Sergeant, Eddie Baroo, Samuel Johnson and Fletcher Humphrys.In Crawlspace a group of elite soldiers infiltrate a top-secret underground military compound and find the facility is a testing ground for something sinister. In this space everyone...
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- 6/13/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Watch the trailer and see the photos from Crawlspace starring Amber Clayton, Ditch Davey, Eddie Baroo, Peta Sergeant, Fletcher Humphrys and Nicholas Bell. Justin Dix directs the film as well as scripting alongside Eddie Baroo and Adam Patrick Foster. IFC distributes, with a release date of January 4th both in theaters and digital outlets including SundanceNOW, iTunes, Amazon Streaming, Xbox Zune and Playstation Unlimited. Crawlspace is the feature debut of Dix who is an award winning special effects supervisor who has worked with George Lucas and Roger Donaldson. In the film, deep in the heart of the unforgiving Australian desert lies Pine Gap, a top-secret government facility operated by the United States military. When the base comes under attack from unknown forces...
- 12/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch the trailer and see the photos from Crawlspace starring Amber Clayton, Ditch Davey, Eddie Baroo, Peta Sergeant, Fletcher Humphrys and Nicholas Bell. Justin Dix directs the film as well as scripting alongside Eddie Baroo and Adam Patrick Foster. IFC distributes, with a release date of January 4th both in theaters and digital outlets including SundanceNOW, iTunes, Amazon Streaming, Xbox Zune and Playstation Unlimited. Crawlspace is the feature debut of Dix who is an award winning special effects supervisor who has worked with George Lucas and Roger Donaldson. In the film, deep in the heart of the unforgiving Australian desert lies Pine Gap, a top-secret government facility operated by the United States military. When the base comes under attack from unknown forces...
- 12/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The sixth installment in the iconic Underbelly crime series is set to begin filming in Melbourne.
Underbelly: Squizzy will chronicle the the exploits of gangster Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor - better known as .Squizzy. - and his quest for power from 1915 to 1927.
Squizzy will be played by rising actor Jared Daperis, while other cast will include Susie Porter (as matriarch Rosie Taylor), Luke Ford, Dan Wyllie, Nathan Page, Richard Cawthorne, Ashley Zukerman, Matt Boesenberg, Diana Glenn, Ken Radley, Andrew Ryan, Fletcher Humphrys and Peter Moon. Camille Keenan, Elise Jansen and Gracie Gilbert will play the three women who loved Squizzy.
The latest Underbelly series is being produced by production company Screentime for the Nine Network, which will broadcast the series next year. Screentime executive chairman Des Monaghan said Squizzy was to the 20th century what Ned Kelly was to the 19th century.
.Squizzy loved women and they loved him...
Underbelly: Squizzy will chronicle the the exploits of gangster Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor - better known as .Squizzy. - and his quest for power from 1915 to 1927.
Squizzy will be played by rising actor Jared Daperis, while other cast will include Susie Porter (as matriarch Rosie Taylor), Luke Ford, Dan Wyllie, Nathan Page, Richard Cawthorne, Ashley Zukerman, Matt Boesenberg, Diana Glenn, Ken Radley, Andrew Ryan, Fletcher Humphrys and Peter Moon. Camille Keenan, Elise Jansen and Gracie Gilbert will play the three women who loved Squizzy.
The latest Underbelly series is being produced by production company Screentime for the Nine Network, which will broadcast the series next year. Screentime executive chairman Des Monaghan said Squizzy was to the 20th century what Ned Kelly was to the 19th century.
.Squizzy loved women and they loved him...
- 9/24/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Screentime has begun production on the latest instalment of Underbelly for Nine.
The announcement:
Australia’s most colourful crime tsar is set to reclaim his throne when Underbelly: Squizzy commences filming on location in Melbourne this week.
A Screentime production for the Nine Network, the sixth instalment in this iconic series will chronicle the exploits of Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor, known to all as “Squizzy” – the celebrity gangster whose ego and ambition knew no boundaries.
Spanning the years from 1915 to 1927, Underbelly: Squizzy tells the epic story of Squizzy’s relentless quest for power, ultimately creating a public persona that made him the first superstar gangster of the 20th Century.
With rising star, Jared Daperis, in the titular role, the dynamic cast will include Susie Porter, as matriarch “Rosie Taylor”, alongside Luke Ford, Dan Wyllie, Nathan Page, Richard Cawthorne, Ashley Zukerman, Matt Boesenberg, Diana Glenn, Ken Radley, Andrew Ryan,...
The announcement:
Australia’s most colourful crime tsar is set to reclaim his throne when Underbelly: Squizzy commences filming on location in Melbourne this week.
A Screentime production for the Nine Network, the sixth instalment in this iconic series will chronicle the exploits of Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor, known to all as “Squizzy” – the celebrity gangster whose ego and ambition knew no boundaries.
Spanning the years from 1915 to 1927, Underbelly: Squizzy tells the epic story of Squizzy’s relentless quest for power, ultimately creating a public persona that made him the first superstar gangster of the 20th Century.
With rising star, Jared Daperis, in the titular role, the dynamic cast will include Susie Porter, as matriarch “Rosie Taylor”, alongside Luke Ford, Dan Wyllie, Nathan Page, Richard Cawthorne, Ashley Zukerman, Matt Boesenberg, Diana Glenn, Ken Radley, Andrew Ryan,...
- 9/23/2012
- by mumbrella
- Encore Magazine
Channel 5 bosses have released a new trailer showing the dramatic aftermath of Charlie Buckton's shooting in Home and Away. Charlie, played by Esther Anderson, has been left fighting for her life after old enemy Jake Pirovic (Fletcher Humphrys) made a shock return and shot her twice. Next week's episodes see Charlie rushed to hospital as Ruby (Rebecca Breeds) and (more)...
- 2/10/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away star Esther Anderson has said that the soap's bosses were right to kill off her character Charlie Buckton. Charlie died in the latest episode to air in Australia in the tragic aftermath of her shooting at the hands of Jake Pirovic (Fletcher Humphrys). Anderson, who quit the show to pursue new projects, has now insisted that there was no other way for Charlie to bow out from Summer Bay without lover Brax. "When I read the final script for Charlie's exit, I made sure I was in the privacy of my own home," she told Home and Away's official website. "It was written really well - it was a tragic love story and I hope the fans like it." Anderson continued: "It's a great storyline. The writers have just done a brilliant job with these two characters - the whole journey from start to finish. Some...
- 1/24/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away character Charlie Buckton has died in the latest episode to air in Australia. Charlie passed away in hospital after her daughter Ruby (Rebecca Breeds) and lover Brax (Steve Peacocke) agreed that her ventilator should be turned off as there was nothing more that doctors could do for her. The former police officer had been shot by vengeful Jake Pirovic (Fletcher Humphrys) in the soap's 2011 season finale, but firm details of her exit scenes had been kept under wraps until transmission. Following advice from doctors, Ruby realised that it was time to let Charlie go as she was only being kept alive by a machine. Bad boy Brax initially struggled to accept the teenager's decision, holing himself up in Charlie's hospital room with a gun so that she couldn't be (more)...
- 1/24/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away's Ruby Buckton faced a heartbreaking decision as the soap returned to screens in Australia today (Monday). Back in November, the show's 2011 season finale episode left Ruby's mother Charlie in a critical condition after she was shot twice by vengeful Jake Pirovic (Fletcher Humphrys). Following weeks of speculation over the character's future, today's 2012 premiere saw Charlie rushed to hospital after she was found by her loved ones. When Charlie's lover Brax (Steve Peacocke) discovered who was responsible for her injuries, he raced off for a dramatic showdown with villainous Jake. However, Ruby stayed at the hospital and there was heartache in store for the student after Charlie returned from emergency surgery. Local doctor Sid Walker (Robert Mammone) was forced to break the news to Ruby that Charlie was only being (more)...
- 1/23/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away star Steve Peacocke has revealed that fans will soon see a darker side to his character Brax. Brax faces terrible turmoil in episodes soon to air in Australia, as he discovers that his lover Charlie is critically injured after being shot. While Charlie is receiving emergency treatment at the hospital, an inconsolable Brax is determined to get revenge when he learns that Jake Pirovic (Fletcher Humphrys) was the culprit. Peacocke told TV Week: "He's a bloke who doesn't tolerate anything bad happening to the people he loves - especially Charlie. He wants to kill this bloke." He continued: "This is the Brax people have only heard about till now. He came to Summer Bay with a reputation, and the audience is about to see why he has that reputation. He's had to fight his whole life, and that side really comes out now as (more)...
- 1/16/2012
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away has aired its shock season finale twist in Australia, leaving the life of show favourite Charlie Buckton hanging in the balance. Following weeks of speculation surrounding the character's future, Charlie was left critically injured following a surprise visit from Jake Pirovic (Fletcher Humphrys), who pulled out a gun and shot her twice. Jake carried out his attack as revenge because Charlie had previously shot dead his brother Hammer (Benedict Samuel) amid a dangerous situation which unfolded after he held her captive. In a tragic twist, Charlie's shooting came just as she was about to leave Summer Bay for a new life in the city with boyfriend Brax (Steve Peacocke), his brother Casey (Lincoln Younes) and her daughter Ruby (Rebecca Breeds). Whether Charlie will survive is currently unknown, but rumours recently emerged that (more)...
- 11/25/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
Home and Away star Steve Peacocke has spoken of how his character Brax's life is left hanging in the balance in a forthcoming storyline. Scenes which air in Australia next week see Brax get stabbed by dangerous Jake (Fletcher Humphrys) as the gang battles over drugs in Summer Bay spiral out of control, according to TV Week. When Casey and Ruby are held hostage by Jake, Brax is forced to deal with the situation by tracking down the bad boy and rescuing the teenagers. "He's furious. He hates that what he does for business has crossed over into his personal life," Peacocke told the magazine. However, as he comes face-to-face with Jake, (more)...
- 8/2/2011
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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