Starz has released a new teaser for the third season of the comedy horror series Ash vs. Evil Dead – which will premiere in the Us on Sunday, February 25th 2018. The new season finds Ash, having gone from murderous urban legend to humanity-saving hometown hero, discovering that he has a long lost daughter who’s been entrusted in his care. When Kelly witnesses a televised massacre with Ruby’s fingerprints all over it, she returns with a new friend to warn Ash and Pablo that evil isn’t done with them yet. Blood is thicker than water in the battle of good vs Evil Dead.
Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”) leads the cast, reprising the role of Ash Williams; Lucy Lawless (“Salem,” “Spartacus”) as Ruby, devises her most diabolical plan to defeat Ash and raise hell on earth; Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, forever...
Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”) leads the cast, reprising the role of Ash Williams; Lucy Lawless (“Salem,” “Spartacus”) as Ruby, devises her most diabolical plan to defeat Ash and raise hell on earth; Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, forever...
- 11/1/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Starz has released your first look at the third season of the comedy horror series Ash vs. Evil Dead; with three new images from the new season – which will premiere in the Us on Sunday, February 25th 2018. The three new images from feature a variety of scenes from the new season including Lucy Lawless as Ruby in a new look; Arielle Carver-o’Neill as Brandy Barr, Ash’s long lost daughter; as well as a group shot with Ray Santiago (Pablo) and Dana DeLorenzo (Kelly).
The third season finds Ash, having gone from murderous urban legend to humanity-saving hometown hero, discovering that he has a long lost daughter who’s been entrusted in his care. When Kelly witnesses a televised massacre with Ruby’s fingerprints all over it, she returns with a new friend to warn Ash and Pablo that evil isn’t done with them yet. Blood is thicker...
The third season finds Ash, having gone from murderous urban legend to humanity-saving hometown hero, discovering that he has a long lost daughter who’s been entrusted in his care. When Kelly witnesses a televised massacre with Ruby’s fingerprints all over it, she returns with a new friend to warn Ash and Pablo that evil isn’t done with them yet. Blood is thicker...
- 10/9/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Alex Russell is set to star in Sons of Salt, the story of an ex-con trying to get his life together who is reluctantly drawn into a dangerous world by his pro-surfer brother. ..
This is the first feature from Five Lip Films (formerly Rockpool Films), the young collective made up of Nida grads Russell, James Elliot, and Sarah-Jane McAllan, plus Ande Cunningham and David O.Donnell (Waapa).
The five are back and forth between La and Sydney, and the shingle doesn't have a premises..
Last year Cunningham directed short film Oranges Don.t Grow on Trees, featuring Russell and Sarah Snook..
This Friday, the outfit will premiere their latest project, Picture Wheel.—.a short written and directed by O'Donnell and starring Russell and James Hoare (the upcoming Picnic at Hanging Rock mini).—.at California's Cinequest Festival.
James Hoare (centre back) in 'Picture Wheel'.
O'Donnell also wrote the script for Sons of Salt,...
This is the first feature from Five Lip Films (formerly Rockpool Films), the young collective made up of Nida grads Russell, James Elliot, and Sarah-Jane McAllan, plus Ande Cunningham and David O.Donnell (Waapa).
The five are back and forth between La and Sydney, and the shingle doesn't have a premises..
Last year Cunningham directed short film Oranges Don.t Grow on Trees, featuring Russell and Sarah Snook..
This Friday, the outfit will premiere their latest project, Picture Wheel.—.a short written and directed by O'Donnell and starring Russell and James Hoare (the upcoming Picnic at Hanging Rock mini).—.at California's Cinequest Festival.
James Hoare (centre back) in 'Picture Wheel'.
O'Donnell also wrote the script for Sons of Salt,...
- 3/1/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Alex Russell is set to star in Sons of Salt, the story of an ex-con trying to get his life together who is reluctantly drawn into a dangerous world by his pro-surfer brother. ..
This is the first feature from Five Lip Films (formerly Rockpool Films), the young collective made up of Nida grads Russell, James Elliot, and Sarah-Jane McAllan, plus Ande Cunningham and David O.Donnell (Waapa).
The five are back and forth between La and Sydney, and the shingle doesn't have a premises..
Last year Cunningham directed short film Oranges Don.t Grow on Trees, featuring Russell and Sarah Snook..
This Friday, the outfit will premiere their latest project, Picture Wheel.—.a short written and directed by O'Donnell and starring Russell and James Hoare (the upcoming Picnic at Hanging Rock mini).—.at California's Cinequest Festival.
James Hoare (centre back) in 'Picture Wheel'.
O'Donnell also wrote the script for Sons of Salt,...
This is the first feature from Five Lip Films (formerly Rockpool Films), the young collective made up of Nida grads Russell, James Elliot, and Sarah-Jane McAllan, plus Ande Cunningham and David O.Donnell (Waapa).
The five are back and forth between La and Sydney, and the shingle doesn't have a premises..
Last year Cunningham directed short film Oranges Don.t Grow on Trees, featuring Russell and Sarah Snook..
This Friday, the outfit will premiere their latest project, Picture Wheel.—.a short written and directed by O'Donnell and starring Russell and James Hoare (the upcoming Picnic at Hanging Rock mini).—.at California's Cinequest Festival.
James Hoare (centre back) in 'Picture Wheel'.
O'Donnell also wrote the script for Sons of Salt,...
- 3/1/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Observance is a suspenseful, edge of the seat chiller shot by filmmaker Joseph Sims-Dennett (Bad Behaviour) in 11 days with a very limited budget. It had a successful World Premiere at the Fantasia Festival last July, and will be having its Australian Premiere at the Randwick Ritz in Sydney on April 3. Synopsis: In the grip of grief following the death of his young son, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, Parker records the strange occurrences surrounding her, unaware that the derelict building that he surveys her from has birthed a dark presence which slowly threatens to consume him. The film stars Lindsay Farris (Primal, Bad Behaviour),...
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- 2/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Observance is a suspenseful, edge of the seat chiller shot by filmmaker Joseph Sims-Dennett (Bad Behaviour) in 11 days with a very limited budget. It had a successful World Premiere at the Fantasia Festival last July, and will be having its Australian Premiere at the Randwick Ritz in Sydney on April 3. Synopsis: In the grip of grief following the death of his young son, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, Parker records the strange occurrences surrounding her, unaware that the derelict building that he surveys her from has birthed a dark presence which slowly threatens to consume him. The film stars Lindsay Farris (Primal, Bad Behaviour),...
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- 2/22/2016
- Screen Anarchy
James Elliot and Alex Russell..
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Two Nida graduates and close friends are joining forces to create a new collective partnership, Rockpool Films.
Alex Russell (Cut Snake, Unbroken) and James Elliot (coming up in Raker) have been making content together ever since they met at the National Institute of Dramatic Art while studying acting.
.From the beginning we had a wonderful, mutually beneficial creative partnership,. Russell tells If. .We.re fortunate that it.s something that we have been able to keep up. I remember in third year (of acting school) we made a pact, and that was to always, always work together . once a year at the very least. We said we must once a year do one project together . something that we.re passionate about and that we think is unique and something that didn.t seem to be around in the current spectrum.
.That.s what we have done,...
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Two Nida graduates and close friends are joining forces to create a new collective partnership, Rockpool Films.
Alex Russell (Cut Snake, Unbroken) and James Elliot (coming up in Raker) have been making content together ever since they met at the National Institute of Dramatic Art while studying acting.
.From the beginning we had a wonderful, mutually beneficial creative partnership,. Russell tells If. .We.re fortunate that it.s something that we have been able to keep up. I remember in third year (of acting school) we made a pact, and that was to always, always work together . once a year at the very least. We said we must once a year do one project together . something that we.re passionate about and that we think is unique and something that didn.t seem to be around in the current spectrum.
.That.s what we have done,...
- 12/10/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
German director Marc Schoelermann will helm Australian-European co-production The Domestique, which centres on the famous Tour de France pro-cycling race.
The film follows the trials of a veteran pro cyclist, banned for blood doping, who.s trying to pick up the pieces of his life. He fights his way back onto a struggling team and gets one last chance to finish the Tour, trying to win back his estranged wife and son in the process.
Schoelermann directed 2008 crime-thriller Pathology and is a well-known commercials director in Europe. Rob Gibson and Matt Teffer have penned the script for The Domestique. Gibson is also producing the film under the Known Associates banner, the production partnership he set up with Aussie director Josh Reed (Primal).
The project is currently being financed and is expected to take advantage of European production subsidies, according to Gibson.
Known Associates also has several other projects underway including an action/horror pic,...
The film follows the trials of a veteran pro cyclist, banned for blood doping, who.s trying to pick up the pieces of his life. He fights his way back onto a struggling team and gets one last chance to finish the Tour, trying to win back his estranged wife and son in the process.
Schoelermann directed 2008 crime-thriller Pathology and is a well-known commercials director in Europe. Rob Gibson and Matt Teffer have penned the script for The Domestique. Gibson is also producing the film under the Known Associates banner, the production partnership he set up with Aussie director Josh Reed (Primal).
The project is currently being financed and is expected to take advantage of European production subsidies, according to Gibson.
Known Associates also has several other projects underway including an action/horror pic,...
- 7/19/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Writers Andrew Connell and Gordon Napier's Till Death Do Us Die script has.taken out top honours at the inaugural Australian Writers. Guild Terror Australis Horror Script Competition. The script, about a groom who is forced to battle supernatural forces when a cursed wedding ring unleashes an ancient evil upon his bride, was chosen from 130 entries. It will now be read by genre producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef). The two writers have also won a micro-mentorship with Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes). Kraken by Rick Kalowski (story by Rick Kalowski and Andrew Jones) was highly commended by the judges. Also on the finalists' shortlist...
- 1/13/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
Writers Andrew Connell and Gordon Napier's Till Death Do Us Die script has.taken out top honours at the inaugural Australian Writers. Guild Terror Australis Horror Script Competition. The script, about a groom who is forced to battle supernatural forces when a cursed wedding ring unleashes an ancient evil upon his bride, was chosen from 130 entries. It will now be read by genre producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef). The two writers have also won a micro-mentorship with Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes). Kraken by Rick Kalowski (story by Rick Kalowski and Andrew Jones) was highly commended by the judges. Also on the finalists' shortlist...
- 1/13/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
Writers Andrew Connell and Gordon Napier's Till Death Do Us Die script has.taken out top honours at the inaugural Australian Writers. Guild Terror Australis Horror Script Competition. The script, about a groom who is forced to battle supernatural forces when a cursed wedding ring unleashes an ancient evil upon his bride, was chosen from 130 entries. It will now be read by genre producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef). The two writers have also won a micro-mentorship with Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes). Kraken by Rick Kalowski (story by Rick Kalowski and Andrew Jones) was highly commended by the judges. Also on the finalists' shortlist...
- 1/13/2012
- by Staff reporter
- IF.com.au
The Australian Writers’ Guild has celebrated Halloween by launching the Terror Australis Horror Script Competition.
Seeking the best unproduced horror feature script in Australia, the Australis Horror Script Competition is looking for the next Saw, Undead or Wolf Creek.
The winning writer will receive an audience with, and script read by, producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef) as well as a micro-mentorship from Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes).
The Awg welcome all horror-related sub-genres; slasher films, vampire scripts, zombie flicks, thrillers, horror-westerns, you name it.
The competition closes Friday 18 November.
For more information, visit awg.com.au...
Seeking the best unproduced horror feature script in Australia, the Australis Horror Script Competition is looking for the next Saw, Undead or Wolf Creek.
The winning writer will receive an audience with, and script read by, producers Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition), David Lightfoot (Wolf Creek, Rogue), Josh Reed (Primal) and Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef) as well as a micro-mentorship from Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes).
The Awg welcome all horror-related sub-genres; slasher films, vampire scripts, zombie flicks, thrillers, horror-westerns, you name it.
The competition closes Friday 18 November.
For more information, visit awg.com.au...
- 10/31/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Director: Josh Reed.
Writers: Josh Reed and Nigel Christensen.
Waterborne illnesses around the world kill millions. If you are unlucky enough to drink contaminated water, then your chances of catching a disease like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever are pretty good. In Josh Reed's first feature, the water turns people into blood-thirsty killers. Primal released in January of 2011 on DVD and this is an independent horror film from Australia. There are no crazed psychopaths in this film - like Wolf Creek, but there is an ancient terror residing in an ancient cave. That terror creates the tension and the moral dilemmas that hinders six friends like a bad case of stomach cramps.
This is a backwoods thriller, where Mel (Krew Boylan), Chad (Lyndsay Farris), Kris (Rebekah Foord), Warren (Damien Freeleagus), Dace (Wil Traval), and Anja (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith) set out on a trek to research some pictographs. These ancient drawings foretell doom and disease.
Writers: Josh Reed and Nigel Christensen.
Waterborne illnesses around the world kill millions. If you are unlucky enough to drink contaminated water, then your chances of catching a disease like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid fever are pretty good. In Josh Reed's first feature, the water turns people into blood-thirsty killers. Primal released in January of 2011 on DVD and this is an independent horror film from Australia. There are no crazed psychopaths in this film - like Wolf Creek, but there is an ancient terror residing in an ancient cave. That terror creates the tension and the moral dilemmas that hinders six friends like a bad case of stomach cramps.
This is a backwoods thriller, where Mel (Krew Boylan), Chad (Lyndsay Farris), Kris (Rebekah Foord), Warren (Damien Freeleagus), Dace (Wil Traval), and Anja (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith) set out on a trek to research some pictographs. These ancient drawings foretell doom and disease.
- 7/29/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Come and Get Me, directed by Chris Sun, is an Australian horror movie about a quartet of pretty young women who inadvertently hook up with a trio of serial killers for a night of torturous “kill or be killed” action.
The movie made a big splash earlier this year, taking home numerous awards at the inaugural Bloodfest Fantastique, a new genre-based film festival by the creators of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The awards Come and Get Me took home were for Best Actress (Kelsie McDonald) and Best Editor (Michael Gilbert); while director Sun won the Best Special Effects and Make-Up award and shared the Best Director award with Josh Reed for Primal.
Come and Get Me will next be screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in mid-August.
For more on the movie, please visit the official Come and Get Me website.
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The movie made a big splash earlier this year, taking home numerous awards at the inaugural Bloodfest Fantastique, a new genre-based film festival by the creators of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival. The awards Come and Get Me took home were for Best Actress (Kelsie McDonald) and Best Editor (Michael Gilbert); while director Sun won the Best Special Effects and Make-Up award and shared the Best Director award with Josh Reed for Primal.
Come and Get Me will next be screened at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival in mid-August.
For more on the movie, please visit the official Come and Get Me website.
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- 7/29/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The first annual Bloodfest Fantastique genre film festival — which recently wrapped in Melbourne, Australia and was organized by the good folks of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival — has given out a slew of awards to films, filmmakers and actors. The big winner of the fest? The Sydney-based horror flick The Tunnel, directed by Carlo Ledesma.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
- 6/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The sick and twisted minds behind the Melbourne Underground Film Festival have launched a brand new horror and sci-fi themed fest: Bloodfest Fantastique! Australia gets a lot more blood-soaked on June 10-18, nine nights of some of the most gruesome, terrifying and far-out films, past and present, from around the world.
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
- 5/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Primal
Stars: Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Krew Boylan, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Damien Freeleagus, Wil Traval | Written by Josh Reed & Nigel Christensen | Directed by Josh Reed
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the outback, along comes Primal, another bloody slice of modern Ozploitation hat begins 12,000 years ago when a caveman tried to communicate via cave-painting with the presence of an unknown entity only to be devoured by the primordial evil.
Cut to today, as six friends on a field trip to find the paintings, set up camp in the same remote outback location, a decision they come to regret when sexy, slutty Mel takes a dip in a nearby waterhole,and becomes infected, with something evil, something feral, something primal. Regressing to a predatory state, it soon becomes friend against friend as the campers are picked off one by one – if not dying, becoming the same feral beast as Mel…...
Stars: Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Krew Boylan, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Damien Freeleagus, Wil Traval | Written by Josh Reed & Nigel Christensen | Directed by Josh Reed
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the outback, along comes Primal, another bloody slice of modern Ozploitation hat begins 12,000 years ago when a caveman tried to communicate via cave-painting with the presence of an unknown entity only to be devoured by the primordial evil.
Cut to today, as six friends on a field trip to find the paintings, set up camp in the same remote outback location, a decision they come to regret when sexy, slutty Mel takes a dip in a nearby waterhole,and becomes infected, with something evil, something feral, something primal. Regressing to a predatory state, it soon becomes friend against friend as the campers are picked off one by one – if not dying, becoming the same feral beast as Mel…...
- 2/28/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
To celebrate the February 28th DVD and Blu-ray release of brutal Aussie horror Primal, we are giving away a copy of the Blu-ray to 3 lucky winners.
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Primal centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone…..Primal.
Primal comes to DVD & Blu-ray with a whole host of extras on 28th February 2011, you can order your copy today on Amazon. To be in with a chance of winning just answer this simple question:
Where is Primal set?
a) Australia
b) France
c) Canada
Email your answer and address to...
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Primal centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone…..Primal.
Primal comes to DVD & Blu-ray with a whole host of extras on 28th February 2011, you can order your copy today on Amazon. To be in with a chance of winning just answer this simple question:
Where is Primal set?
a) Australia
b) France
c) Canada
Email your answer and address to...
- 2/21/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Primal is equal parts silly, riveting, stupid, clever, fun, and pants-shittingly scary. It's an unusual, and occasionally disturbing experience that is far more enjoyable than it probably deserves to be. The film is written, directed and produced by Australian first-time film maker Josh Reed, and one can't help but wonder what Mr. Reed might be capable of were he released from its low-budget constraints. For Primal is the type of low-budget fare that, if you can look past its goofy stumbles, can be eminently appealing.
The film is set in an unknown jungle-like setting in Australia, where six twenty-somethings are traveling to try to find an ancient set of cave paintings. The reasons aren't particularly important, as the film's brisk pace glosses over much of the background. The characters are essentially disposable stereotypes: there are three women -- the sweet one, the trampy one, the smart one with a dark...
The film is set in an unknown jungle-like setting in Australia, where six twenty-somethings are traveling to try to find an ancient set of cave paintings. The reasons aren't particularly important, as the film's brisk pace glosses over much of the background. The characters are essentially disposable stereotypes: there are three women -- the sweet one, the trampy one, the smart one with a dark...
- 2/16/2011
- by TK
Having been quite well received at the 2010 Film4 Frightfest in London’s Leicester Square (hell, it won the Audience Favourite Award), Josh Reed’s monster mash Primal will be clawing its way onto DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on February 28th courtesy of Kaleidoscope Entertainment.
From the Press Release:
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Winner of the 2010 Audience Favourite Award at Frightest, the film centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone...Primal.
Our regular followers may remember that I was less than impressed with Primal (review here), but the audience...
From the Press Release:
From the producer of Australia and Happy Feet and the SFX maestro behind MI3, Blade 2 and Underworld comes a brutal and slick horror film from director Josh Reed.
Winner of the 2010 Audience Favourite Award at Frightest, the film centres around six friends who head out to the deepest Australian outback to track down ancient cave paintings. But after a late night skinny dip, one of the girls becomes violently ill and slowly regresses into a vicious predatory state. She has gone...Primal.
Our regular followers may remember that I was less than impressed with Primal (review here), but the audience...
- 2/16/2011
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
Directed By: Josh Reed
Starring: Krew Boyland, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed
I don't really love the idea of camping, so it should come as no surprise that I am not usually a big fan of "survivalist" horror films. Primal however, is what people are calling a return to "Ozploitation". The majestic environment of the Australian Outback is apparently a frequent place where people get killed. Who knew? With this apparent return to Ozploitation, Primal is often quoted as being a film in the same vein as something like Cabin Fever, but what it ends up being is more or less just kind of a shrug, and also sometimes a laugh.
Six friends are venturing to the Australian Outback to check out some cave drawings. Oh wait before I forget, 12,000 years ago some guy was painting these cave drawings when some scary looking person killed him,...
Starring: Krew Boyland, Lindsay Farris, Rebekah Foord, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed
I don't really love the idea of camping, so it should come as no surprise that I am not usually a big fan of "survivalist" horror films. Primal however, is what people are calling a return to "Ozploitation". The majestic environment of the Australian Outback is apparently a frequent place where people get killed. Who knew? With this apparent return to Ozploitation, Primal is often quoted as being a film in the same vein as something like Cabin Fever, but what it ends up being is more or less just kind of a shrug, and also sometimes a laugh.
Six friends are venturing to the Australian Outback to check out some cave drawings. Oh wait before I forget, 12,000 years ago some guy was painting these cave drawings when some scary looking person killed him,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Andre Dumas
- Planet Fury
In Australia, where the influence of Wolf Creek continues to reverberate with filmmakers, there has been an increasing number of horror movies enthusiastically helmed by first-time feature makers. This can be seen as major progress for a country that legally banned the genre 60 years ago, and Primal, from triple-threat filmmaker Josh Reed, is the latest and perhaps best contender yet to step up to the plate. It hits U.S. DVD today from IFC Films and Mpi Media Group.
- 1/25/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Helms)
- Fangoria
So the day has come for you folks to take home Costas Mandylor in the final chapter of the phenomenon that is Saw! Well, at least until the inevitable reboot. Even cooler...if the jolly red-suited fatman brought you a 3D television last month, you can watch this puppy in its gory 3D glory, too.
Another franchise that is buzzing this week is the video game sequel, Dead Space 2. In addition to the game itself, you can also bring home the collector's edition, the album soundtrack, a hardcover game guide, and an animated DVD movie. That should keep you busy for a while.
Oh yeah, there are a couple of other interesting titles with some familiar faces from "True Blood", "Angel", "Buffy", and even "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".
Saw: The Final Chapter (Blu-ray Review)
Directed by Kevin Greutert
Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes,...
Another franchise that is buzzing this week is the video game sequel, Dead Space 2. In addition to the game itself, you can also bring home the collector's edition, the album soundtrack, a hardcover game guide, and an animated DVD movie. That should keep you busy for a while.
Oh yeah, there are a couple of other interesting titles with some familiar faces from "True Blood", "Angel", "Buffy", and even "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".
Saw: The Final Chapter (Blu-ray Review)
Directed by Kevin Greutert
Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Sean Patrick Flanery, Cary Elwes,...
- 1/25/2011
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
Huge week for releases, so grab a pen and list up!! First we've got Giorgos Lanthimos's Dogtooth (review) a film we covered relentlessly for over a year and which, has received almost unanimous praise from critics and viewers alike.
Next up, is Gaspar Noe’s groundbreaking Enter the Void (review) which, like Dogtooth, essentially owned the fest circuit over the last year. We're also running a contest with IFC for this one for another day so don't miss your chance to win a copy!
We're stacking this one up with the big boys because it's a doozy - that's Severin's release of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre on Blu-ray and DVD. I think this might be the first time it's been available - certainly the first on Blu so Jodorowsky fans rejoice.
The third episode of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest is also out this week.
Next up, is Gaspar Noe’s groundbreaking Enter the Void (review) which, like Dogtooth, essentially owned the fest circuit over the last year. We're also running a contest with IFC for this one for another day so don't miss your chance to win a copy!
We're stacking this one up with the big boys because it's a doozy - that's Severin's release of Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre on Blu-ray and DVD. I think this might be the first time it's been available - certainly the first on Blu so Jodorowsky fans rejoice.
The third episode of Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest is also out this week.
- 1/24/2011
- QuietEarth.us
Ah the outback of Australia, where the alligators are large, the kids go wild and danger resides around every corner. Well, at least for the characters in the upcoming IFC Films flick 'Primal' which drops onto DVD January 25th. Check out all the 'Ozploitation' details below, and hey, don't drink the water.
From the Official Release:
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Movie Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in...
From the Official Release:
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Movie Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in...
- 1/10/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Lookin' to kick off your new year with a deadly trip to Oz? Then on January 25th, IFC Films has your hot ticket with Primal (review here)!
From the Press Release
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in director Josh Reed’s witty and scary nightmare about young people falling under the curse of a hidden evil. Like Cabin Fever, it’s a classic...
From the Press Release
"Australia’s Outback is breathtakingly picturesque, serene, natural – and a total nightmare for the gang of young friends who go camping there in Primal, a gut-churning new thriller from debuting director Josh Reed. Horror fans, get ready to celebrate the return of Ozploitation! "
Synopsis
When six friends go camping in the beautiful but forbidding Outback of Australia, it turns into a hunting trip – and they’re the prey. One girl goes skinny-dipping and awakens something deadly, something evil, something … primal. She turns voracious and ferocious, and soon friend is turning against friend in director Josh Reed’s witty and scary nightmare about young people falling under the curse of a hidden evil. Like Cabin Fever, it’s a classic...
- 1/8/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The weather improved on the second day of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, with sunny skies fighting against the autumn chill in the air.
I walked into the Hollywood Theater a bit late, as I was up at 5 am for work, and brewed a container of green tea to drink during the afternoon. As I was too late to make the Riffing on Lovecraft panel, I stopped to talk with the people manning the Guerrilla Production booth.
Guerrilla Productions have released several Lovecraft inspired DVDs, including an animated version (or, more accurately, "motion-still sequencing") of The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath. But they are in "prolonged preproduction" for their biggest film yet, an adaptation of The Temple, Lovecraft's tale of the lone survivor on a crippled German U-Boat who finds a massive underwater temple.
Edward Martin III said the company has the cooperation of the Us Navy and will be filming on the Blueback,...
I walked into the Hollywood Theater a bit late, as I was up at 5 am for work, and brewed a container of green tea to drink during the afternoon. As I was too late to make the Riffing on Lovecraft panel, I stopped to talk with the people manning the Guerrilla Production booth.
Guerrilla Productions have released several Lovecraft inspired DVDs, including an animated version (or, more accurately, "motion-still sequencing") of The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kadath. But they are in "prolonged preproduction" for their biggest film yet, an adaptation of The Temple, Lovecraft's tale of the lone survivor on a crippled German U-Boat who finds a massive underwater temple.
Edward Martin III said the company has the cooperation of the Us Navy and will be filming on the Blueback,...
- 11/9/2010
- by Chris McMillan
- Planet Fury
This past Halloween weekend FilmShaft was entrenched at the Grimm Up North Horror and Sci-Fi Festival in Manchester for three days of horror entertainment. It was a case of the good, the bad and the ugly. Isn’t it always?
The great thing about the programme was the variety. There was interpretations of horror from around the world. Although the Dancehouse has a certain faded and decayed opulence in an art deco kind of way, the sound wasn’t amazing and the screen wasn’t the best. But one images this is what it was like to watch a film in the days before the multiplex and Thx sound.
Below is a selection of what movies stood out and for various reasons.
The Reeds (dir: Nick Cohen, 2010)
Nick Cohen’s low budget British horror/ghost story, The Reeds, is an atmospheric and well shot film. The plot is a bit hard to keep track of,...
The great thing about the programme was the variety. There was interpretations of horror from around the world. Although the Dancehouse has a certain faded and decayed opulence in an art deco kind of way, the sound wasn’t amazing and the screen wasn’t the best. But one images this is what it was like to watch a film in the days before the multiplex and Thx sound.
Below is a selection of what movies stood out and for various reasons.
The Reeds (dir: Nick Cohen, 2010)
Nick Cohen’s low budget British horror/ghost story, The Reeds, is an atmospheric and well shot film. The plot is a bit hard to keep track of,...
- 11/2/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Grimmupnorth 2010 is coming to Manchester for a second time this Halloween! Readers may remember last year’s coverage from the first Grimmfest last October ‘09. Well, we’re going back for more this year too. Festival director Simeon Halligan and his crew have spent all year finding some amazing new titles to screen at Manchester’s biggest horror film festival, including Evil: In The Time Of Heroes, which I missed at Eiff so am well up for seeing. There’s also the inventively named Canadian shocker, Dead Hooker In A Trunk, the Japanese genre mash-up Alien Vs Ninja, Thai thriller Slice, Zombie mock-u-mentary Reel Zombies and a horror doc featuring all kinds of industry insiders, The Splat Pack. There’s also a ton of activities and seminars for festival goers to participate in too. Personally I’m looking forward to the special screening for my favourite Argento film, Deep Red.
- 10/14/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Director: Josh Reed Writer: Nigel Christensen, Josh Reed Starring: Krew Boylan, Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Wil Traval, Lindsay Farriss, Rebekah Ford, Damien Freeleagus Primal begins as we travel back 12000 years to witness an Aboriginal man who is painting a warning next to the mouth of a cave, just as he is slaughtered by the very subject of his work. Fast-forward to present day as we follow six friends, Dace (Wil Traval) the anthropology student, Kris (Rebekah Ford) the assistant, Mel (Krew Boylan) the blonde party girl, Chad (Lindsay Ferris) Mel's introverted jealous boyfriend, Warren (Damien Freeleagus) the "funny guy", and Anya (Zoe Tuckwell-Smith) the claustrophobic chick with man issues, who have set out into the remote reaches of the wild Australian outback on a journey to study an ancient aboriginal rock painting thousands of year old. The camp out excitement switches gears when Mel becomes ill after skinny dipping in a stagnant pond filled with leaches.
- 10/11/2010
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
It's nice to witness the rebirth of a genre. But as horror fans know better than anybody, births can be pretty damn bloody. Last night I caught the retro Ozzie exploitation import Primal at Fantastic Fest. On hand were stars Krew Boylan and Wil Traval (who play campers who encounter an ancient evil that turns them into rabid cannibals) and director Josh Reed (pictured above from left to right). As Reed explained, Primal is their attempt to bring back the glory days of Ozploitation, the days that produced gems like the Mad Max films. Read what the Primal posse had to say after the jump. "The Australian film industry became ruled by the iron fist of the government," said Reed of his...
- 9/28/2010
- FEARnet
Despite a small budget, the new horror film Primal (out of Australia) is a straight-up, old-school horror movie dealing with a tainted waterhole (billabong to those fluent in Australian) and a giant slug monster…yes, you heard right, slug monster. Writer/director Josh Reed and stars Krew Boylan and Wil Traval sat down to discuss the project. Relaxing outside of the famed Highball bar in Austin, the Aussies seemed at ease and ready to talk some shop. The brain child of Reed, this horror film is based in the outback. A dense, green environment where a few young campers are out for an...
- 9/28/2010
- by Amy Curtis, Austin Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Razor-toothed rabbit? Check. Skinny dipping with leeches at night after seeing razor-toothed rabbit attack your friends? Check. Slowly realizing you might not survive the night because your friends are turning into monsters? Check.
It's no insult to call writer/director Josh Reed's Primal a straightforward exploitation horror thriller. Set in the woods somewhere in Australia, the film doesn't spend much time soaking in the beauties of the rural landscape.
Neither do the characters; it's not that important to them, because they're heading off in support of their friend Dace (Wil Traval), who's seeking a doctorate in primal art (or something). He's intent on studying primal paintings; the prologue has already shown us that the paintings (on the outside of a cave) are linked with bloodshed and death, so we have a pretty good idea that something bad is going to happen.
The six friends are paired off neatly: the...
It's no insult to call writer/director Josh Reed's Primal a straightforward exploitation horror thriller. Set in the woods somewhere in Australia, the film doesn't spend much time soaking in the beauties of the rural landscape.
Neither do the characters; it's not that important to them, because they're heading off in support of their friend Dace (Wil Traval), who's seeking a doctorate in primal art (or something). He's intent on studying primal paintings; the prologue has already shown us that the paintings (on the outside of a cave) are linked with bloodshed and death, so we have a pretty good idea that something bad is going to happen.
The six friends are paired off neatly: the...
- 9/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Updated on 9/24 with additonal trailers. Fantastic Fest and IFC have just announced a partnership that will allow film fans who can't make it out to Austin this year for Fantastic Fest to check out some of the titles playing the fest with IFC On Demand. The films include: Philip Ridley's demonic thriller Heartless (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry's mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed's Ozploitation horror flick Primal (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley's hard-core Red White & Blue. Full details below. Check back with us often for more Fantastic Fest coverage leading up to the event. As an official sponsor of Fantastic Fest 2010 ...
- 9/24/2010
- FEARnet
The original The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is back on VOD in celebration of Fantastic Fest along with Philip Ridley’s sublime psychological thriller Heartless (starring Jim Sturgess); Simon Rumley’s hardcore Red, White & Blue; Josh Reed’s neo-Ozploitation horror film Primal; and Abel Ferry’s gripping scarefest High Lane.
To celebrate, IFC Midnight has released an insane teaser video for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). Dig it!
From the Press Release
Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Films, announced today that the company has acquired the North American rights to Tom Six’s much anticipated sequel The Human Centipede Part 2 (Full Sequence) for its IFC Midnight label, which offers the very best in international genre cinema, including horror, sci-fi, thrillers, erotic arthouse, action and more.
Full Sequence has just wrapped shooting in London, and the story is being kept completely under wraps. The only information IFC Films and the producers...
To celebrate, IFC Midnight has released an insane teaser video for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence). Dig it!
From the Press Release
Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Films, announced today that the company has acquired the North American rights to Tom Six’s much anticipated sequel The Human Centipede Part 2 (Full Sequence) for its IFC Midnight label, which offers the very best in international genre cinema, including horror, sci-fi, thrillers, erotic arthouse, action and more.
Full Sequence has just wrapped shooting in London, and the story is being kept completely under wraps. The only information IFC Films and the producers...
- 9/24/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Primal Official PosterThe final official theatrical trailer is available for director Josh Reed's Primal. The film takes place in the Australian outback, where four friends encounter an ancient evil. A parasite in a local watering hole turns beautiful blondes into man-eating creatures and the only way out is through a Neanderthal inhabited cave!
This project will release on IFC Films video-on-demand feature tomorrow, September, 22nd. Primal will also be making an appearance at Fantastic Fest and this final trailer shows more footage from the film, but also this clip gives away a lot of the film's plot. Be forewarned, then step inside an Ozzie take on the creature feature.
The synopsis for the film here:
"Anja and four friends join anthropology student Dace on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she...
This project will release on IFC Films video-on-demand feature tomorrow, September, 22nd. Primal will also be making an appearance at Fantastic Fest and this final trailer shows more footage from the film, but also this clip gives away a lot of the film's plot. Be forewarned, then step inside an Ozzie take on the creature feature.
The synopsis for the film here:
"Anja and four friends join anthropology student Dace on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she...
- 9/21/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Thanks to Styd, we now have the official trailer for "Primal," the Australian horror film that's directed by Josh Reed. Check it out below. Plot: 12,000 years ago a caveman tried to communicate the presence of an unknown primal entity only to be devoured by the Neanderthal evil. Now six friends on a field trip set up camp in the same remote wilderness. But when one takes a dip in a nearby water hole, she becomes feverish and agitated, and regresses to a predatory state where her companions become the hunted. When another begins the same beastly transition, terror descends on the remainder as they realize its kill or be killed. Sooner or later one will have to venture into the creepy mountain caves to confront the cause of all the monstrous mayhem. "Primal" will be playing at Fantastic Fest and through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22nd. Trailer: If you cannot see the player,...
- 9/21/2010
- WorstPreviews.com
As mentioned earlier, a bit of Fantastic Fest is coming home thanks to IFC Midnight, and to celebrate, the trailer debut for High Lane (or Vertige for you purists out there) has come online.
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley’s hard-core Red White & Blue (review here).
The following are in-depth summaries of all four films:
Red White & Blue (directed by Simon Rumley)
Erica (Amanda Fuller) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica,...
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley’s hard-core Red White & Blue (review here).
The following are in-depth summaries of all four films:
Red White & Blue (directed by Simon Rumley)
Erica (Amanda Fuller) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica,...
- 9/20/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Here's the first official trailer for the new Australian horror film Primal which is set to play for Fantastic Fest audiences, and will be available through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22.
The movie comes to us from director Josh Reed and The film tells of a group of friends who venture into the wilderness until a primal entity messes with their vacation and one of their friends begins to transform...
This looks like it could be a fun bloody horror film of death. Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think!
- 9/20/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
ShockTillYouDrop.com has your first look at the official trailer for Primal , the Australian shocker from director Josh Reed. The film is playing to Fantastic Fest audiences and will be available through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22. The film tells of a group of friends who venture into the wilderness until a primal entity messes with their vacation and one of their friends begins to transform... You can watch the trailer here , view images from the film here , and learn more about IFC Midnight here .
- 9/20/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Shock Till You Drop has your first look at the official trailer for Primal ( review ), the Australian shocker from director Josh Reed. The film is playing to Fantastic Fest audiences and will be available through IFC Midnight this Wednesday, September 22. You can also follow this link for six hi-res images. The film tells of a group of friends who venture into the wilderness until a primal entity messes with their vacation and one of their friends begins to transform...
- 9/20/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
IFC Midnight, the new genre label of IFC Films, has announced its first partnership with Fantastic Fest! Four brand new IFC Midnight acquisitions will screen at Fantastic Fest (Sept 23-30) and will simultaneously be available nationwide via the movies-on-demand platform of major national cable systems, including Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, and will be available in approximately 40 million homes. The films include: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley’s hard-core Red White & Blue.
IFC Midnight will also make three acclaimed films from Fantastic Fest 2009 available on demand as part of this initiative including: Tom Six’s The Human Centipede, Kim Ji-Woon’s The Good The Bad The Weird, and Jake West’s Doghouse. Primal...
IFC Midnight will also make three acclaimed films from Fantastic Fest 2009 available on demand as part of this initiative including: Tom Six’s The Human Centipede, Kim Ji-Woon’s The Good The Bad The Weird, and Jake West’s Doghouse. Primal...
- 9/15/2010
- by George Bragdon
- OriginalAlamo.com
Two of the biggest names within the world of film distribution and film festivals are set to team up for what appears to be another step in the ever growing popularity of video on demand and film festival partnerships.
Following experiments like YouTube’s attempt at bringing in new viewers by streaming a collection of Sundance films, IFC and their genre label, Midnight, are set to team up with Fantastic Fest, to release four films, premiering at the festival, on their on demand channel.
The Philip Ridley film, Heartless will join High Lane (Abel Ferry), Primal (Josh Reed) and Red White & Blue (Simon Rumley) as the four feature films that premiere day and date at both the Austin, Texas based festival, as well as the IFC Midnight on demand channel.
Midnight has played home to films like The Human Centipede and Doghouse, as well as upcoming releases like Enter The Void...
Following experiments like YouTube’s attempt at bringing in new viewers by streaming a collection of Sundance films, IFC and their genre label, Midnight, are set to team up with Fantastic Fest, to release four films, premiering at the festival, on their on demand channel.
The Philip Ridley film, Heartless will join High Lane (Abel Ferry), Primal (Josh Reed) and Red White & Blue (Simon Rumley) as the four feature films that premiere day and date at both the Austin, Texas based festival, as well as the IFC Midnight on demand channel.
Midnight has played home to films like The Human Centipede and Doghouse, as well as upcoming releases like Enter The Void...
- 9/15/2010
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Fans who can't make it to Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas from September 23-30 will be able to catch four of the movies playing there from the comfort of their own couch. IFC Midnight, a new genre label of IFC Films, will simultaneously premiere four films at the genre film festival and also on demand in about 40 million homes including those with Cablevision, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner and Bright House. The films in question are Heartless, directed by Philip Ridley and starring Jim Sturgess, High Lane, directed by Abel Ferry, Primal, directed by Josh Reed and Red White & Blue, directed by Simon Rumley and starring Noah Taylor and Amanda Fuller. Other films playing Fantastic Fest this year include Let Me In, Red, Mother's Day, Buried, I Spit On Your Grave and more. Hit the jump to read more about the IFC Midnight films and see some stills. Earlier this ...
- 9/14/2010
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
We know that we here at Cinematical have been yammering on and on about how awesome Fantastic Fest is, but that's only because we wish everyone who wanted to could simply attend the largest genre festival in the Us. Unfortunately we live in a world where day jobs still exist and teleportation does not, and so for many getting down to Austin, TX for a decadent week of film programming starting on September 23 just isn't in the cards. If that's the case for you, then you'll be glad to know that IFC Midnight, the genre arm of IFC Films, has your back.
IFC Midnight are now set to make the films they're contributing to Fantastic Fest available On-Demand around the country. And what films are those exactly? 'Heartless', directed by Philip Ridley, starring Jim Sturgess as a man who thinks he's starting to see demons; 'High Lane', a...
IFC Midnight are now set to make the films they're contributing to Fantastic Fest available On-Demand around the country. And what films are those exactly? 'Heartless', directed by Philip Ridley, starring Jim Sturgess as a man who thinks he's starting to see demons; 'High Lane', a...
- 9/14/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
Some pretty great news has come in for those of us who don't have the funds or the time off from work to attend this year's Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas: IFC Midnight, the new genre label of IFC Films, has announced that four brand new IFC Midnight acquisitions screening at Fantastic Fest (Sept. 23-30) will simultaneously be available nationwide via the movies-on-demand platform.
Here are the details from the press release:
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley...
Here are the details from the press release:
IFC Midnight and Fantastic Fest will be making the following four films available nationwide on major national cable systems that include Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House in conjunction with their screenings at Fantastic Fest 2010: Philip Ridley’s demonic thriller Heartless (review) (making its Us debut); Abel Ferry’s mountain climbing nightmare High Lane (making its Us debut); Josh Reed’s Ozploitation horror flick Primal (review) (making its Us debut); and Simon Rumley...
- 9/14/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
IFC new genre label IFC Midnight announced a partnership with Austin's genre festival Fantastic Fest. Under the pact, four IFC Midnight titles will screen at Fantastic Fest later this month (September 23-30) and be available on VOD cable platforms across the nation simultaneously. The new films include: Philip Ridley's thriller "Heartless," Abel Ferry's mountain climber "High Lane," Josh Reed's Australian horror film "Primal," and Simon Rumley's "Red White & Blue." Three ...
- 9/14/2010
- Indiewire
Heartless , High Lane , the Australian thriller Primal and Simon Rumley's Red, White & Blue will make their debut on the IFC Midnight VOD service in part of a partnership with Fantastic Fest taking place in Austin September 23 - 30. The films will simultaneously be available nationwide via the movies-on-demand platform of major national cable systems, including Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, and will be available in approximately 40 million homes. IFC Midnight will also make three acclaimed films from Fantastic Fest 2009 available on demand as part of this initiative including: Tom Six's The Human Centipede , Kim Ji-Woon's The Good, the Bad, and the Weird , and Jake West's Doghouse . Primal director Josh Reed and Red,...
- 9/14/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Year: 2009
Directors: Josh Reed
Writers: Josh Reed & Nigel Christensen
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
One of the problems with contemporary horror is the seemingly endless parade of teenagers going camping in the woods, and the pedestrian horrors they face therein. There are of course some true greats in this genre but it produces diminishing returns as time goes on, with last year's Frightfest showcasing some particularly dismal examples. Expectations were low then for Primal, but a bit of imagination, a lot of wit and a cavalier attitude to genre conventions make it a surprisingly entertaining film.
Primal's teens are an unpromising assortment of clichés - cowardly boy, gung-ho boy, cheeky boy, annoying girl, sensible girl and nondescript girl - embarking on a trip deep into the Australian bush to see some prehistoric rock paintings for a college project. The forest setting is beautiful and positively vibrates with colour,...
Directors: Josh Reed
Writers: Josh Reed & Nigel Christensen
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ben Austwick
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
One of the problems with contemporary horror is the seemingly endless parade of teenagers going camping in the woods, and the pedestrian horrors they face therein. There are of course some true greats in this genre but it produces diminishing returns as time goes on, with last year's Frightfest showcasing some particularly dismal examples. Expectations were low then for Primal, but a bit of imagination, a lot of wit and a cavalier attitude to genre conventions make it a surprisingly entertaining film.
Primal's teens are an unpromising assortment of clichés - cowardly boy, gung-ho boy, cheeky boy, annoying girl, sensible girl and nondescript girl - embarking on a trip deep into the Australian bush to see some prehistoric rock paintings for a college project. The forest setting is beautiful and positively vibrates with colour,...
- 8/30/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Aussie horror Primal recieved it’s World Premiere this past Thursday at the opening night of the 2010 London Film4 FrightFest, and we were lucky enough to get a exclusive interview with the films director, Josh Reed.
Is there a real aboriginal legend which inspired Primal?
No, we made it all up. We wanted total creative freedom, without being hamstrung by cultural sensitivities or the need for accuracy. Besides, I don’t think tentacle porn features heavily in Aboriginal mythology.
The killer bunny scene got huge laughs at FrightFest, and there was some question over the general humour in the film, was that intentional?
Well, if you don’t want people to laugh you probably should shy away from killer bunnies, but this is an interesting question. The humour’s intentional, because in this sort of visceral, adrenal horror, humour is a valuable counterpoint to keep your audience on edge. But...
Is there a real aboriginal legend which inspired Primal?
No, we made it all up. We wanted total creative freedom, without being hamstrung by cultural sensitivities or the need for accuracy. Besides, I don’t think tentacle porn features heavily in Aboriginal mythology.
The killer bunny scene got huge laughs at FrightFest, and there was some question over the general humour in the film, was that intentional?
Well, if you don’t want people to laugh you probably should shy away from killer bunnies, but this is an interesting question. The humour’s intentional, because in this sort of visceral, adrenal horror, humour is a valuable counterpoint to keep your audience on edge. But...
- 8/30/2010
- by Kat
- Nerdly
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