Led Zeppelin was Jimmy Page’s baby. The guitarist assembled the band. He dictated the creative vision. He had a hand in writing nearly all of Zeppelin’s songs. Page played guitar and other instruments. Just as crucially, he produced all the band’s albums. It was a lot of extra work, but Page never considered giving up the role as Led Zeppelin’s producer, and when an outsider tried to muscle his way into the title, the guitarist told him off with a very frank response.
Jimmy Page told Glyn Johns he ‘didn’t have a hope in hell’ of producing Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was nearly a self-contained entity. Aside from tabla player Viram Jasani contributing to “Black Mountain Side” on the debut and Robert Plant sharing vocals with Sandy Denny on “The Battle of Evermore,” they never used outside performers. Sound engineers were the only outsiders to crack the inner circle.
Jimmy Page told Glyn Johns he ‘didn’t have a hope in hell’ of producing Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was nearly a self-contained entity. Aside from tabla player Viram Jasani contributing to “Black Mountain Side” on the debut and Robert Plant sharing vocals with Sandy Denny on “The Battle of Evermore,” they never used outside performers. Sound engineers were the only outsiders to crack the inner circle.
- 7/28/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin had a reputation for lifting music that didn’t belong to them, and one guitarist insinuated that Jimmy Page felt guilty about it. Page idolized Bert Jansch, a Scottish folk musician. He attended concerts and admired his innovation. Jansch inspired Page, though the Led Zeppelin guitarist may have borrowed from him a bit too liberally. Jansch said Page ripped him off and, in the years afterward, could barely look him in the eye.
Guitarist Bert Jansch accused Jimmy Page of stealing from him
Page often discussed Jansch’s influence on him, noting that he was “obsessed” with the Scottish guitarist.
“It was so far ahead of what everyone else was doing,” he said, per The Guardian. “No one in America could touch that.”
Jansch’s influence on Page was clear, particularly in the songs “Bron-y-Aur Stomp” and “Black Mountain Side.” Jansch’s bandmate Jacqui McShee said they were...
Guitarist Bert Jansch accused Jimmy Page of stealing from him
Page often discussed Jansch’s influence on him, noting that he was “obsessed” with the Scottish guitarist.
“It was so far ahead of what everyone else was doing,” he said, per The Guardian. “No one in America could touch that.”
Jansch’s influence on Page was clear, particularly in the songs “Bron-y-Aur Stomp” and “Black Mountain Side.” Jansch’s bandmate Jacqui McShee said they were...
- 6/27/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jimmy Page and George Harrison were two of the most famous guitar players ever, but few music fans would confuse them. Page’s blistering solos, folk- and blues-based style, and layered riffs as Led Zeppelin’s lone guitarist stood in contrast to George’s more pop-oriented style. Yet they both enjoyed The Black Crowes’ music and shared a passion for Eastern music. Page bragged about owning a sitar before George, though Zep’s founder admitted Harrison played it much better.
Jimmy Page bragged about owning a sitar before George Harrison but admitted The Beatles’ guitarist played it better
Harrison and The Beatles went to India in early 1968, but he had already used a sitar on several Fab Four songs. He played the instrument on “Norwegian Wood (“This Bird Has Flown),” “Love You To,” and “Within You Without You.”
Still, George wasn’t the only English guitarist interested in Eastern sounds.
Jimmy Page bragged about owning a sitar before George Harrison but admitted The Beatles’ guitarist played it better
Harrison and The Beatles went to India in early 1968, but he had already used a sitar on several Fab Four songs. He played the instrument on “Norwegian Wood (“This Bird Has Flown),” “Love You To,” and “Within You Without You.”
Still, George wasn’t the only English guitarist interested in Eastern sounds.
- 6/24/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Bonham’s drumming was essential to Led Zeppelin. He used his bag of tricks to give powerfully stellar performances, but Bonzo also displayed his talent for playing various styles of beats and showing restraint when necessary. Still, the band didn’t employ their drummer on some songs. These are the six Led Zeppelin songs without Bonham’s drums (in chronological order).
John Bonham | Lester Cohen/Getty Images The 1 Led Zeppelin song that might not include John Bonham’s drumming, but we’re not sure
Before diving into the Zep songs we know don’t have Bonham’s playing, we need to discuss one we’re unsure about.
“That’s the Way,” a delicate gem from the back half of Led Zeppelin III, is nearly all acoustic guitar and vocals with steel guitar flourishes. Yet the tambourine that enters the mix toward the end (it’s distinct starting at the 4:44 mark) could be Bonham.
John Bonham | Lester Cohen/Getty Images The 1 Led Zeppelin song that might not include John Bonham’s drumming, but we’re not sure
Before diving into the Zep songs we know don’t have Bonham’s playing, we need to discuss one we’re unsure about.
“That’s the Way,” a delicate gem from the back half of Led Zeppelin III, is nearly all acoustic guitar and vocals with steel guitar flourishes. Yet the tambourine that enters the mix toward the end (it’s distinct starting at the 4:44 mark) could be Bonham.
- 5/19/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin churned out songs at a furious pace early in their career. Even bassist John Paul Jones was impressed by their work ethic, and he cut his teeth as an in-demand session player working six or seven days a week before joining the band. Zep’s pace eventually slowed down, but they recorded dozens of songs in their career. We’re listing all 86 Led Zeppelin songs in alphabetical order, noting the albums they appeared on, their length, and notes on each one.
Note: Led Zeppelin made eight studio albums before breaking up, but we’re including completed songs (not reference mixes or rough cuts) from the posthumous 1982 album Coda, the 1990 box set, Coda’s 2015 expanded reissue, and one BBC Sessions recording since the band made those tunes while still together.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin members John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, John Bonham, and Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images Led...
Note: Led Zeppelin made eight studio albums before breaking up, but we’re including completed songs (not reference mixes or rough cuts) from the posthumous 1982 album Coda, the 1990 box set, Coda’s 2015 expanded reissue, and one BBC Sessions recording since the band made those tunes while still together.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin members John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, John Bonham, and Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images Led...
- 5/1/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin songs ran the gamut. They had heavy pieces and delicate tunes. Songs they loved and songs they hated. Epics that stretched the clock. Led Zeppelin’s shortest songs included two of their most recognizable pieces, one of which continues raking in money for the band.
Note: We included finished songs from the studio albums and deluxe reissues only, so the concert sound experiment “LA Drone” won’t make our list.
(l-r) John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Bonham | Dick Barnatt/Redferns 8. ‘Royal Orleans’ Run time: 2:59
The Presence song was an outlier — every other track on the album was at least four minutes long, and two tracks stretched more than nine minutes. Guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer John Bonham settled into a tight groove immediately, and Page played a main riff that resembled the rock-jazz fusion of Steely Dan more than Led Zeppelin.
Robert Plant...
Note: We included finished songs from the studio albums and deluxe reissues only, so the concert sound experiment “LA Drone” won’t make our list.
(l-r) John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Bonham | Dick Barnatt/Redferns 8. ‘Royal Orleans’ Run time: 2:59
The Presence song was an outlier — every other track on the album was at least four minutes long, and two tracks stretched more than nine minutes. Guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer John Bonham settled into a tight groove immediately, and Page played a main riff that resembled the rock-jazz fusion of Steely Dan more than Led Zeppelin.
Robert Plant...
- 4/23/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin proved to be exceptional workers in the studio. And we don’t just mean Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones being in-demand session musicians before playing together in the studio. Led Zeppelin’s debut album came together incredibly quickly. They made the most of limited downtime and sporadic studio visits to create Led Zeppelin II. But the making of Led Zeppelin III inspired the song “Kashmir” by starting a domino effect that culminated in the band’s definitive song.
(l-r) John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham | Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jimmy Page said Led Zeppelin found inspiration in traveling
Led Zeppelin released two albums in 1969 and almost endlessly crisscrossed the Atlantic Ocean for concerts for 18 months after forming. They had no choice but to write songs for their second album while they toured. The group didn’t stop moving even when they were off the road.
(l-r) John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham | Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jimmy Page said Led Zeppelin found inspiration in traveling
Led Zeppelin released two albums in 1969 and almost endlessly crisscrossed the Atlantic Ocean for concerts for 18 months after forming. They had no choice but to write songs for their second album while they toured. The group didn’t stop moving even when they were off the road.
- 4/22/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Romance drama ‘Adagio’ from New Wave drama series director Yoon Seok-Ho.
South Korea’s Hive Filmworks has boarded international sales rights on two upcoming titles led by romance drama Adagio, directed by Yoon Seok-Ho, known for seminal Korean Wave drama series including Winter Sonata and Autumn In My Heart.
Based on Yuki Ibuki’s Japanese novel The Wind Leading To Love, the film follows a man and a woman going through midlife crises who encounter each other in a peaceful seaside village where – despite their different backgrounds – they classical music connects their lonely and injured souls.
The film stars Kim Ji-young,...
South Korea’s Hive Filmworks has boarded international sales rights on two upcoming titles led by romance drama Adagio, directed by Yoon Seok-Ho, known for seminal Korean Wave drama series including Winter Sonata and Autumn In My Heart.
Based on Yuki Ibuki’s Japanese novel The Wind Leading To Love, the film follows a man and a woman going through midlife crises who encounter each other in a peaceful seaside village where – despite their different backgrounds – they classical music connects their lonely and injured souls.
The film stars Kim Ji-young,...
- 3/14/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Led Zeppelin started as a psychedelic blues band in the last 1960s. It didn’t take long for them to prove they had a soft side with their more delicate work in the folk and country genres. They never shied away from unplugging, and the best acoustic Led Zeppelin songs are some of the finest in their catalog.
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham | Michael Putland/Getty Images Tunes you won’t see on our list of Led Zeppelin’s best acoustic songs
Zep’s reputation as a heavy blues band was so ingrained in their image that George Harrison didn’t realize they had a softer side. Founding guitarist Jimmy Page answered the challenge when the famous Beatle complained to drummer John Bonham that Led Zeppelin never wrote ballads. Page came up with “The Rain Song,” and he subtly referenced the...
(l-r) Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham | Michael Putland/Getty Images Tunes you won’t see on our list of Led Zeppelin’s best acoustic songs
Zep’s reputation as a heavy blues band was so ingrained in their image that George Harrison didn’t realize they had a softer side. Founding guitarist Jimmy Page answered the challenge when the famous Beatle complained to drummer John Bonham that Led Zeppelin never wrote ballads. Page came up with “The Rain Song,” and he subtly referenced the...
- 2/25/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison had several great moments with The Beatles. He played guitar skillfully, wrote some of the Fab Four’s prettiest tunes, and saved the Get Back sessions when they were about to derail completely. We’ll give George credit there, but he was 100 wrong about Led Zeppelin and their ability to write ballads.
(l-r) George Harrison; Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page | Lester Cohen/WireImage; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images George Harrison called out Led Zeppelin for not writing ballads
The Beatles were all but finished when Led Zeppelin burst onto the music scene. Their careers briefly overlapped, but Zep took the torch as the world’s most popular band when the Fab Four split in 1970.
At some point, George crossed paths with Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham and lodged a complaint. The former Beatle called out the newer band for not writing any ballads.
(l-r) George Harrison; Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jimmy Page | Lester Cohen/WireImage; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images George Harrison called out Led Zeppelin for not writing ballads
The Beatles were all but finished when Led Zeppelin burst onto the music scene. Their careers briefly overlapped, but Zep took the torch as the world’s most popular band when the Fab Four split in 1970.
At some point, George crossed paths with Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham and lodged a complaint. The former Beatle called out the newer band for not writing any ballads.
- 2/15/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin fans weren’t the only ones blown away by the band’s music. Its members were, too. He’s turned in some powerful solo work over the years, but Robert Plant didn’t appreciate the power of headphones until he heard Led Zeppelin I through the cans.
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant | Chris Walter/WireImage Robert Plant’s favorite Led Zeppelin album is ‘Physical Graffiti’
There’s something to appreciate about each Led Zeppelin album. Even the keyboard-heavy In Through the Out Door and odd-and-ends collection Coda have their charms. For Plant, Physical Graffiti was Led Zeppelin’s apex, and he called it his favorite Zep album.
The double album has several high points, but “Kashmir” might be the highest. Led Zeppelin IV centerpiece “Stairway to Heaven” is Zeppelin’s most enduring song. Still, the three surviving band members — Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones — cite “Kashmir...
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant | Chris Walter/WireImage Robert Plant’s favorite Led Zeppelin album is ‘Physical Graffiti’
There’s something to appreciate about each Led Zeppelin album. Even the keyboard-heavy In Through the Out Door and odd-and-ends collection Coda have their charms. For Plant, Physical Graffiti was Led Zeppelin’s apex, and he called it his favorite Zep album.
The double album has several high points, but “Kashmir” might be the highest. Led Zeppelin IV centerpiece “Stairway to Heaven” is Zeppelin’s most enduring song. Still, the three surviving band members — Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones — cite “Kashmir...
- 2/2/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It only takes the first two seconds of the first song on their first record for Led Zeppelin to make crystal clear exactly what they intend to do — and exactly what they intend to do to you. In the opening to “Good Times Bad Times,” the band drops a two-note attack that falls like a cartoon safe, clearing the air for John Bonham’s syncopated groove, Jimmy Page’s swift-sword guitar and Robert Plant’s high-end howling about sex so loud it gets the neighbors talking. “It really wasn’t a pretty thing,...
- 1/12/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
The legendary Kane Hodder, whose film contributions are many, but is most known for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th Part VII, Friday the 13th Part VIII, Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X), has a documentary coming out about his intriguing life called To Hell and Back, and a new clip from the film has been released. Also: details on the Sdcc 2017 exclusive Twin Peaks sign, Central Park and Inheritance Dances with Films screening info, release details on the Camera Obscura soundtrack and White Raven release.
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story: "In a candid moment, Robert Englund reveals that horror films used to not garner much respect among the film industry, but is now “a go-to, popcorn ingredient in the soul of Hollywood.” Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) describes stories of Kane’s strong relationship with his fans, while Ted White (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter...
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story: "In a candid moment, Robert Englund reveals that horror films used to not garner much respect among the film industry, but is now “a go-to, popcorn ingredient in the soul of Hollywood.” Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) describes stories of Kane’s strong relationship with his fans, while Ted White (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter...
- 5/25/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Genre sales agent secures a raft of Asia deals post-afm.
Genre specialist sales outfit Devilworks has struck a raft of deals on several of its titles following the recent American Film Market (Afm) in Los Angeles.
Virtual Cinema has taken China rights for five titles: Bigfoot horror Valley Of The Sasquatch [pictured], comedy sci-fi End Of Days Inc, mystery thriller Lemon Tree Passage, action sci-fi EZO1 and fantasy drama A Better Place.
Korean outfit Doki Entertainment has also acquired A Better Place and End Of Days Inc, while the company has also picked up Israeli comedy sci-fi Omg I’m A Robot. Sy Media has taken Lemon Tree Passage for Korea.
Devilworks has reached an agreement on Valley Of The Sasquatch with Vietnamese outfit Minh Ngan International Media, and the company has also taken sci-fi thriller Listening, horror Some Kind Of Hate, and sci-fi thriller Time Lapse.
Taiwanese outfit Del-tamac has picked up The Answer, End Of Days Inc, Lemon Tree Passage...
Genre specialist sales outfit Devilworks has struck a raft of deals on several of its titles following the recent American Film Market (Afm) in Los Angeles.
Virtual Cinema has taken China rights for five titles: Bigfoot horror Valley Of The Sasquatch [pictured], comedy sci-fi End Of Days Inc, mystery thriller Lemon Tree Passage, action sci-fi EZO1 and fantasy drama A Better Place.
Korean outfit Doki Entertainment has also acquired A Better Place and End Of Days Inc, while the company has also picked up Israeli comedy sci-fi Omg I’m A Robot. Sy Media has taken Lemon Tree Passage for Korea.
Devilworks has reached an agreement on Valley Of The Sasquatch with Vietnamese outfit Minh Ngan International Media, and the company has also taken sci-fi thriller Listening, horror Some Kind Of Hate, and sci-fi thriller Time Lapse.
Taiwanese outfit Del-tamac has picked up The Answer, End Of Days Inc, Lemon Tree Passage...
- 12/8/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sales outfit also closed deals on Some Kind Of Hate and more.
Genre specialist Devilworks has brokered multiple deals for films on its Cannes slate. Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has taken action sci-fi EZO1-Madness, which will be rebranded as The Last Starship for its UK release.
The title has also sold to Australia (Feature Films) and South Korea (Cinema Republic).
Cinema Republic has also picked up Bigfoot horror Valley Of The Sasquatch and gaming horror Polder.
Feature Films has moved for sci-fi thriller Listening, which will be released by Fine Films in Japan, Take 1 in Benelux & Scandinavia and Kino Swiat in Poland.
UK outfit 101 Films has also taken Valley Of The Sasquatch and will release Arctic thriller Black Mountain Side.
Us horror Some Kind Of Hate has gone to China (Virtual Cinema), Poland (Kino Swiat) and Benelux and Scandinavia (Take 1).
Genre specialist Devilworks has brokered multiple deals for films on its Cannes slate. Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has taken action sci-fi EZO1-Madness, which will be rebranded as The Last Starship for its UK release.
The title has also sold to Australia (Feature Films) and South Korea (Cinema Republic).
Cinema Republic has also picked up Bigfoot horror Valley Of The Sasquatch and gaming horror Polder.
Feature Films has moved for sci-fi thriller Listening, which will be released by Fine Films in Japan, Take 1 in Benelux & Scandinavia and Kino Swiat in Poland.
UK outfit 101 Films has also taken Valley Of The Sasquatch and will release Arctic thriller Black Mountain Side.
Us horror Some Kind Of Hate has gone to China (Virtual Cinema), Poland (Kino Swiat) and Benelux and Scandinavia (Take 1).
- 5/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
Our friends at Raven Banner Entertainment are releasing Nick Szostakiwskyj's Canadian horror flick Black Mountain Side this week. We have a new trailer and the release cover art to share with you. "Canada's remote wilderness becomes a chilly catalyst for terror as a group of archaeologists uncover a strange structure buried in the snow. As paranoia and mistrust take hold, the researchers turn on each other, encouraged by visions of a mysterious figure lurking at the fringes of the woods. Is the terror real or a hallucination? Whatever they've unleashed is a powerful force they may never comprehend ... if they survive." I saw Black Mountain Side when it was on the festival circuit in 2015. If you like show burning descents into madness, culminating...
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- 4/26/2016
- Screen Anarchy
January’s home entertainment releases end on a quiet note as there are only a handful of genre-related Blu-ray and DVDs making their way home this Tuesday. Scream Factory has a double dose of horror coming our way on January with Jack’s Back (featuring James Spader) and Sonny Boy (starring the legendary David Carradine), and Wild Eye Releasing is serving up two indie horror flicks on DVD as well, Serial Kaller and Survival Knife.
Jack’s Back (Scream Factory, Blu/DVD Combo)
One hundred years ago, Jack the Ripper slashed his way through London’s red light district. Now, a modern-day maniac is honoring the event by mutilating L.A. ’s ladies of the evening. Has Jack the Ripper been reborn? The police are stumped and the prostitutes of L.A. are scared. The only person with a chance of solving the murders has a problem of his...
Jack’s Back (Scream Factory, Blu/DVD Combo)
One hundred years ago, Jack the Ripper slashed his way through London’s red light district. Now, a modern-day maniac is honoring the event by mutilating L.A. ’s ladies of the evening. Has Jack the Ripper been reborn? The police are stumped and the prostitutes of L.A. are scared. The only person with a chance of solving the murders has a problem of his...
- 1/26/2016
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Welcome back to This Week In Discs where we check out tomorrow’s new releases today! Black Mountain Side The greatest archaeological find of the century has been discovered. At least that’s what the on-site team believes. They’ve uncovered what looks to be the top of a stone monument belonging to a culture with no previous record of being in this part of the world. They debate the validity of the find, play poker, and make plans for the fame in their future, but their celebration is short-lived. The group’s pet cat is murdered, they lose radio contact with civilization, and the local workers, superstitious and terrified, flee into the wintry darkness towards guaranteed death. Madness and mistrust infect the remaining men, and then? Then things go really bad. This below-the-radar horror film is a beautifully-shot and creepy love letter to John Carpenter’s The Thing that finds its own identity amid the paranoia...
- 1/25/2016
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Exclusive: In-demand titles include Some Kind Of Hate, The Answer, Time Lapse.
Genre sales outfit Devilworks has inked a slew of deals on its titles including Adam Egypt Mortimer’s debut Some Kind Of Hate, starring Ronen Rubinstein, Grace Phipps, Sierra McCormick, Maestro Harrell, Lexi Atkins and Spencer Breslin.
Deals have closed with Tiberius for Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Accent for Australia & New Zealand, Dexterity for South America, Kinologistika for Russia while Koch Media has acquired the film for its new Italian horror channel Midnight Factory.
In Some kind Of Hate a bullied teenager is sent to a reform school where he accidentally summons the spirit of a girl, herself a victim of bullying, who takes vengeance on his tormentors.
Devilworks has also sold sci-fi thriller The Answer to Signature Entertainment’s new UK home entertainment label Precision Pictures, which is set to release in Autumn 2016.
Meanwhile deals with Virtual Cinema in China have been secured for The...
Genre sales outfit Devilworks has inked a slew of deals on its titles including Adam Egypt Mortimer’s debut Some Kind Of Hate, starring Ronen Rubinstein, Grace Phipps, Sierra McCormick, Maestro Harrell, Lexi Atkins and Spencer Breslin.
Deals have closed with Tiberius for Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Accent for Australia & New Zealand, Dexterity for South America, Kinologistika for Russia while Koch Media has acquired the film for its new Italian horror channel Midnight Factory.
In Some kind Of Hate a bullied teenager is sent to a reform school where he accidentally summons the spirit of a girl, herself a victim of bullying, who takes vengeance on his tormentors.
Devilworks has also sold sci-fi thriller The Answer to Signature Entertainment’s new UK home entertainment label Precision Pictures, which is set to release in Autumn 2016.
Meanwhile deals with Virtual Cinema in China have been secured for The...
- 1/13/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Canadian chiller Black Mountain Side comes to DVD. Writer/Director Nick Szostakiwskyj’s chilling (literally and figuratively) Canadian Horror flick Black Mountain Side won awards at Montreal’s legendary Fantasia Film Festival. Now, Monarch Home Entertainment is packaging the picture for you to take home on ye olde DVD on January 26th. Critics have compared the film –…
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- 1/12/2016
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
In a perfect world we’d have an annual holiday that lent itself somehow to the appreciation of horror films — just one day out of the year where people were encouraged to share their love for cinema of the scary, creepy, and gory kinds. A pipe dream, I know, so until that day comes we’ll have to settle for end of the year lists like this one to point people towards the best the genre has to offer. Great horror films that only played festivals and have secured release dates for 2016 — The Invitation, Black Mountain Side, The Witch, Nina Forever — are ineligible for this list, but I am including fest titles that have yet to be so lucky (in the hopes that some smart distributor picks them up soon for release). 15. Goodnight Mommy Twin boys suspect their mother, bandaged after a trip to the hospital, might not actually be their mother after all. This...
- 12/11/2015
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Black Mountain Side is a psychological thriller from director and writer Nick Szostakiwskyj. The film is set in the Great White North aka Canada. Here, several archaeologists uncover an underground structure, which causes a strange psychological affect. Very similar to The Thing (1982) in plot and genre, Black Mountain Side stars Shane Twerdun (She Must Burn), Michael Dickson, Carl Toftfelt and Marc Anthony Williams. The film's first exciting trailer is hosted here. The trailer shows the archaeologists uncovering something in the snow. A small celebration takes place. But then, the characters begin to experience hallucinations and a general psychological breakdown. How far will these explorers descend into the depths of their paranoid minds and will they ever return? Black Mountain Side has toured several film festivals, recently. The film was just at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, in Portland, Oregon. Now, this title has a date with DVD, through Monarch Home Entertainment.
- 11/12/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The biggest deals of this year’s Cannes Marché du Film and how the Competition titles sold throughout the festival.
Behind the glamour of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, business was booming at the Marché du Film (May 13-22), with representatives from 120 countries in attendance - up four on 2014.
A total 3,300 films were on offer this year, around 1,000 at the project stage, with an estimated 11,000 film professionals in attendance, in line with last year.
In the opening days, Marché chief Jérôme Paillard told Screen: “Acquisition agents are telling me that it’s the first time in a number of years that there are so many big projects. I’ve been told there are around 50 high profile projects on offer.”
North AmericaHOT Projects
Universal Pictures and Focus Features took worldwide rights to Tom Ford’s upcoming thriller Nocturnal Animals, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, in a deal reportedly worth $20m. [Story]
Open Road paid...
Behind the glamour of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, business was booming at the Marché du Film (May 13-22), with representatives from 120 countries in attendance - up four on 2014.
A total 3,300 films were on offer this year, around 1,000 at the project stage, with an estimated 11,000 film professionals in attendance, in line with last year.
In the opening days, Marché chief Jérôme Paillard told Screen: “Acquisition agents are telling me that it’s the first time in a number of years that there are so many big projects. I’ve been told there are around 50 high profile projects on offer.”
North AmericaHOT Projects
Universal Pictures and Focus Features took worldwide rights to Tom Ford’s upcoming thriller Nocturnal Animals, starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal, in a deal reportedly worth $20m. [Story]
Open Road paid...
- 5/22/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: 101 nabs UK rights to thriller.
UK genre sales outfit Devilworks has sold thriller Black Mountain Side to UK distributor 101 Films.
The deal was negotiated between CEO of Devilworks Matteo Rolleri and head of acquisitions at 101 Films Steve Davey.
Devilworks is debuting the psychological horror in Cannes.
The film follows a group of archaeologists who begin to fall ill after uncovering a stone structure in the snow, engraved with indecipherable archaic writings and symbols.
CEO of Devilworks Matteo Rolleri commented: “Black Mountain Side is a truly atmospheric psychological journey on ice; we’re delighted to work with 101 Films, who showed great enthusiasm in the film.”...
UK genre sales outfit Devilworks has sold thriller Black Mountain Side to UK distributor 101 Films.
The deal was negotiated between CEO of Devilworks Matteo Rolleri and head of acquisitions at 101 Films Steve Davey.
Devilworks is debuting the psychological horror in Cannes.
The film follows a group of archaeologists who begin to fall ill after uncovering a stone structure in the snow, engraved with indecipherable archaic writings and symbols.
CEO of Devilworks Matteo Rolleri commented: “Black Mountain Side is a truly atmospheric psychological journey on ice; we’re delighted to work with 101 Films, who showed great enthusiasm in the film.”...
- 5/19/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Genre sales outfit Devilworks has boarded Adam Egypt Mortimer’s horror Some Kind Of Hate.
Devilworks has partnered with production outfit Caliber Media to land international rights to supernatural horror Some Kind Of Hate.
Following its recent premiere at the Stanley Film Festival, Adam Egypt Mortimer’s film tells the story of a troubled teen who conjures the spirit of a teen who committed suicide years before.
Ronen Rubinstein (It Felt Like Love), Sierra McCormick (A.N.T Farm), Grace Phipps (Fright Night) and Spencer Breslin (The Happening) star.
Devilworks will start to sell the film to in Cannes.
CEO of Devilworks Matteo Rolleri, who negotiated the deal with Dallas Sonnier on behalf of Caliber Media, said: “We’re ecstatic to be on board the international sales for Some Kind of Hate; it’s a new kind of slasher, which stands alone from the rest, with an integral yet tragic core. I think audiences...
Devilworks has partnered with production outfit Caliber Media to land international rights to supernatural horror Some Kind Of Hate.
Following its recent premiere at the Stanley Film Festival, Adam Egypt Mortimer’s film tells the story of a troubled teen who conjures the spirit of a teen who committed suicide years before.
Ronen Rubinstein (It Felt Like Love), Sierra McCormick (A.N.T Farm), Grace Phipps (Fright Night) and Spencer Breslin (The Happening) star.
Devilworks will start to sell the film to in Cannes.
CEO of Devilworks Matteo Rolleri, who negotiated the deal with Dallas Sonnier on behalf of Caliber Media, said: “We’re ecstatic to be on board the international sales for Some Kind of Hate; it’s a new kind of slasher, which stands alone from the rest, with an integral yet tragic core. I think audiences...
- 5/12/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Genre Boutique Devilworks will be at the Marina Showroom in Cannes, starting the international sales of “Black Mountain Side”.
Already reviewed by IndieWire as a solid addition to the movie tradition of arctic thrillers, “Black Mountain Side” follows a group of archaeologists after they uncover a stone structure in the snow, engraved with indecipherable archaic writings and symbols. Releasing an ancient virus, an illness begins to spread through the crew members and they are provoked into violence by visions of a mysterious figure.
The film received its World Premiere at Fantasia, and since then it has been acclaimed as the best psychological paranoid horror of the year; winning the award for Best Cinematography at the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival.
Matteo Rolleri, CEO of Devilworks says "We are ready to bring this eclectic film to Cannes; it is truly a psychological ride in the darkness of the paranoia... on ice!”...
Already reviewed by IndieWire as a solid addition to the movie tradition of arctic thrillers, “Black Mountain Side” follows a group of archaeologists after they uncover a stone structure in the snow, engraved with indecipherable archaic writings and symbols. Releasing an ancient virus, an illness begins to spread through the crew members and they are provoked into violence by visions of a mysterious figure.
The film received its World Premiere at Fantasia, and since then it has been acclaimed as the best psychological paranoid horror of the year; winning the award for Best Cinematography at the Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival.
Matteo Rolleri, CEO of Devilworks says "We are ready to bring this eclectic film to Cannes; it is truly a psychological ride in the darkness of the paranoia... on ice!”...
- 5/7/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Great horror films were not hard to find this year, but as is usually the case the best ones didn’t open wide in theaters nationwide. The studio efforts were once again the year’s lesser genre entries, and while I had some fun with the likes of Annabelle and As Above So Below the fourteen films below offer far more when it comes to chills, thrills and creative atmospheres. And a quick note on some of the other titles you won’t find below… both Afflicted and Willow Creek were on last year’s list, and several movies — Black Mountain Side, Cooties, Creep, Cub, The Editor, It Follows, Spring, What We Do In the Shadows and Zombeavers — would have made this year’s, but they’ve only played festivals and have yet to see an official U.S. release. 14. The Sacrament Ti West‘s found footage-ish journey into the lair of a questionably sane cult leader...
- 12/15/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Fantasia International Film Festival 2014 runs July 17 to August 6. Follow all of our coverage here. The Taiga Cordillera is a big and lonely place along the top half of Canada. The northernmost part is even sparser with a population that caps off under a hundred souls, but it’s here where perhaps the greatest archaeological find of the century has been discovered. At least that’s what the on-site team believes and the reason why Peter Olsen (Michael Dickson) has arrived at this godforsaken place by helicopter. They’ve uncovered what looks to be the top of a stone monument belonging to a culture with no previous record of being in this part of the world. Olsen and the team debate the validity of the find, play poker and make plans for the fame in their future, but their celebration is short-lived. The group’s pet cat is murdered and splayed out like a sacrifice before the stone...
- 8/6/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Here's the trailer for Black Mountain Side, the Canadian horror production that made its premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. You can read my review of it here.
Nick Szostakiwskyj writes and directs this paranoia-driven thriller about a group of archaeologists that uncovers a strange structure in Northern Canada, dating over ten thousand years before the present. The team finds themselves isolated when their communication systems fail and it is not long before they begin to feel the effects of the solitude.
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Nick Szostakiwskyj writes and directs this paranoia-driven thriller about a group of archaeologists that uncovers a strange structure in Northern Canada, dating over ten thousand years before the present. The team finds themselves isolated when their communication systems fail and it is not long before they begin to feel the effects of the solitude.
The post Fantasia: Festival Trailer for Black Mountain Side appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 7/31/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The concept of finding something in the snow that you shouldn't mess around with isn't a new one. The concept has been at the center of any number of horror movies, most famously The Thing, but that's not to say there isn't mileage left on the idea. At least that's what writer/director Nick Szostakiwskyj is hoping for.
Black Mountain Side stars Shane Twerdun, Michael Dickson, Carl Toftfelt, Marc Anthony Williams and Andrew Moxham as a group of researchers who uncover a stone structure which features archaic writing none of them recognize. When the group begins to research where the structure came from, things start to go wrong: some expedition members go Awol while the rest are struck by a mysterious illness which begins to spread through camp.
Black Mountain Side [Continued ...]...
Black Mountain Side stars Shane Twerdun, Michael Dickson, Carl Toftfelt, Marc Anthony Williams and Andrew Moxham as a group of researchers who uncover a stone structure which features archaic writing none of them recognize. When the group begins to research where the structure came from, things start to go wrong: some expedition members go Awol while the rest are struck by a mysterious illness which begins to spread through camp.
Black Mountain Side [Continued ...]...
- 7/28/2014
- QuietEarth.us
Montreal-based genre festival to screen over 160 films at its 18th edition, which runs July 17-Aug 6.
Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its 18th edition, which takes place in Montreal from July 17-Aug 6.
Along with those previously announced in the first two waves, this year’s festival will also host the world premieres of Gun Ho Jang’s Heavenly Sword, Simon Boisvert’s Bold & Brash: Filmmaking Boisvert Style, Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side, Maude Michaud’s Dys-, Chad Archibald & Matt Wiele’s Ejecta and LeRoy McCoy’s McCoy the Space Cowboy.
As previously announced, Jacky in the Kingdom of Women and Welcome to New York bookend this year’s festival.
Strands
Jonas Alexander Amby’s Cannes title When Animals Dream will receive its North American premiere as part of the festival’s Camera Lucida strand, which will also screen the likes of Josephine Decker’s Thou Wast Mild and Lovely and the North...
Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its 18th edition, which takes place in Montreal from July 17-Aug 6.
Along with those previously announced in the first two waves, this year’s festival will also host the world premieres of Gun Ho Jang’s Heavenly Sword, Simon Boisvert’s Bold & Brash: Filmmaking Boisvert Style, Nick Szostakiwskyj’s Black Mountain Side, Maude Michaud’s Dys-, Chad Archibald & Matt Wiele’s Ejecta and LeRoy McCoy’s McCoy the Space Cowboy.
As previously announced, Jacky in the Kingdom of Women and Welcome to New York bookend this year’s festival.
Strands
Jonas Alexander Amby’s Cannes title When Animals Dream will receive its North American premiere as part of the festival’s Camera Lucida strand, which will also screen the likes of Josephine Decker’s Thou Wast Mild and Lovely and the North...
- 7/10/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Following previous announcements of their film lineup, the Fantasia International Film Festival has released their full lineup of movies to be shown at the 18th Annual festival, starting July 17.
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.
Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.
View the whole press release of additional announcements below:
Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday
With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...
- 7/10/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
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