Dawning of the Dead is the latest horror film for writer and director Tony Jopia who’s previous films include Cute Little Buggers (2017), Crying Wolf (2015) and Deadtime (2012). I got a chance to talk with Tony about why he decided to make a zombie film, never giving up and bringing the gore to the screen.
Hi Tony, thank you for joining me again today I appreciate you taking the time out to talk to me again. You are following up the critical success of Cute Little Buggers with your new film Dawning of the Dead. Why did you decide to make a zombie film?
We were working out way through the horror genres. We always said that we would make these films with the attitude that we would have fun making them. So, after doing a slasher with Dead Time, we then wanted to do a creature feature which we did...
Hi Tony, thank you for joining me again today I appreciate you taking the time out to talk to me again. You are following up the critical success of Cute Little Buggers with your new film Dawning of the Dead. Why did you decide to make a zombie film?
We were working out way through the horror genres. We always said that we would make these films with the attitude that we would have fun making them. So, after doing a slasher with Dead Time, we then wanted to do a creature feature which we did...
- 12/1/2017
- by Philip Rogers
- Nerdly
XLrator Media and Two-Headed Snake Entertainment would like horror fans to celebrate Christmas with Good Tidings. This United Kingdom shot feature involves a trio of psychopaths and a break-in, on Christmas Day. Rum and Egg Nog are substituted for guns and bloodshed. Someone has definitely been naughty this year! The film was directed by Stuart W. Bedford, from a script by Giovanni Gentile. A trailer and release details are available here, for the film. Good Tidings will release, appropriately, this December. Through Video-on-demand, the film will be available this December 6th. Several platforms will host the release, including: iTunes, Amazon Instant, Vudu, Google Play and the Xbox Network. The launch is being supported by both XLrator and Blue Fox Entertainment, on the Macabre label. Film fans can add Good Tidings to their Christmas list, now. More details on the film's launch are hosted below. Release Date: December 6th, 2016 (VOD). Director: Stuart W. Bedford.
- 12/5/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Good tidings for Christmas and a deadly new year. A new poster and trailer for Stuart W. Bedford's Good Tidings have slithered down the chimney ahead of the film's December 6th release on VOD and iTunes from XLrator Media.
Synopsis: “A homeless war veteran with a checkered past must rely on a side of himself once thought buried when he and his companions are targeted on Christmas Day by three vicious psychopaths in Santa suits.”
Directed by Stuart W. Bedford from a screenplay he wrote with Stu Jopia and Giovanni Gentile, Good Tidings stars Alan Mulhall, Clair Crossland, Julia Walsh, Colin Murtagh, Jonny Hirst, and Stu Jopia.
XLrator Media will release Good Tidings on VOD and iTunes beginning December 6th.
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Synopsis: “A homeless war veteran with a checkered past must rely on a side of himself once thought buried when he and his companions are targeted on Christmas Day by three vicious psychopaths in Santa suits.”
Directed by Stuart W. Bedford from a screenplay he wrote with Stu Jopia and Giovanni Gentile, Good Tidings stars Alan Mulhall, Clair Crossland, Julia Walsh, Colin Murtagh, Jonny Hirst, and Stu Jopia.
XLrator Media will release Good Tidings on VOD and iTunes beginning December 6th.
The post Release Details, Poster & Trailer for Holiday Horror Film Good Tidings appeared first on Daily Dead.
- 11/17/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Excited for the Halloween season yet? Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween kicks off this Friday and will feature The Crooked Man, starring Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight, Spawn). Also in today's Horror Highlights: trailers for both Night of the Living Dead: Genesis and StalkHer, festival screening details for films from Blanc/Biehn Productions, and details on a distribution agreement between XLrator Media and Blue Fox Entertainment.
The Crooked Man Airing on Syfy's 31 Days of Horror: "The Crooked Man, starring Michael Jai White (Spawn), Amber Benson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers) kicks off Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween [on Saturday, October 1st at 9:00 p.m. Et.]
Synopsis: While at a slumber party, twelve year old ‘Olivia’ is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend after singing a song, created by a reclusive mastermind, ‘Milo’ (Michael Jai White), which summons a demonic figure known as "The Crooked Man". Returning to her hometown six years later,...
The Crooked Man Airing on Syfy's 31 Days of Horror: "The Crooked Man, starring Michael Jai White (Spawn), Amber Benson (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers) kicks off Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween [on Saturday, October 1st at 9:00 p.m. Et.]
Synopsis: While at a slumber party, twelve year old ‘Olivia’ is blamed for the horrific and mysterious death of her friend after singing a song, created by a reclusive mastermind, ‘Milo’ (Michael Jai White), which summons a demonic figure known as "The Crooked Man". Returning to her hometown six years later,...
- 9/29/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The companies have struck an alliance to jointly distribute 15 films a year in North America including co-acquisitions.
Commencing at the Afm in November, Blue Fox Entertainment will sell international rights to the slate and other XLrator Media titles.
The first film under the deal will be the thriller Good Tidings (pictured) on December 6, followed by supernatural thrillers Dark Signal and A Demon Within in 2017.
All films will go out on XLrator Media’s Macabre genre label.
The companies started their relationship earlier this year when XLrator Media acquired North American rights from Blue Fox to The Windmill, which launches on VOD and iTunes on October 25 and opens theatrically on October 28.
XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon and Blue Fox Entertainment co-founders James Huntsman and Todd Slater announced the partnership.
Commencing at the Afm in November, Blue Fox Entertainment will sell international rights to the slate and other XLrator Media titles.
The first film under the deal will be the thriller Good Tidings (pictured) on December 6, followed by supernatural thrillers Dark Signal and A Demon Within in 2017.
All films will go out on XLrator Media’s Macabre genre label.
The companies started their relationship earlier this year when XLrator Media acquired North American rights from Blue Fox to The Windmill, which launches on VOD and iTunes on October 25 and opens theatrically on October 28.
XLrator Media CEO Barry Gordon and Blue Fox Entertainment co-founders James Huntsman and Todd Slater announced the partnership.
- 9/28/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
During a new 90-minute episode of The Walking Dead on November 1st, trailers for both Preacher and Into the Badlands will premiere. Also: a Halloween screening at participating theaters, a Puppet Master marathon on El Rey, the short film Under the Dark Wing, and Dead Town Indiegogo details.
The Walking Dead Event: Press Release: "For Immediate Release – AMC is bringing fans “The Walking Dead Mega Sunday” event on November 1st at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. During the all-new extended 90-minute episode of “The Walking Dead,” AMC will air the world premiere of the trailer for AMC’s upcoming, highly anticipated series “Preacher,” as well as the television premiere of the “Into the Badlands” trailer.
In this all-new episode of “The Walking Dead,” “Here’s Not Here,” written by Scott M. Gimple and directed by Stephen Williams, the survivors must ask themselves who can be trusted, and better yet, can they change?...
The Walking Dead Event: Press Release: "For Immediate Release – AMC is bringing fans “The Walking Dead Mega Sunday” event on November 1st at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. During the all-new extended 90-minute episode of “The Walking Dead,” AMC will air the world premiere of the trailer for AMC’s upcoming, highly anticipated series “Preacher,” as well as the television premiere of the “Into the Badlands” trailer.
In this all-new episode of “The Walking Dead,” “Here’s Not Here,” written by Scott M. Gimple and directed by Stephen Williams, the survivors must ask themselves who can be trusted, and better yet, can they change?...
- 10/24/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Watch out, Cavity Colors' apparel is coming in hot! Pre-order for all three items is available now with more details below. Also: Friday the 13th screening details, an excerpt from Barbie Wilde's Voices of the Damned, a new Good Tidings teaser, and more details for Exorcism: Live!.
Cavity Colors Apparel: "The legend of all hallows eve Never Dies....
This design should help with the "post-October blues" we are all sure to experience come November
"Rotting Boogeyman" Crewneck Sweater ($ 40.00)
Designed by Nathan Thomas Milliner Limited Edition of only 150 (this item will never be reprinted. once it sells out, it's gone forever!) 8.5 oz fleece. 80% cotton 20% polyester blend fleece Split stitch double needle sewing on all seams Pre-order - Ships in Early November"
""Rotting Boogeyman" T-shirt ($ 25.00)
The legend of all hallows eve Never Dies....
This design should help with the "post-October blues" we are all sure to experience come November
Designed by...
Cavity Colors Apparel: "The legend of all hallows eve Never Dies....
This design should help with the "post-October blues" we are all sure to experience come November
"Rotting Boogeyman" Crewneck Sweater ($ 40.00)
Designed by Nathan Thomas Milliner Limited Edition of only 150 (this item will never be reprinted. once it sells out, it's gone forever!) 8.5 oz fleece. 80% cotton 20% polyester blend fleece Split stitch double needle sewing on all seams Pre-order - Ships in Early November"
""Rotting Boogeyman" T-shirt ($ 25.00)
The legend of all hallows eve Never Dies....
This design should help with the "post-October blues" we are all sure to experience come November
Designed by...
- 10/23/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Two-Headed Snake Entertainment have announced that pre-production is underway on the upcoming Christmas themed horror/thriller Good Tidings, which is set to shoot on a location in a disused courthouse (the first time ever the location hs been used for such purposes) in Southport, Merseyside; and is due for release Christmas 2016.
Written and conceived by horror enthusiasts Stu Jopia, Stuart W. Bedford and Giovanni Gentile, who recently penned this years zombie action thriller Apocalypse and next year’s monster fuelled H.P Lovecraft inspired horror anthology Dark Continents; Good Tidings draws inspiration from genre classics, taking influence from Black Christmas, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silent Night Deadly Night, Assault on Precinct 13, whilst still harkening to the new breed of horror thrillers like You’re Next, The Devils Rejects and The Purge.
Director/Writer Stuart W. Bedford tells us:
We’ve always been fascinated by Exploitation movies. Good Tidings is...
Written and conceived by horror enthusiasts Stu Jopia, Stuart W. Bedford and Giovanni Gentile, who recently penned this years zombie action thriller Apocalypse and next year’s monster fuelled H.P Lovecraft inspired horror anthology Dark Continents; Good Tidings draws inspiration from genre classics, taking influence from Black Christmas, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silent Night Deadly Night, Assault on Precinct 13, whilst still harkening to the new breed of horror thrillers like You’re Next, The Devils Rejects and The Purge.
Director/Writer Stuart W. Bedford tells us:
We’ve always been fascinated by Exploitation movies. Good Tidings is...
- 7/30/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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