The Devil Dared Me To
Stars: Chris Stapp, Matt Heath, Bonnie Soper | Written by Chris Stapp, Matt Heath | Directed by Chris Stapp
The Devil Dared Me To is the story of Randy Cambell a kid with a dream. His dream is to be a daredevil stuntman like his father, seen as New Zealand’s greatest stuntman. His main desire and the stunt that will make him the greatest is to jump over the Cook Strait in a rocket car, something he’s practiced on his bike, leading to many injuries. As he grows up and gives up on trying it on his bike, he joins a team known as the Timaru Hellriders led by Dick Johansonson. We follow Randy’s rise to the top and his resulting rivalry with Dick which causes death, loss of limbs, love affairs and plenty of getting drunk and doing drugs (mainly by Dick) and...
Stars: Chris Stapp, Matt Heath, Bonnie Soper | Written by Chris Stapp, Matt Heath | Directed by Chris Stapp
The Devil Dared Me To is the story of Randy Cambell a kid with a dream. His dream is to be a daredevil stuntman like his father, seen as New Zealand’s greatest stuntman. His main desire and the stunt that will make him the greatest is to jump over the Cook Strait in a rocket car, something he’s practiced on his bike, leading to many injuries. As he grows up and gives up on trying it on his bike, he joins a team known as the Timaru Hellriders led by Dick Johansonson. We follow Randy’s rise to the top and his resulting rivalry with Dick which causes death, loss of limbs, love affairs and plenty of getting drunk and doing drugs (mainly by Dick) and...
- 6/23/2011
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Source: FilmShaft - The Devil Dared Me To Get FrightFest Features Release
Last month we reported on an exciting new distribution adventure between the amazing chaps at FrightFest, eOne and Wild Bunch.
The first flick they released under the FrightFest Features banner was an Italian chiller called Shadow and now they've announced the next title!
It sounds really mental and great fun. It's called The Devil Dared Me To and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Chris Stapp. Below is the press release, some quotes on and DVD artwork.
From the press release:
"Chris Stapp’s gasoline-fuelled, turbo-charged story of vodka-swilling Randy Campbell and his dream of becoming New Zealand’s greatest living stuntman is set for a UK DVD release on May 23 through FrightFest Features.
The Devil Dared Me To, which screened at FrightFest, is the second title to be released through the recently created joint venture between Wild Bunch and FrightFest which will,...
Last month we reported on an exciting new distribution adventure between the amazing chaps at FrightFest, eOne and Wild Bunch.
The first flick they released under the FrightFest Features banner was an Italian chiller called Shadow and now they've announced the next title!
It sounds really mental and great fun. It's called The Devil Dared Me To and directed by New Zealand filmmaker Chris Stapp. Below is the press release, some quotes on and DVD artwork.
From the press release:
"Chris Stapp’s gasoline-fuelled, turbo-charged story of vodka-swilling Randy Campbell and his dream of becoming New Zealand’s greatest living stuntman is set for a UK DVD release on May 23 through FrightFest Features.
The Devil Dared Me To, which screened at FrightFest, is the second title to be released through the recently created joint venture between Wild Bunch and FrightFest which will,...
- 5/9/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Those guys who did The Devil Dared Me To, a daredevil comedy set in New Zealand, are back with something that sounds so outrageous, so fantastical that I already want to see it. Bare knucle brawling women? Check. Men hunting whales for dinner? Check. Just read below to see what I mean.
"Inspired by tough screen stars like Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin and rollicking adventure films like Death Hunt, Jeremiah Johnson and Apocalypto – the creators Matt Heath and Chris Stapp want to create an epic story of good and evil and set it in a quasi-parallel New Zealand universe.
The story takes place in the deep south of the South Island in the late 1900s, a unruly world where women have bare knuckle fist fights in the muddy main streets and men hunt whales for dinner.
An insanely over-the-top world exaggerated to the extremes, one that pokes fun of...
"Inspired by tough screen stars like Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin and rollicking adventure films like Death Hunt, Jeremiah Johnson and Apocalypto – the creators Matt Heath and Chris Stapp want to create an epic story of good and evil and set it in a quasi-parallel New Zealand universe.
The story takes place in the deep south of the South Island in the late 1900s, a unruly world where women have bare knuckle fist fights in the muddy main streets and men hunt whales for dinner.
An insanely over-the-top world exaggerated to the extremes, one that pokes fun of...
- 11/4/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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