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Fantastic Fest Announces First Slate of Films

13 July 2009 2:10 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Film festivals are often a conumdrum for me because I sometimes wonder how they get started and, more to the point, who picks the films that get shown at them. My problem is that the films selected for many of the festivals don’t usually seem all that appealing (at least to me) and are often a collection of “art for art’s sake” films overwhelmed by their own sense of self-importance.

Fortunately, I don’t have this problem with the Fantastic Fest in Austin, which runs from September 24th to October 1st. The films selected for this festival represent an eclectic mix of genres and filmmakers and what I consider to be some of the most interesting, innovative and creative films being produced today. Sure, they’re not all potential Hollywood blockbusters, nor are they for everyone, but they are all pretty much guaranteed to be interesting, entertaining and in their own way,

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Chris Ullrich

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Jared Hess' Gentlemen Broncos to open Fantastic Fest!

13 July 2009 2:09 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

That's right, the first 32 titles have been announced for Austin's Fantastic Fest and the opening film will be the latest from Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) which stars Jemaine Clement (Eagle vs Shark)! I think I'm going this year!

Also playing will be the likes of...

Nicholas Refn's Bronson (review)

Pieter Van Hees Dirty Mind (review)

Esther Gronenborn's Kaifeck Murder (review coming shortly)

Lawrence Gough's Salvage (review)

Cory McAbee's Stingray Sam (review)

Full list of features and shorts after the break.

42nd Street Forever Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition

The hugely popular Synapse trailer compilation series 42nd Street Forever is featuring the Alamo Film Archive for it's fifth volume. Here's your chance to check out a sneak preview screening of the actual 35mm trailers which are featured in the DVD compilation

Breathless

(dir. Yang Ik-june, 2009, South Korea)

Breathless is a foul-mouthed drama that delivers an unlikely mix of pathos,

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First TX Fantastic Fest titles announced

13 July 2009 12:48 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

The organizers of Austin, TX’s Fantastic Fest have revealed the first round of movies playing at this year’s event, which runs September 24-October 1. The festival will be playing dozens of full-length and short films in all genres, beginning with a special opening-night showing of Gentlemen Broncos, the latest from Napoleon Dynamite’s Jared Hess.

Among the fright features confirmed for screening at Fantastic Fest ’09 are: Tom Shankland’s much-praised Brit shocker The Children (pictured); Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman’s chilling documentary Cropsey (see feature story here); Anthony Diblasi’s Clive Barker adaptation Dread; Nobuhiko Obayashi’s surreal 1977 schoolgirls-in-trouble spooker House; Ti West’s early-’80s-horror homage The House Of The Devil (see review here); German director Esther Gronenborn’s psychological chiller Kaifeck Murder; the revenge opus Rampage, from the unstoppable Uwe Boll; Kerry Prior’s unusual vampire opus The Revenant (see item here); Salvage, from British filmmaker Lawrence Gough,

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‘The Descent 2′ Heads ‘2009 Film 4 Frightfest’ Line-up

6 July 2009 5:29 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Every year a horror festival by the name of Film 4 Frightfest takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend in London in the UK. It’s a haven for British horror film fans, featuring some of the latest and greatest of what the horror genre has to offer that are almost always UK, European and World Premieres. The festival returns for it’s tenth year in 2009, and we have the scheduled line-up of films for you to have a look at.

 

For the first time in the Frightfest’s history, the films will be shown on two screens: The Main Screen will show the biggest films (the Premieres, the ones with the biggest stars/directors etc), and the Discovery Screen will play some of the more riskier stuff, along with doubling up on some of the bigger stuff to give folks the chance to see them if they missed them on the other screen.

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New Stills: Dread and The Horde

6 July 2009 3:37 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Another round of stills from this year's Film 4 FrightFest that should entice both Clive Barker fans and you ever-so-hungry fans of the living dead!

First up a look at Anthony DeBlasi's film version of Clive Barker's Dread, which is playing the festival on Sunday, August 30th, at 9:00Pm.

Synopsis

Adapted by writer/director Anthony Diblasi from the Clive Barker novella in ‘Books of Blood Volume II’ this psychological horror tale is intense, grim and nasty - the shock ending the stuff of appalling nightmares. Three Boston college students join forces to helm a Kinsey-style documentary study on the subject of fear. But two of the unholy trio are unaware the third is haunted by past demons causing chilling sociopath behaviour and a driven need to explore people’s innermost terrors to extreme limits.

Next up are stills from the French zombie opus The Horde, which will be playing the festival on Friday,

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Frightfest UK: Hi-Res Stills From 'Dread' and 'Giallo'!

6 July 2009 1:19 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

We got a bunch of new hi-res still from two films playing at this August's Frightfest UK in London. Inside you can get a new look at Anthony Diblasi's Dread, a Clive Barker adaptation that centers on three college students who study other peoples fears. As the study progresses, one of the students begins to seek salvation from his obsession by exploiting the terrors of his fellow participants. In addition to the trailer we brought you over the weekend, also check out a new look at Dario Argento's Giallo, which takes place in Italy where an American woman fears her sister may have been kidnapped. Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears its worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.

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Incredible Film4 Frightfest lineup announced!

3 July 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

Not only will our very own London correspondent Ben Austwick be there to cover the fest but it's one of the best lineups ever!

How about the world premier for Pa giant insect comedy Infestation? Check.

Sneak preview of La Horde? Check.

UK premier of Cannes premier Hierro? Check.

The surprisingly good Giallo, the latest from Dario Argento? Check.

The world premier of The Descent part 2? Check!

Full schedule after the break. (Yes we copied Dread Central's post. Thanks UncleCreepy!)

Main Programme - Empire 1

# Thursday 27 August

18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)

The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale,

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Film 4 FrightFest Releases Schedule

3 July 2009 12:22 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

The UK's most amazing horror film festival Film 4 FrightFest has released what could very well be one of the best horror line-ups we've seen ever for its latest show taking place August 27th - August 31st, brimming with films we've been salivating over Stateside!

If you need any more reasons to fly across the pond check out the schedule below!

Main Programme - Empire 1

Thursday 27 August 18.30 Triangle (World Premiere)

The Boat That Shocked! Film4 FrightFest is delighted to open this year’s festival with the first ever showing of British director Christopher Smith’s latest spellbinding horror fantasy. When Jess (Melissa George) hits a seagull driving to her local harbour little does she know it signals a harrowing omen for her yachting trip with friends. From epic ocean vistas to poignantly shocking finale, Triangle is Smith’s best, polished and most mature work.

95 minutes Director: Christopher Smith UK/Australia 2009

Melissa George

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A Chilling Pair Of Clive Barker Premieres

2 July 2009 12:12 AM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news

Last summer's Montreal cinephiles were treated to the world premiere of Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train at the Fantasia Film Festival. This July Fantasia will follow up on this by  launching the hotly anticipated adaptations of the celebrated author's work: Anthony Diblasi's Dread (World Premiere), and John Harrison's Book Of Blood (North American Premiere). If that's not enough, both filmmakers will be in town to host their respective screenings. Book Of Blood UK Dir: John Harrison "The dead pass on their stories carved in flesh to our world". This decidedly adult Clive Barker adaptation merges two short stories from the author's groundbreaking Books Of Blood collection - On Jerusalem Street and The Book Of Blood - into a single feature-length narrative. Regular George A. Romero collaborator, occasional composer of immortal film scores (Day Of The Dead, Creepshow and Tales From The Darkside), John Harrison brings big screen life to Barker's morbid,

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Fantasia film fest 2009 lineup lookin' lovely!

30 June 2009 2:09 PM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

Ok, so I'm lazy.. I copy and pasted the press release, which is after the break, and we have reviews of quite a few of the films playing, including White Lightnin', Left Bank, Blood River, Cryptic, Deadgirl, The Horsemen, I Sell the Dead.. with Kaifeck Murder coming soon (once I can figure out what to write).

Movies I'm really interested in seeing: French Pa flick Mutants, Smash Cut, Possibility of an Island, Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, and Thirst.

But alas, I won't be there. Instead, a friend of ours will be providing some reviews for the week he is there, so everyone give a big thanks to DirtyRobot! Woop!

Check out the film greatness after the break! Oh, and there's more to come...

The past 12 months have been a treasure trove for sharp, individualistic visions of the unusual. Keep your hands on the bars as we give you a

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Editorial: Is Horror Dying?

3 June 2009 7:20 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Following Drag Me to Hell's modest box office take, the folks at The Examiner have posted up an interesting editorial - "7 Reasons Why the Horror Genre is Dying".

It may not be much of an epiphany to all you avid horror fans out there, but it's a well-constructed account of what has been crippling the industry over the last several years.

The article concludes by calling for someone to step up and save horror, but I'd like to offer a counter-point: The saviors are not only here, they've always been around. You just have to recognize them. When it comes to the genre, the first thing people need to do is stop looking at the multi-plexes.

Think about the majority of new and old horror classics: How many of them actually came from a big studio? How many had hefty budgets and instant success? Aside from a few exceptions (Jaws,

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Andrew Kasch

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Yes We Cannes!

29 May 2009 3:42 PM, PDT | From Fangoria.com | See recent Fangoria news

Attendance was down by 30 percent at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Not surprising, considering the recession still biting and Euro exchange rates keeping prices along the Croisette at ridiculously expensive levels. Yet the number of high-profile genre films in the Official Competition was a bonus for those more used to finding the most controversial entries up for distributor grabs in the Market section. While Park Chan-wook’s Thirst and Gaspar Noe’s Enter The Void certainly had their followers, with Terry Gilliam’s out-of-competition The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus a similar hot ticket, the two biggest stories were Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist.

Cinema saves the world in Tarantino’s disjointed, history-bending homage to war movies, which takes its misspelled name—but very little else—from Enzo Castellari’s 1978 Italian cult exploiter. Divided into chapters, each highlighting a movie style like Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns,

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Promotional Video For Dread, The Latest Clive Barker Adaptation!

12 May 2009 7:46 AM, PDT | From iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news

Several months back, this promotional behind the scenes video for Dread popped up on-line, then quickly disappeared. Thankfully it's back! Based on Clive Barker's short story from his legendary Books Of Blood, Dread was written & directed by Anthony Diblasi and stars Jackson Rathbone (Twilight, S. Darko), Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen, Laura Donnelly, Jonathan Readwin, Carl McCrystal, Zoe Stollery, Eva Wyrwal, Elissa Dowling, Kirean Murphy, Elspeth Rae, Erin Gavin and Matt Jessup.

The flick is already generating a ton of buzz as one of the best Barker adaptations yet. Read Spooky Dan's latest Icons blog where he talks about Dread! And watch the video below!

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First Look: Video Featurette for Clive Barker's Dread

12 May 2009 5:05 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

I'm not exactly the biggest fan of Clive Barker, but he's got some unique and creepy stories that usually translate well to the big screen (or at least, make for very interesting adaptations). Our friends over at Quiet Earth have dug up the first promo reel for Dread, the newest Clive Barker adaptation from Anthony Diblasi. The film stars Jackson Rathbone and Shaun Evans and is about the idea of dread in life. This reminds me a bit of George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead, but I'm not sure if this will even be that good. Anyway, those who are fans of Clive Barker should definitely take a look, as it looks quite interesting. Watch the promo footage for Clive Barker's Dread: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/dread-preview-clip.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/dread-preview-clip.jpg 480 210] Three students are working on a documentary about what others dread in life, but are unaware that their partner is haunted by his parents' murder

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Preview featurette for Clive Barker's Dread

11 May 2009 8:13 AM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

Dread might be Anthony Diblasi's first directorial effort but the filmmaker is no stranger to the twisted worlds of Clive Barker. He acted as assistant director on Clive Barker's The Plague back in 2006 and was not only executive producer on Midnight Meat Train (review here), but is also one of the producers responsible for Pascal Laugier bringing Hellraiser back from the dead in 2011. So Dread should be in good hands methinks.

Synopsis:

Three college students work on a documentary about what others dread in life, with two of the students unaware that their partner is haunted by having seen his parents murdered and wants to learn more about dread in real life scenarios.

A promo featurette for the film was dug up yesterday and brought to our attention by some in-the-loop readers. It contains, what I think is, the first footage from the film which is due sometime in

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Dread (2009)

6 May 2009 9:43 PM, PDT | From Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news

Written by Clive Barker and Anthony Diblasi

Directed by Anthony Diblasi

Featuring Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen, Laura Donnelly

So, the new Clive Barker movie Dread? It’s good. It’s definitely worth checking out. For those of you who missed The Midnight Meat Train because of its short stint in the theaters due to some unlucky studio politics can bask in the glory of Anthony Diblasi’s adaptation of Barker’s short story of the same title – Dread is a seriously effed up and intelligent film with some impressive direction by newcomer Diblasi. With a cohesive directing style that evidently took into consideration the preservation of the tone of the original story and the artistic expressiveness possible in editing, it’s technically impressive and manages to not insult the audience’s intelligence. Dread isn’t a stupid horror film for teenagers. In fact, this is probably way too intense for Twilighters and Predators-ers…

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Dread Virals, Stills, and Screening Invite

28 April 2009 11:12 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Ok, kids! Playing a little catch-up here. For around a week now some virals and stills have been going around pertaining to Clive Barker's Dread. We were a little lax on our end, so here they are for you -- the virals, the stills, and even an invite to see the movie for free!

Dread is a psychological thriller centering on three college students who study other people’s fears. As the study progresses, one of the students begins to seek salvation from his obsession by exploiting the terrors of his fellow participants. In the film directed by Anthony Diblasi, Stephen Grace is played by Jackson Rathbone and Shaun Evans is Quaid.

Things kicked off with the following e-mail from a Mr. Stephen Grace:

"Quaid, I knew it! I knew we were pushing things too far. I just got this letter from Kessler, now what??"

Said e-mail and letter

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Uncle Creepy

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Seven New Hi-Res Images from Dread

28 April 2009 | From shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news

Several new pics from Anthony Diblasi's Clive Barker adaptation Dread have come in. For the ladies, these are never-before-seen shots of Jackson Rathbone and Shaun Evans. Click on the top four to see them in hi-res, the last three are from the sound mix - an inside look at the studio with Diblasi as he wraps post-production. If you missed yesterday's announcement, there's a free Los Angeles screening coming up. Click here for more details!

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L.A.: Do You Want to See Dread for Free?

27 April 2009 | From shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news

Quaid said in the last bit of viral teasing : "They'll see it, they're all gonna f**kin see it." Well, here you go. To all of you Los Angeles ShockTillYouDrop.com readers. We just got word that there will be a free screening of Dread , the latest Clive Barker adaptation, on Tuesday, May 5th. This is your chance to catch the Anthony Diblasi's film - starring Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Evans, Hanne Steen and Laura Donnelly - early. Check out the invitation below and RSVP to the e-mail you see there. Legal Notice: The theater has a limited capacity. Early arrival is advisable to secure admission and an ideal vantage point. Admission is not guaranteed and is first come, first served. The venue manager will not allow lines to form early, so please do not arrive...

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Update: Barker's Dread Viral Campaign Returns

26 April 2009 | From shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news

Update: Scroll past the letter for a response from Quaid with an Nsfw painting created by the character... ShockTillYouDrop.com received the latest piece of viral marketing for Anthony Diblasi's adaptation of the Clive Barker tale Dread . The below letter arrived with the following e-mail from a Mr. Stephen Grace: "Quaid, I knew it! I knew we were pushing things too far. I just got this letter from Kessler, now what??" Grace, in the film, is played by Jackson Rathbone; Shaun Evans is Quaid. You can find more "viral" goodies here . Read my first thoughts on the film based on an early screening and stay tuned for some more updates soon... F**K kessler! He's just pissed because his daughter is one of my models... and because he's part of the...

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