Stars: Tess Haubrich, Michael Biehn, Nathan Jones, Angie Milliken | Written by Ryan Coonan, Richard Barcaricchio | Directed by Ryan Coonan
Rippy, originally entitled The Red before getting retitled to riff on the old kid’s show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, is the latest creature feature from down under. As if Australia didn’t already have enough critters that will kill you, director Ryan Coonan and co-writer Richard Barcaricchio have expanded their 2014 short Waterborne and turned a giant kangaroo into a flesh hungry zombie.
Maddy is the sheriff of the small outback town of Axehead. It’s a job her war hero father held before he died saving her life. She feels the pressure of living up to his reputation, and days like this don’t help.
First her Uncle Schmitty comes into town claiming he was attacked by a giant kangaroo that shrugged off his bullets. Then the two drunks whose...
Rippy, originally entitled The Red before getting retitled to riff on the old kid’s show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, is the latest creature feature from down under. As if Australia didn’t already have enough critters that will kill you, director Ryan Coonan and co-writer Richard Barcaricchio have expanded their 2014 short Waterborne and turned a giant kangaroo into a flesh hungry zombie.
Maddy is the sheriff of the small outback town of Axehead. It’s a job her war hero father held before he died saving her life. She feels the pressure of living up to his reputation, and days like this don’t help.
First her Uncle Schmitty comes into town claiming he was attacked by a giant kangaroo that shrugged off his bullets. Then the two drunks whose...
- 10/30/2024
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Ryan Coonan’s 2024 dark comedy Rippy tells the strange but true story of a zombie kangaroo terrorizing an Australian country town. Set mostly at night in the rural community of Axehead, the film stars Tess Haubrich as Sheriff Maddy, a young officer trying to live up to her late father’s legacy.
Just as the pressures of her job start weighing her down, a series of gruesome attacks leaves the townsfolk ripped to shreds. Maddy and her eccentric Uncle Schmitty, played by veteran actor Michael Biehn, must work to stop the undead assailant before it’s too late.
Through their investigation, they discover the culprit is none other than Rippy, a hulking zombie kangaroo on the rampage. With most of the action taking place after dark and plenty of gore along the way, Rippy sets out to be a wild horror comedy ride.
While the bizarre concept alone makes it worth a watch,...
Just as the pressures of her job start weighing her down, a series of gruesome attacks leaves the townsfolk ripped to shreds. Maddy and her eccentric Uncle Schmitty, played by veteran actor Michael Biehn, must work to stop the undead assailant before it’s too late.
Through their investigation, they discover the culprit is none other than Rippy, a hulking zombie kangaroo on the rampage. With most of the action taking place after dark and plenty of gore along the way, Rippy sets out to be a wild horror comedy ride.
While the bizarre concept alone makes it worth a watch,...
- 10/20/2024
- by Arash Nahandian
- Gazettely
"What's your plan?" "I'm going to blow the F his brains out! Capelight Pictures has revealed a full trailer for a hilarious B-movie horror creation called Rippy, formerly known as The Red. It's a kooky Australian comedy horror about a violent, killer kangaroo. When locals in a country town start being killed by a zombie kangaroo, the local sheriff must face her past and work with her eccentric uncle to defeat the beast before it kills everyone. The filmmakers explain: "It explores the conflict between obligation and freedom of choice, the grief of losing a loved one and the lies we tell ourselves, and each other, to protect the memories of those that have passed. It is also about a 7 foot tall undead kangaroo, and the start of the apocalypse. The Red is a horror comedy film influenced by classic creature features such as The Thing, An American Werewolf in London,...
- 9/3/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
There’s an outbreak in the outback in the upcoming killer kangaroo creature feature The Red starring Michael Biehn, and the official trailer has been unleashed this week.
The Red is a feature expansion of Ryan Coonan’s 2014 smash festival short film Waterborne, and it’s directed by Coonan and written by Coonan and Richard Barcaricchio.
The Red hits cinemas in Australia October 31. Stay tuned for a U.S. release date.
The upcoming creature feature follows the story of young police officer Maddy, who is determined to live up to her deceased father’s legacy. Her courage is put to the test when locals are found brutally ripped to shreds by Rippy the Zombie Kangaroo.
As the undead beast leaves a trail of carnage, Maddy, with the help of her eccentric uncle Schmitty and resilient aunt Donna, must embark on a high-stakes battle to save the town.
Tess Haubrich, Aaron...
The Red is a feature expansion of Ryan Coonan’s 2014 smash festival short film Waterborne, and it’s directed by Coonan and written by Coonan and Richard Barcaricchio.
The Red hits cinemas in Australia October 31. Stay tuned for a U.S. release date.
The upcoming creature feature follows the story of young police officer Maddy, who is determined to live up to her deceased father’s legacy. Her courage is put to the test when locals are found brutally ripped to shreds by Rippy the Zombie Kangaroo.
As the undead beast leaves a trail of carnage, Maddy, with the help of her eccentric uncle Schmitty and resilient aunt Donna, must embark on a high-stakes battle to save the town.
Tess Haubrich, Aaron...
- 8/5/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Radioactive is set to give the horror comedy The Red, a feature expansion of director Ryan Coonan’s 2014 short film Waterborne, a theatrical release across Australia and New Zealand on October 31st, with a press release also promising that the film will arrive in the United States sometime during “the spooky season.” We don’t have a date for any releases outside Australia and New Zealand, but we do have a trailer for the film, and you can check that out in the embed above.
At the heart of The Red is Rippy, the giant Zombie Kangaroo. “Rippy is your average bloke by day, and a terrifying Zombie Kangaroo by night.” Rippy is joined in the cast by Tess Haubrich (Wolf Creek season 2), Angie Milliken (MDA), and Michael Biehn (The Terminator), with Haubrich taking on the role of young police officer Maddy, who is determined to live up to her deceased father’s legacy.
At the heart of The Red is Rippy, the giant Zombie Kangaroo. “Rippy is your average bloke by day, and a terrifying Zombie Kangaroo by night.” Rippy is joined in the cast by Tess Haubrich (Wolf Creek season 2), Angie Milliken (MDA), and Michael Biehn (The Terminator), with Haubrich taking on the role of young police officer Maddy, who is determined to live up to her deceased father’s legacy.
- 8/2/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
There’s an outbreak in the outback in the upcoming killer kangaroo creature feature The Red, and Bloody Disgusting has been provided with a first-look sneak peek this afternoon.
In the film, which is now in post production, “Obsessed with living up to her dead father’s legacy a young sheriff finds her mettle tested when locals are found ripped to shreds.”
The Red is a feature expansion of Ryan Coonan’s 2014 smash festival short film Waterborne, and it’s directed by Coonan and written by Coonan and Richard Barcaricchio.
Micheal Biehn, Tess Haubrich, Aaron Pederson and Angie Milliken star.
You can watch the original short film below, which at the time was said to be “the world’s first zombie kangaroo film, and a prequel for a feature film currently in development.”
Nine years – and 1.6 million views on YouTube! – later, Waterborne has finally become feature film The Red. Stay...
In the film, which is now in post production, “Obsessed with living up to her dead father’s legacy a young sheriff finds her mettle tested when locals are found ripped to shreds.”
The Red is a feature expansion of Ryan Coonan’s 2014 smash festival short film Waterborne, and it’s directed by Coonan and written by Coonan and Richard Barcaricchio.
Micheal Biehn, Tess Haubrich, Aaron Pederson and Angie Milliken star.
You can watch the original short film below, which at the time was said to be “the world’s first zombie kangaroo film, and a prequel for a feature film currently in development.”
Nine years – and 1.6 million views on YouTube! – later, Waterborne has finally become feature film The Red. Stay...
- 2/6/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Baz Luhrmann's remixed version of the life and times of Elvis Presley feels like the exuberant director's version of a comic book movie (an opinion /Film's Rafael Motamayor agreed with in his review). "Elvis" has garnered a whopping eight Oscar nominations this year and the jam-packed soundtrack was also Grammy nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack. Featuring songs from Tame Impala, Eminem, Kacey Musgraves, Yola, and Elvis Presley himself, one of the most surprising additions to the soundtrack comes from an obscure song choice from Stevie Nicks. The whimsical cover "Cotton Candy Land" appears in the opening scene, setting the stage for Luhrmann's dreamlike biography.
"Cotton Candy Land" was recorded by Presley for the 1963 musical "It Happened At the World's Fair" (not to be confused with the found footage horror film "We're All Going to the World's Fair"). The song was never released as a single, allowing for the classic...
"Cotton Candy Land" was recorded by Presley for the 1963 musical "It Happened At the World's Fair" (not to be confused with the found footage horror film "We're All Going to the World's Fair"). The song was never released as a single, allowing for the classic...
- 2/7/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
Filming is officially underway on the survival horror film The Red, a feature expansion of director Ryan Coonan’s 2014 short film Waterborne. This version of the story stars Tess Haubrich (Wolf Creek season 2) and Michael Biehn (The Terminator), with Haubrich taking on the role of
a young sheriff, obsessed with living up to her dead father’s legacy, who finds her mettle tested when locals are found ripped to shreds. She must finally face up to her past and work with her eccentric Vietnam veteran uncle (Biehn) to defeat the beast responsible for the murders before it kills everyone in town.
Haubrich and Biehn are joined in the cast by Angie Milliken (Elvis). It’s worth noting that Haubrich and Biehn are both Alien franchise alums, as Haubrich had a role in Alien: Covenant and Biehn was, of course, in Aliens.
Coonan wrote the screenplay for The Red with Richard Barcaricchio,...
a young sheriff, obsessed with living up to her dead father’s legacy, who finds her mettle tested when locals are found ripped to shreds. She must finally face up to her past and work with her eccentric Vietnam veteran uncle (Biehn) to defeat the beast responsible for the murders before it kills everyone in town.
Haubrich and Biehn are joined in the cast by Angie Milliken (Elvis). It’s worth noting that Haubrich and Biehn are both Alien franchise alums, as Haubrich had a role in Alien: Covenant and Biehn was, of course, in Aliens.
Coonan wrote the screenplay for The Red with Richard Barcaricchio,...
- 9/26/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Production begins today [Monday 26 September] on Australian survival horror The Red, starring Tess Haubrich (Alien: Covenant), Michael Biehn (The Terminator) and Angie Milliken (Elvis).
In the film, a young sheriff (Haubrich) obsessed with living up to her dead father’s legacy finds her mettle tested when locals are found ripped to shreds. She must finally face up to her past and work with her eccentric Vietnam veteran uncle (Biehn) to defeat the beast responsible for the murders before it kills everyone in town.
Ryan Coonan directs from a script he wrote with Richard Barcaricchio based on their short film Waterborne. Produced in 2014, Waterborne played at more than 70 festivals including Fantasia, Fantastic Fest and Sitges.
Producers are Judd Tilyard (Two Heads Creek) and Liz Tomkins for Dicentium Films, Jessica Butland (Ruby’s Choice) for Radioactive Pictures and Barcaricchio, with Brett Thornquest and Steven Matusko of Eclectik Vision co-producing (Blood Vessel). Verity Fiction...
In the film, a young sheriff (Haubrich) obsessed with living up to her dead father’s legacy finds her mettle tested when locals are found ripped to shreds. She must finally face up to her past and work with her eccentric Vietnam veteran uncle (Biehn) to defeat the beast responsible for the murders before it kills everyone in town.
Ryan Coonan directs from a script he wrote with Richard Barcaricchio based on their short film Waterborne. Produced in 2014, Waterborne played at more than 70 festivals including Fantasia, Fantastic Fest and Sitges.
Producers are Judd Tilyard (Two Heads Creek) and Liz Tomkins for Dicentium Films, Jessica Butland (Ruby’s Choice) for Radioactive Pictures and Barcaricchio, with Brett Thornquest and Steven Matusko of Eclectik Vision co-producing (Blood Vessel). Verity Fiction...
- 9/26/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
When E! network host Maria Menounos and her partner, producer-director Keven Underago, saw footage of This Isn.t Funny in post, they volunteered to join the team of producers. That tie-up could be an asset as the romantic comedy, the directing debut of Canberra-born, Us-based actor and filmmaker Paul Ashton, is launched on the Us festival circuit to help facilitate deals with distributors in the Us, Australia and the rest of the world. Starring Anthony Lapaglia, Gia Carides, Angie Milliken, Katie Page and Ashton, the film will have its world premiere on March 27 at the Cleveland International Film Festival, followed by the Dallas International Film Festival. Ashton, who co-wrote the screenplay with Page, plays Jamie, a perpetual traveller who brims with unfulfilled potential. Page is Eliot, a stand-up comic with a severe anxiety disorder. They fall for each other, romance blossoms then fractures, forcing them to examine their preconceptions about family and identity.
- 3/17/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Canberra-born Us-based actor and filmmaker Paul Ashton is directing his first feature, romantic comedy This Isn.t Funny, in Los Angeles. . There is a strong Aussie element as the cast includes Anthony Lapaglia, Gia Carides, Angie Milliken and Ashton. . Ashton wrote the screenplay with co-star Katie Page, loosely inspired by their own off-camera relationship, which poses the question: Can true love survive when you meet the right person at the wrong time? . The producers are Lije Sarki with Easy Open Productions' Ian Keiser and Leigh Jones. The executive producer is Metropolitan Entertainment.s Pierce Cravens. . Ashton plays Jamie, a perpetual traveller who brims with unfulfilled potential.. Page is Eliot, a stand-up comic with a severe anxiety disorder.. They fall for each other, romance blossoms then fractures, forcing them to examine their preconceptions about family and identity. . Lapaglia plays a co-worker of Jamie.s character and Milliken is his mother.
- 2/2/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Irish filmmaker Sophie Fiennes. The Perverts Guide To Ideology and Australian writer-director Michael Bond.s debut film Passengers have been acquired by Tait Brady.s boutique distribution company Label.
Fiennes. documentary follows Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek on a tour through the labyrinths of popular culture including the films The Sound of Music, Taxi Driver, Titanic and The Dark Knight, plus TV ad campaigns and music.
The follow-up to Fiennes. The Perverts Guide To Cinema, the film premiered at the Sydney Festival, is screening at this week.s Revelation Film Festival in Perth and is booked into the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The Hollywood Reporter hailed the doc as a .riveting and often hilarious demonstration of the Slovenian philosopher.s uncanny ability to turn movies inside out and accepted notions on their head..
Brady is showing the film to exhibitors with a view to launching the film in a limited number...
Fiennes. documentary follows Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek on a tour through the labyrinths of popular culture including the films The Sound of Music, Taxi Driver, Titanic and The Dark Knight, plus TV ad campaigns and music.
The follow-up to Fiennes. The Perverts Guide To Cinema, the film premiered at the Sydney Festival, is screening at this week.s Revelation Film Festival in Perth and is booked into the Melbourne International Film Festival.
The Hollywood Reporter hailed the doc as a .riveting and often hilarious demonstration of the Slovenian philosopher.s uncanny ability to turn movies inside out and accepted notions on their head..
Brady is showing the film to exhibitors with a view to launching the film in a limited number...
- 7/8/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Friels finds 'Solo' project
SYDNEY -- Australia's Colin Friels has signed to star in Solo, recent winner of the Australian version of Project Greenlight. Australian Film Institute Award winner Friels (Malcom, Tom White) will play an enforcer working in Sydney's criminal underworld. Solo, the first feature film for veteran short film actor-director-writer Morgan O'Neill, begins filming in Sydney later this month, with Bojana Novakovic, Angie Milliken, Bruce Spence and Anh Do also starring. It will be executive produced by Sue Milliken, who also headed the industry judging panel for Project Greenlight Australia. Sue Seeary will produce.
- 7/13/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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