Director: Faye Jackson. Review: Adam Wing. Just what the world needs, another vampire movie. Before you reach for the silver bullets though - consider this. There’s very little chance of bumping into a pale-faced, love-struck teen-idol in Strigoi. Romanian folklore dictates that strigoi are the troubled souls of dead rising from the grave. Occasionally they are living people with magical properties, including invisibility and the ability to transform into animals. Others like to drain the vitality of victims through bloodsucking - that would be your regular household variety then. Strigoi is a vampire movie that defies categorisation, it’s set in Romania for a start. Vlad Cozma (Catalin Paraschiv) is a young man returning to his grandfather's village from Italy. Inexplicably, frying chicken in a fast food joint wasn’t job satisfaction enough for a guy with a degree in medicine. With barely a foot through the door, Vlad...
- 8/8/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Faye Jackson fields some questions from projectcyclops about her first feature film, a horror/thriller/mystery about the Romanian myth of the Strigoi. You can read his review here.
How did you become interested in the Strigoi myth? Before seeing your film I’d never heard of it, and the Internet has so many convoluted and alternative descriptions of what Strigoi really are. Was that part of the attraction?
I’d never heard of the Strigoi myth until I went to Romania (my husband’s Romanian and I’ve visited a lot over the past 10 years).
I was researching the origins of Dracula out of curiosity and became interested in the folklore stories that appear to have inspired Stoker. I immediately loved the accounts I read of Strigoi. In particular I remember reading a story about a guy burying an uncle only to go home and find him sitting in his favourite chair,...
How did you become interested in the Strigoi myth? Before seeing your film I’d never heard of it, and the Internet has so many convoluted and alternative descriptions of what Strigoi really are. Was that part of the attraction?
I’d never heard of the Strigoi myth until I went to Romania (my husband’s Romanian and I’ve visited a lot over the past 10 years).
I was researching the origins of Dracula out of curiosity and became interested in the folklore stories that appear to have inspired Stoker. I immediately loved the accounts I read of Strigoi. In particular I remember reading a story about a guy burying an uncle only to go home and find him sitting in his favourite chair,...
- 12/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Written and directed by Faye Jackson
Featuring Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttmann, Vlad Jipa, Catalin Paraschiv
www.strigoimovie.com
Review by rochefort
In the opening scene of Strigoi, directed by Faye Jackson (Lump), ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried angry-mob-style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks...
An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of...
Featuring Constantin Barbulescu, Roxana Guttmann, Vlad Jipa, Catalin Paraschiv
www.strigoimovie.com
Review by rochefort
In the opening scene of Strigoi, directed by Faye Jackson (Lump), ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried angry-mob-style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks...
An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of...
- 11/4/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Year: 2009
Directors: Faye Jackson
Writers: Faye Jackson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 5 out of 10
In the opening scene of "Strigoi", directed by Faye Jackson, ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried, angry mob style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks. An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of small-town charm and low-impact horror storytelling,...
Directors: Faye Jackson
Writers: Faye Jackson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 5 out of 10
In the opening scene of "Strigoi", directed by Faye Jackson, ex-Communists Constantin and Ileana Tirescu (Constantin Barbulescu and Roxana Guttmann), cold-hearted landowners whom the townspeople suspect of murder, are themselves murdered and buried, angry mob style. Soon after, Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) returns to his Romanian hometown after an extended vacation in Italy, and finds that the townspeople are dropping like flies. Almost everyone but him is convinced that an undead Constantin and his wife are responsible, but Vlad and local policeman Octav (Vlad Jipa) decide to conduct their own amateur investigation into the steadily-rising death toll, uncovering a long-buried local history of corruption, racism, and supernatural dirty tricks. An alternative to the glut of glossier and more expensive vampire movies both recent and upcoming, "Strigoi" is a mixed bag of small-town charm and low-impact horror storytelling,...
- 11/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Director: Faye Jackson Writer(s): Faye Jackson Starring: Constantin Barbulescu, Camelia Maxim, Catalin Paraschiv Vampires seem to be the new black these days, with multiple prime time television shows featuring vampires and an onslaught of vampire movies; but what differentiates Strigoi from all of the other vampire-related entertainment out there is that there is nothing sexy or seductive about Strigoi. Written and directed by Faye Jackson, Strigoi focuses more on another common trait of vampire tales – the metaphor – and in Strigoi the metaphor appears to be political (bloodsucking communist landowners). Vlad (Catalin Paraschiv) has returned home to Romania, after living in Italy for a while. While living with his grandfather, Vlad stumbles upon a mysterious death that has been ruled accidental but reeks of foul play – it also seems someone forged Vlad’s name on the autopsy report. Curious about apparent cover-up, Vlad commences an investigation. The obvious bad...
- 10/21/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
St. Moritz Productions jut released this brand new movie poster from the upcoming horror comedy “Strigoi” written and directed by Faye Jackson (Resurrecting Bill, Lump) and starring Constantin Barbulescu (BloodRayne, Hellraiser: Deader), Camelia Maxim (Ils), Catalin Paraschiv (Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes, Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave), Rudi Rosenfeld (Madhouse, The Midas Touch) and Dan Popa. The principle photography took place in Romania. Synopsis: When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “Strigoi”.
- 1/18/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
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