Cyber.
A story about the victims of cyber bullying is the 2016 winner of Get Reel: Top Ten Filmmakers. Festival.
Cyber, produced by young filmmaker Georgia Cramp, was declared the winner at the finalist screening on July 24 at the Ritz Cinema in Sydney. Happy Thoughts by Michael Hall was the runner-up.
The Get Reel Short Filmmakers. Festival received more than 1650 entries from across Australia and New Zealand. Entrants were asked to respond to the theme of .Being Seen. through a short film ten minutes or less shot on a smart device.
The competition awarded $4500 in prizes, and films were voted by a judging panel that included the likes of Danielle Cormack, Jessica Grace Smith, Socratis Otto and Marcario De Souza.
The competition was aimed to start a conversation around mental health. Funds raised from the finalist screening go to Suicide Prevention Australia.
Cyber tells the story of how an attacker eventually...
A story about the victims of cyber bullying is the 2016 winner of Get Reel: Top Ten Filmmakers. Festival.
Cyber, produced by young filmmaker Georgia Cramp, was declared the winner at the finalist screening on July 24 at the Ritz Cinema in Sydney. Happy Thoughts by Michael Hall was the runner-up.
The Get Reel Short Filmmakers. Festival received more than 1650 entries from across Australia and New Zealand. Entrants were asked to respond to the theme of .Being Seen. through a short film ten minutes or less shot on a smart device.
The competition awarded $4500 in prizes, and films were voted by a judging panel that included the likes of Danielle Cormack, Jessica Grace Smith, Socratis Otto and Marcario De Souza.
The competition was aimed to start a conversation around mental health. Funds raised from the finalist screening go to Suicide Prevention Australia.
Cyber tells the story of how an attacker eventually...
- 7/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
World Premiere of Ursula Dabrowsky’s Inner Demon to be unleashed at A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Sydney on 22 November 2014 Five years after the unveiling of her award-winning feature film, Family Demons, at the 2009 A Night of Horror International Film Festival, Adelaide-based, Canadian-born horror writer/director, Ursula Dabrowsky, is thrilled to return to the film festival that launched her horror filmmaking career.
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- 11/5/2014
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
The John Hinde Award for Science Fiction presented by the Australian Writers' Guild is broadening its scope this year, including inviting entries from unproduced scripts.
The $10,000 prize will be awarded to the writer of the best produced script and the categories will be expanded to sub-genres and cross genre pieces, including horror-hybrids and post-Apocalyptic works.
Also, this year the writer of the best unproduced script will get to meet with a leading genre producer, with all travel costs covered by the Awg and the Hinde Award.
The purpose of the award bequested by. Australian film critic John Hinde is to encourage, reward and foster creativity in the development and showcasing of science fiction writing for feature film, short film, TV, radio and interactive media.
This year.s award was launched at the Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival in Hobart on Saturday.
Screenwriting duo Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes,...
The $10,000 prize will be awarded to the writer of the best produced script and the categories will be expanded to sub-genres and cross genre pieces, including horror-hybrids and post-Apocalyptic works.
Also, this year the writer of the best unproduced script will get to meet with a leading genre producer, with all travel costs covered by the Awg and the Hinde Award.
The purpose of the award bequested by. Australian film critic John Hinde is to encourage, reward and foster creativity in the development and showcasing of science fiction writing for feature film, short film, TV, radio and interactive media.
This year.s award was launched at the Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival in Hobart on Saturday.
Screenwriting duo Shayne Armstrong and Shane Krause (Acolytes,...
- 8/24/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian based director Ursula Dabrowsky has almost completed her second feature film titled Inner Demon. This film is part of a trilogy, with Family Demons and Demonheart rounding out this trio. Dabrowsky's latest will bring elements of New French Extremity into this film's thrilling story. Inner Demon involves a serial killing couple who abduct teens. The young Sam is kidnapped by this duo and she is brought to an isolated farmhouse. Here, the killers torment the girl in a graphic fashion, while a malevolent spirit looms about. This title has finished principal photography and there will be some pick-up shots taken to finish the film. Fans of the macabre can view the latest trailer for this feature below. Director/writer: Ursula Dabrowsky. Producers: Sue Brown and Julie Byrne. Cast: Sarah Jeavons, Andreas Sobik, Kerry Reid, Todd Telford, and Scarlett Hocking. The latest trailer for Inner Demon is here: The film's...
- 12/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Ursula Dabrowsky.s .new slice of cinematic fright. will start filming this month.
Inner Demon is the Adelaide filmmaker.s second film in her .Demon. trilogy, following 2009.s self-financed psychological horror Family Demons.
The new revenge film, also penned by Dabrowsky, has been financed from the South Australian Film Corporation.s Filmlab initiative which provides a cash budget of up to $350,000 for eight different projects.
Launched in 2009, it.s assisted such films as Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (which has just completed a 25-state theatrical run in the Us), 52 Tuesdays (currently in production) and One Eyed Girl, which stars Maeve Dermody and starts shooting April 16.
Inner Demon, which has the tagline .you don.t have to go die to go to hell., tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror.
Inner Demon is the Adelaide filmmaker.s second film in her .Demon. trilogy, following 2009.s self-financed psychological horror Family Demons.
The new revenge film, also penned by Dabrowsky, has been financed from the South Australian Film Corporation.s Filmlab initiative which provides a cash budget of up to $350,000 for eight different projects.
Launched in 2009, it.s assisted such films as Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (which has just completed a 25-state theatrical run in the Us), 52 Tuesdays (currently in production) and One Eyed Girl, which stars Maeve Dermody and starts shooting April 16.
Inner Demon, which has the tagline .you don.t have to go die to go to hell., tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror.
- 1/20/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Ursula Dabrowsky.s .new slice of cinematic fright. will start filming this month. Inner Demon is the Adelaide filmmaker.s second film in her .Demon. trilogy, following 2009.s self-financed psychological horror Family Demons. The new revenge film, also penned by Dabrowsky, has been financed from the South Australian Film Corporation.s Filmlab initiative which provides a cash budget of up to $350,000 for eight different projects. Launched in 2009, it.s assisted such films as Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (which has just completed a 25-state theatrical run in the Us), 52 Tuesdays (currently in production) and One Eyed Girl, which stars Maeve Dermody and starts shooting April 16. Inner Demon, which has the tagline...
- 1/20/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Ursula Dabrowsky.s .new slice of cinematic fright. will start filming this month. Inner Demon is the Adelaide filmmaker.s second film in her .Demon. trilogy, following 2009.s self-financed psychological horror Family Demons. The new revenge film, also penned by Dabrowsky, has been financed from the South Australian Film Corporation.s Filmlab initiative which provides a cash budget of up to $350,000 for eight different projects. Launched in 2009, it.s assisted such films as Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (which has just completed a 25-state theatrical run in the Us), 52 Tuesdays (currently in production) and One Eyed Girl, which stars Maeve Dermody and starts shooting April 16. Inner Demon, which has the tagline...
- 1/20/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
In 2009 indie filmmaker Ursula Dabrowsky completed the first installment of her "Demon Trilogy", the psychological horror film Family Demons, and now she has obtained financing to make the second installment, Inner Demon, with filming set to commence on January 30th.
From the Press Release:
Bearing the tagline “You don’t have to die to go to hell,” Inner Demon grabs influences from the new French extremes of the genre and tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister, who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror. Abducted by a serial killer couple, Sam manages to escape and find refuge in a desolate farmhouse, only to discover it is home to a malevolent spirit. Trapped in the house, Sam is propelled into a struggle for survival, one that will push her to the limits not only physically and emotionally but also spiritually.
From the Press Release:
Bearing the tagline “You don’t have to die to go to hell,” Inner Demon grabs influences from the new French extremes of the genre and tells the tale of teenager Sam Durelle and her younger sister, who are home alone when a knock at the door leads Sam down the road to terror. Abducted by a serial killer couple, Sam manages to escape and find refuge in a desolate farmhouse, only to discover it is home to a malevolent spirit. Trapped in the house, Sam is propelled into a struggle for survival, one that will push her to the limits not only physically and emotionally but also spiritually.
- 1/19/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Back in 2008, when this writer was plowing through entries for the mighty Melbourne Underground Film Festival, one movie stood out: Family Demons. One of the best no-budget horror flicks we’ve recently had the pleasure to eyeball (and that’s truly saying something), it loudly announced Adelaide-based filmmaker Ursula Dabrowsky as a filmmaker to be reckoned with. Now, after more than 12 months of serious preparation, Dabrowsky has come back like some vengeful demonic force to let the world know that filming will commence early in 2012 on her new slice of cinematic fright, Inner Demon. Click onward for more info, a teaser trailer and a couple of early pics of the cast.
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- 11/23/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Helms)
- Fangoria
Back in 2008, when this writer was plowing through entries for the mighty Melbourne Underground Film Festival, one movie stood out: Family Demons. One of the best no-budget horror flicks we’ve recently had the pleasure to eyeball (and that’s truly saying something), it loudly announced Adelaide-based filmmaker Ursula Dabrowsky as a filmmaker to be reckoned with. Now, after more than 12 months of serious preparation, Dabrowsky has come back like some vengeful demonic force to let the world know that filming will commence early in 2012 on her new slice of cinematic fright, Inner Demon. Click onward for more info, a teaser trailer and a couple of early pics of the cast.
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- 11/23/2011
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Helms)
- Fangoria
The B-Movie Underground and Trash Film Festival brings their unique collection of international sleaze on Sept. 7-11 in the city of Breda in the Netherlands. Violence, gore, general grossness and perversion are, once again, near and dear to the heart of this fun fest.
From the U.S., the But Fest is screening a few modern underground classics while also celebrating a few of the old masters. Included in the lineup are Usama Alshaibi‘s mind-blowing Muslim sex worker flick Profane, Zach Clark‘s wild weekend of debauchery Vacation! and Dan Nelson & Drew Bolduc‘s over-the-top The Taint.
Plus, But is honoring Cinema of Transgression mastermind Nick Zedd with several screenings of his classic works, such as Thrust in Me, Police State and Whoregasm, as well as his recent public access TV series Electra Elf.
Other films from around world include horror hits like César Ducasse & Mathieu Peteul’s Dark Souls,...
From the U.S., the But Fest is screening a few modern underground classics while also celebrating a few of the old masters. Included in the lineup are Usama Alshaibi‘s mind-blowing Muslim sex worker flick Profane, Zach Clark‘s wild weekend of debauchery Vacation! and Dan Nelson & Drew Bolduc‘s over-the-top The Taint.
Plus, But is honoring Cinema of Transgression mastermind Nick Zedd with several screenings of his classic works, such as Thrust in Me, Police State and Whoregasm, as well as his recent public access TV series Electra Elf.
Other films from around world include horror hits like César Ducasse & Mathieu Peteul’s Dark Souls,...
- 9/7/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The first annual Bloodfest Fantastique genre film festival — which recently wrapped in Melbourne, Australia and was organized by the good folks of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival — has given out a slew of awards to films, filmmakers and actors. The big winner of the fest? The Sydney-based horror flick The Tunnel, directed by Carlo Ledesma.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
The Tunnel took home three awards, including Best Film. Becoming a festival favorite is an especially interesting feat for a film that has eschewed the traditional distribution route and is already available for free online for anybody to view who wants to BitTorrent it through a deal with Paramount Pictures. The film also won Best Cinematography for the work of co-d.P.s Shing Fung Cheung and Steve Davis; while Davis also shared the Best Supporting Actor award with Michael Rooker, who appeared in Penance.
Amother big winner was Bloodfest’s Opening Night film Come and Get Me.
- 6/20/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The sick and twisted minds behind the Melbourne Underground Film Festival have launched a brand new horror and sci-fi themed fest: Bloodfest Fantastique! Australia gets a lot more blood-soaked on June 10-18, nine nights of some of the most gruesome, terrifying and far-out films, past and present, from around the world.
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
While Muff has never been shy about screening genre films, Richard Wolstencroft — founder and director of both fests — is planning for his newest endeavor to simply be a celebration of his two favorite genres of filmmaking, without all the politicking hooha-ery that surrounds Muff.
So, there’s still a very underground-esque flavor to Bloodfest. The newer flicks in the festival have a scrappy, inventive, degenerate quality, from slice and dice em’s like Chris Sun’s Come and Get Me, Chad Ferrin’s Someone’s Knocking at the Door and Geoff Klein Bikini Girls on Ice; to monster flicks...
- 5/27/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Start: 06/23/2010 Start: 06/23/2010
The long-awaited DVD-release of Family Demons, directed by Ursula Dabrowsky, is happening in video stores across Australia on June 23, 2010. Family Demons is a psychological horror film about an abused teenage girl who murders her alcoholic mother and is horrified to discover that the mother’s vengeful spirit returns to haunt her.
Family Demons won the Best Australian Director Award at the 2009 A Night of Horror International Film Festival, Best Foreign Film and Best Actress (Cassandra Kane) at Fright Night Film Fest, and was a finalist at the 2009 DigiSPAA awards. Read Our Review. More news on releases in other nations as we hear it!
The long-awaited DVD-release of Family Demons, directed by Ursula Dabrowsky, is happening in video stores across Australia on June 23, 2010. Family Demons is a psychological horror film about an abused teenage girl who murders her alcoholic mother and is horrified to discover that the mother’s vengeful spirit returns to haunt her.
Family Demons won the Best Australian Director Award at the 2009 A Night of Horror International Film Festival, Best Foreign Film and Best Actress (Cassandra Kane) at Fright Night Film Fest, and was a finalist at the 2009 DigiSPAA awards. Read Our Review. More news on releases in other nations as we hear it!
- 6/18/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Director: Ursula Dabrowsky.
Writer: Ursula Dabrowsky.
Family Demons is a Saylavee horror production that will be released in North America through Ifm Films. Rich in family dysfunction, violence and abuse Family Demons has qualities similar to Greek tragedy. In the film Billie (Cassandra Kane) plays the heroine who has a tragic fall due to her philia or love for her mother. Her fall is caused by her philia and a curse that haunts others in her family (mental disorder).
The film is centrally about Billie and the abuse she experiences at the hands of her mother (Kerry Reid). Her abuse continues a cycle of mental illness that actress Kerry Reid brilliantly shows in her alcoholism and neglect for her young daughter. The mother is haunted by her own demons, but it is Billie's failing attempts to reconcile with her mother that drives the show.
The heroine Billie finds hope in...
Writer: Ursula Dabrowsky.
Family Demons is a Saylavee horror production that will be released in North America through Ifm Films. Rich in family dysfunction, violence and abuse Family Demons has qualities similar to Greek tragedy. In the film Billie (Cassandra Kane) plays the heroine who has a tragic fall due to her philia or love for her mother. Her fall is caused by her philia and a curse that haunts others in her family (mental disorder).
The film is centrally about Billie and the abuse she experiences at the hands of her mother (Kerry Reid). Her abuse continues a cycle of mental illness that actress Kerry Reid brilliantly shows in her alcoholism and neglect for her young daughter. The mother is haunted by her own demons, but it is Billie's failing attempts to reconcile with her mother that drives the show.
The heroine Billie finds hope in...
- 12/18/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Family Demons: The Ghost as Domestic Inheritance by Donna McRae
Low cinematic genres – (as Clover, Williams and Robin Wood and others) have often pointed out – often handle explosive social material that mainstream cinema is reluctant to touch. — Joan Hawkins (1)
Can you make a film about the aftermath of incest and child abuse and its effect on three generations of women in the same family? Would this film contain an inherited ghost running through the narrative that could represent repressed feelings of colonial guilt on another level? Could this film prick the conscience of a nation that might be shuddering in silence for all its past sins? Would you get funding for this film from an Australian funding agency if you didn't have a track record? Would this very serious film fill cinemas, especially Australian ones? Could you get international profile actors to star in your film? Or would Australian film actors like Gracie Otto,...
Low cinematic genres – (as Clover, Williams and Robin Wood and others) have often pointed out – often handle explosive social material that mainstream cinema is reluctant to touch. — Joan Hawkins (1)
Can you make a film about the aftermath of incest and child abuse and its effect on three generations of women in the same family? Would this film contain an inherited ghost running through the narrative that could represent repressed feelings of colonial guilt on another level? Could this film prick the conscience of a nation that might be shuddering in silence for all its past sins? Would you get funding for this film from an Australian funding agency if you didn't have a track record? Would this very serious film fill cinemas, especially Australian ones? Could you get international profile actors to star in your film? Or would Australian film actors like Gracie Otto,...
- 12/16/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Check out this awesome interview with vampire movie Strigoi director Faye Jackson (Lump) on one of our fave boy-run sites QuietEarth - Faye Jackson Interview
You should also read this extremely cool academic paper on the brand new horror film Family Demons directed by Ursula Dabrowsky written by Donna McRae - Family Demons: The Ghost of Domestic Inheritence
Katt Shea (Poison Ivy) has a new commentary up on Trailers From Hell for the trailer to Klute. From the bygone days (1971) when studios routinely made the kind of adult material now found mainly in indies. Jane Fonda pulled down a well-deserved Oscar for her portrayal of the call girl without a heart of gold who gets wrapped up in a murder investigation.
You should also read this extremely cool academic paper on the brand new horror film Family Demons directed by Ursula Dabrowsky written by Donna McRae - Family Demons: The Ghost of Domestic Inheritence
Katt Shea (Poison Ivy) has a new commentary up on Trailers From Hell for the trailer to Klute. From the bygone days (1971) when studios routinely made the kind of adult material now found mainly in indies. Jane Fonda pulled down a well-deserved Oscar for her portrayal of the call girl without a heart of gold who gets wrapped up in a murder investigation.
- 12/14/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Family Demons is an indie' film from Australia that has recently been picked up by Ifm World Releasing for worldwide distribution. The film really packs the fun into both family dysfunction and this first trailer, which can be seen below. A North American release date is awhile off, but a brief description of the film's heroine can be found courtesy of Fangoria: "a young woman violently fighting for her life." Family Demons is a must see film as early reviews are very positive. As well, the first trailer shows director Ursula Dabrowsky's flare for the dramatic. Have a look at all the details for Family Demons past the break.
The synopsis for Family Demons:
"Billie (Cassandra Kane) kills her violent alcoholic mother (Kerry Reid) in a fit of fury and repressed anger. Helped by her boyfriend Sean (Alex Rafalowicz) she plans on getting out of town and heading...
The synopsis for Family Demons:
"Billie (Cassandra Kane) kills her violent alcoholic mother (Kerry Reid) in a fit of fury and repressed anger. Helped by her boyfriend Sean (Alex Rafalowicz) she plans on getting out of town and heading...
- 12/7/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Written and Directed by Ursula Dabrowsky
Produced by Sue Brown
Featuring Cassandra Kane, Kerry Reid, Alex Rafalowicz
Another new Australian indie that combines atmosphere and storyline for one hell of a mindfuck, Family Demons takes alcoholism and child abuse to a chilling level of consequences. Poor young Billie is a teenage girl with a crappy mom – she drinks, beats Billie, chains her to the bathroom toilet, brings home vile men for cheap sex, and never bothers to stock the cabinets with any food. No longer able to exist with quiet desperation, Billie decides to take steps to remove herself from her abusive situation. Only, because of horrific and diabolical reasons, Billie will never, ever be able to leave her mother – no matter what she tries...
Kerry Reid is beyond vile as the depressingly familiar figure of Mom; alcoholic, broke, aging, unhappy, and always inebriated. Taking out her frustrations in her child in violent ways,...
Produced by Sue Brown
Featuring Cassandra Kane, Kerry Reid, Alex Rafalowicz
Another new Australian indie that combines atmosphere and storyline for one hell of a mindfuck, Family Demons takes alcoholism and child abuse to a chilling level of consequences. Poor young Billie is a teenage girl with a crappy mom – she drinks, beats Billie, chains her to the bathroom toilet, brings home vile men for cheap sex, and never bothers to stock the cabinets with any food. No longer able to exist with quiet desperation, Billie decides to take steps to remove herself from her abusive situation. Only, because of horrific and diabolical reasons, Billie will never, ever be able to leave her mother – no matter what she tries...
Kerry Reid is beyond vile as the depressingly familiar figure of Mom; alcoholic, broke, aging, unhappy, and always inebriated. Taking out her frustrations in her child in violent ways,...
- 11/28/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
Family Demons, the award-winning psychological horror film produced by Sue Brown and directed by Ursula Dabrowsky, has been picked up for worldwide distribution by Ifm World Releasing Inc, the Us/Australian international film and TV sales company!
Billie (Cassandra Kane) kills her violent alcoholic mother (Kerry Reid) in a fit of fury and repressed anger. Helped by her boyfriend Sean (Alex Rafalowicz) she plans on getting out of town and heading for the big city but her mother’s vengeful, evil ghost will not let her go....
A real nail biter, this Australian production has already won ”Best Australian Director” at the 2009 Night of Horror Film Festival and was nominated as a finalist in the 2009 DigiSPAA awards.
watch the trailer:...
Billie (Cassandra Kane) kills her violent alcoholic mother (Kerry Reid) in a fit of fury and repressed anger. Helped by her boyfriend Sean (Alex Rafalowicz) she plans on getting out of town and heading for the big city but her mother’s vengeful, evil ghost will not let her go....
A real nail biter, this Australian production has already won ”Best Australian Director” at the 2009 Night of Horror Film Festival and was nominated as a finalist in the 2009 DigiSPAA awards.
watch the trailer:...
- 11/6/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
The Australian-made Slaughtered is the sort of movie that shouldn’t get overlooked in the current resurgence of slasher films, which includes all the franchise remakes/reimaginings like Halloween/Friday The 13th, new attempts to establish unstoppable killers such as Hatchet and Laid To Rest or its low-budget, comical Aussie contemporary I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer. To put it simply, Slaughtered has been made by someone with more than a clue, and who has been as relentless as any disfigured maniac to get her movie across the finish line without sacrificing the entertainment experience.
Kate Glover, now living in the UK with no less than John Landis attached to direct another of her projects, might not be the first female from Down Under to write, produce and direct a horror feature; South Australian Sue Brown and her downbeat wonder Family Demons just beat Slaughtered at the postproduction line.
Kate Glover, now living in the UK with no less than John Landis attached to direct another of her projects, might not be the first female from Down Under to write, produce and direct a horror feature; South Australian Sue Brown and her downbeat wonder Family Demons just beat Slaughtered at the postproduction line.
- 10/29/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Helms)
- Fangoria
According to its own press kit, Family Demons is "a psychological horror film about an abused teenage girl who murders her alcoholic mother and is horrified to discover that the mother's vengeful spirit returns to haunt her. Even in death, the mother is hell bent on denying her daughter's freedom."
Shot on location in Adelaide, South Australia, writer/director Ursula Dabrowsky cites The Sixth Sense, Carrie, Ju-on (The Grudge) and Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre among her influences on Family Demons. Never merely re-shooting scenes from popular films, Dabrowsky has used her influences to create a film that is at times atmospheric, kinetic, haunting and visceral.
Rather than slicing through the typical cast of characters, Dabrowsky takes the time to establish each character and their relationship with Billie (played by Cassandra Kane). Billie is in her late teens, and is constantly reminded by her alcoholic mother (played by Kerry Reid...
Shot on location in Adelaide, South Australia, writer/director Ursula Dabrowsky cites The Sixth Sense, Carrie, Ju-on (The Grudge) and Tobe Hooper's Texas Chainsaw Massacre among her influences on Family Demons. Never merely re-shooting scenes from popular films, Dabrowsky has used her influences to create a film that is at times atmospheric, kinetic, haunting and visceral.
Rather than slicing through the typical cast of characters, Dabrowsky takes the time to establish each character and their relationship with Billie (played by Cassandra Kane). Billie is in her late teens, and is constantly reminded by her alcoholic mother (played by Kerry Reid...
- 10/25/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Brian Matus, a.k.a. Hellstorm)
- Fangoria
Aside from Devil's Grove, the Fright Night Film Fest August 14-16, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky USA is premiering Ursula Dabrowsky's horror film Family Demons. Her supernatural movie has never before been screened in North America.
Also screening is Lisa Coffelt's short horror film Quarters, which involves drinking games and demons. Sweet! Read on for more info...
Quarters (Lis Coffelt) USA
Drinking games can be much more fun when you play with a bunch of smartass Demons. Just be careful. It can also be a lot more deadly. Demons don't always play fair.
Family Demons (Ursula Dabrowsky, Sue Brown) Australia
When an abused teenage girl murders her alcoholic mother, the mother's vengeful spirit returns to haunt her. Even in death, the mother is hell bent on denying her daughter her
freedom.
Also screening is Lisa Coffelt's short horror film Quarters, which involves drinking games and demons. Sweet! Read on for more info...
Quarters (Lis Coffelt) USA
Drinking games can be much more fun when you play with a bunch of smartass Demons. Just be careful. It can also be a lot more deadly. Demons don't always play fair.
Family Demons (Ursula Dabrowsky, Sue Brown) Australia
When an abused teenage girl murders her alcoholic mother, the mother's vengeful spirit returns to haunt her. Even in death, the mother is hell bent on denying her daughter her
freedom.
- 8/12/2009
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
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