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The seventh annual Montreal Underground Film Festival features four nights — and one matinee — of experimental short films from all over the world, plus two feature films. The fun takes place May 17-20 with the opening night event being held at Sala Rossa before the rest of the fest moves to Peut-être Vintage.

The opening batch of short films includes Winnipeg filmmaker Aaron Zeghers‘ The Story of Thomas Edison, plus films by fellow Winnipegger Scott Fitzpatrick, Simon Lacroix, Erin Weisgerber, Charles Fairbanks and many more.

Several other Winnipeggers have films throughout the rest of the fest, including Heidi Phillips‘ The Last Harvest and Noam Gonick’s Hirsch. Representing the U.S. are Neil Ira Needleman‘s Prelude & Erotiloop, Tony Gault‘s Ghost of Yesterday and Ben Popp‘s Lazslo Lassu.

The two feature-length films both screen on the last day of the fest, including Larry Wessel‘s epic documentary on Boyd Rice,...

After a successful festival and limited theatrical run, the latest title in the Bloody Disgusting Selects catalog is finally on its way home. Are you ready for the terrors of Atrocious (review here)?

The flick will be released nationwide on DVD and iTunes October 25, 2011 from Bloody Disgusting Selects. It will also be available on Avail-tvn Video on Demand (VOD) the same day until December 25th, 2011.

The directorial debut of Spanish helmer Fernando Barreda Luna, Atrocious is produced by Octavi Martínez, David Sanz, and Jessica Villegas Lattuada. Atrocious is a Nabu Films and Silencio Rodamos Producciones production.

Atrocious premiered internationally at the 43rd Sitges International Film Festival and then at Slamdance this past January 2011, garnering a tide of online buzz and quick comparisons to 2008's Paranormal Activity.

Atrocious is a gruesome, mind-bending thriller shot in a style reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project. The horror film excerpts found footage from a...

Another one of the fine films coming to us from Bloody Disgusting Selects is making its way to theatres, and having seen it already, we can tell you that it's pretty damned Atrocious (review here).

The directorial debut of Spanish helmer Fernando Barreda Luna, Atrocious is produced by Octavi Martínez, David Sanz, and Jessica Villegas Lattuada. Atrocious is a Nabu Films and Silencio Rodamos Producciones production.

Atrocious premiered internationally at the 43rd Sitges International Film Festival and then at Slamdance this past January 2011, garnering a tide of online buzz and quick comparisons to 2008's Paranormal Activity.

Atrocious is a gruesome, mind-bending thriller shot in a style reminiscent of The Blair Witch Project. The horror film excerpts found footage from a film reel recovered by Spanish police, documenting a family of five discovering the truth behind a dangerous urban legend. The 37 hours of found footage follow Cristian and July Quintanilla passing...

Atrocious is a found footage film, which will be releasing theatrically August 5th. This horror title will release in thirty-two cities, through AMC Theatres and the film follows three paranormal investigators on a night of terror. The teaser trailer shows some of the scares, while much of the film is recorded via shaky camera. Atrocious is a Spanish language film, with a focus on the supernatural. Have a look at an early preview for Fernando Barreda Luna's first feature film, right here!

The synopsis for Atrocious is here:

"In April 4th of 2010, Quintanilla family was found murdered in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. Atrocious shows the real images of such evidence. Quintanilla family traveled to their old farm house in Sitges, where Christian and July investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf Woods. Both of them used to...

With the summer comes the deluge of big blockbuster franchises that threaten to drown out pretty much anything else that might happen to stumble into theaters. From May to July you can pretty much kiss anything without a huge budget and a franchise goodbye. Sorry romantic comedy lovers. Sorry drama addicts. Good news horror buffs, because if you happen to live near one of a given number of participating AMC Theaters (which you probably do at this point, they're everywhere now), you'll get to enjoy the 4-movie Bloody Disgusting Selects series of films sponsored by Bloody Disgusting, The Collective, and AMC.

The series kicks off on May 4th with Rammbock and carries on through the summer with the other 3 films: Yellowbrickroad, Cold Fish, and Atrocious. Additionally, the French (non-horror) film Le Herisson (aka Hedgehog) will also be showing courtesy of NeoClassics Films.

For dates, full synopses, and trailers for each,...

Bloody-Disgusting and their new venture into distribution with The Collective/AMC Theaters has announced release dates for the upcoming releases, including Atrocious (here), a creepy shaky-cam film from Spain.

In AMC theaters August 3rd, the film is directed by first-time helmer Fernando Barreda Luna and produced by Octavi Martínez, David Sanz, and Jessica Villegas Lattuada. After its international premiere, the film screened at Slamdance this past January, garnering a tide of online buzz and comparisons to Paranormal Activity. The film centers on the Spanish police’s discovery of hours of recorded evidence that shed new light on a gruesome murder investigation. The found footage documents a family’s summer holiday, where a brother and sister investigate a terrifying local urban legend. As their investigation intensifies, strange occurrences in and around the house escalate rapidly, before culminating in unspeakable atrocities.

Look for Rammbock on May 4th; Yellowbrickroad on June 1st; and Cold Fish July 6th.

The good folks behind Bloody Disgusting Selects have just announced three more movies for a limited run in AMC theatres across the country, and we have all the details on each, including when you can expect them. Dig it!

From the Press Release

The Collective, a full-service entertainment management and content company, along with AMC Theatres (AMC), a leading theatrical and exhibition company, and popular horror website BloodyDisgusting.com, have partnered to acquire and distribute the best new horror and thriller titles from the festival and international markets to AMC theatres across America. Here’s the “summer slab” – the team’s selection of horror titles for summer movie guides and individual review, opening once a month all summer long!

• Rammbock (previously announced) - May 4th, 2011 - Produced by Melanie Berke and Sigrid Hoerner, written by Benjamin Hessler and directed by Marvin Kren, this Fantastic Fest favorite marks the first German foray into the zombie genre.

I'm telling you what, after the Bloody-Disgusting team announced they were getting into the film distro biz last week they wasted no time at all acquiring a film. The Collective snatched up a cool "found footage" spanish language film called Atrocious, which we've covered on several occasions! Miska, you're my new hero!

The Collective and Bloody Disgusting close U.S. deal with sales outfit Celluloid Nightmares to Distribute Spanish Found Footage Thriller Atrocious

Los Angeles — March 16, 2011 — The Collective, a full-service entertainment management and content company, and top horror website BloodyDisgusting.com, have acquired all Us rights from sales agent Celluloid Nightmares to Fernando Barreda Luna’s Spanish thriller Atrocious.

The film will be distributed theatrically in at least 32 key markets through The Collective and Bloody Disgusting’s partnership with leading theatrical and exhibition company AMC Theatres, as well as on DVD through The Collective’s home-video partnership with Vivendi Universal.

It's always nice to see good friends evolve and deliver something insanely cool. Such is the case with The Collective, Bloody Disgusting, and the latest found footage flick Atrocious (review here).

From the Press Release

The Collective, a full-service entertainment management and content company, and top horror website BloodyDisgusting.com have acquired all Us rights from sales agent Celluloid Nightmares to Fernando Barreda Luna’s Spanish thriller Atrocious.

The film will be distributed theatrically in at least 32 key markets through The Collective and Bloody Disgusting’s partnership with leading theatrical and exhibition company AMC Theatres, as well as on DVD through The Collective’s home video partnership with Vivendi Universal.

Directed by first-time helmer Fernando Barreda Luna and produced by Jessica Villegas Lattuada and David Sanz, Atrocious is a Nabu Films and Silencio Rodamos Producciones production. The film premiered internationally at the 43rd Sitges International Film Festival and then at Slamdance this past January,...

The Collective and BloodyDisgusting.com have acquired all U.S. rights from sales agent Celluloid Nightmares to Fernando Barreda Luna's Spanish thriller Atrocious . The title recently made news when word broke the Paranormal Activity team was going to remake it. But hey, kudos to Bloody Disgusting Selects for bringing the original to the U.S. first. The film will be distributed theatrically in at least 32 key markets through The Collective and Bloody Disgusting's partnership with AMC Theatres, as well as on DVD through The Collective's home-video partnership with Vivendi Universal. Directed by first time helmer Fernando Barreda Luna and produced by Jessica Villegas Lattuada and David Sanz. In April of 2010, Spanish police reported the discovery of 37 hours of...

With the Paranormal Activity franchise clocking major profits, you can expect cinéma-vérité style flicks to keep coming hot and heavy. The latest one to come to our attention is Atrocious, which the good folks over at Celluloid Nightmares just snapped up.

From the Press Release:

Celluloid Nightmares has acquired worldwide sales rights to Spanish horror film Atrocious. The project, which marks the directorial debut of 27-year-old Mexican Fernando Barreda Luna, recently had its world premiere at the 43rd Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, the biggest genre film festival in the world. Celluloid engaged the filmmakers immediately following the screening and finalized terms on a deal last week.

The film was shot entirely in Spain and produced by Luna’s business partner Jessica Villegas Lattuada on behalf of their production company Nabu Films and co-producer David Sanz on behalf of Silencio Rodamos.

In April of 2010, Spanish police reported the...