by Jesse Miller, MoreHorror.com
Bereavement is the prequel to Writer/Director Stevan Mena’s 2005 debut film Malevolence – Maybe you’ve heard of it? It was a neat little slasher film that saw a bunch of kidnapping bank robbers and their victims hide away in an abandoned house only to come up against a psychopath that can feel neither pain nor fear. Well, Bereavement is the tragic story behind this madman and how he came to be this way.
The film begins in 1989 when a mysterious man walks into a random backyard, abducts a young boy there and takes him back to an abandoned meat processing facility where he forces him to witness the horrific torture and slaughter of many young women.
Five years later, teenager Allison (Alexandra Daddario) is moving in with her uncle Jonathan (Michael Biehen) and his family after a terrible accident befalls her own family. You’ll have to forgive me,...
Bereavement is the prequel to Writer/Director Stevan Mena’s 2005 debut film Malevolence – Maybe you’ve heard of it? It was a neat little slasher film that saw a bunch of kidnapping bank robbers and their victims hide away in an abandoned house only to come up against a psychopath that can feel neither pain nor fear. Well, Bereavement is the tragic story behind this madman and how he came to be this way.
The film begins in 1989 when a mysterious man walks into a random backyard, abducts a young boy there and takes him back to an abandoned meat processing facility where he forces him to witness the horrific torture and slaughter of many young women.
Five years later, teenager Allison (Alexandra Daddario) is moving in with her uncle Jonathan (Michael Biehen) and his family after a terrible accident befalls her own family. You’ll have to forgive me,...
- 8/18/2011
- by admin
- MoreHorror
The 9th annual New York City Horror Film Festival concluded last night, and the final order of business was the handing out of awards. The prizes wound up being widely distributed among the independent fright features shown over the five-day event.
The selections of the judges were as follows:
Best Feature: Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland’s YellowBrickRoad
Best Director: Stevan Mena, Bereavement
Best Actor: James Nesbitt, Outcast
Best Actress: Emilie Dequenne, The Pack (La Meute)
Best Screenplay: Franck Richard, The Pack (La Meute)
Best Cinematography: Marco Cappetta, Bereavement
Best FX: Jenn Rose, Kiss the Abyss
Best Short Film: Dennison Ramalho’s Ninjas
Audience Choice Award: Bill Palmer’s The Living Want Me Dead
Wizard World Award: Karni Baghdikian’s Written By
Congrats to all the winners; you can find more info on the festival at its website.
The selections of the judges were as follows:
Best Feature: Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland’s YellowBrickRoad
Best Director: Stevan Mena, Bereavement
Best Actor: James Nesbitt, Outcast
Best Actress: Emilie Dequenne, The Pack (La Meute)
Best Screenplay: Franck Richard, The Pack (La Meute)
Best Cinematography: Marco Cappetta, Bereavement
Best FX: Jenn Rose, Kiss the Abyss
Best Short Film: Dennison Ramalho’s Ninjas
Audience Choice Award: Bill Palmer’s The Living Want Me Dead
Wizard World Award: Karni Baghdikian’s Written By
Congrats to all the winners; you can find more info on the festival at its website.
- 11/16/2010
- by Dave
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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