Leading arthouse sales company The Match Factory has acquired distribution rights to murdered Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius’ documentary “Mariupolis 2,” ahead of the film’s premiere next week at the Cannes Film Festival as a Special Screening.
Kvedaravičius was captured and murdered by the Russian army in Mariupol, Ukraine in early April. The film was co-directed by Kvedaravičius’ fiancée Hanna Bilobrova, who was with him at the time of his death, and was able to bring back the footage filmed there, and edited it with his editor Dounia Sichov.
The Match Factory worked with Kvedaravičius on his debut feature “Barzakh,” which played in the Berlinale in 2011.
The film will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival “thanks to the immeasurable effort of his producers and collaborators who have put all their strength into continuing to share his work, his vision and his films following Mantas’ death,” The Match Factory observed.
Earlier this year,...
Kvedaravičius was captured and murdered by the Russian army in Mariupol, Ukraine in early April. The film was co-directed by Kvedaravičius’ fiancée Hanna Bilobrova, who was with him at the time of his death, and was able to bring back the footage filmed there, and edited it with his editor Dounia Sichov.
The Match Factory worked with Kvedaravičius on his debut feature “Barzakh,” which played in the Berlinale in 2011.
The film will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival “thanks to the immeasurable effort of his producers and collaborators who have put all their strength into continuing to share his work, his vision and his films following Mantas’ death,” The Match Factory observed.
Earlier this year,...
- 5/13/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes DVD release details for Shiver, information on the Mile High Horror Film Festival, an exclusive excerpt from Dead is Only Skin Deep, a Q&A with 13-year-old Emily Diprimio for Carver, and more:
Q&A Interview with Up-and-Coming 13-Year-Old Filmmaker Emily Diprimio
by Heather Wixson
It’s not often that you run across aspiring genre directors who are still in their teens so when we discovered a brand new Kickstarter campaign for Carver, an upcoming indie slasher from the filmmaking team of Ron Diprimio and his 13-year-old daughter Emily Diprimio, we immediately took notice.
In the campaign, the Diprimios’ describe Carver as, “a throwback 80’s style slasher that follows a group of teenagers who are haunted by a despicable act they committed on Halloween when they were younger.
Q&A Interview with Up-and-Coming 13-Year-Old Filmmaker Emily Diprimio
by Heather Wixson
It’s not often that you run across aspiring genre directors who are still in their teens so when we discovered a brand new Kickstarter campaign for Carver, an upcoming indie slasher from the filmmaking team of Ron Diprimio and his 13-year-old daughter Emily Diprimio, we immediately took notice.
In the campaign, the Diprimios’ describe Carver as, “a throwback 80’s style slasher that follows a group of teenagers who are haunted by a despicable act they committed on Halloween when they were younger.
- 9/15/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Here's the official artwork for Brain Damage Films "Demon". Jasmine Waltz, Michael Placencia, Bill Houskeeper, Joel D Wynkoop and Michele L'Amourt are starring in the movie directed by Rob Walker. "Demon" is the story of a military experiment in creating the perfect killing machine gone wrong. When the genetically mutated gets on the loose it wreaks havoc with its insatiable appetite for human flesh. A special agent (Jasmine Waltz) is sent in to take it down. Jasmine Waltz is a media starlet known best in the tabloid world for dating celebrities such as Michael Phelps and Ryan Seacrest. Her biggest controversies are from her sex tape and rumored punching of Lindsey Lohan. In the world of film television she is known for her role in the 2011 critically acclaimed film Love and her...
- 8/21/2013
- www.ohmygore.com/
Is it just us, or has it been Chupacabra-mania lately? Yep, the goat-sucker is getting lots of love, and yet another flick featuring the cryptozoological menace is ready and waiting to suck every ounce of plasma from your innards.
Below you'll find the first artwork and trailer for Rob Walker's Demon, starring Jasmine Waltz, Michael Placencia, Bill Houskeeper, and Joel Wynkoop.
Synopsis
After being cleared in an internal investigation, FBI special agent Nicole Diaz is reinstated and sent back home to the town of Oro Negro to help solve the bizarre murders of two agents in Sarasota, Florida. She’s met with disdain by the local Sheriff, a good old boy who doesn’t believe they are being taken seriously and is insulted that the authorities sent a woman. At first it’s thought the killings are random acts committed by smugglers or drug dealers, until the resident Tribal...
Below you'll find the first artwork and trailer for Rob Walker's Demon, starring Jasmine Waltz, Michael Placencia, Bill Houskeeper, and Joel Wynkoop.
Synopsis
After being cleared in an internal investigation, FBI special agent Nicole Diaz is reinstated and sent back home to the town of Oro Negro to help solve the bizarre murders of two agents in Sarasota, Florida. She’s met with disdain by the local Sheriff, a good old boy who doesn’t believe they are being taken seriously and is insulted that the authorities sent a woman. At first it’s thought the killings are random acts committed by smugglers or drug dealers, until the resident Tribal...
- 4/22/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We make no bones about it... we love Synapse Films around here if only because they always dig deep and pull out something cool to release on DVD or Blu-ray that we've all but forgotten about. Case in point...
From the Press Release
The television series "Chiller" was a five-episode horror anthology that aired in the UK in 1995. Presented here for the first time in the U.S., these supernatural shockers feature malevolent spirits, a brutal serial killer, and a haunted house set in contemporary England. Starring many of Britain’s leading actors like Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire, TV’s Coronation Street), Martin Clunes (UK’s Men Behaving Badly), Sophie Ward (Young Sherlock Holmes) and Kevin McNally (Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series), this compelling collection will leave you chilled to the bone! Episodes include Prophecy, Toby, Here Comes The Mirror Man, The Man Who Didn't Believe In Ghosts,...
From the Press Release
The television series "Chiller" was a five-episode horror anthology that aired in the UK in 1995. Presented here for the first time in the U.S., these supernatural shockers feature malevolent spirits, a brutal serial killer, and a haunted house set in contemporary England. Starring many of Britain’s leading actors like Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire, TV’s Coronation Street), Martin Clunes (UK’s Men Behaving Badly), Sophie Ward (Young Sherlock Holmes) and Kevin McNally (Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series), this compelling collection will leave you chilled to the bone! Episodes include Prophecy, Toby, Here Comes The Mirror Man, The Man Who Didn't Believe In Ghosts,...
- 10/17/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Synapse has announced a December release date for the 1995 UK horror anthology Chiller. Take a look at the official release details and cover art:
The television series Chiller was a five-episode horror anthology that aired in the UK in 1995. Presented here for the first time in the U.S., these supernatural shockers feature malevolent spirits, a brutal serial killer and a haunted house set in contemporary England. Starring many of Britain’s leading actors like Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire, TV’s Coronation Street), Martin Clunes (UK’s Men Behaving Badly), Sophie Ward (Young Sherlock Holmes) and Kevin McNally (Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series), this compelling collection will leave you chilled to the bone! Episodes include Prophecy, Toby, Here Comes The Mirror Man, The Man Who Didn’T Believe In Ghosts and Number Six.
Directors: Lawrence Gordon Clark, Bob Mahoney, Rob Walker
Stars: Nigel Havers, Martin Clunes, Sophie Ward,...
The television series Chiller was a five-episode horror anthology that aired in the UK in 1995. Presented here for the first time in the U.S., these supernatural shockers feature malevolent spirits, a brutal serial killer and a haunted house set in contemporary England. Starring many of Britain’s leading actors like Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire, TV’s Coronation Street), Martin Clunes (UK’s Men Behaving Badly), Sophie Ward (Young Sherlock Holmes) and Kevin McNally (Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series), this compelling collection will leave you chilled to the bone! Episodes include Prophecy, Toby, Here Comes The Mirror Man, The Man Who Didn’T Believe In Ghosts and Number Six.
Directors: Lawrence Gordon Clark, Bob Mahoney, Rob Walker
Stars: Nigel Havers, Martin Clunes, Sophie Ward,...
- 10/17/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The first trailer for the upcoming three-part miniseries Hatfield and McCoy’s has been released. The sneak peek reveals plenty of action with guns, fights, and romance. Set to air this coming summer on the History Channel, the drama, that is being directed by Rob Walker, features Kevin Costner in the role of “Devil Anse’ Hatfield, as well as Big Love’s Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy, Jena Malone as Nancy McCoy, Tom Berenger, Powers Boothe, Lindsay Pulsipher, and more. Hatfield and McCoy follows the true life story of the two families who have hate for one another so strong it one fuels “a war between friends, neighbors, and outside forces, bringing...
- 2/16/2012
- by sluoma
- ShockYa
Someone recently asked me if I considered any of the movies released in the past five years or so were worthy of cult stardom. It was an interesting question, one that I took a bit more seriously than any normal individual would. After extremely careful consideration, I came to the following conclusions. Of course, these aren’t the only motion pictures that came to mind when pondering this question, but they were first and foremost in my mind at the time. I’m sure many probably will not agree with these selections, and I’m perfectly okay with that. After all, isn’t that the beauty of cult cinema? Here they are, in no particular order. Killer Weekend (2007) Director Rob Walker’s 2007 deliriously atrocious straight-to-video slasher “Killer Weekend” — a film about an abusive husband who begins savagely murdering his wife’s family and friends — is the very definition of a hideous motion picture,...
- 6/25/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Even if you watched it, it's unlikely you'll ever remember the 90s supernatural horror/fantasy series Chiller originally shown in 1995 on ITV; There's a good reason for that. Recognisable writers and well-respected British actors make everything look good on paper, but watching the five episodes suggests they were nothing more than early pre-fame career-building work for the majority of the cast.
Set in London and flashing back to a Ouija board séance, Prophecy is the opening story. As Francesca's friends drop around her, she comes to realise her new boyfriend's son, Edward, may have something to do with the tragic bout of accidents. Prophecy relies on the lead's Catholic religion and her boyfriend's (Nigel Havers) family history. As a sadist and paedophile, Marquis Francis Halkin is the “black sheep” of the family and somehow young Edward seems psychically linked to him. The eerie Halkin family motto “Non Omnis Moriar” (“I...
Set in London and flashing back to a Ouija board séance, Prophecy is the opening story. As Francesca's friends drop around her, she comes to realise her new boyfriend's son, Edward, may have something to do with the tragic bout of accidents. Prophecy relies on the lead's Catholic religion and her boyfriend's (Nigel Havers) family history. As a sadist and paedophile, Marquis Francis Halkin is the “black sheep” of the family and somehow young Edward seems psychically linked to him. The eerie Halkin family motto “Non Omnis Moriar” (“I...
- 2/28/2011
- Shadowlocked
The plot synopsis for The Fallen might make it sound like a potential Syfy original movie; however, it's not. In addition, the actors assembled for this action-horror creature feature is quite an eclectic cast by b-movie standards.
Starring in The Fallen will be Peter Stormare (Satan in Constantine), former TV Superman Dean Cain, former TV Conan Ralf Moeller, ultimate fighting superstar Tito Ortiz, and the under-appreciated Mark Dacascos (Brotherhood of the Wolf, "Iron Chef"). Maybe I'm alone in thinking so, but that's sounds like quite the cast for an action-oriented monster movie.
Synopsis:
Several mercenaries and one faithless poacher seemingly join forces for a rescue mission and end up battling an immortal beast while realizing the dream of one man determined to find a treasure the beast is bound to protect.
Camelot Entertainment Group is the distributor for the still-in-pre-production The Fallen to be directed by Rob Walker from a script by Erik Anderson.
Starring in The Fallen will be Peter Stormare (Satan in Constantine), former TV Superman Dean Cain, former TV Conan Ralf Moeller, ultimate fighting superstar Tito Ortiz, and the under-appreciated Mark Dacascos (Brotherhood of the Wolf, "Iron Chef"). Maybe I'm alone in thinking so, but that's sounds like quite the cast for an action-oriented monster movie.
Synopsis:
Several mercenaries and one faithless poacher seemingly join forces for a rescue mission and end up battling an immortal beast while realizing the dream of one man determined to find a treasure the beast is bound to protect.
Camelot Entertainment Group is the distributor for the still-in-pre-production The Fallen to be directed by Rob Walker from a script by Erik Anderson.
- 11/4/2010
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Camelot Entertainment Group has launched DarKnight Pictures, a genre division that will acquire and distribute films for domestic and international markets, picking up flicks "Nude Nuns With Big Guns" and "Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf" as its first two releases.
At the same time, Camelot has set Dean Cain, Tito Ortiz, Peter Stormare and Marc Decascos in "The Fallen," an action thriller co-produced by Camelot to be directed by Rob Walker and produced by Grant Cramer and Erik Anderson. "Fallen" will be released by the company's just-created distribution unit, Camelot Distribution Group.
DarKnight and Cdg are headed by newly appointed Jamie Thompson, who will oversee global sales and acquisitions.
Camelot chairman Robert Atwell said the DarKnight label is positioned to take advantage of the "exciting time" genre films are experiencing worldwide.
The two DarKnight titles are clearly aimed for the grindhouse crowd. "Nuns" centers on Sister Sarah,...
At the same time, Camelot has set Dean Cain, Tito Ortiz, Peter Stormare and Marc Decascos in "The Fallen," an action thriller co-produced by Camelot to be directed by Rob Walker and produced by Grant Cramer and Erik Anderson. "Fallen" will be released by the company's just-created distribution unit, Camelot Distribution Group.
DarKnight and Cdg are headed by newly appointed Jamie Thompson, who will oversee global sales and acquisitions.
Camelot chairman Robert Atwell said the DarKnight label is positioned to take advantage of the "exciting time" genre films are experiencing worldwide.
The two DarKnight titles are clearly aimed for the grindhouse crowd. "Nuns" centers on Sister Sarah,...
- 11/4/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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