This looks messed up. Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official US trailer for an indie horror thriller from France titled Anonymous Animals, feature debut of filmmaker Baptiste Rouveure. This premiered at a number of genre festivals last year, and lands on VOD in the US this fall. The balance of power between man and animal has changed. In a remote countryside, any encounter can become hostile. What exactly is going on? It is an "experimental feature film set in a world where the positions of power of humans and animals have been reversed. In oppressive images and without any dialogue, the film draws its viewers into gloomy landscapes shrouded in mist and into sparsely lit rooms where frightened people face a gruesome fate and are thrown back on their instincts. Escape from the dominant animals appears to be the only possible way out..." Starring Thierry Marcos & Pauline Guilpain. It looks twisted and extra dark.
- 10/12/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the five film festivals that took part in the ambitious Nightstream film festival, Popcorn Frights has an extra treat in store for Florida horror fans this October with their Wicked Weekend virtual event!
Taking place October 29th–November 1st, Popcorn Frights' Wicked Weekend includes an eclectic 20+ film lineup headlined by the world premiere of Smiley Face Killers, a Tracking Terror panel with Graham Reznick and Steve Moore, and a conversation with Tibor Takács about his cult 1987 film The Gate.
In the charitable spirit of Nightstream, proceeds from Wicked Weekend will help out the one-of-a-kind independent theater where Popcorn Frights usually takes place. Since this is a special treat for Florida horror fans, all film screenings will be geo-locked to the Sunshine State, with the amazing team behind Popcorn Frights continuing to keep horror alive and well in the region.
We have the official press release with more details on Wicked Weekend below,...
Taking place October 29th–November 1st, Popcorn Frights' Wicked Weekend includes an eclectic 20+ film lineup headlined by the world premiere of Smiley Face Killers, a Tracking Terror panel with Graham Reznick and Steve Moore, and a conversation with Tibor Takács about his cult 1987 film The Gate.
In the charitable spirit of Nightstream, proceeds from Wicked Weekend will help out the one-of-a-kind independent theater where Popcorn Frights usually takes place. Since this is a special treat for Florida horror fans, all film screenings will be geo-locked to the Sunshine State, with the amazing team behind Popcorn Frights continuing to keep horror alive and well in the region.
We have the official press release with more details on Wicked Weekend below,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Today's Horror Highlights includes details on the virtual edition of the Chattanooga Film Festival, the trailer for Painter, details on Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In, and the trailer for Blind!
Chattanooga Film Festival Announces its Virtual Edition: "This year marks the 10th edition of the Frightening Ass Film Fest (Faff); the Chattanooga Film Festival’s seasonal festival held in and around Halloween. Slated for October 30 and October 31, Faff will be an exciting mix of short films, new indie features, and carefully curated cult classics. Organizers are also putting together a series of live events, similar to the events that made Cff’s virtual edition in May an interactive fan-friendly experience.
Faff All Access Badges are available now for the price of $25 with individual tickets for certain films being made available closer to the event. Attendees will be able to access all films beginning 12:00am Est October 30, and access ends 6:...
Chattanooga Film Festival Announces its Virtual Edition: "This year marks the 10th edition of the Frightening Ass Film Fest (Faff); the Chattanooga Film Festival’s seasonal festival held in and around Halloween. Slated for October 30 and October 31, Faff will be an exciting mix of short films, new indie features, and carefully curated cult classics. Organizers are also putting together a series of live events, similar to the events that made Cff’s virtual edition in May an interactive fan-friendly experience.
Faff All Access Badges are available now for the price of $25 with individual tickets for certain films being made available closer to the event. Attendees will be able to access all films beginning 12:00am Est October 30, and access ends 6:...
- 10/15/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Stars: Thierry Marcos, Aurélien Chilarski, Emilien Lavaut | Written and Directed by Baptiste Rouveure
I do like the intrigue and bewilderment that comes with watching experimental cinema, and so it is easy to become swept up in ideas that are obscure or based around metaphor. Baptiste Rouveure (And The Winner Is) writes and directs this low-budget picture that is without dialogue but instead focuses on haunting, oft disturbing and regularly weird vignettes related to the balance of power between mankind and animals, and that balance being stuck in reverse.
The clear message aside, this is a very eccentric film, taking a route that attempts to alter the perception of the viewer in these eerie, haunting sequences. Taking the abuse of animals and turning it against the human, Anonymous Animals attempts to question the atrocities of mankind as well as our place in society, but it doesn’t always quite work. There...
I do like the intrigue and bewilderment that comes with watching experimental cinema, and so it is easy to become swept up in ideas that are obscure or based around metaphor. Baptiste Rouveure (And The Winner Is) writes and directs this low-budget picture that is without dialogue but instead focuses on haunting, oft disturbing and regularly weird vignettes related to the balance of power between mankind and animals, and that balance being stuck in reverse.
The clear message aside, this is a very eccentric film, taking a route that attempts to alter the perception of the viewer in these eerie, haunting sequences. Taking the abuse of animals and turning it against the human, Anonymous Animals attempts to question the atrocities of mankind as well as our place in society, but it doesn’t always quite work. There...
- 10/8/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Screamfest is celebrating its 20th anniversary of screening the latest and greatest genre cinema and they've announced their lineup of features and shorts for this year's fest. The drive-in-based edition of the festival will take place from October 6th through October 15th and will open with Books of Blood!
"The 20th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival today announced their lineup of features and shorts, kicking off with a drive-in screening of Hulu’s Books of Blood. The festival, which will run from October 6-15, 2020, is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. This year the festival will move entirely to drive-in screenings with a lineup of ten back-to-back nights of fright, each showcasing a feature film paired with a number of shorts. Tickets can be purchased here: https://screamfestla.com/
Screamfest LA will kick off on October 6 with the Opening Night screening of Books of Blood,...
"The 20th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival today announced their lineup of features and shorts, kicking off with a drive-in screening of Hulu’s Books of Blood. The festival, which will run from October 6-15, 2020, is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. This year the festival will move entirely to drive-in screenings with a lineup of ten back-to-back nights of fright, each showcasing a feature film paired with a number of shorts. Tickets can be purchased here: https://screamfestla.com/
Screamfest LA will kick off on October 6 with the Opening Night screening of Books of Blood,...
- 9/22/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The Screamfest Horror Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of films that will be featured at the 20th annual drive-in edition. Kicking off the fest, which runs from October 6-15, is Books of Blood, the Hulu original film based on Clive Barker’s horror anthology.
From director Brannon Braga and executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Books of Blood is slated to premiere on the streamer on October 7. Starring Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Rafi Gavron, and Yul Vazquez, the pic takes a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
Also among the list of screenings are Thirst, the first-ever Icelandic gay splatter vampire flick, psychological horror Sweet River (making its North American debut), and social media teen slasher Initiation from Screamfest alum John Berardo, which was recently acquired by Saban Films
“2020 has been challenging for everyone and certainly not how we planned on celebrating Screamfest’s 20th edition,...
From director Brannon Braga and executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Books of Blood is slated to premiere on the streamer on October 7. Starring Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Rafi Gavron, and Yul Vazquez, the pic takes a journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
Also among the list of screenings are Thirst, the first-ever Icelandic gay splatter vampire flick, psychological horror Sweet River (making its North American debut), and social media teen slasher Initiation from Screamfest alum John Berardo, which was recently acquired by Saban Films
“2020 has been challenging for everyone and certainly not how we planned on celebrating Screamfest’s 20th edition,...
- 9/21/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Set to premiere at the Sitges International Film Festival next month, the first trailer for Anomymous Animals presents new French horror in a very dark light. Written and directed by Baptiste Rouveure, the film stars Thierry Marcos, Aurelièn Chilarski, Pauline Guilpain and Emilien Lavaut. I watched the trailer, which we have embedded below, before reading the synopsis, which matches perfectly with the mood and atmosphere of the video. Here are the words that may be read, now or later: "A series of vignettes illustrating human captives being literally treated like animals by humanoid figures with animal heads - who or what exactly are these people?" Certainly, this looks to be an intentionally mysterious and disturbing work. The festival...
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- 9/10/2020
- Screen Anarchy
More than 20 features and four world premieres selected for genre film festival.
UK genre film festival Grimmfest has revealed the line-up for its 2020 edition, which will take place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scroll down for full line-up
The festival, which runs October 7 to 11, will open with the European premiere of US psychological thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams, in which a grieving widow is pursued through the wilderness by a relentless psychopath.
Grimmfest has also secured four world premieres for this year’s edition, which include US features The Special, from filmmaker B. Harrison Smith, and They Reach,...
UK genre film festival Grimmfest has revealed the line-up for its 2020 edition, which will take place online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scroll down for full line-up
The festival, which runs October 7 to 11, will open with the European premiere of US psychological thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams, in which a grieving widow is pursued through the wilderness by a relentless psychopath.
Grimmfest has also secured four world premieres for this year’s edition, which include US features The Special, from filmmaker B. Harrison Smith, and They Reach,...
- 8/14/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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