Two pieces of interesting international horror news recently came to our attention, and as always, we're passing the info along to you. Think of what a water-cooler stud you'll be when you say…"Hey, I heard that Uruguay is submitting La Casa Muda for Oscar consideration" or "Can you believe Spain snubbed Pedro Almodovar again!?" The ladies will be tearing their panties off for you. Literally ripping undergarments from their bodies because they are so impressed with your knowledge of international cinema. You're welcome.
Uruguay selects La Casa Muda for Oscar consideration
Gustavo Hernandez made magic on a small budget with his film La Casa Muda (The Silent House). Now his efforts are paying off as Uruguay has selected his horror film to be submitted for Foreign-Language Film consideration at the 2012 Oscars.
La Casa Muda (review here) stars Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso and Maria Salazar in a chilling...
Uruguay selects La Casa Muda for Oscar consideration
Gustavo Hernandez made magic on a small budget with his film La Casa Muda (The Silent House). Now his efforts are paying off as Uruguay has selected his horror film to be submitted for Foreign-Language Film consideration at the 2012 Oscars.
La Casa Muda (review here) stars Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso and Maria Salazar in a chilling...
- 9/30/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
It was just at this year's Afm that we reported the directing team of Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water) were getting behind an English language remake of La Casa Muda, aka Silent House, the first Latin American film to be shot entirely with a professional photo camera that also happened to be filmed in one single 80-minute sequence shot! Well guess what? It's on its way to Us markets!
Open Road Films has partnered with Liddell Entertainment for the U.S. release of Silent House.
Original La Casa Muda Synopsis:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father, Wilson (Gustavo Alonso), settle down in a cottage that seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house up for sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to...
Open Road Films has partnered with Liddell Entertainment for the U.S. release of Silent House.
Original La Casa Muda Synopsis:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father, Wilson (Gustavo Alonso), settle down in a cottage that seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house up for sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to...
- 7/21/2011
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
The Silent House Movie Trailer has premiered. Gustavo Hernández‘s The Silent House / La Casa Muda (2010) stars Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso, and María Salazar. The Silent House (La Casa Muda)’s plot synopsis: “Based on a true story that happened in the late 40’s in a small village in uruguay. Filmed in one single continuous shot of seventy eight minutes, “La Casa Muda” focuses on Laura, who, second by second, intends to leave a house which hides an obscure secret, unharmed. The Silent House is a different independent film in its genre, filmed with a digital camera in one single shot, without any cuts and in real time. It’s the first horror film in the world that discovers fear without tricks in one sequence of 78 minutes. It’s also the first feature film that was completely filmed with the digital camera Canon Mark II. This camera offers...
- 4/22/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Armadillo (15)
(Janus Metz, 2010, Den) 105 mins
After last year's Restrepo, another fine documentary from the Afghanistan front line, bringing us closer than we'd like to a war we'd rather not think about. Again we track a tour of duty with its mix of boredom, adrenaline and futility, but the key differences here are that they're Danish soldiers (who seem a lot less uptight about access) and the camerawork is better than in most fictional war movies. As a result, we're brought right into the soldiers' lives, and pitched into the heart of battle when things really heat up.
Cold Fish (18)
(Sion Sono, 2010, Jap) Makoto Ashikawa, Denden, Mitsuru Fukikoshi. 146 mins
Not your average serial killer, this one's sociable, presentable and a big fish in the fishkeeping world – even if there's a grisly explanation for his success. As we follow a meek colleague drawn into his demented orbit, proceedings get uglier and messier,...
(Janus Metz, 2010, Den) 105 mins
After last year's Restrepo, another fine documentary from the Afghanistan front line, bringing us closer than we'd like to a war we'd rather not think about. Again we track a tour of duty with its mix of boredom, adrenaline and futility, but the key differences here are that they're Danish soldiers (who seem a lot less uptight about access) and the camerawork is better than in most fictional war movies. As a result, we're brought right into the soldiers' lives, and pitched into the heart of battle when things really heat up.
Cold Fish (18)
(Sion Sono, 2010, Jap) Makoto Ashikawa, Denden, Mitsuru Fukikoshi. 146 mins
Not your average serial killer, this one's sociable, presentable and a big fish in the fishkeeping world – even if there's a grisly explanation for his success. As we follow a meek colleague drawn into his demented orbit, proceedings get uglier and messier,...
- 4/8/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
This Uruguayan horror film shot in one take had even critics yelping, says Peter Bradshaw
The Silent House has the technical flair of an exceptionally creepy and insidious conjuring trick. Not since Paranormal Activity have I seen a film make a roomful of hardened critics yelp suddenly and simultaneously. It is a lo-fi psychological horror from Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernández about unexplained happenings within a derelict house in remote woodland, based on a real-life unsolved murder case in Uruguay from the 1940s. The film is shot in real time on a handheld digital camera in one, continuous 78-minute take, or rather, the first 78 minutes is shot in this way. You must not leave during the credits.
Laura (Florencia Colucci) is a young woman who, as night falls, arrives at a crumbling old property with her grumpy father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso); he appears to be a long-time employee, factotum and family...
The Silent House has the technical flair of an exceptionally creepy and insidious conjuring trick. Not since Paranormal Activity have I seen a film make a roomful of hardened critics yelp suddenly and simultaneously. It is a lo-fi psychological horror from Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernández about unexplained happenings within a derelict house in remote woodland, based on a real-life unsolved murder case in Uruguay from the 1940s. The film is shot in real time on a handheld digital camera in one, continuous 78-minute take, or rather, the first 78 minutes is shot in this way. You must not leave during the credits.
Laura (Florencia Colucci) is a young woman who, as night falls, arrives at a crumbling old property with her grumpy father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso); he appears to be a long-time employee, factotum and family...
- 4/7/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Optimum Releasing have unveiled the first UK trailer for acclaimed Uruguayan horror-drama The Silent House (La Casa Muda).
Directed by first-time filmmaker Gustavo Hernández in a single 78-minute take on an HD digital, The Silent House stars Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso and María Salazar.
The plot of La Casa Muda is based on a true story that happened in the late 1940′s in a village in Uruguay. It focuses on Laura (Colucci) – who intends to leave a house which hides a secret, unharmed. Laura and her father Wilson (Alonso) settle down in a cottage they have to renew since its owner will soon sell it. Everything seems to go smoothly until Laura hears a sound coming from outside that gets louder and louder on the upstairs floor.
The Silent House premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and will open in selected UK cinemas on April 8.
Check out the...
Directed by first-time filmmaker Gustavo Hernández in a single 78-minute take on an HD digital, The Silent House stars Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso and María Salazar.
The plot of La Casa Muda is based on a true story that happened in the late 1940′s in a village in Uruguay. It focuses on Laura (Colucci) – who intends to leave a house which hides a secret, unharmed. Laura and her father Wilson (Alonso) settle down in a cottage they have to renew since its owner will soon sell it. Everything seems to go smoothly until Laura hears a sound coming from outside that gets louder and louder on the upstairs floor.
The Silent House premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and will open in selected UK cinemas on April 8.
Check out the...
- 3/27/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Silent House (La Casa Muda) directed by Gustavo Hernandez and photographed by Pedro Luque (Ataque de Pánico), is the first Latin America film (and the second world wide) to have been filmed by a photographic camera. It also claims to be the first horror film to be filmed in one single shot using the Slr digital, a Canon Eos 5D Mark and a minimal low budget of $6000. If you’re a fan of Blair Witch Project, [Rec] and Paranormal Activity, you should certainly be interested in seeing this movie. Screened at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, The Silent House generated a tremendous amount of buzz and is said to be based on a true story.
Synopsis:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a remote cottage in order to renovate it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house up for sale. They...
Synopsis:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a remote cottage in order to renovate it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house up for sale. They...
- 3/25/2011
- by Kyle Reese
- SoundOnSight
Not every day you see a horror hailing from Uruguay so its news of note that The international trailer and artwork for Gustavo Hernández’s - shot in one continuous 78 min take - indy horror thriller The Silent House have just been released. The film - opening in UK cinemas on 8 April 2011 has been getting a lot of attention due to the real time shooting style, and surprise surprise, the American remake is also already in production. Linkage below. Synopsis: Laura ( Florencia Colucci) and her father ( Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a cottage which seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner ( Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house on sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to go on smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets...
- 3/25/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Scream 4
Opens: April 15th 2011
Cast: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Mary McDonnell, Emma Roberts Director: Wes Craven
Summary: Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with family and friends, but it also brings about the return of Ghostface which puts the whole town in danger.
Analysis: Back in late 1996 when I first began covering film news, "Scream" was released and became more than just a sleeper hit. After years of genre movies being relegated to direct-to-video status, this comedic slasher spawned the biggest surge in the horror film genre since "Halloween" almost two decades before. Its post-modern stylings and witty self-aware dialogue went on to be a big influence on films and television in general.
Yet the "Scream" series itself never could quite capture that glory again. By the time the...
Opens: April 15th 2011
Cast: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Mary McDonnell, Emma Roberts Director: Wes Craven
Summary: Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with family and friends, but it also brings about the return of Ghostface which puts the whole town in danger.
Analysis: Back in late 1996 when I first began covering film news, "Scream" was released and became more than just a sleeper hit. After years of genre movies being relegated to direct-to-video status, this comedic slasher spawned the biggest surge in the horror film genre since "Halloween" almost two decades before. Its post-modern stylings and witty self-aware dialogue went on to be a big influence on films and television in general.
Yet the "Scream" series itself never could quite capture that glory again. By the time the...
- 3/8/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Silent House "La Casa Muda" (not to be mistaken for Silent House)has made its run at Sundance 2011 and his been picked up by Liddell Entertainment. Dig on the new images and posters after the jump! Plot:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a cottage which seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house on sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to go on smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder in the upper floor of the house. Wilson goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs on her own waiting for her father to come down.
The plot is based on a true story that...
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a cottage which seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house on sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to go on smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and gets louder and louder in the upper floor of the house. Wilson goes up to see what is going on while she remains downstairs on her own waiting for her father to come down.
The plot is based on a true story that...
- 1/30/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
While the remake is making a lot of noise over at the Sundance Film Festival, some new stills for the original Silent House (La Casa Muda) have made their way online! Dig it!
Directed by Gustavo Hernandez, photographed by Pedro Luque, and produced by Gustavo Rojo at an amazingly low budget that amounts to $6,000 (Us). La Casa Muda (The Silent House) digs deeply into the unexplored subject of psychological terror, and here's the full synopsis provided to us by Rojo:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a cottage that seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house up for sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to go smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and...
Directed by Gustavo Hernandez, photographed by Pedro Luque, and produced by Gustavo Rojo at an amazingly low budget that amounts to $6,000 (Us). La Casa Muda (The Silent House) digs deeply into the unexplored subject of psychological terror, and here's the full synopsis provided to us by Rojo:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a cottage that seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will soon put the house up for sale. They will spend the night there in order to start the repairs the following morning. Everything seems to go smoothly until Laura hears a sound that comes from outside and...
- 1/30/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Talk about moving fast! It was just at this year's Afm that we reported the directing team of Chris Kentis and Laura Lau (Open Water) were getting behind an English language remake of La Casa Muda, aka Silent House, the first Latin American film to be shot entirely with a professional photo camera that also happened to be filmed in one single 80-minute sequence shot! Well guess what?
According to the official Sundance 2011 website the remake is not only in the can, but it will be screening at Utah's big dance as part of their Park City at Midnight series! Pretty friggin' cool!
In tackling the project, Kentis and Lau say they were “fascinated by this question of how we could explore the events leading to these brutal murders and make audiences feel as though the story is happening to them - that it is real.” The filmmakers added that...
According to the official Sundance 2011 website the remake is not only in the can, but it will be screening at Utah's big dance as part of their Park City at Midnight series! Pretty friggin' cool!
In tackling the project, Kentis and Lau say they were “fascinated by this question of how we could explore the events leading to these brutal murders and make audiences feel as though the story is happening to them - that it is real.” The filmmakers added that...
- 12/28/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The prospect of a horror movie filmed in one continuous shot is a herculean feat to say the least. La Casa Muda, aka Silent House, the first Latin American film to be shot entirely with a professional photo camera that also happened to be filmed in one single 80-minute sequence shot, achieved this feat. So of course we have to remake it here!
According to Screen Daily French sales outfit Elle Driver is moving into full-on financing with an English-language reimagining of the Uruguayan horror film Silent House.
The Us film will be directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, the team behind the chilling shark tale Open Water. The original Silent House, which ran in Cannes Directors Fortnight this year, was directed by Gustavo Hernandez and told in 80 minutes of “real time” during one continuous take.
In tackling the project, Kentis and Lau say they were “fascinated by this...
According to Screen Daily French sales outfit Elle Driver is moving into full-on financing with an English-language reimagining of the Uruguayan horror film Silent House.
The Us film will be directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, the team behind the chilling shark tale Open Water. The original Silent House, which ran in Cannes Directors Fortnight this year, was directed by Gustavo Hernandez and told in 80 minutes of “real time” during one continuous take.
In tackling the project, Kentis and Lau say they were “fascinated by this...
- 11/3/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The down side to this current boom in first-person perspective horror films is that it gives many people the idea that all you need to succeed is to be cheap, as though somehow removing the need for complicated camera setups and heavy duty post production also removes the need to have actual talent. For every Oren Peli or Jaume Balaguero there are scores of others out there cranking out frankly unwatchable junk that they trumpet as the next Paranormal Activity or [Rec]. The vast majority of these films will, justifiably, never be heard of and simply disappear.
The good side, however, is that true talent rises quickly. When you can't hide what you're doing in expensive post production effects and all there is is you and your camera it becomes immediately obvious where the real talent is. And Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernandez - to say nothing of his Dp Pedro Luque...
The good side, however, is that true talent rises quickly. When you can't hide what you're doing in expensive post production effects and all there is is you and your camera it becomes immediately obvious where the real talent is. And Uruguayan director Gustavo Hernandez - to say nothing of his Dp Pedro Luque...
- 1/26/2010
- Screen Anarchy
About a month ago we first learned about La Casa Muda, the first Latin American film to be shot entirely with a professional photo camera that also happened to be filmed in one single 72-minute sequence shot. And now we have an English-subbed teaser trailer to check out to see how things are progressing.
The film is still in audio post-production and on track for its March, 2010, completion. It was directed by Gustavo Hernandez, photographed by Pedro Luque, and produced by Gustavo Rojo at an amazingly low budget that amounts to $6,000 (Us). La Casa Muda (The Silent House) digs deeply into the unexplored subject of psychological terror, and here's the full synopsis provided to us by Rojo:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a cottage that seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will...
The film is still in audio post-production and on track for its March, 2010, completion. It was directed by Gustavo Hernandez, photographed by Pedro Luque, and produced by Gustavo Rojo at an amazingly low budget that amounts to $6,000 (Us). La Casa Muda (The Silent House) digs deeply into the unexplored subject of psychological terror, and here's the full synopsis provided to us by Rojo:
Laura (Florencia Colucci) and her father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) settle down in a cottage that seems to be off the beaten track in order to update it since its owner (Abel Tripaldi) will...
- 1/26/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Uruguay isn't the first country that comes to mind in terms of film innovations, but producer Gustavo Rojo is about to change that perception with La Casa Muda, the first Latin American film to be shot entirely with a professional photo camera that also happened to be filmed in one single 72-minute sequence shot.
Rojo informed us that on Wednesday, November 25th, shooting wrapped on Uruguayan film La Casa Muda (The Silent House), starring Florence Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, and Gustavo Alonso. He writes, "It was four days of intense work, based on a carefully planned project, shot to shot, scene by scene."
Directed by Gustavo Hernandez and shot with a digital Slr (specifically the Canon Eos 5D Mark II), La Casa Muda promises "a story with a lot of suspense based on a real event that took place in 1944 in an old farmhouse where were found two brutally tortured men's bodies,...
Rojo informed us that on Wednesday, November 25th, shooting wrapped on Uruguayan film La Casa Muda (The Silent House), starring Florence Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, and Gustavo Alonso. He writes, "It was four days of intense work, based on a carefully planned project, shot to shot, scene by scene."
Directed by Gustavo Hernandez and shot with a digital Slr (specifically the Canon Eos 5D Mark II), La Casa Muda promises "a story with a lot of suspense based on a real event that took place in 1944 in an old farmhouse where were found two brutally tortured men's bodies,...
- 12/25/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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