Folks in the Brooklyn area are in for a treat. Nitehawk Cinema is hosting a screening of the highly anticipated horror anthology, XX. Also in today's Horror Highlights: the Twenty Twenty-Four screening details, Shriekfest 2017 call for submissions, Tyler Perry's BOO! A Madea Halloween home media info, a new trailer for Diane, and Child Eater release details.
Nitehawk Cinema's Brooklyn XX Screening Details: "Nitehawk presents a preview and midnite screenings of the new all female-helmed horror anthology, XX. We also ask the XX directors to select a couple of their influential films for midnite screenings and they chose: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary."
To learn more, visit Nitehawk Cinema's official website.
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Twenty Twenty-Four North American Premiere Details: "We have two screenings in San Francisco, hosted by San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Twenty Twenty-Four is making its North American premiere at the Roxie Theatre on February the 5th at 9:30 PM, with a repeat showing on February the 8th at 7:15 PM. Director Richard Mundy and Composer Harry Kirby will be in attendance for an audience Q&A after the screenings.
Twenty Twenty-Four is also screening at the Vault Festival in London on the same day as the first San Francisco screening - 5th Feb. The Vault Festival is London's largest annual arts festival and takes place entirely underground, beneath London's Waterloo Station. Seeing Twenty Twenty-Four in the Vaults Theatre will give audiences the unique experience of watching a film set in an underground bunker, while really underground themselves. Lead actor Andrew Kinsler will also be in attendance for the event.
Two Screenings. Two Cities. Two Countries. One Day. FEB 5th.
Press Release: Twenty Twenty-Four is an award-winning British independent feature film, that defies convention and pushes the boundaries of what a modern independent film can be. Director Richard Mundy’s self-funded feature film debut more than holds its own against mainstream and large budget films. Three and a half years in the making, Twenty Twenty-Four is a testament to the creative spirit of its cast and crew and the technological advances of the digital age. Twenty Twenty-Four premiered in London at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, with the British Independent Film Festival in 2016.
Twenty Twenty-Four tells the story of a lone scientist called Roy, who maintains an underground bunker for the coming nuclear disaster. But after becoming prematurely isolated, he slowly begins to question his own reality and whether he is truly alone.
Twenty Twenty-Four is a film small on a budget, but big on ideas. Although it identifies itself as a suspenseful psychological thriller, at its deeper levels Twenty Twenty-Four is a film about human nature, paranoia, the darkness capable in all of us and how this shapes the world as we perceive it. Richard Mundy’s immersive film is a tense and unsettling nightmare you’ll never be sure you’ve woken up from."
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Shriekfest 2017 Call for Submissions: Press Release: "Shriekfest, the Los Angeles Horror/SciFi Film Festival continues its tradition as Los Angeles' Premier horror film event, presenting an exciting program of films each fall with beautiful Los Angeles as its backdrop. Now, in its 17th year, Shriekfesttakes place at the legendary Raleigh Studios, which is the largest independent studio operator in the country. We offer filmmakers and film fans alike an ideal setting in a world-famous city. Both established and emerging filmmakers gain media exposure, connect with the region's diverse audiences, and participate in an acclaimed event attended by industry professionals as well as horror and SciFi fans. Over the past Sixteen years, Shriekfest has welcomed numerous indie icons into its family.
We are looking for original films and screenplays. We are accepting films/screenplays in five categories: narrative feature, narrative short, narrative super short, feature screenplay, and short screenplay.
We will be awarding prizes to the winning filmmaker in each category.
Festival Founder and Director Denise Gossett says "We are already planning some exciting things for our Sexy & 17th year!".
Last year's festival was a great success. We had our biggest audience yet, with a 20% increase over the previous year and more than 35 filmmakers in attendance.
HOW TO ENTER Entry form and information: official website.
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Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween Release Details: "Tyler Perry's BOO! A Madea Halloween, available on Blu-ray (Plus Digital HD), DVD and Digital HD Today, tells the story of Madea being summoned to keep a watchful eye on Brian's (Tyler Perry) teenage daughter and keep her out of trouble. Little does Madea know, the trouble is coming for her. Fortunately, or not, she has her posse of Bam (Cassi Davis), Hattie (Patrice Lovely) and Joe to shield off ghosts and killer clowns.
Also on January 31, following a nine-month nationwide tour, Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run (The Play) will be available on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD, Digital HD and On Demand. On the run from the law, Madea hides out at Bam's house, thinking she will lie low. Unfortunately, Bam's house is packed with rambunctious family and friends, and Madea finds herself needing to lay down her own law and drop the hammer!
Tyler Perry's BOO! A Madea Halloween home entertainment release bonus material features a look back at what makes audiences love Madea, and how this film came to be. Tyler Perry's BOO! A Madea Halloween will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for $39.99 and $29.95, respectively."
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Watch a New Trailer for Diane: Press Release: "Independent writer/director Michael Mongillo (THE WIND, WELCOME TO EARTH and BEING MICHAEL MADSEN) has wrapped production on the supernatural thriller DIANE, a tale of extreme obsession and drastic consequences. In the vein of the stark terror of THE RING, DIANE is an atmospheric tale of a war veteran (Jason Alan Smith of Mike Flanagan’s BEFORE I WAKE) haunted by a woman (Carlee Avers of VERONICA MARS) whose body he finds in his backyard. “I wanted DIANE to be chilling and emotionally powerful,” says filmmaker Mongillo. “The film has a social relevance and also gets under the skin of audiences to impart a haunting, lingering effect.”
In DIANE, Afghanistan War veteran Steve’s lasting injuries and regrets plunge him into a daily soulless routine until the body of a beautiful singer, Diane, is discovered in his backyard. Steve takes a photo of her corpse with his cell phone before reporting the murder and he becomes obsessed with the dead woman’s image. Now a prime suspect, Steve is scrutinized by the police, hassled by Diane’s widower, and attacked by self-righteous neighbors. Before long, the malevolent ghost of Diane weaves a dark spell in Steve’s psyche that leads to strange and startling revelations.
“DIANE is my favorite of the films I’ve directed,” says Mongillo. “With DIANE I achieved what I set out to do with the fewest compromises yet. I’m confident that moviegoers will find DIANE an emotionally honest and intellectually satisfying movie. I am so proud of the work of my long-time collaborators, especially star and executive producer, Jason Alan Smith, who delivers a gut-wrenching performance.”
Mongillo says the critical essays of Roland Barthes, the video art of Bill Viola, and the illustrations of Edward Gorey were all influences on DIANE. It's cinematic inspirations include Stanley Kubrick’s THE SHINING, Gus Van Sant’s crime and punishment road movie DRUGSTORE COWBOY, and Brian De Palma’s stylized suspense/thriller BLOW OUT. Placing his fourth feature in literary terms, Mongillo describes DIANE as “Stephen King meets Elmore Leonard.”
As he begins submitting DIANE to international film festivals and prospective distributors, Mongillo says, “I am looking forward to audiences all over the world discovering DIANE. My goal, in addition to directing something entertaining and deeply unsettling, was to create an honest work about the human condition. Horror has always served as a backdrop to telling character-driven stories and all the best ghost stories are actually tales of atonement, and that’s DIANE in a nutshell.”"
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Child Eater Release Details: Press Release: "Based on the popular short film of the same name, Child Eater is the directorial debut of Erlingur Thoroddsen and is a creepy, stylish roller-coaster ride inspired by the classic horror films of the 1980's.The deal was negotiated by Eric D. Wilkinson for MVD Entertainment Group and Raphael Margules and J.D. Lifshitz for Boulderlight Pictures on behalf of the filmmakers.
In Child Eater, little Lucas (Colin Critchley) goes missing from his bedroom in the middle of the night, his babysitter Helen (Cait Bliss) ventures out into the deep, dark woods armed only with a flashlight. But these are no ordinary woods. They were once the home of Robert Bowery (Jason Martin), a serial killer who years ago came for children's eyes in order to keep himself from going blind. But Robert Bowery was stopped and killed... or was he?
Originally conceived as an award nominated short at SXSW back in 2012, producer Perri Nemiroff shares her excitement in turning it into a full length feature film and it's 1980's horror inspiration: "Having grown up in the 80's, we're undeniably influenced by classic slashers like Freddy, Jason and Michael Myers, and also the tone of their respective films, particularly their ability to deliver powerful scares, but exhilarating and enjoyable ones, too. Child Eater is bigger, badder, and scarier and really gave us the chance to subvert genre tropes and truly show horror fans things they've never seen before."
Following its World Premiere at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival that boasted sold out screenings (a second late night screening was added which was sold out as well) in addition to winning four awards at the Fantastically Horrifying Cinema Festival (including Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Actress), MVD Entertainment Group picked up the film for North American distribution. MVD's Director of Acquisitions, Eric D. Wilkinson, expressed his excitement about the film: "Like the filmmakers, I too grew up on 80's horror and immediately fell in love with this movie. Robert Bowery is every bit as scary as Freddy Kruger and in some ways, even more so. After fans watch this film I'm willing to bet they will be sleeping with their closet lights on!"
MVD Entertainment Group has scheduled Child Eater for release on March 28th via VOD, Digital, and DVD.
Tamika hails from North Beach, Maryland, a tiny town inches from the Chesapeake Bay.She knew she wanted to be an actor after reciting a soliloquy by Sojourner Truth in front of her entire fifth grade class. Since then, she's appeared in over 20 film and television projects. In addition to acting, Tamika is the Indie Spotlight manager for Daily Dead, where she brings readers news on independent horror projects every weekend.
The first horror film Tamika watched was Child's Play. Being eight years old at the time, she remembers being so scared when Chucky came to life that she projectile vomited. It's tough for her to choose only one movie as her favorite horror film, so she picked two: Nosferatu and The Stepford Wives (1975).
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