Archive for June 25th, 2008
Posted by Tim on
June 25, 2008
ANNOUNCING A NEW FORCE IN BIZARRE CULT HORROR!
TIDEPOINT PICTURES PRESENTS BONE HOUSE ASIA!
From the high-desert fortress of Santa Fe-based Tidepoint Pictures, distributor of Sion Sono’s NORIKO’S DINNER TABLE, and Takashi Miike’s DEAD OR ALIVE, comes a brand-new label of the unusual, the bizarre, and the fantastic: BONE HOUSE ASIA!
BONE HOUSE ASIA’s first serving is the surreal nightmare of Higuchinsky’s LONG DREAM (Nagai Yume), from the director of UZUMAKI (Spiral), and Junji Ito, the popular Japanese manga writer responsible for the TOMIE series and the remarkably twisted GYO. Junji Ito’s impact is felt industry-wide. Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy), skillful conjurer of dark fantasy and cinematic magic elates, “Master Junji Ito’s images and ideas are enthralling and powerful in a way that only great art is. His unique view of the world infects our mind and devours our conscience. The darkness in him will blind you.”
Bone House Asia’s DVD release for LONG DREAM, available June 24, includes interviews with director Higuchinsky,
manga creator Junji Ito, the film’s star, trailers, and English and Spanish subtitles.
Tidepoint Pictures has been instrumental in releasing the tops in Asian genre films with classic cult releases including Higuchinsky’s UZUMAKI, and Katsuhito Ishii’s SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL. Tidepoint was also spirited enough to introduce Hideo Nakata to the US with their release of CHAOS, years before his RINGU hit American shores. Add Sion Sono’s NORIKO’S DINNER TABLE to the mix (from the director of SUICIDE CLUB and HAIR EXTENSIONS) and you’ve got a library of cult classics with just the first handful of releases.
Says Tetsuki Ijichi, President and CEO of Tidepoint Pictures, “There is much more to Asian cult cinema than what typically gets shown in the U.S. With Bone House Asia, we want to open up American audiences to the fresh voices of talented Asian filmmakers who will challenge your mind and disturb your sleep.”
BONE HOUSE ASIA also concentrates on theatrical releases so you can share bizarre fantasies with strangers in the dark… This summer be sure to check online or in your inbox for news on BONE HOUSE ASIA’s latest theatrical release, Go Shibata’s LATE BLOOMER (Osoi Hito), enjoying a New York run at the Pioneer Theater from July 25 to July 31. LATE BLOOMER turns the serial killer genre upside-down as the benign-looking Sumida-san, confined to a wheelchair but loving to ‘rock out,’ is an obsessive psychopath who erupts into lethal violence. For showtimes: www.twoboots.com/pioneer.
For stills, synopses, and a darn spooky time, be sure to visit www.bonehouseasia.com. Sign up for our mailing list and stay up to date on all our latest releases, occasional contests, and the best in Asian horror and fantastic cinema. Do you have the guts to enter the creepy pagoda down the lane? The doors have creaked open at the black-winged mansion at the end of the block — known only as BONE HOUSE ASIA!
For hi-res stills, press notes, and more information, please contact:
Shade Rupe, shaderupe@verizon.net, 212.969.9635
Posted by Tim on
June 25, 2008
Screen Test with Anubis Digital Studios for DMR2
Join the Anubis Digital Team!
Anubis Digital Studios, the production company that brought you the award-winning DEAD MOON RISING (DMR), is now casting for DEAD MOON RISING 2 (DMR2). Check out the links below for more about Anubis Digital or DMR.
DMR won Fangoria Magazine’s Video of the Month for May 2008, and secured a national distribution deal.
DMR2 will be an episodic TV series, broadcast via the Internet, iTunes, etc.
Our goal is to have 1 million web views per month by the end of 2008.
DMR2 will bring in some fresh new major characters to round out the surviving original characters.
We will also have plenty of day-player parts to serve as “zombie-chow.”
DATE: Saturday, June 28, 2008
TIME: 2 – 5 PM
PLACE: Anubis Digital Studios production offices in Louisville, Kentucky (address & directions provided upon acceptance).
Two roles will be available for audition and screen test (by appointment only).
Both of these roles are central characters. These will be demanding roles, however our shooting schedule is flexible, due to the ensemble cast, and the episodic nature of the clips. Must be able to shoot in evenings and/or weekends on an occasional basis over the next year.
Deferred compensation. Credit.
ABBY – A beautiful, strong-willed woman of athletic build. Must be able to pass for 25-35 years. Martial arts skills a plus, but not required. Your character works for one of the 3-letter acronym agencies (CIA? NSA? NRU? CDC? – the audience will not be sure until much later). You are on a mission when the infection hits, now you must survive as well as try to find its source.
KIT – A young, grad-student type (19-25 years). You are brilliant, but a little naïve. You can take care of yourself, especially against your creepy boss. Girl-next-door pretty.
Send headshot & resume to Director@AnubisDigital.com. Include a phone number and the best time to call. Those with Links to YouTube clips of past work given first preference.
Mark E. Poole
Anubis Digital Studios
Director@AnubisDigital.com
www.AnubisDigitalStudios.com
www.DeadMoonRisingMovie.com
Fangoria Magazine’s Video of the Month, May 2008
*WINNER* Best Zombie Film - Fright Night Film Fest 2007, Louisville
*WINNER* Audience Award for BEST FEATURE at Cine-Fest 2007!
*WINNER* “Best of the Fest” at Big Damn Film Fest 2007, Cincinnati
Posted by Charlie on
June 25, 2008
Want to see it in the theaters? The Clive Barker needs your help. Lion’s Gate is apparently only going to give what could finally be an awesome mainstream horror movie a limited 100 screen release and then dump it to DVD. Clive, and most fans(including me, I mean c’mon this is one of my favorite Books of Blood stories were taking about), are pissed. Barker released this open letter to the attendees of the recent Fango Weekend of Horrors:
“To be perfectly honest, I need your help…
There have been signs for a long while that Lionsgate, the company releasing the movie, was going to screw around with it. Release dates were changed and changed again. And my phone calls to the people at Lionsgate, asking for answers, were not returned. I was finally told that Lionsgate only planned to open the movie in a tiny number of theaters - somewhere between 100 and 300 - run it for a week, then put it on DVD.
“In other words, they were going to dump our movie…
“So… I’m fighting back.
“And I’m asking you now to fight with me.
“If you want to see The Midnight Meat Train on the big screen the way it should be seen, please contact Joe Drake at Lionsgate and tell him your feelings…”
In another interview on AMCTV.com, Barker lashes out at Lion’s Gate decision makers;
“My issue is with the control that individuals have in these cases - people with no interest in the movie as an artistic piece, with no concern for the care that was taken to put it on the screen… and who very often have only political motivations. They’re tossing this thing away as if it matters not at all to them. Usually those agendas are fiscal, and that’s what confuses me here. If they wind up putting this film on a hundred screens for a week, they’re leaving millions on the table.”
Barker goes on as true a horror movie fan as the rest of us saying that while, yeah a large audience will get to see the film on DVD it’s just not the same experience as a packed theater;
“The movie is fucking great, and it’s not right to stop horror fans who’ve been looking forward to seeing the picture from seeing it on the big screen. I’ve seen it with audiences, and they go nuts.”
Clive Barker’s website encourages fans to write and call Lion’s Gate to change their minds.
You can email this message:
As a long time Clive Barker fan, I am writing you to express my strong desire to see “The Midnight Meat Train” on the big screen.
Rumors are currently circulating that the film will only be released on a limited basis and I am very concerned that I will miss my opportunity to see the most highly anticipated Clive Barker film in over a decade in all of its big screen glory!
There are millions of horror fans like myself who have been disappointed by the recent trend towards watered down PG-13 horror movies. Clive’s work represents a return to serious, thought provoking horror movies and with Ryuhei Kitamura at the helm, I am even more excited to experience this collaboration as it was intended: in a packed theater with hundreds of other horror fans like myself!
I urge you to please give this film the release it deserves!
Many thanks,
to :
Joe Drake at Lionsgate: jdrake@lionsgate.com
Investor relations at Lionsgate: keasterling@lionsgate.com
Lionsgate: general-inquiries@lionsgate.com
Call the main office at (310) 449-9200 and express your desire to see MIDNIGHT MEAT TRAIN get the release it deserves.
Please be courteous in your requests.
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