Posts Tagged ‘After Dark Films’
Posted by dominie in Events, Films, General on September 22nd, 2008
It’s not too late to contribute to Perkins’ 14! The folks over at Massify, known for developing the original project entirely via the Internet, sent us the following news that will force a smile to end all those case of the Mondays.
Get your creative on. Massify is in search of a horror fan to create the official movie poster for their After Dark Films’ Perkins’ 14. As you may remember, this film was developed and cast on Massify, making it the first ever fan-created horror movie and they’re giving horror fans one last chance to contribute.
Perkins’ 14 is a killer thriller that involves the arrest of a suspected murderer. It follows Robert Perkins, who after witnessing his parents’ massacre brainwashes 14 bodyguards to kill anyone that tries to harm him.
The winning design will play a major role in the campaign for After Dark Films’ Horrorfest III and be seen by movie fans all over the world. In addition, the winner will be the proud owner of a new Wacom Cintiq, the LCD monitor and interactive pen display that allows you to work directly on the screen.
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity. The deadline for submissions is October 19. Visit the Massify official website for more scary details.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on September 9th, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter announced today Harold Perrineau (The Matrix, 28 Weeks Later, Lost, OZ) is the latest member to join genre favorites Michael Madsen (Kill Bill) and Danny Trejo (Grindhouse, From Dusk ‘Till Dawn) on the big screen in Killing Jar, a new indie thriller written and directed by Mark Young (Tooth and Nail).
The script is about a stranger armed with a shotgun who takes seven patrons hostage at a remote roadside diner. As the body count rises, the survivors discover that one of the hostages might be more dangerous than their captor. Perrineau plays one of the hostages, a traveling salesman named John.
Additionally, Perrineau is executive producing the Morningstar Films project with the company’s own John Sachar producing. The company began lensing over the weekend in North Carolina.
In another thriller, currently with no name but once titled Tortured, Jesse Metcalfe (Insanitarium, Desperate Housewives) will topline according to Bloody-Disgusting. He joins Erika Christensen and Bill Moseley in the film, directed by Rob Lieberman (Fire in the Sky) about an upper-middle-class couple who becomes obsessive in getting revenge against a pedophile who kidnapped and murdered their only child.
Genre vet Rachel Miner (Tooth and Nail, Penny Dreadful) has been cast in Butterfly Effect: Revelation, one of After Dark Films’ 8 films to die for. The film is directed by Seth Grossman about a young man (Chris Carmack) who discovers he has inherited the powers of “The Butterfly Effect” and attempts to solve the mystery of his high school girlfriend’s death using his newfound ability, only to unwittingly unleash a vicious serial killer. Melissa Jones, Miss Horrorfest 2007 will also play a role. The film hits theaters January 2nd, 2009.
Posted by dominie in Events, Films on September 4th, 2008
With only 43 days to go, the 2008 Toronto After Dark Film Festival’s official site has released their festival preview trailer and its first wave of film titles to be premiered during its festivities on October 17-24. The complete lineup and schedule will be available on September 24th. For now, we can look forward to these eight outstanding feature films:
REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA
“An audacious cinematic experience” - Fangoria
Darren Bousman, USA, Toronto Premiere
Beware the deadly repo man in the most highly anticipated cult film of the year, blending gothic horror, futuristic sci-fi, and rock opera! Starring genre icons Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Bill Mosely (Devil’s Rejects), Alexa Vega (Spy Kids) and Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas).
Winner, Most Groundbreaking Film - Fantasia Film Festival.
RED
“What makes this movie worth seeing is the acting, which is superb throughout.” - New York Post
Trygve Diesen & Lucky McKee, USA, Toronto Premiere
Brian Cox (Bourne Supremacy) delivers a standout performance as a wronged man out for revenge in this thriller based on the celebrated Jack Ketchum novel. Co-starring cult icons Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm St.), Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction), Richard Riehle (Office Space) and Tom Sizemore (Heat).
Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival 2008. (more…)
Posted by dominie in Events, Films, News on August 28th, 2008
According to Bloody-Disgusting, a fourth film has been added to the third annual After Dark Horrorfest taking place in January 2009. In addition to The Broken, Slaughter (formerly Faithless), and Perkins’ 14, we now have Butterfly: Revelation as one of the “8 films to die for.”
Although still unannounced on the official website, Wikipedia also shares this information. Here’s a recap on what to expect thus far:
The Broken is a psychological horror story about a woman whose life descends into nightmare when she wakes up in the hospital after seeing an apparent double of herself driving by—in her own car.
Slaughter follows a young woman trying to escape an abusive past. She moves to Atlanta in hopes of seeking refuge at her family far, but discovers even more cruelty awaits her.
Perkins’ 14 is a killer thriller involves the arrest of a suspected murderer. It follows Robert Perkins, who after witnessing his parents’ massacre brainwashes 14 bodyguards to kill anyone that tries to harm him.
In Butterfly: Revelation, a young man discovers he has inherited the powers of “The Butterfly Effect” and attempts to solve the mystery of his high school girlfriend’s death using his newfound ability, only to unwittingly unleash a vicious serial killer.
We can also thank DreadCentral for new still of Stewart Hopewell’s Slaughter. 
Posted by bob in Events, Films, News on August 23rd, 2008
ShocktilyouDrop has gotten the first look at the poster for January 2009’s After Dark Horrorfest III. The women seen here is After Dark’s Miss Horrorfest winner, Mistress Malice.
Among the eight films to be featured are Perkins’ 14, The Broken and Faithless.
Posted by dominie in Events, Films, News on August 21st, 2008
Perkins’ 14, an After Dark Films’ production, and Massify in association with FanLib, will début in theaters nationwide in the January 2009’s After Dark Horrorfest. The feature film is the first of its kind to have completed its development process entirely over the Internet—first Massify.com invited writers to pitch their favorite storyline from which a board of community members would vote for their favorite story, then actors were encouraged to submit audition videos to be cast for the winning story.
Jeremy Donaldson was the winner that pitched the idea of Perkins’ 14. The story is a killer thriller that follows Robert Perkins whose parents were massacred at their home when he was only six years old. Since that dreadful night, he had convinced himself that the assassins would return to finish him off. Perkins, now 34 years old, abducts 14 people to brainwash them into his personal team of psycho killers.
The screenplay was written by Lane Shadgett (Luna Park, All Lost Souls) and directed by award winning Craig Singer (Dark Ride, Dead Dogs Lie, A Good Night to Die), who also directed a previous After Dark Horrorfest release that grossed rather successful numbers. Perkins’ 14 thus far has had great success and has now gone into post-production based in NYC.
Posted by bob in Films, News on August 7th, 2008
The novel was good and the first film wasn’t bad but are we in need for a third Butterfly Effect film? After Dark Films thinks so and has announced Seth Grossman (The Elephant King) will be directing Butterfly Revelation from a script by newcomer Holly Brix. The film will star Chris Carmack (The OC). The film will shoot from August 25 through September 19 in Detroit.
The film has been gestating for a while with Anthony Leonardi (Existence) originally in talks to direct.
The film’s story, according to Bloody-Disgusting: “A young man discovers he has inherited the powers of ‘The Butterfly Effect’ and attempts to solve the mystery of his high school girlfriend’s death using his newfound ability, only to unwittingly unleash a vicious serial killer.
“A fatal fire in his childhood has somehow given SAM REED the capacity to travel back in time — a “psychic” talent that, thus far, he has used to help fight crime. But, in order to save an innocent man from the death chamber, Sam travels back to try and track the real killer of an old love — and winds up ripping a hole in the fabric of the past and unleashing a vicious serial slayer on an unsuspecting world…”
Posted by bob in Films, News on June 29th, 2008
Stuart Gordon’s Stuck, which quietly opened a few weeks back and barely made a knock at the box office will now come to DVD on October 7th from Image Entertainment.
Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that writer-director-actor-producer Scott Spiegel (Evil Dead II) will likely be tapped to create Hostel III, a direct-to-DVD project.
A third Butterfly Effect film is on the boards under the title Butterfly Effect: Revelation. AfterDark Films will use Anthony Leonardi III (Existence) as director working from a script by Holly Brix (The Clock). The story centers on a high school student who gains the powers and uses them to determine what killed his girl friend. In the process, he unleashes a serial killer who must be stopped. Existence will be one of AfterDark’s 8 Films series this fall.
Posted by bob in News on May 29th, 2008
Josh Davidson (Deadlands: The Rising), Trey Farley (Bend it Like Beckham), Katherine Pawlak (Lonelygirl15), and Heather Tocquigny (Frankenstien Rising) have been cast by Craig Singer (Dark Ride) for his After Dark Films’ production, Perkins’ 14. The movie was cast via a call at Massify and will be part of this year’s crop of 8 Films to Die For. The 14 are people kidnapped by a psychotic and he’ll attempt to control their minds so they will want to protect him from the killers he’s convinced are after him.
There’s a new player in town as Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson joins the cast of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Her character, Catherine Weaver, is the CEO of a cutting-edge high-tech company that comes into the team’s sights. The Fox series will begin its second season in September with Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker and Summer Glau all returning. The Scottish singer has been part of the Madison, WI band since its debut in 1995 and may be best known for the hit “Only Happy When It Rains”.
Meantime, Fox also announced yesterday that James D’Arcy (Churchill at War) will be the lead astronaut in Ronald D. Moore’s new series Virtuality. His character will be the Phaeton’s psych officer and the host of the reality series beamed back to Earth.
Posted by bob in Events, Films, News on May 20th, 2008
Horrorfest 3 has announced that The Broken will be among the 8 Films to Die For, joining Faithless, Perkins’ 14 and The Butterfly Effect 3.
After Dark’s CEO Courtney Solomon said of the film, starring Lena Headey (Sarah Connor Chronicles): “When I saw The Broken, I knew that horror fans would be riveted by its nonstop suspense,” says Solomon. “Sean’s a master storyteller and it’s no surprise that it is well-crafted, visually stunning and exists on an intellectual plane that true fans of the horror genre will really enjoy. It’s so psychologically involving that you won’t be able to take your eyes off of it.”
The film, from director Sean Ellis (Cashback), stars Headey in a doppelganger thriller. When the radiologist sees her double near her London home, she gets caught up in a web of deceit. The movie premiered at Sundance in January and it also stars Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Asier Newman (HollyOaks), and Melvil Poupaud (Broken English).
Solomon continued, “With Horrorfest entering its third year, we’re pleased that we’re expanding our horizons by producing our own element of the festival while continuing to acquire excellent films like The Broken.”
