Directed by: Pat Tremblay
Written by: Pat Tremblay
Starring: Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams
I’ve never been a fan of online reviews in which the writer eviscerates a film with unbridled nastiness.
These are often first-person tirades about how difficult the film was to endure and how they would rather "put an arm in a meat grinder, poke an eye out with a stick" or some other such intolerable action rather than watch the film again. I don’t believe that these kinds of “reviews” are productive or very fair to the people involved. But about 20 minutes into Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, my mind began composing the very kind of snarky, mean-spirited essay I hold in such contempt. Quite frankly, my time may have been better spent with that meat grinder…
I watch a lot of really terrible independent films, many of them of the horror and science fiction variety.
Written by: Pat Tremblay
Starring: Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams
I’ve never been a fan of online reviews in which the writer eviscerates a film with unbridled nastiness.
These are often first-person tirades about how difficult the film was to endure and how they would rather "put an arm in a meat grinder, poke an eye out with a stick" or some other such intolerable action rather than watch the film again. I don’t believe that these kinds of “reviews” are productive or very fair to the people involved. But about 20 minutes into Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, my mind began composing the very kind of snarky, mean-spirited essay I hold in such contempt. Quite frankly, my time may have been better spent with that meat grinder…
I watch a lot of really terrible independent films, many of them of the horror and science fiction variety.
- 5/11/2012
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
Bloody Disgusting Selects has had its share of successes and failures. I’ll leave their past endeavors up to the readers and history to decide since we’re not here to discuss the entire B-d label, but I will say that it’s damn good that someone’s out there fighting the good fight for our genre (that would be horror with the ever present dusting of science fiction, dear reader). There’s a new kid on the block. This movie’s got just what we want in a sci-fi, cyber punk, journey into the distant future and post-alien invasion apocalypse. Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass has something fun to offer genre fans.
First, the pleasantries (The synopsis straight from the production’s mouth to help avoid spoilers):
John Glass wakes up in a desolate barn from a long cryogenic slumber, to be informed that not only...
First, the pleasantries (The synopsis straight from the production’s mouth to help avoid spoilers):
John Glass wakes up in a desolate barn from a long cryogenic slumber, to be informed that not only...
- 4/16/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
Here's an exclusive clip that we were sent for a very cool and interesting looking sci-fi dark comedy called Hellacious Acres : The Case of John Glass. The movie comes from director Pat Tremblay and the story is set in a post-apocalyptic world that was brought about by an alien invasion. It follows a character named John Glass who is sent on a mission to collect codes from remote locations in the country. It looks like this could be a good movie!
Here's the Synopsis for the Film:
A man suffering from amnesia wakes up in a desolate barn from a cryogenic freezer to be informed that the planet has been devastated by a world war and reduced to little habitability by a subsequent alien invasion. He is thrown into a military mission to help reestablish a livable atmosphere for what's left of humanity. Soon enough he encounters more than he bargained for: aliens,...
Here's the Synopsis for the Film:
A man suffering from amnesia wakes up in a desolate barn from a cryogenic freezer to be informed that the planet has been devastated by a world war and reduced to little habitability by a subsequent alien invasion. He is thrown into a military mission to help reestablish a livable atmosphere for what's left of humanity. Soon enough he encounters more than he bargained for: aliens,...
- 4/4/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Boy, oh, boy, do I love me some post-apocalyptic cinema. Problem is, all of these bleak, depressing motion pictures seem a bit samey at the moment, as if everyone is dipping into the exact same barren wasteland to craft their horrific tales of sci-fi isolation. Enter writer/director Pat Tremblay’s 2011 feature “Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass”. Judging from the trailer situated below, the film seems to have a devilishly quirky sense of humor, something you don’t find too often in other like-minded endeavors. I’m definitely digging it. Here’s what the flick is all about: John Glass, wakes up in a desolated barn from a long cryogenic slumber, to be informed that not only the planet has been devastated by a third world war, but reduced to little habitability by a subsequent alien invasion. He also learns that in order to reestablish a livable atmosphere...
- 3/21/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Some more artwork is rolling in, this time for the latest flick coming out under the Bloody Disgusting Selects label, Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass. Check out the eye candy right here!
The Collective, by way of Vivendi Entertainment, has scheduled Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for an April 3rd DVD and VOD release. No word yet on DVD extras.
Synopsis:
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed, and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called "one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made." Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte, and Francis Dubois.
Hellacious Acres portrays John Glass, a man suffering from amnesia who wakes up inside a cryogenic freezer as a robotic voice...
The Collective, by way of Vivendi Entertainment, has scheduled Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for an April 3rd DVD and VOD release. No word yet on DVD extras.
Synopsis:
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed, and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called "one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made." Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte, and Francis Dubois.
Hellacious Acres portrays John Glass, a man suffering from amnesia who wakes up inside a cryogenic freezer as a robotic voice...
- 2/1/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The newest release from the Bloody Disgusting Selects banner is locked and loaded for DVD release in April. Aliens, toxic air, amnesia, cryogenic slumber, World War 3: Welcome to Hellacious Acres.
Synopsis:
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed, and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called "one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made." Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte, and Francis Dubois.
Hellacious Acres portrays John Glass, a man suffering from amnesia who wakes up inside a cryogenic freezer as a robotic voice bombards him with information about World War III, of damages caused by an alien invasion, and of the atmosphere having become toxic and unbreathable. John Glass soon learns that he is a warrior...
Synopsis:
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed, and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called "one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made." Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte, and Francis Dubois.
Hellacious Acres portrays John Glass, a man suffering from amnesia who wakes up inside a cryogenic freezer as a robotic voice bombards him with information about World War III, of damages caused by an alien invasion, and of the atmosphere having become toxic and unbreathable. John Glass soon learns that he is a warrior...
- 1/17/2012
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up in a strange spacesuit, being told by an automated message that the world has ended several hundred years before due to war and alien invasion, and you must get to a certain sector using a computer that flashes instructions on a screen in front of your eyes? Probably not. But John Glass has, and in Pat Tremblay's hysterical sci-fi comedy Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, Glass finds himself in just such a situation. And gosh darn, it's frustrating, in a very Canadian way. The film is presented with a kind of 1980s home movie graininess, as if imitating how Glass now views the world in his Robocop-castoff suit. The recorded voice,...
- 10/15/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Yesterday I reviewed Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for all my independent-minded Sf cohorts here at Boomtron. Today I am thrilled to bring you an exclusive and extensive interview with the film’s director, Pat Tremblay.
Before we jump into the Q&A, I invite you to check out the official movie trailer, which gives a great tease for the delights and horrors that await you on those hellacious acres of post-apocalyptic ground….
Elena Nola: What’s your background with science fiction in general and Sf movies in particular? For ex., did you grow up watching b-side campy stuff with your parents, or was it a genre you came to in adulthood?
Pat Tremblay: Well, I remember clearly at 7 years old going to my school on a couple of Sundays in what seemed to be a heavy winter, just to go see films they were playing in 16Mm in the gymnasium.
Before we jump into the Q&A, I invite you to check out the official movie trailer, which gives a great tease for the delights and horrors that await you on those hellacious acres of post-apocalyptic ground….
Elena Nola: What’s your background with science fiction in general and Sf movies in particular? For ex., did you grow up watching b-side campy stuff with your parents, or was it a genre you came to in adulthood?
Pat Tremblay: Well, I remember clearly at 7 years old going to my school on a couple of Sundays in what seemed to be a heavy winter, just to go see films they were playing in 16Mm in the gymnasium.
- 9/2/2011
- by Elena Nola
- Boomtron
Hellacious Acres: the Case of John Glass is not a movie for everyone. It is a movie for those of you embrace the absurd, enjoy a little arthouse in your science fiction, or watch the SyFy channel’s Saturday night movies. If you’re the sort of person who might tune in for one of those offerings, then this is a movie you should try to track down.
The basic premise is that a man—John Glass, he is told—awakes in a barn, alone, in a suit he can never remove and only the prerecorded words of a computer program to tell him who he is, where he is, and why he is. His mission? To help begin restoring the world by activating three different checkpoints to tell whomever might be listening that someone is alive on the surface of the world. His assets? His brains, his strength, and…...
The basic premise is that a man—John Glass, he is told—awakes in a barn, alone, in a suit he can never remove and only the prerecorded words of a computer program to tell him who he is, where he is, and why he is. His mission? To help begin restoring the world by activating three different checkpoints to tell whomever might be listening that someone is alive on the surface of the world. His assets? His brains, his strength, and…...
- 9/1/2011
- by Elena Nola
- Boomtron
One indie film that we’ve kept our eyes on has been Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, and lucky for us, the black comedy/sci-fi tale has been picked up by Bloody Disgusting Selects, and they’ve offered up a press release:
The Collective, a full-service entertainment management and content company, and top horror website Bloody Disgusting have acquired North American rights to Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for theatrical, VOD and DVD release as part of the Bloody Disgusting Selects film series.
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called “one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made.” Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte and Francis Dubois.
The Collective, a full-service entertainment management and content company, and top horror website Bloody Disgusting have acquired North American rights to Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for theatrical, VOD and DVD release as part of the Bloody Disgusting Selects film series.
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called “one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made.” Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte and Francis Dubois.
- 8/4/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Score another one for the Bloody Disgusting Selects banner! The website that gore built has acquired yet another flick for North American distribution ... sci-fi black comedy Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass! Read on for the skinny!
From the Press Release
The Collective, a full-service entertainment management and content company, and top horror website Bloody Disgusting have acquired North American rights to Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for theatrical, VOD and DVD release as part of the Bloody Disgusting Selects film series.
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called "one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made." Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte and Francis Dubois.
Hellacious Acres portrays John Glass,...
From the Press Release
The Collective, a full-service entertainment management and content company, and top horror website Bloody Disgusting have acquired North American rights to Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass for theatrical, VOD and DVD release as part of the Bloody Disgusting Selects film series.
Montreal-based director Pat Tremblay wrote, directed and played the titular character in this groundbreaking film, which Dread Central called "one of the best reproductions of a post-apocalyptic video game ever made." Tremblay also edited and co-scored the film and created most of the visual effects. The cast of Hellacious Acres also includes Navin Pratap, Jamie Abrams, Paula J. Davis, Laurent Lecompte and Francis Dubois.
Hellacious Acres portrays John Glass,...
- 8/4/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Here is a very cool and interesting trailer to a sci-fi dark comedy called Hellacious Acres : The Case of John Glass, which comes from director Pat Tremblay. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world that was brought about by an alien invasion, and it follows a character named John Glass who is sent on a mission to collect codes from remote locations in the country. This little mission turns into quite an adventure.
With a self-financed total budget of less than 9000 dollars, Pat Tremblay has constructed an anti-epic film about the unsung casualties of war. The story relies on exposing, with a down to earth eye, simple basic science-fiction concepts & situations, while also filtering them through a twisted slap of dark & deadpan humor...
Here's the synopsis for the film:
John Glass wakes up in a desolate barn from a long cryogenic slumber, to be informed that not only...
With a self-financed total budget of less than 9000 dollars, Pat Tremblay has constructed an anti-epic film about the unsung casualties of war. The story relies on exposing, with a down to earth eye, simple basic science-fiction concepts & situations, while also filtering them through a twisted slap of dark & deadpan humor...
Here's the synopsis for the film:
John Glass wakes up in a desolate barn from a long cryogenic slumber, to be informed that not only...
- 6/16/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Hellacious Acres is a minimalist post-apocalyptic black comedy self-financed by French Canadian filmmaker Pat Tremblay. He calls it "an anti-epic film about the unsung casualties of war... basic science-fiction concepts & situations filltered through a twisted dark & deadpan humor..."
Synopsis:
John Glass wakes up in a desolate barn from a long cryogenic slumber, to be informed that not only has the planet been devastated by a third world war, but also reduced to little habitability by a subsequent alien invasion.
He learns that in order to help reestablish a livable atmosphere for what's left of humanity, he'll have to go on a solitary mission to retrieve important codes dispersed throughout remote locations. Soon enough he'll encounter more than he bargained for: aliens, crazy survivors, inadequate equipment, Lots of walking and a pretty unhealthy dose of bad luck...
This first trailer for the film certainly shows off the film's interesting look and...
Synopsis:
John Glass wakes up in a desolate barn from a long cryogenic slumber, to be informed that not only has the planet been devastated by a third world war, but also reduced to little habitability by a subsequent alien invasion.
He learns that in order to help reestablish a livable atmosphere for what's left of humanity, he'll have to go on a solitary mission to retrieve important codes dispersed throughout remote locations. Soon enough he'll encounter more than he bargained for: aliens, crazy survivors, inadequate equipment, Lots of walking and a pretty unhealthy dose of bad luck...
This first trailer for the film certainly shows off the film's interesting look and...
- 6/6/2011
- QuietEarth.us
New stills from Rio, The Hangover: Part II, and set photos of Gina Carano beating up Ewan McGregor in a scene for Steven Soderbergh's Haywire
New posters for Super 8, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Hobo with a Shotgun, Hesher and Courageous.
The first trailer is out for Nickelodeon’s Animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " TV Series at Entertainment Weekly, and the first trailer of Elijah Wood in the FX comedy series Wilfred.
The first poster for the zero-budget indie feature "Hellacious Acres : The Case of John Glass", a "minimalist black sci-fi comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world"
Paul Sundstrom's Argh! Central is offering weekly movie review cartoons.
How much of a pay rise has Snooki and The Situation gotten from doing "Jersey Shore"? Check out this demoralising infographic.
"Aaron Eckhart, who has been consistently saying he doubts he'd return in "The Dark Knight Rises" as Two-Face,...
New posters for Super 8, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Hobo with a Shotgun, Hesher and Courageous.
The first trailer is out for Nickelodeon’s Animated "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " TV Series at Entertainment Weekly, and the first trailer of Elijah Wood in the FX comedy series Wilfred.
The first poster for the zero-budget indie feature "Hellacious Acres : The Case of John Glass", a "minimalist black sci-fi comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world"
Paul Sundstrom's Argh! Central is offering weekly movie review cartoons.
How much of a pay rise has Snooki and The Situation gotten from doing "Jersey Shore"? Check out this demoralising infographic.
"Aaron Eckhart, who has been consistently saying he doubts he'd return in "The Dark Knight Rises" as Two-Face,...
- 3/14/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Canadian underground filmmaker, Pat Tremblay, is back after a five year hiatus with his new apocalyptic film, Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass. He’s mum on the film, outside this brief sentence about the film’s plot to Twitchfilm: “minimalist black sci-fi comedy set in a post-apocalyptic world.” No word on a release date, although he’s finishing the film for festival play in 2011. More soon!
- 1/12/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Bk continues to lose ground to McDonald's--and some are laying the blame on the creepy ads created by Crispin Porter+Bogusky. Hogwash.
Is the bizarro King overdue for a dethroning? That's the contention of The Atlantic's business blogger, Derek Thompson. Citing the fact that Burger King has increasingly lost ground to McDonald's and Wendy's since the advent of Crispin's surreal "King" marketing campaign, Thompson concludes that ad push isn't working:
"To the surprise of nobody, Burger King's horrible, creepy advertisement campaign is not working, and the company finds itself falling further behind McDonald's according to just-released figures. This strikes a huge blow to the idea that what Americans want from their fast food joint is a Bobblehead King doll who sneaks into your bed, raps about square butts, and terrorizes you from outside your bedroom window. Yes, those were advertisements for hamburgers."
"In other words, thank you America, for compelling...
Is the bizarro King overdue for a dethroning? That's the contention of The Atlantic's business blogger, Derek Thompson. Citing the fact that Burger King has increasingly lost ground to McDonald's and Wendy's since the advent of Crispin's surreal "King" marketing campaign, Thompson concludes that ad push isn't working:
"To the surprise of nobody, Burger King's horrible, creepy advertisement campaign is not working, and the company finds itself falling further behind McDonald's according to just-released figures. This strikes a huge blow to the idea that what Americans want from their fast food joint is a Bobblehead King doll who sneaks into your bed, raps about square butts, and terrorizes you from outside your bedroom window. Yes, those were advertisements for hamburgers."
"In other words, thank you America, for compelling...
- 6/23/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
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