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Jordan is not your average creepy kid horror film
19 hours ago
Kids are creepy. They’re all innocent and sweet and when you least expect it, they turn on you. We’ve seen our share of creepy kid movies this year but Stuart Culpepper’s Jordan seems less interested in the creepy kid bringing a world of hurt to the adults around her and more concerned with the bond between mother and child.
It’s the story of a little girl (a very adorable one at that) who, after a car accident which has left her mother unconscious, wonders through the forest alone in search of help. She’s eventually discovered by a sheriff who wants to help but when a woman appears claiming to be the girl’s mother, Jordan insists she doesn’t know the woman. Who’s telling the truth? Is Jordan simply confused or is this mysterious woman looking to claim the little girl for herself?
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Tweet for a copy of the original The Prisoner series on DVD!
22 hours ago
That's right Qe crew, we've got two copies of A&E's new complete series mega-set of the original 1960's cult scifi show, The Prisoner, to give away.
How to Win:
Become a follower of Quiet Earth on twitter and "re-tweet" this post. Easy right? We will contact the winners through their twitter accounts to get contact info so make sure you enable direct messaging for the duration of the contest.
The contest is open to anyone living in the Us, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe and will run until Friday 13, 2009.
Full list of the boxed set features after the break.
The Prisoner DVD set includes the following exclusive bonus features:
- Ultra-rare original footage of the 1966 location shooting, accompanied by commentary with series production manager Bernie Williams.
- Bonus program: The Prisoner Video Companion
- Rare alternate version of the episode "The Chimes of Big Ben"
- Rarely »
If you buy Carriers, buy this limited German 3-disc DVD boxed set
23 hours ago
Come February 26, some lucky German Pa fans will have the opportunity to pick up a limited run 3-disc special edition box of Carriers (trailer). Of course, we here in Region 1 land can sneak some out of the country through a little thing called internet shopping. Personally, I order a lot of films from overseas because while countries like England and Germany get theatrical releases later than us, they get DVDs way early.
So what does this oddly unexpected mega-release feature to make it worthy of an Amazon purchase? Well, besides the regular cast interviews, featurettes and B-roll goodies, this set features a 215 minute documentary called "Epidemics of the 21st Century." Will it be in English or German is the question. The set also includes an official Carriers "epidemic survival kit" including gloves, face mask and what have you.
The DVD is anamorphic, comes in both English and German spoken language »
A giant monster ruins Christmas for everyone in The Blackout
6 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST
How many times have you sat at some lame extended family Christmas gathering hoping that a giant monster would emerge from the basement and save you from mind-numbing small-talk. Never? Huh, I guess I'm on my own then.
A series of earthquakes causes Los Angeles to do dark during Christmas eve and then a giant monster starts terrorizing a downtown high-rise complex. That my friends is all you need to know. And yes, the poster art is blatantly ripping off the the amazing Feast franchise, but whatever, it works.
Synopsis:
When an apartment building's lights go out mysteriously, all of the tenants put aside their problems and band together to get to the bottom of the city-wide blackout. Deep in the basement of the high-rise, a hideous breed of monster hatches and begins to wreak havoc. Everyone must find a way to kill the blood-thirsty creatures and survive the darkness before it destroys the world. »
Messed up psychological experiments await you in The Clinic
6 November 2009 7:51 AM, PST
A trailer has finally emerged for Australia's next great psychological horror film, The Clinic. Part Vanishing, part Saw, the film looks like it'll bring a much needed twist to the typical backwoods horror genre.
Synopsis:
Clinic is the story of expectant mother Beth Church, drugged and abducted from a desolate outback motel. The year is 1979, many years before the advent of DNA. Beth wakens in an ice bath in an abandoned abattoir. Her baby has been removed from her. After searching for a way out she is found by three other young women all in the same predicament. There is also one other young woman in the same predicament, Beth and the other three women soon discover that it is everyone for themselves as they find themselves in a deadly game of survival.
Directed by feature length first timer James Rabbitts, The Clinic stars Spartacus: Blood and Sand star Andy Whitfield and Clare Bowen. »
Interview and Preview of Black Field
6 November 2009 5:50 AM, PST
Year: 2010
Director: Vardis Marinakis
Writer: Vardis Marinakis
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Joseph Proimakis
Back in 1453, the rising Ottoman empire overtook the Byzantines and, as they had done on numerous other nations they' d invaded, they set a military occupation over what later came to be the Greek nation. The occupation lasted for almost four centuries, until the Turks were overthrown by the Greek revolution that broke out in 1821.
One of the reasons the Turks stayed in charge for so long, was a drafting method they implemented to renew their military forces, while reducing the youth population of the various occupied nations. It was known as devshirme, or children-gathering, and the main idea was to take away male children at a very young age and raise them as Turkish soldiers, undergoing a very rough and strict military training, part of which was the conversion to Islam and the programming of hatred towards their mother-nations. »
Is Jean Reno making a comeback? 22 Bullets (L'immortel) suggests so!
5 November 2009 5:55 PM, PST
Oh hello? Is it possible? Could Jean Reno be making a come back? You know, that Jean Reno, the one that once starred in Nikita, The Professional and Ronin before going on to make a load of films so bad they’re not even worth mentioning.
It looks like there is light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel. Reno is signed on to star in 22 Bullets (L'Immortel) an actioner being directed by actor-turned-director Richard Berry (who is no stranger to working with Reno - the two have appeared together in a number of films) and adapted from Franz-Olivier Giesbert's bestselling novel. But why all the excitement? This is why:
After a long, brutal and successful career in the Marseille mafia, Charly Matteï has gone straight. For three years, he has lived a quiet life devoted to his wife and two young children. Then, one winter morning, »
The priests will save you...or will they? Deus Irae trailer suggests otherwise
5 November 2009 5:29 PM, PST
Few things excite me more than supernatural thrillers featuring demons, the occult and religion. There’s something about that mixture that proves a wicked cocktail of awesomeness that appeals to me. Enter Pedro Cristiani’s Deus Irae.
In Cristiani’s film, the Deus Irae are a secret order of priests who protect the world from the dark kingdom that lies just beyond our world. The creatures that inhabit it are on always on the lookout for a way into our world, awaiting the opportunity to do so via the weak and innocent. Father Marcos encounters one such case, a woman who is possessed by one of these creatures but during the exorcism, he becomes infected. Desperate to find a cure, he begins a search for answers, a search that leads him to uncover the dark origin of the Deus Irae.
The first teaser for the film doesn’t give away »
Lovers In A Dangerous Time trailer pits childhood friendship vs. romance
5 November 2009 5:03 PM, PST
Remember being young when your biggest worry was missing that all important cartoon, when convincing mom and dad to let you stay up past 8Pm was a triumph and when you could spend all your free time hanging out with your best friend and perhaps even sharing a bath with him or her? Those were the days.
Lovers in a Dangerous Time explores what it’s like when two childhood friends re-unite. Allison returns to the small town of Creston for her 10 year high school re-union where she re-unites with Todd, the best friend of her youth. During her stay, their relationship morphs from friendship into romance and the duo is faced with trying to figure out where to go next. Does the relationship have a future? Does that future involve living in a small town?
Who doesn’t reminisce about their youth? Lovers in a Dangerous Time looks like »
Does The Road really need a video game tie-in?
5 November 2009 4:17 PM, PST
Some movies just lend themselves to a video game tie-ins. Iron Man, Star Wars anything with larger than life heroes and villains really and anything set in space. But I have to say that when I read Cormac McCarthy's "The Road," I didn't immediately think, man that would make a great video game!
Granted the game, called "Survive the Road," is more like that old PC game, The Oregon Trail, or a choose-your-own-adventure game where you choose options and see if you can make it through the story alive. Certainly not fun enough to warrant all the work that went into it and even a little inappropriate considering the film is an Oscar contender.
But anyway, I know you're all dying to play it, so check it out and leave a comment. »
Afm 09: Post apocalyptic samurai action coming in The Samurai
5 November 2009 3:20 PM, PST
Water is a precious commodity? Check. Aftermath of Wwiii? Check. Mix Samurai action in? Yes! From director Tom Hammock and Easternlight Films (Arclight) comes something which sounds utterly awesome. I'm really digging these genre mashups. Unfortunately, all we have is a synopsis right now.
The year is 2055, and our once green Earth has been blasted into an endless desert. In the aftermath of World War III, The Water Corporation has been established to ration the most precious resource on the planet. Pipes stretch across the globe, carrying water to those who can afford it. The less fortunate sabotage the vulnerable pipes, stealing what they need to survive.
To protect their interests, the Water Corporation recruit The Weir, an elite unit of warriors, schooled in the ancient way of the Samurai. Once honorable and just, The Weir have descended into a rabble of vicious thugs, killing indiscriminately, terrorizing the scorched sands. »
Eugenio Mira shooting baroque retro-futuristic thriller Agnosia
5 November 2009 2:26 PM, PST
Eugenio Mira (The Birthday) is at work on his second feature length film entitled Agnosia which stars Eduardo Noriega, Bárbara Goenaga, Felix Gomez, Lluis Homar and Martina Gedeck. Billed as a baroque, retro-futuristic thriller, it's about an optician who designs a massive deadly lens and is set in Spain in the late 19th century. With a screenplay written by Antonio Trashorras (The Devil's Backbone). Word is that shooting will start this month (if it's not already underway).
I'm trying to get more details, so stay tuned!
To boot, you can check out Mira's incredibly stylish short film Fade in it's entirety after the break. This cat has some serious talent.
(Editor's note: that is not concept art, it's just a cool picture we found)
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Promo trailer for Michael Winterbottom's noir-ish The Killer Inside Me
5 November 2009 12:30 PM, PST
Just last month we brought you the first stills, which looked incredible, for this pulp adaptation and now a promo trailer has arrived which clocks in at almost 6 minutes.
Synopsis:
Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, Michael Winterbottom's The Killer Inside Me tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy Lou Ford.
Lou has a bunch of problems. Woman problems. Law enforcement problems. An ever-growing pile of murder victims in his West Texas jurisdiction. And the fact he's a sadist, a psychopath, a killer. Suspicion begins to fall on Lou, and it's only a matter of time before he runs out of alibis.
Nsfw trailer after the break. via The Playlist
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Early art for Paul Sloan's jungle horror King Of Vampires
5 November 2009 12:25 PM, PST
I swear, Paul Sloan is the hardest working writer / actor in the genre biz right now. His post-apocalyptic noir, The Last City (once "Tribes of October"), is in production, his dark scifi mystery horror, Siphon (review) continues to garner interest from major studios and awesome directors and his next film, the jungle horror, King of Vampires, is officially going strong with some creature testing and pre-viz work happening as we speak.
He's also a mad tweeter and has dropped some art for us to take a look at. He's also promised that as soon as the glut of Afm stuff ends, he'll hook us all up with some interesting deets on the project.
Synopsis:
An heiress enlists mercenaries to search the Cambodian jungle for her long lost brother. The journey down river turns bloody; the jungle is haunted by a savage barbarian warlord, who is rumored to be Lord Of The Undead: King Of Vampires. »
NYC Horror Film Festival lineup announced, includes Maidenhead!
5 November 2009 10:40 AM, PST
It's time again for the NYC Horror Film Festival which runs from November 18-22 and will be held at the Tribeca Cinemas located at 54 Varick St and Canal St. What's playing you ask?
The Aj Bowen (The Signal) starrer which looks like a sweet arthouse vampire flick called Maidenhead. (trailer) This seems to have disappeared shortly after it's announcement over a year ago, so I'm glad it's getting some play!
Another gem is the weird horror comedy Must Love Death (review) which I'm still dying to see.
and much more! Check the full list after the break and head to the official website for the schedule, a list of shorts, and to buy tickets!
Cornered (Feature / Horror)
Directed by Daniel Maze
A serial killer is stalking the gritty streets of Los Angeles. It’s all over the news, but that doesn’t stop the crew at a local convenience store from their weekly poker game. »
Review of French Pa zombie flick Mutants
5 November 2009 10:10 AM, PST
Year: 2009
Directors: David Morley
Writers: David Morley & Louis-Paul Desanges
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Ulises Silva
Rating: 8 out of 10
The Bottom Line: A worthy addition to the zombie canon that, despite a predictable third act, gives zombie fans something new and chilling to contemplate.
Repeat after me: in the classic zombie survival narrative, the enemies are not the zombies/mutants/infected miscreants, but ourselves. How many times have we seen a group of survivors fending off wave after wave of happy-go-lucky flesh-eaters before turning against each other in a fit of paranoia, claustrophobia, or plain stupidity? Quite enough, and that’s part of the allure of the zombie genre, methinks. Romero started it, and most zombie flicks seem to have continued that trend in one shape or another.
Mutants, a French virus/zombie film by David Morley, certainly does, but it’s added its own distinct element. In this incarnation of the tried-and-true formula, »
Pa revenge western Gunslinger gets go-ahead + crappy posters
4 November 2009 11:18 PM, PST
We first reported on this in September, and now word is that Gunslinger will be shooting early next year. Directed by Chris Nahon (Blood: The Last Vampire), the film has a $16 million budget and has already been pre-sold to a few countries. Josh Hartnett will star, and while we have yet to see his more recent fare, I'm looking forward to this. Question is, who wrote the script? And who allowed the horrendous poster to the right?
Synopsis:
In 2012 the world economy collapses.
In 2014 all first world governments crumble.
In 2015 the power and lights go out.
2018, Wisconsin, USA. Communities live in fear, protected by paid gunmen. We cut to Jake (former engineer) now hunting for food to feed his family. He sees smoke in the distance and realises that it is
his home. A gang, led by the psychopath Brody, has attacked and murdered his family.
Seeking revenge, he enlists »
AFI La 09: Review of Harmony Korine's Trash Humpers
4 November 2009 5:58 PM, PST
Year: 2009
Directors: Harmony Korine
Writers: Harmony Korine
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Hal MacDermot
Rating: 8.8 out of 10
Right. Trash Humpers is a snapped work of brilliance and you will either be blown away or absolutely hate it. For me, the earth moved. Korine’s movie was shot on VHS and edited on VHS machines, and in the director’s own words, it’s like a piece of “found footage,” like some kind of crazy old VHS tape “you find in a ziploc bag in the attic.” The grainy analogue look immediately creates a scary marginal aura that’s more effective than several million dollars of CGI. Tell you what, if I found one of those tape in my attic I’d be well jumpy.
There is no story to this whacked out vision of the underclass, but there are a series of amazing scenes. Two old guys and an »
Roland Emmerich confirms sequel to 2012: 2013 the series!
4 November 2009 5:08 PM, PST
We’re still a few weeks way from taking in Roland Emmerich’s 2012 but that’s not stopping the director from talking about a sequel. How exactly is this going to work if everyone’s dead? Ghosts? Zombies? Sadly neither of those is the case. Apparently, Spoiler Warning!, everyone doesn’t die at the end of Emmerich’s film! And the proposed sequel isn’t even going to be a movie instead, it’ll be a TV show titled 2013.
Emmerich has confirmed that the show will concentrate on the resettling of earth by the few survivors. The pitch, from the mouth of the man himself:
"The plan is that it is 2013 and it’s about what happens after the disaster. It is about the resettling of Earth. That is very, very fascinating. (2012 writer/producer) Harold Kloser and I came up with the idea and we have the luxury of having »
AFI La 09: Review of The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
4 November 2009 4:43 PM, PST
Year: 2009
Directors: Terry Gilliam
Writers: Terry Gilliam & Charles McKeown
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Hal MacDermot
Rating: 7 out of 10
Terry Gilliam’s latest movie is a tribute to his wonderfully creative and absurd imagination, and it’s also the last film of the late, great Heath Ledger, who died during production. With Gilliam on the verge of quitting, Heath’s friends in the shape of Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell stepped into the breach and saved the day. Imaginarium is ambitious with flashes of genius, but the individual parts are greater than the whole. When Gilliam is in full-on Time Bandit absurd mode I loved it, but in the bigger picture, the exploration of imagination, lust and the path to salvation, I wasn’t convinced. This is a movie with the Gilliam visual stamp, and you should try and see it on the big screen.
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