15 articles from 2009
A Look at Sundance's Impressive Midnight Lineup
4 December 2009 5:15 PM, PST
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By: Alison Nastasi
Utah isn't just for lovers--It's also for the Sundance Film Festival. Every year the fest rolls around I am jealous of those who get to attend the premiere of some of the most talked about independent films. This is the largest indie film festival in the U.S. and this year's lineup for the Park City at Midnight category looks like good stuff. The festival runs January 21 - 31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Many popular horror films got their start at the festival, including Saw. I wonder if Weinberg was there... After the jump you can get up close and personal with the lineup for Sundance's Midnight movie series. Keep your eyes here for more info on the films as we get it. I also gave you my picks. Tell me yours?
So far I'm pretty psyched for Splice, directed by the
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Artwork for The Violent Kind
4 December 2009 1:14 PM, PST
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The Butcher Brothers have a bit of a spotty track record with genre fans. From pleasing the majority of us with The Hamiltons to savaging some good memories of ours with their insipid April Fool's Day remake, you just have to take their films with a grain of salt.
Now that their latest film The Violent Kind starring Cory Knauf, Christina Prousalis, Taylor Cole, Tiffany Shepis, Bret Roberts, Nick Tagas, Joe Egender, Joseph McKelheer, and Samuel Child has made it to Sundance, some buzz is being drummed up around the Web.
Over at the official The Violent Kind Facebook page some artwork has popped up for the film, which you can dig on below.
Synopsis
One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the Northern California woods, a small group of hardened young bikers and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the girls becomes savagely possessed and a gang
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'The Violent Kind' Teaser Poster
4 December 2009 9:30 AM, PST
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It's Ok if you're still salivating over the Sundance Midnight Screenings lineup we brought you yesterday. I am too. This is the first year in quite some time in which I actually find myself wishing I could go to Sundance. Genre offerings this year are looking Really strong. One such title is The Violent Kind, the latest from The Butcher Brothers aka Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores (April Fool's Day, The Hamiltons) . The fellas have just opened up their official Facebook fan page with a first look poster. Check it out below.
In The Violent Kind, 'A group of rowdy young bikers party it up at a secluded farmhouse when, tormented by a mysterious force, things take a turn for the worst.' The Violent Kind stars
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First Poster Art for The Violent Kind
4 December 2009
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At the official Facebook page for The Violent Kind you'll find a couple of things. But what we dug the hell out of is this one-sheet you see below and the "genre" it was categorized as: "Horror/Wtf."
What is it, though? It's the latest film from the Butcher Bros. ( The Hamiltons ) and it just got accepted into Sundance. Shot earlier this year in northern California, the cast includes Cory Knauf, Christina Prousalis, Taylor Cole, Tiffany Shepis, Bret Roberts, Nick Tagas, Joe Egender, Joseph McKelheer and Samuel Child.
Check out this synopsis: One night at a secluded farmhouse deep in the Northern California woods, a small group of hardened young bikers and their girlfriends are tormented when one of the girls becomes savagely possessed and a gang of
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Sundance '10: Official Quad for 'The Violent Kind', New Image
3 December 2009 3:40 PM, PST
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Announced earlier this afternoon were the Park City at Midnight titled from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. One of the films that I personally am post excited to see is the Butcher Brothers' (Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores) The Violent Kind, which stars the lovely Tiffany Shepis (Night of the Demons), alongside Cory Knauf, Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts,Christina Prousalis, and Joe Egender.
The indie feature from the directors of The Hamiltons, and the producers of Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, along with producers Michael Ferris Gibson and Jeremy Platt, revolves around a group of young bikers who find themselves tormented by mysterious and gory goings-on in a secluded farmhouse. Today the official Facebook was launched, which featured the below quad poster debut!
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First Blood-Soaked Images From 'The Violent Kind'!
12 August 2009 12:31 AM, PDT
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Bloody-Disgusting has a special treat for you this evening as we got our hands on your first ever look at the Butcher Brothers' The Violent Kind, the latest indie feature from the directors of The Hamiltons that just completed lensing in Petaluma, CA. Below you'll find a trio of photos, one that features one helluva cool shot of star Tiffany Shepis covered in blood (nothing sexier). The indie feature from the producers of Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre revolves around a group of young bikers who find themselves tormented by mysterious and gory goings-on in a secluded farmhouse.
The dramatic feature horror film will be produced by Jeffrey Allard (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Michael Ferris Gibson, along with producers Andy Gould (Halloween), Malek Akkad (Halloween), Jeremy Platt, and executive producer KDee Miller.
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The Butcher Brothers get Violent!
19 July 2009 6:22 AM, PDT
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Hollywoodreporter.com has announced that The Butcher Bros, directors of the 2006 After Dark Horrorfest entry The Hamiltons, have lined up their next project: The Violent Kind. Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores will direct from their script to be produced by a team lead by Andy Gould, Malek Akkad (Halloween remake) and Jeffrey Allard (Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake). The film centers around a group of young bikers having a party at a secluded farmhouse when things start to turn violent. The project begins shooting this month in California.
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Another Violent Kind of movie
17 July 2009 2:48 PM, PDT
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The son of Moustapha Akkad, the late producer of the original Halloween film series, is now developing a new thriller that has elements from the slasher horror sub-genre. The new film is called The Violent Kind and the film is being made outside of the studio system with independent financing.
Malek Akkad, Andy Gould, Michael Ferris Gibson, Jeremy Platt and K'Dee Miller will all work as producers on the film. The directors/writers will be Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores who, under their pseudonym The Butcher Brothers, made 2006's The Hamiltons for Lionsgate. The Violent Kind centers on a group of bikers out to party but who become hunted by mysterious figures at a remote farmhouse.
Filming is scheduled to begin this month in northern California. Heroes co-star Taylor Cole won a role and two of the actors that worked with the Brothers before on The Hamiltons have also landed roles.
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The Butchers Roll with The Violent Kind
17 July 2009
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The Butcher Bros. - Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores - are riding with some mean motherf**kers in The Violent Kind , a new film they're currently filming based on a script they wrote.
It centers on a group of bikers whose booze 'n sex-filled party comes to an end when mysterious figures are glimpsed in the woods and a gruesome discovery is made in a secluded farmhouse.
Andy Gould and Malek Akkad - producers of 2007's Halloween and the upcoming sequel - are shepherding the project with Michael Ferris Gibson and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 's executive producer Jeffrey Allard.
The Butchers helmed The Hamiltons - an After Dark Films release - in 2006. They followed it up with the misguided April Fool's Day early last year. For The Violent Kind , which hopefully puts
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Slasher Veterans Are The Violent Kind
17 July 2009 12:10 AM, PDT
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Veteran slasher producers are teaming up for horror The Violent Kind. The production combines the gory gifts of Halloween remake producers, Andy Gould and Malek Akkad, and Jeffrey Allard, the exec-producer of the two Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in an unholy slasher dream team.The Violent Kind sees a group of young bikers stumble upon a rural cabin where they fall victim to all kinds of gory happenings.The production team sum up the set-up as "a party (that) quickly turns wild with a typical biker mix of booze, drugs and strippers but shifts into something the likes of nothing they have ever known," including "mysterious figures glimpsed amongst the woods, ominous sounds heard and friends found injured." Sounds ominously like Empire's summer barbecue to us (only without the drugs and strippers).With a script and direction from Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, aka 'the Butcher Boys', The Violent Kind promises
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Halloween & TCM producers get Violent
16 July 2009 11:50 PM, PDT
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Producers Malek Akkad and Andy Gould from Dimension's 2007 Rob Zombie-directed Halloween are teaming up with Jeffrey Allard, the executive producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and it's prequel for a new indie called The Violent Kind.
The Hollywood Reporter says the film "revolves around a group of young bikers who find themselves tormented by mysterious and gory goings-on in a secluded farmhouse."
The principals summarize the film as centering on a "party (that) quickly turns wild with a typical biker mix of booze, drugs and strippers but shifts into something the likes of nothing they have ever known," including "mysterious figures glimpsed amongst the woods, ominous sounds heard and friends found injured."
Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, known professionally as the Butcher Brothers, are directing from a script they wrote. The pair helmed the cult hit "The Hamiltons," about a group of siblings who turn murderous after their parents are killed,
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Genre Vets Prove They Are of The Violent Kind
16 July 2009 11:42 PM, PDT
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You have got to love it when a plan comes together. Especially when said plan unites individuals with their own bounty of horror cred to work on one single project. A project that is of The Violent Kind.
THR reports that Andy Gould and Malek Akkad (pictured right), who produced Dimension's 2007 Halloween revival, and Jeffrey Allard, who exec produced New Line's two Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboots, are teaming up for The Violent Kind. They are joined by fellow producers Michael Ferris Gibson and Jeremy Platt and exec producer K'Dee Miller on the indie-financed feature, which revolves around a group of young bikers who find themselves tormented by mysterious and gory goings-on in a secluded farmhouse.
Violence. Secluded farmhouses. Gore. Yep, we're interested. Taking the directorial helm will be Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, known to horror buffs as the Butcher Brothers (The Hamiltons), who will be directing from a script that they also wrote.
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Producers Team for The Violent Kind
16 July 2009 8:07 PM, PDT
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Halloween revamp producers Andy Gould and Malek Akkad, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's reboot producer Jeffrey Allard are joining evil forces for The Violent Kind, an indie horror that revolves around a group of young bikers who find themselves tormented by mysterious and gory goings-on in a secluded farmhouse.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, they are joined by fellow producers Michael Ferris Gibson and Jeremy Platt and exec producer K'Dee Miller.
The principals summarize the film as centering on a "party (that) quickly turns wild with a typical biker mix of booze, drugs and strippers but shifts into something the likes of nothing they have ever known," including "mysterious figures glimpsed amongst the woods, ominous sounds heard and friends found injured."
Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores, known professionally as the Butcher Brothers, are directing from a script they wrote. The pair helmed the cult hit The Hamiltons, about a
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A Second Trailer For Indie Thriller Godspeed
23 April 2009 5:35 PM, PDT
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We brought you the first trailer for indie thriller Godspeed - featuring Joseph Mckelheer and Cory Knauf from The Hamiltons - a little while back and while that trailer certainly showed some promise it was a fairly early effort cut together for international sales purposes and not the most polished in the world. Well, the film will soon premiere at the Cinevegas Festival in June and in preparation for that the powers that be have just cut together a brand new trailer for the film. This one still has a couple edges - the audio doesn’t seem to have been through post yet - but it is much improved on the whole, a very unsettling little piece of work. Here’s the synopsis:
Charlie Shepard (Joseph Mckelheer, The Hamiltons) is a modern day faith healer, a man who claims that if you let go and believe, then his power
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The Hamiltons’ Joseph Mckelheer And Cory Knauf Return With Godspeed * Updated *
6 April 2009 11:06 AM, PDT
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[Updated with new and improved version of the trailer.]
Indie horror picture The Hamiltons was a solid sleeper hit on the festival circuit a couple years back and a film that we covered extensively in these pages, so we’re more than a little curious to get a look at what stars Joseph Mckelheer and Cory Knauf have been doing since. The answer is Godspeed, a film the duo not only star in but also co-wrote and produced with Sundance alum Robert Saitzyk (After The Flood) in the director’s chair. Here’s the synopsis:
Charlie Shepard (Joseph Mckelheer, The Hamiltons) is a modern day faith healer, a man who claims that if you let go and believe, then his power to heal is very real indeed. Living hand-to-mouth with his young son and wife Rebecca (Jessie Ward, Rest Stop: Don’T Look Back), Charlie ekes out a meager living from his “healing” sessions in a small Alaskan town.
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