“Everything feels vibrant and alive,” describes director Paco Cabezas of the show “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.” Cabezas directed the first two episodes of Showtime’s new horror noir story and worked hard to find the right tone for the story. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
One of the biggest hurdles in shooting was figuring out how to pull off elements of horror in a sunny location. “City of Angels” is set in 1938 Los Angeles, a far cry from the grim, gothic locales of the original “Penny Dreadful” series. Cabezas has plenty of experience in the world of horror, having helmed Spanish thriller “The Appeared,” and installments of “Fear the Walking Dead” and “The Strain.” But, he admits that this bright setting was “virgin territory” for scary happenings.
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One of the biggest hurdles in shooting was figuring out how to pull off elements of horror in a sunny location. “City of Angels” is set in 1938 Los Angeles, a far cry from the grim, gothic locales of the original “Penny Dreadful” series. Cabezas has plenty of experience in the world of horror, having helmed Spanish thriller “The Appeared,” and installments of “Fear the Walking Dead” and “The Strain.” But, he admits that this bright setting was “virgin territory” for scary happenings.
See Nathan Lane interview: ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’
The original “Penny Dreadful” series marked Cabezas’ first time directing for television,...
- 6/30/2020
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
• IFC Films and Mpi Media Group gave Fango the first look at cover art for their DVD release of Pontypool (pictured), the acclaimed and unusual zombie thriller starring Stephen McHattie. Also coming this winter from the two companies is another well-received genre film, the Argentinean ghost story The Appeared.
Directed by Bruce McDonald and scripted by Tony Burgess from his book, Pontypool (streeting January 26; see our review here) casts McHattie as a shock jock who, one cold early winter morning, starts receiving mysterious reports from outside about violent and frightening acts committed by the local townspeople. It turns out that they’re infected with a spreading plague that is transmitted via speech and turns them into bloodthirsty killers. In The Appeared (a.k.a. Aparecidos, out January 12), writer/director Paco Cabezas spins the tale of a brother and sister who discover a diary documenting horrific murder and torture 20 years before.
Directed by Bruce McDonald and scripted by Tony Burgess from his book, Pontypool (streeting January 26; see our review here) casts McHattie as a shock jock who, one cold early winter morning, starts receiving mysterious reports from outside about violent and frightening acts committed by the local townspeople. It turns out that they’re infected with a spreading plague that is transmitted via speech and turns them into bloodthirsty killers. In The Appeared (a.k.a. Aparecidos, out January 12), writer/director Paco Cabezas spins the tale of a brother and sister who discover a diary documenting horrific murder and torture 20 years before.
- 11/6/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Paco Cabezas first feature length project Aparecidos (aka The Appeared) is finally to get a U.S. (of sorts) release through IFC films. They picked up the rights to the Spanish/Argentine co-production last year and we’ve been wondering what’s happened to it. Well now we know - IFC have just put it out through their film on demand service, via cable. Not the greatest of releases, but hey at least it’s out there. Lets hope they do it a little more justice when it heads to DVD!
- 1/31/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
It's been a long time coming, but the release date of December 12th has finally been set for Paco Cabezas first feature length project, the road movie horror Aparecidos (The Appeared). A Spanish/Argentine co-production the movie stars Ruth Díaz (Malena) and Javier Pereira (Pablo). Synopsis: Malena and Pablo, two brothers travelling in Argentina, discover a diary that documents horrendous crimes committed by the author 20 years ago. The night after the discovery, a family is killed following in an identical manner to one incidence in the diary. Now Malena and Pablo need to discover what is real and what isn't. Something dead from the past, is now in the present.
- 11/13/2008
- 24framespersecond.net
It's been a long time coming, but the release date of December 12th has finally been set for Paco Cabezas first feature length project, the road movie horror Aparecidos (The Appeared). A Spanish/Argentine co-production the movie stars Ruth Díaz (Malena) and Javier Pereira (Pablo). Synopsis: Malena and Pablo, two brothers travelling in Argentina, discover a diary that documents horrendous crimes committed by the author 20 years ago. The night after the discovery, a family is killed following in an identical manner to one incidence in the diary. Now Malena and Pablo need to discover what is real and what isn't. Something dead from the past, is now in the present.
- 11/13/2008
- 24framespersecond.net
MADRID -- Juan Antonio Bayona's grim ghost story The Orphanage will open this year's International Film Festival of Catalonia at Sitges, organizers said Thursday as they unveiled the initial details of the festival's 40th anniversary program.
Sitges, which has become a must for fantasy filmmakers, runs Oct. 4-14 in the Mediterranean coastal town just south of Barcelona and is the main festival for Spain's northeastern Catalan region.
The image of this year's festival is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner. Visiting Sitges will be two of the people responsible for the visual genius of Ridley Scott's film: production designer Syd Mead and head of visual and photographic effects Douglas Trumbull.
Sitges will be an important showcase for Spanish productions this year, with the territory represented by such films as Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's Rec, Nacho Viglondo's Timecrimes, Gonzal Lopez-Gallero's King of the Mountain, Manuel Carballo's Los Justos and Adria Garcia and Victor Maldonado's animated Nocturna.
In addition, the Official Fantastic Section will include some of the season's most-awaited motion pictures, including I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK, directed by Park Chan-wook; The Fall, directed by Tarsem Singh; and Sundance hit Teeth, directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein.
Sitges, which has become a must for fantasy filmmakers, runs Oct. 4-14 in the Mediterranean coastal town just south of Barcelona and is the main festival for Spain's northeastern Catalan region.
The image of this year's festival is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Blade Runner. Visiting Sitges will be two of the people responsible for the visual genius of Ridley Scott's film: production designer Syd Mead and head of visual and photographic effects Douglas Trumbull.
Sitges will be an important showcase for Spanish productions this year, with the territory represented by such films as Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's Rec, Nacho Viglondo's Timecrimes, Gonzal Lopez-Gallero's King of the Mountain, Manuel Carballo's Los Justos and Adria Garcia and Victor Maldonado's animated Nocturna.
In addition, the Official Fantastic Section will include some of the season's most-awaited motion pictures, including I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK, directed by Park Chan-wook; The Fall, directed by Tarsem Singh; and Sundance hit Teeth, directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein.
- 6/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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