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I Sell The Dead Gets a DVD/Blu-Ray Release Date

22 December 2009 5:23 AM, PST | HugAZombie | See recent HugAZombie news »

If you were lucky enough to see I Sell the Dead at Slamdance or in its limited release in August (1 whole screen) — which we weren't — you may have seen writer/director Glenn McQuaid's debut. Luckily, I Sell the Dead will premiere on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 30, 2010, and then, anyone can queue it up.

Here's the synopsis:

18th century justice catches up with a pair of grave robbers. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan) tells his life story to Father Francis Duffy (Ron Perlman). Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling business with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden).

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I Sell the Dead Getting a Blu-ray Release in March

21 December 2009 1:54 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Anyone who's been visiting this site for the past year knows that we are Huge fans of the Slamdance award winning zombie opus I Sell the Dead (review here). Word just came down today that the flick will be getting a high definition release along with the DVD! Saints be praised!

According to High Def Digest the film will be hitting home video in the States on March 30, 2010. No special features have been announced just yet, but we are sure that'll change really soon. Stay tuned!

Synopsis

"18th Century England, a young graverobber (Dominic Monaghan) finds himself condemned to death for his crimes, with only a priest (Ron Perlman) for company for his last night before the gallows. A hilarious tale is told of a life spent digging up and selling supernatural corpses, including vampires and zombies, and the many shenanigans involved!"

I Sell the Dead - Final Trailer

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- Uncle Creepy

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I Sell The Dead Blu-Ray Release Date

21 December 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

One of the cooler genre related flicks to come out this last year was Glenn McQuaid's quirky horror/comedy I Sell The Dead , starring Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden and Angus Scrimm. The film follows Arthur Blake (Monaghan), a man awaiting execution who confesses to Father Duffy (Perlman) about his graverobbing exploits with Willie Grimes (Fessenden) and the trouble that ensued from their profession. High Def Digest are reporting that a Blu-Ray edition of the movie will hit store shelves on March 30th, 2010. (A quick search on Amazon confirms this release date.) While special features and disc specs have yet to be announced, we do have a glimpse at the Blu-Ray cover art, pictured left. You can check out the trailer at our previous news post here , as well as »

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Hammer To Nail Awards

9 December 2009 10:12 AM, PST | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »

Take a breath amidst the tornado of end-of-year best-of's top 10's lists to consider the persons and films highlighted by one of our favorite websites, Hammer to Nail. Their 2nd annual Golden Hammer Award goes to Larry Fessenden, truly one of the great contributors to contemporary independent film art and culture. Fessenden, whose films (including Wendigo, The Last Winter, Habit as writer/director and I Sell The Dead, House of the Devil, Wendy and Lucy, I Can See You as a producer), have long been made and released in the kind of low-budget, audience-targeted way that is starting to seem like the only way that makes sense. H2N contributor Mike S. Ryan makes the case for honoring Larry with an essay that cries hallelujah over the »

- Alicia Van Couvering

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Mariah Carey's 'Precious' Leads 2010 Spirit Awards Nominations

1 December 2009 8:36 PM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" has come out as one of the nominations leaders at 2010 Independent Spirit Awards. The drama film, which sees Mariah Carey as a social worker, was on Tuesday, December 1 announced to be collecting five nods from the awards honoring independent filmmakers, and thus shared similar number with another drama "The Last Station".

The movie about an abused teen mother nabbed nominations for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Female Lead, Best First Screenplay and Best Supporting Female. It will battle against "Last Station" in the first three categories. For the Best Feature title, it is also up against "500 Days of Summer" "Amreeka" and "Sin Nombre".

"Precious" fails to bring recognition to Carey, but it does land two of its other major cast Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique. Sidibe is listed against Maria Bello, Nisreen Faour, Gwyneth Paltrow and Helen Mirren for Best Female Lead, while »

- celebrity-mania.com

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The Independent Spirit Awards

1 December 2009 7:19 PM, PST | Makingof.com | See recent Makingof.com news »

The Independent Spirit Awards announced their nominees earlier today. Listed below is the complete list of this year's nominated films, cast and crew members. MakingOf would like to congratulate the nominees and applaud the diverse roster of talented filmmakers. Please scroll down for links to exclusive interviews we've conducted with some of the nominated directors and writers.

The Independent Spirit Awards eligibility requirements for consideration are that the feature film must be 70 minutes in length and the total cost must be below $20 million. A film also must have screened at a major film festival or had a one-week engagement at a commercial theater.

The awards' ceremony has taken place the past 24 years the Saturday afternoon before the Academy Awards in Santa Monica. The ceremony is moving this year to downtown L.A. and will be held in the evening on Friday, March 5th.

This year's Independent Spirit Awards Nominees:

Best »

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(95) Days of Spirit

1 December 2009 4:10 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

The Spirit Awards are coming! In 95 days. The nominees have a long time to decide which pair of jeans or casual designer wear would best suit the event. Though the Spirits have traditionally passed out their ever-so-slightly off mainstream prizes the day before the Oscars this year they’re moving to a Friday night situation on March 5th. All the better for partying? Still time to use those hangover cures before the Oscars on Sunday.

Sin Nombre, a 3 time nomineeHere are the nominees

Best Feature(500) Days Of Summer | Amreeka |Precious | Sin Nombre | The Last StationI warned y'all that The Last Station would have more awards strength than many pundits are indicating. I must get around to Sin Nombre before the end of this year. I suspect Precious is your winner since the Spirits generally award the actual Oscar hopefuls.

Best Director

The Coen Bros A Serious Man | Lee Daniels Precious »

- NATHANIEL R

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2010 Independent Spirit Award Nominees Announced

1 December 2009 3:00 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Although the nominees for the Academy Awards won't be announced until sometime next year, a few of the other award ceremonies are already in full swing including the Independent Spirit Awards, which recognize the best films shot for $20 million or less. This year's Spirit Award nominees were announced earlier today, and I think there are definitely some interesting choices. First off, the big one that everyone is picking up on is the fact that Paranormal Activity was nominated for Best First Feature. And why shouldn't it be? The Blair Witch Project won the exact same award back in 2000. Anvil! The Story of Anvil has been redeemed somewhat for the Oscar snub by getting a nod here for Best Documentary, and surprisingly, Jemaine Clement picked up a nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Gentlemen Broncos. Other than that, some of the movies that scored multiple nominations include Precious, (500) Days of Summer, »

- Sean

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'The Last Station,' 'Precious' Lead Spirit Award Noms

1 December 2009 1:32 PM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

Actors Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon announced the nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Tuesday morning. Dramatic films "The Last Station" and "Precious" lead the pack with five nods each.

The winners will be announced on Friday, March 5, 2010 in L.A.

2010 Spirit Award Nominations

Best Feature (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not listed)

(500) Days of Summer - Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe

Amreeka - Producers: Paul Barkin, »

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2010 Independent Spirit Award Nominees

1 December 2009 1:23 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire and The Last Station led the nominations for the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards with five each.

Both were nominated for best feature along with (500) Days of Summer, Amreeka, and Sin Nombre.

If you’re wondering where indie favorite and Oscar hopeful The Hurt Locker is, the movie was submitted for consideration last year and was no eligible for this year’s list.  Though Kathryn Bigelow picked up “Best Feature” for the film at the Gotham Independent Film Awards last night.

As far as I know, Duncan Jones’ Moon is considered a British film and was correctly included in the British Indie Film nominees with several other solid picks (though I didn’t care for Fish Tank).

I was glad to see Anvil! included in the documentaries after it was left off the Oscar short list — though where’s The Cove? — plus love for 500 Days and Adventureland, »

- Jeff Leins

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Spirit Awards Nominations Announced! "Precious," "The Last Station" Score!

1 December 2009 12:31 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization behind the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced nominations this morning for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Nominees for Best Feature include "(500) Days Of Summer," "Amreeka," "Precious," "Sin Nombre," and "The Last Station."

Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon also announced finalists for the Acura Someone to Watch Award, the Truer Than Fiction Award, and the Piaget Producers Award.

A Serious Man was selected for the Robert Altman Award, which is given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast.

The awards show will be held March 5, two days before the Oscars. The event will be held at the La Live campus downtown.

Visit the Spirit Awards official site right here.

And now, the nominees of the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards:

Best Feature

"(500) Days Of Summer" - Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe

"Amreeka" - Producers: Paul Barkin, »

- Manny

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2009 Spirit Award Nominees

1 December 2009 10:47 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Film Independent’s Spirit Awards are meant to honor “indie” films, i.e. no blockbuster movies allowed but if you played at some festivals and didn’t cost a lot of money, you’re in consideration.  The Spirit Awards are a good indicator of what smaller films could be getting a shot at Oscar nominations in various categories.  Usually, their nominees are pretty solid and play like a nice alternative universe where the Oscars went to more deserving nominees (last year The Wrestler won Best Film and Best Actor).

But this year’s choices are obvious mixed with disappointingly bizarre.  In a year where some strong, hard-sell films came out of Sundance with strong buzz, the Spirit Awards have instead shown love to movies like Two Lovers, Cold Souls, and (500) Days of Summer.  It’s not that any of these films are resoundingly bad, but when placed alongside obvious contenders »

- Matt Goldberg

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'Last Station' and 'Precious' Lead the 2010 Independent Spirit Award Nominees

1 December 2009 10:41 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

This morning, Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced the nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards. The leading nomination getters where Sony Pictures Classics' The Last Station and Lionsgate's Precious, both of which earned five nominations including Best Feature along with Amreeka, 500 Days of Summer and Sin Nombre. Precious also enjoyed nominations in Best Director (Lee Daniels), Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe), Best Supporting Actress (Mo'Nique) and Best First Screenplay.

The leading studios where Fox Searchlight and Sony Classics, each of which took home 7 nominations, Searchlight even earning one for the critically loathed Gentlemen Broncos with Jemaine Clement earning a Best Supporting Male nod.

I'm very happy to see Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles enjoying some love and hope it can translate to an Oscar nomination and I wonder if Samantha Morton's nomination for »

- Brad Brevet

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25th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

1 December 2009 9:02 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

Precious and The Last Station have the most nods with 5 nominations a piece. So glad to see Jeff Bridges’ nomination for Crazy Heart. Even Paranormal Activity saw a nomination in  Best First feature category.

The ceremony will air live and uncut on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Pst/11:00 p.m. Est on IFC from downtown Los Angeles.

The complete list of nominations:

Best Feature (Award given to the Producer)

“(500) Days Of Summer,” Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe

“Amreeka,” Producers: Paul Barkin, Christina Piovesan

“Precious,” Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness

“Sin Nombre,” Producer: Amy Kaufman

“The Last Station,” Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling, Jens Meuer

Best Director

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, “A Serious Man”

Lee Daniels, “Precious”

Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Sin Nombre”

James Gray, “Two Lovers”

Michael Hoffman, “The Last Station”

Best First Feature (Award given to the director and producer)

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- Michelle

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Dead Snow Gets DVD Release Date

9 November 2009 11:39 PM, PST | HugAZombie | See recent HugAZombie news »

Next February will be a busy month for zombie DVDs. Tommy Wirkola's Dead Snow will be arriving for DVD and Blu-Ray on the 23rd. Zombieland and I Sell The Dead are also tentatively arriving in February.

Dead Snow tells the age-old tale of what happens to a bunch of Norwegian medical students when the uncover some artifacts belonging to the Nazi zombies.

Source: VideoETA Via Styd »

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DVD releases for Oct. 27 - Nov.3, 2009

3 November 2009 2:56 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Are you ready for a massive list of must-view DVD titles from the last two weeks? Good, let's go!

F. Javier Gutiérrez's apocalyptic Before the Fall (amazon), about a small town in the south of Spain that finds out they have 72 hours before a meteorite destroys the earth. Our Cali correspondent Hal got a chance to see the film and called it a "good exploration of how much we should protect innocence," and I can't wait to finally check it out.

Another film that's been around for a while, but is only now hitting DVD is Dead Air (amazon). About a douchey radio dj who has to deal with a virus outbreak, the film sounds a lot like Pontypool, but I imagine it is far more literal minded.

On the TV front we've got a couple sets worth looking at. The bloody, bestselling Afro Samurai: Complete Murder Sessions »

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Girls and ghouls for Halloween on Fangoria Radio tonight!

30 October 2009 9:28 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

It’s the night before Halloween, and we’re having a party on Fangoria Radio. For tonight’s show, hosted by Debbie Rochon and Fango managing editor Michael Gingold (airing live on Sirius Xm Stars satellite radio, Sirius channel 108/Xm channel 139, from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Est, with a repeat immediately thereafter), we’ve invited some pretty faces and good fiends to help us celebrate:

• Busy indie wizard Larry Fessenden and his Glass Eye Pix crew will be on hand: Ti West will talk up the theatrical release today of his The House Of The Devil (pictured), director Graham Reznick will discuss his new-to-dvd I Can See You, helmer Jim Mickle and FX artist Brian Spears will join us with word on their vampire pic Stake Land and I Sell The Dead’s Glenn McQuaid will join in as well

• The lovely Danielle Harris is also part of Stake Land, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)

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Trick ’R Treat w/Michael Dougherty in NYC and more screening news

19 October 2009 3:13 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

It’s time for another update on horror-film screenings for the Halloween 2009 season and beyond; you can track back through our previous items starting here. The most exciting news is the addition of a very special show to the Scary Movies 3 series currently unspooling at New York City’s Lincoln Center: Trick ’R Treat with Michael Dougherty (pictured) in attendance!

The All Hallow’s anthology feature unspools at the Walter Reade Theater (165 West 65th Street, upper level) this Wednesday, October 21 at 8:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A with Dougherty. Trust us: You want to see this one on the big screen. Full details on Scary Movies 3 can be found here. In addition, adventurous genre fans will want to check out Juraj Herz’s The Cremator when it shows as part of Lincoln Center’s The Ironic Curtain: Czech Cinema series on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 9 p.m. This black »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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Celluloid Screams in the UK at Sheffield's first Horror Fest!

16 October 2009 11:10 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fango Fiends in the UK have a new haunt to check out when Celluloid Screams, Sheffield’s first horror film festival arrives at the Showroom Cinema (Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2Bx ) from October 23-25.

With 24 hours worth of films "featuring everything from classic and cult horror to contemporary new releases," Celluloid Screams was created by award-winning Sheffield filmmaker and horror aficionado Rob Nevitt. Check out the full details and screening schedule below the jump!

Festival highlights include the UK Premiere of Us indie shocker Neighbor. Dominic Monaghan, star of Lord of the Rings and Lost stars in I Sell The Dead, a film harking back to the days of classic Hammer horror while Yoroi: Samurai Zombie and Vampire Girl Vs Frankenstein Girl continue the recent trend of outrageous gore from Japan. From the archives we have rare screenings of Bigas Luna’s Anguish, classic 80’s slasher The Burning and exploitation epic Pieces. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Full lineup announced for Manchester's horror film festival Grimmupnorth

13 October 2009 12:55 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

GrimmUpNorth is Manchester's premier, horror film festival, running from October 29th - November 1st and including the world premier of 'The Reeds' and screening of 'The Descent 2', with Q&A from cast and director. The festival will be taking place in Manchester's Printworks and Odeon Cinema.

Gerard Johnson's Tony, a film we all love here at Qe, will be playing. We highly reccomend it. Review here.

A full line-up can be found at the festival website, but other notable screenings include Faye Jackson's Romanian vampire film 'Strigoi' and a special screening of Hellraiser, including a chance to meet the 'Cenobites' themselves; Doug Bradley (aka Pin Head), Nicholas Vince (Chatterer) and Simon Bamford (Butterball) on the Friday.

Here's a list of films that will be screened over the weekend:

Thursday 29th

Decsent 2 + Tras Visillos (Short)

Friday 30th & Saturday 31st:

Gnaw

Tony + Excision (Short »

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