Directed by: Justin Steele
Written by: Justin Steele, Alecc Bracero
Featuring: Brad Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod, Debbon Ayer
Labels are funny things. Just because something — say, a movie — can be categorized one way doesn't necessarily mean that's exactly what it is. As an example, I offer Death and Cremation, a 2010 film from director Justin Steele.
Judged on a simple synopsis, Death and Cremation is a thriller. Brad Dourif plays Stanley, a serial killer whose "day job" as a crematorium owner allows him the perfect way to facilitate his hobby. Into his life comes Jarod (Jeremy Sumpter), a bullied teenage misanthrope who looks like the lost member of Fall Out Boy and needs a job and a father figure. Jarod soon ingratiates himself with the reclusive serial killer, who recognizes the boy as a kindred spirit. When Jarod's bullies start disappearing, Jarod comes to suspect that Stanley is responsible. When...
Written by: Justin Steele, Alecc Bracero
Featuring: Brad Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod, Debbon Ayer
Labels are funny things. Just because something — say, a movie — can be categorized one way doesn't necessarily mean that's exactly what it is. As an example, I offer Death and Cremation, a 2010 film from director Justin Steele.
Judged on a simple synopsis, Death and Cremation is a thriller. Brad Dourif plays Stanley, a serial killer whose "day job" as a crematorium owner allows him the perfect way to facilitate his hobby. Into his life comes Jarod (Jeremy Sumpter), a bullied teenage misanthrope who looks like the lost member of Fall Out Boy and needs a job and a father figure. Jarod soon ingratiates himself with the reclusive serial killer, who recognizes the boy as a kindred spirit. When Jarod's bullies start disappearing, Jarod comes to suspect that Stanley is responsible. When...
- 5/11/2012
- by Theron
- Planet Fury
The debut of director Justin Steele, Death and Cremation is from a script by Alecc Bracero and Justin Steele, and stars Brad Dourif along with Jeremy Sumpter (Friday Night Lights), Scott Elrod, Debbon Ayer, Daniel Baldwin (Homicide: Life on the Street), and Staci Keenan (My Two Dads) in a story that takes place:
In a typical American suburb filled with middle-class morals, Stan (Dourif), a lonely 59-year-old, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement.
In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod (Sumpter), a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan’s cremation house; and the two develop an unusual working relationship that quickly evolves into a partnership.
As middle-aged detective Matt Fairchild, in search of an exciting case, puts the clues of their killings together, Stan must decide if protecting his newfound trainee is worth killing for.
In a typical American suburb filled with middle-class morals, Stan (Dourif), a lonely 59-year-old, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement.
In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod (Sumpter), a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan’s cremation house; and the two develop an unusual working relationship that quickly evolves into a partnership.
As middle-aged detective Matt Fairchild, in search of an exciting case, puts the clues of their killings together, Stan must decide if protecting his newfound trainee is worth killing for.
- 2/10/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
We don't know about you guys but we think that "Death & Cremation with Brad Dourif" would make a stunning reality TV show. Screw DVR's! We'd tune into every episode Live! In any event, we have got some new artwork for the film Death & Cremation for you to scrape up and place neatly into the urn of your choice!
The flick was directed by Justin Steele and stars Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod, Daniel Baldwin, Debbon Ayer, Sam Ingraffia, Carly Craig, and Staci Keanan. Check out all of the goodies below.
For more info visit the official Death and Cremation website.
Synopsis
In a typical American suburb filled with middle-class morals, Stan, a lonely 59-year-old, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement.
In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan...
The flick was directed by Justin Steele and stars Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod, Daniel Baldwin, Debbon Ayer, Sam Ingraffia, Carly Craig, and Staci Keanan. Check out all of the goodies below.
For more info visit the official Death and Cremation website.
Synopsis
In a typical American suburb filled with middle-class morals, Stan, a lonely 59-year-old, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement.
In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan...
- 2/10/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Justin Steele's film Death And Cremation is currently looking for distribution at the European Film Market right now but you don't have to wait to see the trailer. Starring Chucky himself, Brad Dourif, and Jeremy Sumpter, Death And Cremation follows Jarod (Jeremy Sumpter), a bullied 17-year-old who is an outcast at school...
At home he deals with his constantly nagging mom and her self-righteous boyfriend. Jarod finds a job working at a local crematory with Stan but Stan seems to be moonlighting as a killer on the side.
It's hard not to get excited every time Brad Dourif is on the big screen and even though the character of Jarod could be a bit too emo for some tastes, it's safe to say the film is looking pretty good. The trailer offers up an ominous look at the characters and gives a creepy taste of things to come. Let's...
At home he deals with his constantly nagging mom and her self-righteous boyfriend. Jarod finds a job working at a local crematory with Stan but Stan seems to be moonlighting as a killer on the side.
It's hard not to get excited every time Brad Dourif is on the big screen and even though the character of Jarod could be a bit too emo for some tastes, it's safe to say the film is looking pretty good. The trailer offers up an ominous look at the characters and gives a creepy taste of things to come. Let's...
- 2/9/2011
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
Yesterday we posted our interview with Debbon Ayer, who plays the mother in the forthcoming Death And Cremation. Today we have another interview, this time with Jeremy Sumpter who plays her son Jarod in the film. His character forms a bond with Stan (Brad Dourif) which is central to the film.
Jeremy Sumpter is also one of the stars of hit Us show Friday Night Lights and is currently working on a variety of feature films.
Hug: Can you talk about what you feel is the main story of Death and Cremation.
Js: The main story of the film is the relationship between Jarod and Stan.
Hug: How does your character fit into this story?
Js: Jarod is the story. He has had a bad life and is reaching out to someone for friendship.
Hug: What do you think the tone of the film is?
Js: Definitely dark.
Hug: There...
Jeremy Sumpter is also one of the stars of hit Us show Friday Night Lights and is currently working on a variety of feature films.
Hug: Can you talk about what you feel is the main story of Death and Cremation.
Js: The main story of the film is the relationship between Jarod and Stan.
Hug: How does your character fit into this story?
Js: Jarod is the story. He has had a bad life and is reaching out to someone for friendship.
Hug: What do you think the tone of the film is?
Js: Definitely dark.
Hug: There...
- 5/26/2010
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In Crest Point, life is pretty average, except for the minor fact that mysteriously town residents keep disappearing. As a local detective tries desperately to piece the clues together, a single mom tries endlessly to reach her troubled son who in turn strikes up a relationship with a murderer. When all the pieces to the detective's puzzle fall into place, will the murderer protect his own? Jarod Leary (Jeremy Sumpter) is a seventeen year old high school student who refuses to fit in and finds comfort in solitude. Bullied by the jocks and teased by the cheerleader, the fatherless loner turns to drugs and self-mutilation as an escape outlet. When his mother urges him to get an after school job, Jarod finds himself working at a neighborhood funeral home. Stan (Brad Dourif) is the owner of the local funeral home where Jarod finds work; the two loners quickly hit it...
- 4/22/2010
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- ScreenStar
In the chilling thriller Death and Cremation (2010), fast-rising star Jeremy Sumpter plays Jarod Leary, an outcast that befriends Stan, a 59-year old murderer who runs the local cremation shop. Jarod is a fatherless seventeen-year-old recluse who lives a life of solitude and uses cutting and drugs as an escape outlet. When his mother urges him to get a job, the young man finds himself accepting a job working in Stan's basement cremation shop. Quickly clinging onto the business, Jarod and Stan embark on a very unusual partnership. The hot young actor can next be seen beginning May 7th on NBC with the return of the cult hit Friday Night Lights (TV) portraying Dillon Panther's #1 Qb, J.D. McCoy. On a lazy Saturday afternoon, PopStar spoke with Jeremy Sumpter, who resides in California about his new thriller Death and Cremation (2010) and talked about fellow actor Brad Dourif helping him dig deep...
- 4/21/2010
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- PopStar
In Crest Point, life is pretty average, except for the minor fact that mysteriously town residents keep disappearing. As a local detective tries desperately to piece the clues together, a single mom tries endlessly to reach her troubled son who in turn strikes up a relationship with a murderer. When all the pieces to the detective's puzzle fall into place, will the murderer protect his own? Jarod Leary (Jeremy Sumpter) is a seventeen year old high school student who refuses to fit in and finds comfort in solitude. Bullied by the jocks and teased by the cheerleader, the fatherless loner turns to drugs and self-mutilation as an escape outlet. When his mother urges him to get an after school job, Jarod finds himself working at a neighborhood funeral home. Stan (Brad Dourif) is the owner of the local funeral home where Jarod finds work; the two loners quickly hit it...
- 4/21/2010
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- ScreenStar
Actor Brad Dourif is most commonly known for his roles in genre fare such as Exorcist 3, Grim Prairie Tales, and the Child’s Play series. In more recent years Dourif has expanded his repertoire on television with roles in Deadwood and Law & Order, but that hasn’t stopped him returning to the more creepy roles with which he made his name, such as in his latest movie Death and Cremation.
The debut of director Justin Steele, Death and Cremation is from a script by Alecc Bracero and Justin Steele, and stars Dourif along with Jeremy Sumpter (Friday Night Lights), Scott Elrod, Debbon Ayer (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Daniel Baldwin (Homicide: Life on the Street), and Staci Keenan (My Two Dads, Step by Step) in a story that takes place:
In Crest Point, [where] people go about their day-to-day lives with no sense of urgency and standard stereotypes abound. There...
The debut of director Justin Steele, Death and Cremation is from a script by Alecc Bracero and Justin Steele, and stars Dourif along with Jeremy Sumpter (Friday Night Lights), Scott Elrod, Debbon Ayer (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Daniel Baldwin (Homicide: Life on the Street), and Staci Keenan (My Two Dads, Step by Step) in a story that takes place:
In Crest Point, [where] people go about their day-to-day lives with no sense of urgency and standard stereotypes abound. There...
- 4/15/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
In the interests of full disclosure I will admit up front that I am a pretty big fan of Brad Dourif and love his performances in otherwise terrible films.
In addition to some questionable film choices, Dourif has recently done solid work in a number of Werner Herzog films and is probably still picking up pay checks for supplying the voice of Chucky in the Childs Play films.
He recently had a small part in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans and even managed to stand out there, against the wild eyed crazed performance by Nicholas Cage.
Brad Dourif is now playing a role that was surely made for him, a creepy funeral owner in a new thriller, Death and Cremation.
Death and Cremation is the feature film debut of Justin Steele, who in addition to directing also co-wrote the film. The film was shot on the Red One by cinematographer Akis Konstantakopoulos. Although the plot doesn’t sound that exciting...
In addition to some questionable film choices, Dourif has recently done solid work in a number of Werner Herzog films and is probably still picking up pay checks for supplying the voice of Chucky in the Childs Play films.
He recently had a small part in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans and even managed to stand out there, against the wild eyed crazed performance by Nicholas Cage.
Brad Dourif is now playing a role that was surely made for him, a creepy funeral owner in a new thriller, Death and Cremation.
Death and Cremation is the feature film debut of Justin Steele, who in addition to directing also co-wrote the film. The film was shot on the Red One by cinematographer Akis Konstantakopoulos. Although the plot doesn’t sound that exciting...
- 4/11/2010
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I simply don't think there is enough Brad Dourif in cinema, or else I am looking in the wrong places. Instantly recognizable, Dourif has shown up in all sorts of genres and notable works so it is good to see him once again, this time in a new horror/thriller Death and Cremation.
In Crest Point, people go about their day-to-day lives with no sense of urgency and standard stereotypes abound. There's the high school bully with the popular girlfriend. The single mother raising her son after her husband has died. The detective who's never cracked a big case. Then there's Stan (Brad Dourif), a single 59 year old recluse who contributes to society by offering cremation services from the basement of his funeral home. Jarod Leary (Jeremy Sumpter), a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast doesn't even try to fit in with his high school peers. Dressed in black,...
In Crest Point, people go about their day-to-day lives with no sense of urgency and standard stereotypes abound. There's the high school bully with the popular girlfriend. The single mother raising her son after her husband has died. The detective who's never cracked a big case. Then there's Stan (Brad Dourif), a single 59 year old recluse who contributes to society by offering cremation services from the basement of his funeral home. Jarod Leary (Jeremy Sumpter), a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast doesn't even try to fit in with his high school peers. Dressed in black,...
- 4/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
This is a first look at Death and Cremation starring Brad Dourif (Chain Letter), Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod (Hellhounds) and Daniel Baldwin (Nine Dead). The film involves bullies and an in-home cremation service. Use your imagination and guess what happens next. The film will premiere in June, with locations dates to be announced. As well, a synopsis for the film, movie poster, and trailer are now available here. Have a look at all the bloody details as an "outcast" turns the tables on others in Death and Cremation (Death).
The synopsis for Death and Cremation here:
"In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan's cremation house and the two develop...
The synopsis for Death and Cremation here:
"In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan's cremation house and the two develop...
- 4/9/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Seeing a rather distraught Brad Dourif coming up the steps towards you with a baseball bat resting comfortably on his shoulder isn’t the most soothing of images. It does, though, make a damn fine beginning to a trailer for a film called Death And Cremation.
In the film, directed by first time feature film director Justin Steele, Dourif plays middle-aged man who performs a service to his community. He runs the local crematorium, but, more than that, he rids the neighborhood of people he deems unworthy of the life they’ve been given. Imagine the strange relationship that sparks when a 17-year-old outcast comes to the crematorium as his helper.
The film also stars Jeremy Sumpter of “Friday Night Lights” fame, Daniel Baldwin, and Scott Elrod. Ross Otterman serves as producer with Ken Hendrick, Raphael Kryszek, Daniel Aldema, and Andy Jensen Sved acting as executive producers. Tiago Mesquita is...
In the film, directed by first time feature film director Justin Steele, Dourif plays middle-aged man who performs a service to his community. He runs the local crematorium, but, more than that, he rids the neighborhood of people he deems unworthy of the life they’ve been given. Imagine the strange relationship that sparks when a 17-year-old outcast comes to the crematorium as his helper.
The film also stars Jeremy Sumpter of “Friday Night Lights” fame, Daniel Baldwin, and Scott Elrod. Ross Otterman serves as producer with Ken Hendrick, Raphael Kryszek, Daniel Aldema, and Andy Jensen Sved acting as executive producers. Tiago Mesquita is...
- 4/9/2010
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The production team behind Death and Cremation have alerted us to the official site for Death and Cremation , an indie horror flick from writers Alecc Bracero and Justin Steele. Steele also sits in the director's chair. There you'll find a hi-res teaser trailer featuring stars Brad Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter and Daniel Baldwin. Set in a an American suburb filled with middle class morals, the film concerns a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, who contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan's cremation house and the two develop an unusual working relationship that quickly evolves into a partnership. As detective...
- 4/8/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Have you decided what you want done with your remains once you croak? The main options really don't sound very appealing -- you could either be insect food six feet under or be burned until you're nothing more than just a pile of ash. I'm for the third alternative -- getting stuffed with candy, strung up, and then bludgeoned by my mourners until said candy bursts through that zany Y-incision. That way ... huh? Oh yeah, sorry! A new teaser trailer for the Brad Dourif vehicle Death and Cremation has hit online, and we've got a peek at it for you!
The flick was directed by Justin Steele and stars Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod, Daniel Baldwin, Debbon Ayer, Sam Ingraffia, Carly Craig, and Staci Keanan. Check out the plot crunch, the spooky new teaser, and even the theatrical trailer below.
For more info visit the official Death and Cremation website.
The flick was directed by Justin Steele and stars Dourif, Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod, Daniel Baldwin, Debbon Ayer, Sam Ingraffia, Carly Craig, and Staci Keanan. Check out the plot crunch, the spooky new teaser, and even the theatrical trailer below.
For more info visit the official Death and Cremation website.
- 4/8/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Brad Dourif is a bad, bad man. Or is he actually a good guy with a warp sense of justice? You decide. Dourif’s latest is director Justin Steele’s very slick looking thriller “Death and Cremation”, which features Brad breaking some heads and killing some kids. Hey, someone’s gotta do it. Full trailer for the movie below. Check out the film’s official site for more details. In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from his basement. In fact, Stan murders neighbors he perceives to be social bullies. Jarod, a fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast, lands an after-school job in Stan’s cremation house and the two develop an unusual working relationship that quickly evolves into a partnership. As detective Matt Fairchild puts together clues from local disappearances, Stan must decide if protecting his...
- 4/7/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
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