LevelK has boarded Icelandic crime drama “Cold,” directed by Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen and based on the bestselling book “The Undesired” (“Kuldi”) by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir. Still in production, it was recently pitched at Venice Gap-Financing Market.
The story centers on Óðinn, living alone with his daughter Rún. As he investigates decades-old deaths at a juvenile treatment center, he begins to suspect that the sinister secrets are connected to his ex-wife’s mysterious suicide. As well as his daughter’s strange behavior.
“Erlingur is an established, talented director who respects the audiences and finds it fascinating to thrill them,” says LevelK’s CEO Tine Klint.
“We were captured by his take on the book, his style and the entire team behind the production.”
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir and “Woman at War” lead Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir are all set to star.
“On the surface, ‘Cold’ certainly seems like a classic Nordic noir.
The story centers on Óðinn, living alone with his daughter Rún. As he investigates decades-old deaths at a juvenile treatment center, he begins to suspect that the sinister secrets are connected to his ex-wife’s mysterious suicide. As well as his daughter’s strange behavior.
“Erlingur is an established, talented director who respects the audiences and finds it fascinating to thrill them,” says LevelK’s CEO Tine Klint.
“We were captured by his take on the book, his style and the entire team behind the production.”
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir and “Woman at War” lead Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir are all set to star.
“On the surface, ‘Cold’ certainly seems like a classic Nordic noir.
- 9/4/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Millennium Media is paying for The Piper.
The genre specialist has come on board to produce the high-concept horror movie, described as a dark re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, and is pitching the project to buyers at Berlin’s virtual European Film Market. Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen, whose credits include Rift (2017), Child Eater (2016), and a segment of the 2016 horror anthology Patient Seven, will direct The Piper from his own script.
The film follows a young composer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto. But she soon discovers that playing the music summons ...
The genre specialist has come on board to produce the high-concept horror movie, described as a dark re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, and is pitching the project to buyers at Berlin’s virtual European Film Market. Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen, whose credits include Rift (2017), Child Eater (2016), and a segment of the 2016 horror anthology Patient Seven, will direct The Piper from his own script.
The film follows a young composer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto. But she soon discovers that playing the music summons ...
Millennium Media is paying for The Piper.
The genre specialist has come on board to produce the high-concept horror movie, described as a dark re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, and is pitching the project to buyers at Berlin’s virtual European Film Market. Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen, whose credits include Rift (2017), Child Eater (2016), and a segment of the 2016 horror anthology Patient Seven, will direct The Piper from his own script.
The film follows a young composer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto. But she soon discovers that playing the music summons ...
The genre specialist has come on board to produce the high-concept horror movie, described as a dark re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale, and is pitching the project to buyers at Berlin’s virtual European Film Market. Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen, whose credits include Rift (2017), Child Eater (2016), and a segment of the 2016 horror anthology Patient Seven, will direct The Piper from his own script.
The film follows a young composer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto. But she soon discovers that playing the music summons ...
Stars: Cait Bliss, Colin Critchley, Jason Martin, Dave Klasko, Brandon Smalls, James Wilcox, Melinda Chilton, Andrew Kaempfer, Kara Durrett, Weston Wilson | Written and Directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen
Back in 2012, writer and director Erlingur Thoroddsen made a short film called Child Eater. It was a very good short, a mere fifteen minutes of haunting horror about a boogeyman out to capture kids. Some four years later, it was adapted from the short into a feature film of the same name. Cait Bliss (Towers of Terror) reprises her role from the original short, Helen Connolly, and Thoroddsen returns to his creation as writer and director.
Child Eater delves into a subgenre of horror that we seldom see in the modern age (or even in 2016 when this movie was released). That boogeyman horror, the creature in the dark corner, the monster under the bed. It aims to unsettle with folklore like that from...
Back in 2012, writer and director Erlingur Thoroddsen made a short film called Child Eater. It was a very good short, a mere fifteen minutes of haunting horror about a boogeyman out to capture kids. Some four years later, it was adapted from the short into a feature film of the same name. Cait Bliss (Towers of Terror) reprises her role from the original short, Helen Connolly, and Thoroddsen returns to his creation as writer and director.
Child Eater delves into a subgenre of horror that we seldom see in the modern age (or even in 2016 when this movie was released). That boogeyman horror, the creature in the dark corner, the monster under the bed. It aims to unsettle with folklore like that from...
- 10/28/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
You may have heard of Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen thanks to his feature-length debut Child Eater (see Daniel Kurland’s review), which made the rounds last year at a handful of film festivals and hit DVD and VOD earlier this spring. Thoroddsen clearly exhibited a knack for atmosphere and resourceful storytelling given the film’s limited budget, though it […]...
- 10/2/2017
- by Ari Drew
- bloody-disgusting.com
The sophomore year of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is shaping up to be a good one. With a first wave of titles that boasted Can Evrenol's Housewife and Tragedy Girls even more cinematic magic has been added to this year's festival. Coming to Brooklyn on the second weekend in October are additions like Joe Lynch's Mayhem, German flick Cold Hell, Erlingur Thoroddson has followed up Child Eater with his new flick Rift. Simon Rumley's reunion with his Red, White & Blue star Amanda Fuller Fashionista pays a visit to the festival as well. In the selection of short films there are some familiar names as well. Our own Izzy Lee has her latest short film For a Good Time Call... in the fest. Gus Cooper's...
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- 8/31/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Not even a year has passed since The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival emerged as a must-attend genre festival, but year two is already looking to cement such talk. We Got This Covered reported from the trenches last October, where I served as one of the festival’s inaugural judges. The films were strong and the drinks stronger, only increasing excitement for year two. Fast-forward to September 2017 and the countdown clock has just about run out. Something we couldn’t be happier for.
Birth.Movies.Death. was lucky enough to announce Brooklyn Horror’s first wave, including buzzed-about highlights such as Tragedy Girls (one of my favorites from SXSW) and Sequence Break (a Fantasia Fest favorite for me). You’ve also got Housewife, Baskin director Can Evrenol’s sophomore feature, among other notable selections. Be sure to peruse Wave 1’s sacrificial offerings, but that’s old news – are you ready for Round 2? I know,...
Birth.Movies.Death. was lucky enough to announce Brooklyn Horror’s first wave, including buzzed-about highlights such as Tragedy Girls (one of my favorites from SXSW) and Sequence Break (a Fantasia Fest favorite for me). You’ve also got Housewife, Baskin director Can Evrenol’s sophomore feature, among other notable selections. Be sure to peruse Wave 1’s sacrificial offerings, but that’s old news – are you ready for Round 2? I know,...
- 8/31/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
He promised that he'd be back, and Space Goat Productions is making good on the T-800's promise with their official board game based on James Cameron's The Terminator, which is now available to pre-order. In today's Horror Highlights, we're also giving Daily Dead readers the chance to win a Camera Obscura soundtrack on vinyl, and we have details on Breaking Glass Pictures acquiring North American rights to Rift and information on how Scream Factory will be celebrating their fifth anniversary.
The Terminator: The Official Board Game: Press Release: "(June 14th, 2017 - Bellingham, Wa) - Space Goat Productions has launched pre-orders for The Terminator™: The Official Board Game, based off of the iconic 1984 film directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pre-orders will be available via Backerkit and will give consumers access to exclusive discounts for 30 days.
The original Terminator Kickstarter made almost 200% of its goal,...
The Terminator: The Official Board Game: Press Release: "(June 14th, 2017 - Bellingham, Wa) - Space Goat Productions has launched pre-orders for The Terminator™: The Official Board Game, based off of the iconic 1984 film directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Pre-orders will be available via Backerkit and will give consumers access to exclusive discounts for 30 days.
The original Terminator Kickstarter made almost 200% of its goal,...
- 6/13/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Icelandic film to debut in winter 2017.
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to Erlingur Thoroddsen’s Icelandic Lgbt horror and upcoming Outfest selection Rift.
The distributor acquired North American rights in April and plans a limited theatrical release and festival run followed by a DVD/VOD release early in the fourth quarter.
Rift premiered as the closing film at the Goteburg Film Festival in Sweden and will receive its North American premiere at Outfest in July.
The story centres on Gunnar, who receives a phone call from his distraught ex-boyfriend Einar months after they break up and realises there is more going on then he knew after he drives to the secluded cabin where Einar is holed up.
As the two men come to terms with their broken relationship, a third person appears to be lurking outside the cabin. Björn Stefánsson, Sigurður Þór Óskarsson, and Guðmundur Ólafsson star.
Búi Baldvinsson, [link...
Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to Erlingur Thoroddsen’s Icelandic Lgbt horror and upcoming Outfest selection Rift.
The distributor acquired North American rights in April and plans a limited theatrical release and festival run followed by a DVD/VOD release early in the fourth quarter.
Rift premiered as the closing film at the Goteburg Film Festival in Sweden and will receive its North American premiere at Outfest in July.
The story centres on Gunnar, who receives a phone call from his distraught ex-boyfriend Einar months after they break up and realises there is more going on then he knew after he drives to the secluded cabin where Einar is holed up.
As the two men come to terms with their broken relationship, a third person appears to be lurking outside the cabin. Björn Stefánsson, Sigurður Þór Óskarsson, and Guðmundur Ólafsson star.
Búi Baldvinsson, [link...
- 6/8/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The final day of February has many home entertainment offerings that horror and sci-fi fans are definitely going to want to add to their Blu-ray and DVD collections. Scream Factory is resurrecting the anthology Deadtime Stories in HD this week, and Tibor Takacs’ creature feature cult classic, The Gate, is getting the Vestron Video Collector’s Series treatment on February 28th as well.
This Tuesday, Vinegar Syndrome is giving a high-def overhaul to another cult classic, Slaughterhouse, and for those who may have missed it during its successful festival run, Arrow Video is releasing We Are The Flesh on multiple formats, too.
Other notable releases for February 28th include Doctor Strange, Ape 3D (aka A*P*E*), Child Eater, The Raid Collection, The Creature Below, Shut In, and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970).
Deadtime Stories (Scream Factory, Blu/DVD Combo)
Your favorite nightmares come to life in a salute...
This Tuesday, Vinegar Syndrome is giving a high-def overhaul to another cult classic, Slaughterhouse, and for those who may have missed it during its successful festival run, Arrow Video is releasing We Are The Flesh on multiple formats, too.
Other notable releases for February 28th include Doctor Strange, Ape 3D (aka A*P*E*), Child Eater, The Raid Collection, The Creature Below, Shut In, and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970).
Deadtime Stories (Scream Factory, Blu/DVD Combo)
Your favorite nightmares come to life in a salute...
- 2/28/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Corey Grant’s thriller received its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival.
Illicit is headed for the Pan African Film Festival and Toronto Black Film Festival later this year.
David Ramsey, Vivica A Fox and Dean Cain star in the story about a police officer and his model wife who find themselves entangled in a world of secrets, sex, and lies that threaten to tear their marriage apart.
Richard Wolff, CEO of Breaking Glass and Amanda Rae Simon negotiated the deal with Todd Slater of Blue Fox Entertainment.
Breaking Glass Pictures plans a limited release in Chicago and Atlanta in early May, followed by a DVD/VOD release on May 23.
Blend Media, the 360° video and Vr platform co-founded by Damien Collier and Chris Helm in 2016, has announced its seed funding. Investors include the co-founder and CEO of The LADBible Group Alex ‘Solly’ Solomou, Ben Donovan, the co-founder and former president of Maker Studios, senior executives...
Illicit is headed for the Pan African Film Festival and Toronto Black Film Festival later this year.
David Ramsey, Vivica A Fox and Dean Cain star in the story about a police officer and his model wife who find themselves entangled in a world of secrets, sex, and lies that threaten to tear their marriage apart.
Richard Wolff, CEO of Breaking Glass and Amanda Rae Simon negotiated the deal with Todd Slater of Blue Fox Entertainment.
Breaking Glass Pictures plans a limited release in Chicago and Atlanta in early May, followed by a DVD/VOD release on May 23.
Blend Media, the 360° video and Vr platform co-founded by Damien Collier and Chris Helm in 2016, has announced its seed funding. Investors include the co-founder and CEO of The LADBible Group Alex ‘Solly’ Solomou, Ben Donovan, the co-founder and former president of Maker Studios, senior executives...
- 2/9/2017
- ScreenDaily
Folks in the Brooklyn area are in for a treat. Nitehawk Cinema is hosting a screening of the highly anticipated horror anthology, Xx. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: the Twenty Twenty-Four screening details, Shriekfest 2017 call for submissions, Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween home media info, a new trailer for Diane, and Child Eater release details.
Nitehawk Cinema’s Brooklyn Xx Screening Details: “Nitehawk presents a preview and midnite screenings of the new all female-helmed horror anthology, Xx. We also ask the Xx directors to select a couple of their influential films for midnite screenings and they chose: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary.”
To learn more, visit Nitehawk Cinema’s official website.
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Twenty Twenty-Four North American Premiere Details: “We have two screenings in San Francisco, hosted by San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Twenty Twenty-Four is making its North American premiere at...
Nitehawk Cinema’s Brooklyn Xx Screening Details: “Nitehawk presents a preview and midnite screenings of the new all female-helmed horror anthology, Xx. We also ask the Xx directors to select a couple of their influential films for midnite screenings and they chose: Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Mary Lambert’s Pet Sematary.”
To learn more, visit Nitehawk Cinema’s official website.
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Twenty Twenty-Four North American Premiere Details: “We have two screenings in San Francisco, hosted by San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Twenty Twenty-Four is making its North American premiere at...
- 2/1/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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