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After making quite an impression at the Stanley Film Festival, Todd Strauss-Schulson's meta horror hit, The Final Girls, will screen at the L.A. Film Fest next month, along with an advance look at MTV's Scream TV series and many more onscreen scares.

The 21st L.A. Film Fest takes place June 10th-18th in downtown Los Angeles. The festival will feature screenings of 74 feature films, 60 short films, and more, including the following genre offerings:

"Gala Screenings:

The Final Girls – USA (Director Todd Strauss-Schulson Writer Producer Cast Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam Devine, Thomas Middleditch, Alia Shawkat, Alexander Ludwig, Nina Dobrev) – An unconventional comedy about Max, a high school senior, who is mysteriously transported with her friends into a 1980s horror film that starred Max’s mother, a celebrated scream queen. Los Angeles Premiere

Scream – USA (Showrunners Jill Blotevogel, Jaime Paglia Writers Jay Beattie, Dan Dworkin Executive Producers Harvey Weinstein,...

Adrian García Bogliano’s werewolf flick Late Phases (review) is available now on VOD, and if you’re curious as to what the flick’s creatures look like and don’t mind spoilers, then this article is for you! Everyone else, stay away! Check… Continue Reading →

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Already known for its great weather, luxury hotels, and resort lifestyle, Palm Springs, California, is about to become known for something a bit more sinister: horror movies! Read on to learn about the city's first Feartastic Film Festival.

From the Press Release:

Kicking off on Halloween night, the inaugural Feartastic Film Festival begins on Thursday, October 31, 2013, with Bb’s Monster Rock Halloween Party at the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs and includes five frightfully fantastic film screenings on November 1-2 at the Camelot Theaters, the desert’s premiere theaters. The fest's intense, nail-biting films have been chosen for both their scare factor and their atypical plots and storylines. On deck to kick off the festival are: Contracted, Dead Weight, Delivery, Here Comes the Devil, and The Second Death. Ranging from dark to romantic to downright scary, each film has gained notoriety at festivals both in the U.S. and overseas,...

Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff ("Kung Fu Panda") have been hired to pen the script for the animated feature "W.I.S.H. Police" at Reel FX Animation Studios ("Free Birds").

Based on an original short story by Daniel Nayeri, the story revolves around the Imaginary Crimes Unit of the global force of creatures named the W.I.S.H. (Wicked Ideas Suddenly Human) police.

Their job is to monitor and apprehend malevolent wishes that people utter in moments of anger. Their new case is a young boy who wished his sister out of his life - doing so while wishing on a star, blowing out his birthday cake and holding a four-leaf clover.

Victor Maldonado, Adrian Garcia and Alfredo Torres will helm the project. Reel FX also have "The Book Of Life" opening next Fall, and an adaptation of the "Beasts Of Burden" comic in development.

Source: Deadline...

Exclusive: Reel FX Animation Studios has set Kung Fu Panda scribes Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff to script W.I.S.H. Police, an animated film that is based on an original short story by Daniel Nayeri. The film will be directed by Headless Productions’ Victor Maldonado, Adrian Garcia and Alfredo Torres. It’s a police procedural revolving around the Imaginary Crimes Unit, a worldwide creature force tasked with monitoring and apprehending Wicked Ideas Suddenly Human (W.I.S.H.). Those are the malevolent wishes that people utter in moments of anger, and evil criminals work to make reality. When a young boy gets jealous of his sister and wishes her out of his life, the W.I.S.H. Police are called in for a tough one. After all, the brat made his wish on a star, while he blew out his birthday cake and held a four-leaf clover in his hand.

Frank Pavich’s Jodorowsky’s Dune won the Fantastic Fest audience award and claimed best picture prize in the Documentary Features section.Scroll down for full list of winners

Ari Folman’s The Congress was named best picture and that film’s Robin Wright won the best actress prize in the Fantastic Features strand.

Derek Lee and Clif Prowse’s Afflicted dominated the Horror Features section, winning best picture, screenplay and directors.

In the Next Wave Spotlight competition, Matt Johnson’s The Dirties was named best picture, while Sion Sono’s Why Don’t You Play In Hell? prevailed in the Gutbuster Comedy Features’ best picture contest.

In Fantastic Fest’s inaugural genre co-production market, Fantastic Market | Mercado Fantastic, Cuban filmmaker Alejandro BruguésThe Wrong Place won Gold Prize.

The Wrong Placebeat 15 other submissions at the market, which ran from September 19-21, and will receive a production support package comprising products and services provided by Panavision, Chemistry, Assimilate...

Frank Pavich’s Jodorowsky’s Dune won the Fantastic Fest audience award and claimed best picture prize in the Documentary Features section.

Ari Folman’s The Congress was named best picture and that film’s Robin Wright won the best actress prize in the Fantastic Features strand.

Derek Lee and Clif Prowse’s Afflicted dominated the Horror Features section, winning best picture, screenplay and directors.

In the Next Wave Spotlight competition, Matt Johnson’s The Dirties was named best picture, while Sion Sono’s Why Don’t You Play In Hell? prevailed in the Gutbuster Comedy Features’ best picture contest.

In Fantastic Fest’s inaugural genre co-production market, Fantastic Market | Mercado Fantastic, Cuban filmmaker Alejandro BruguésThe Wrong Place won Gold Prize.

The Wrong Place beat 15 other submissions at the market, which ran from September 19-21, and will receive a production support package comprising products and services provided by Panavision, Chemistry, Assimilate and Sofia...

Here Comes the Devil was acquired by Magnet Releasing after its Fantastic Fest screening last year and we now know when Us horror fans will be able to see it in theaters. Directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat, Penumbra), we’ve been told that the movie will have a limited theatrical release on December 13th and we’re also expecting a VOD release around the same date.

“A young family with two preteen kids — a son and a daughter —stop their car at a roadside gas station across from a large, unusual hill while on a family trip in Tijuana. The two kids, Sara (Michele Garcia) and Adolfo (Alan Martinez), explore the hill on their own, only to vanish into thin air. The following day, they return to their distraught parents, seemingly unharmed, and claiming to have gotten lost in a dark cave on the slope.

While father Félix...

Just about a year ago, Adrian Garcia Bogliano brought Here Comes the Devil to Fantastic Fest. As Shock readies for another year of the festival, Magnet Releasing has announced that the film is going to enter into a limited theatrical run on December 13th.

Barreiro and Caro are parents whose preteen son and daughter inexplicably reappear after being lost overnight on a desolate, cave-riddled mountainside after a casual hike became every parent’s nightmare.

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A teen at Springs High School near Houston, Texas was charged with murder after a fight in the school hallways escalated into a fatal stabbing. Here are five things to know about 17-year old Luis Alonzo Alfaro, who admitted his involvement in the Sept. 4 incident to police.

17-year-old Luis Alonzo Alfaro was charged with one count of murder after admitting to detectives that he fatally stabbed 16-year-old Joshua Broussard and injured three other teens at Spring High School on Sept. 4.

Texas School Stabbing Started With A Shoulder Bump — 5 Things To Know About The Stabber

1. The Violent Fight Broke Out After A Shoulder Bump

The fatal fight reportedly started in the school hallway after Luis bumped shoulders passing one of this victims. After exchanging heated words about the run-in, he shoved the teen, who he says punched him back. Luis responded by pulling a folding knife from his pocket and swinging it multiple times,...

A teen has been charged with one count of murder after admitting his involvement in the Sept. 4 Houston area high school stabbing to police. The attack left one student dead and three more in the hospital.

17-year-old Luis Alonzo Alfaro was charged with murder following the Sept. 4 fatal stabbing in Texas’ Spring High School. One student, Joshua Broussard, 16, was killed in the altercation that sent three other teens to the hospital.

Texas High School Stabbing — Student Charged With Murder

Spring High School student Luis Alonzo Alfaro was charged immediately after the fatal stabbing. According to police, he admitted to the stabbing after being questioned with other students. A police statement issued on Sept 4. said:

The stabbing occurred during a physical altercation between several students in the hallways. During the altercation, the suspect produced a knife and fatally stabbed the victim to death and injured 3 other victims.

The school was placed...

How scary! A Texas high school went on lockdown on Sept. 4 following an early morning stabbing incident in the Houston school’s cafeteria. A 16-year-old is reported dead and multiple other students are reported injured following this terrible incident.

At least one student has been reported dead and up to 3 are injured after a Sept. 4 stabbing at Houston’s Spring High School. The school was put on lockdown shortly after 7 a.m. local time following this violence. 16-year-old Joshua Broussard was identified as the student killed in this awful incident.

Texas High School Stabbing — One Student Dead, Multiple Wounded

Two students were transported out of the school to the hospital in a Life Flight medical helicopter. One student, age 16, was listed in critical condition. Khou also confirms a third victim.

A mother of a student who allegedly witnessed this horrible stabbing told Khou about a terrifying phone call that she...

Organisers have announced the 16 projects selected for the inaugural edition of its international co-production market: Fantastic Market | Mercado Fantastico.

The market runs from Sept 19-21 in Austin, Texas. The festival proper runs from Sept 19-26.

The projects are: Belzebuth (Mexico) by Emilio Portes; Club Panico (Mexico) by Adrian Garcia Bogliano; Compulsion (Us) by Batan Silva; Cross Of Souls (Brazil) by Dennison Ramalho; El Duende (Colombia) by Jorge Navas; El Plata (Argentina) by Tamae Garateguy; El Arbol Del Olvido (The Tree Of Oblivion) (Canada) by Rodrigo Gudiño; and Greedy Beasts (Spain) by Juan Martínez Moreno.

The list includes The Incident (Mexico) by Isaac Ezban (first feature); Small Town (Uruguay) by Gustavo Hernández Ibáñez; The Summer Hit (Uruguay-Chile-Brazil) by Pablo Stoll; and Tatewari (Mexico) by Edgar Nito; Us Visitor (Argentina) by Nicolas Goldbart; The Wrong Place (Cuba-us) by Alejandro Brugués; Violent Rider (Chile) by Ernesto Diaz Espinosa; and Yamaha 300 (Mexico) by Jorge Michel Grau (Somos Lo Que Hay).

Following are some supplemental sections featuring notable director & actor teams that did not meet the criteria for the main body of the article. Some will argue that a number of these should have been included in the primary section but keep in mind that film writing on any level, from the casual to the academic, is a game of knowledge and perception filtered through personal taste.

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Other Notable Director & Actor Teams

This section is devoted to pairings where the duo worked together at least 3 times with the actor in a major role in each feature film, resulting in 1 must-see film.

Terence Young & Sean Connery

Must-See Collaboration: From Russia with Love (1962).

Other Collaborations: Action of the Tiger (1957), Dr. No (1962), Thunderball (1965).

Director Young and actor Connery teamed up to create one of the very best Connery-era James Bond films with From Russia with Love which features a great villainous performance by Robert Shaw...

Ya see, the thing about werewolves? They're just uncultured, man. I mean, they don't even have the friggin' common courtesy to use a door in the correct fashion. Case in point: this latest still from Late Phases which finds its own exit.

From the Press Release

Principal photography has commenced on Adrian Garcia Bogliano's highly anticipated feature Late Phases. Shooting is currently under way in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York.

Several cast additions have also been announced. Set to star alongside Nick Damici (Stake Land, Premium Rush, We Are What We Are) is Cheap Thrills star Ethan Embry along with Erin Cummings ("Spartacus") and Lance Guest (Halloween II, The Last Starfighter). Tom Noonan (The House of the Devil, AMC's "Hell on Wheels") is the latest genre favorite to join the cast.

Bogliano has assembled an ensemble of supporting players plucked from a gamut of classic films: Tina Louise...

The filmography of Elijah Wood has some dark moments, be it his depiction of the killer Kevin in Sin City or his twisted relationship with the titular canine in the sitcom Wilfred, which returns to FX on Wednesday. But there isn’t much in the Lord of the Rings actor’s résumé that would prepare you for his new movie, Maniac. Directed by Franck Khalfoun (P2) and co-penned by French gore-teur Alexandre Aja (High Tension, Piranha 3D) this remake of the 1980 cult slasher flick stars Wood as a mannequin renovator and serial killer whose passions come together in extremely violent fashion.

 

A while back we passed along the news that Nick Damici (Stake Land) is heading up the cast of Late Phases, the first English-language horror film from Here Comes the Devil director Adrian Garcia Bogliano. Now we're stoked to announce that principal photography has officially begun on the film in upstate New York, with new cast members added to the lineup.   Along with Damici, the starring lineup now includes Ethan Embry (Cheap Thrills), Erin Cummings (Spartacus), Lance Guest (Halloween II, The Last Starfighter), and  Tom Noonan (Manhunter, House Of The Devil). Supporting players will include cinema & TV veterans Tina Louise, Karen Lynn Gorney, Caitlin O'Heaney and Rutanya Alda.   Late Phases is the story of a blind vet who discovers that residents of a retirement community are falling victim to what at first seem to be dog attacks... but as he soon learns firsthand, the truth turns out to be much more terrifying.

Adrian Garcia Bogliano's ('Penumbra') first feature in the English language comes in the form of Mpi and Dark Sky Films' new werewolf horror 'Late Phases'. The project which is currently shooting in New York stars Nick Damici ('Stakeland') who moves to a new community where the local population is suddenly taking a drop due to some apparent dog attacks. Which of course turn out to be something with a bigger bite than standard canine chompers. Ethan Embry ('Vacancy') and the gorgeous Erin Cummings -below ('Bitch Slap') have just joined the cast as an on-screen couple plus the first image from the production has come to light which you can check out below. Tina Louise, Lance Guest, Tom Noonan ('Manhunter'), Tina Louise, Karen Lynn Gorney, Caitlin O'Hearney and Rutanya Alda....

Ethan Embry (Once Upon A Time, Brotherhood) and Erin Cummings (Spartacus, The Iceman) have joined the werewolf film Late Phases. The Dark Sky Film is Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s first English language feature. The first image from the movie has also been revealed.

The cast now includes Nick Damici, Erin Cummings, Ethan Embry, Tina Louise, Lance Guest, Tom Noonan, Tina Louise, Karen Lynn Gorney, Caitlin O’Hearney and Rutanya Alda.

We told you yesterday that the first official casting news for Late Phases was on its way and of course, as predicted, it has arrived. Read on for the official word on this werewolf thriller along with the first still courtesy of EW.

From the Press Release

Principal photography has commenced on Adrian Garcia Bogliano's highly anticipated feature Late Phases. Shooting is currently under way in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York.

Several cast additions have also been announced. Set to star alongside Nick Damici (Stake Land, Premium Rush, We Are What We Are) is Cheap Thrills star Ethan Embry along with Erin Cummings ("Spartacus") and Lance Guest (Halloween II, The Last Starfighter). Tom Noonan (The House of the Devil, AMC's "Hell on Wheels") is the latest genre favorite to join the cast.

Bogliano has assembled an ensemble of supporting players plucked from a gamut of classic films: Tina Louise...

It has been announced that principle photography has started on Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s first English language feature, Late Phases, and we have new casting details:

“New York, NY (June 3, 2013) – Principle photography has commenced on Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s highly anticipated feature, Late Phases. Shooting is currently underway in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York.

Several cast additions have also been announced. Set to star alongside Nick Damici (Stake Land, Premium Rush, We Are What We Are) is Cheap Thrills star Ethan Embry along with Erin Cummings (Spartacus) and Lance Guest (Halloween II, The Last Starfighter). Tom Noonan (The House Of The Devil, AMC’s Hell On Wheels) is the latest genre favorite to join the cast.

Bogliano, has assembled an ensemble of supporting players plucked from a gamut of classic films: Tina Louise (Stepford Wives), Karen Lynn Gorney (Saturday Night Fever), Caitlin O’Hearney (Wolfen) and Rutanya Alda (The Fury,...

Yesterday, ShockTillYouDrop.com was the first to break some juicy casting news regarding Adrian Garcia Bogliano's werewolf pic Lates Phases. Today, the first photo has made its debut. You can check out a larger version after the jump.

In addition to starring Nick Damici, Erin Cummings, Ethan Embry and Tina Louise, the film will also feature Lance Guest, Tom Noonan, Tina Louise, Karen Lynn Gorney, Caitlin O’Hearney and Rutanya Alda.

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"Spartacus" star Erin Cummings hit Twitter today and revealed that she and Ethan Embry have joined the cast of Adrian Garcia Bogliano's werewolf thriller Late Phases for Dark Sky Films/Mpi and Glass Eye Pix, which is now shooting in New York. Nick Damici and Tina Louise co-star.

Cummings (pictured) and Embry play a married couple in the flick. Thanks to Shock Till You Drop for making the early catch. Expect a full press release soon.

Late Phases marks the first English-language project for director Bogliano (Cold Sweat, Penumbra, Here Comes the Devil).

Synopsis:

Late Phases tells the story of Ambrose McKinley (Damici), who moves into a community where the residents have been dying in increasing numbers - oddly, all have supposedly been the victims of dog attacks. But after barely surviving his own attack on his first night there, Ambrose discovers that the assailants are much more than canines.

Erin Cummings (Spartacus, pictured) and Ethan Embry have joined the cast of the werewolf thriller Late Phases, currently lensing in New York for Mpi/Dark Sky Films.  

The film is the first English-language project for director Adrian Garcia Bogliano, who made a splash on the genre scene with Cold Sweat, Penumbra and the upcoming Here Comes the Devil.

Cummings and Embry join previously-announced cast member Nick Damici (Stakeland).  Shock Till You Drop has also exclusively learned that Tina Louise (Gilligan's Island's "Ginger") will appear in the film.

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ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Erin Cummings ("Spartacus," pictured) and Ethan Embry have joined the cast of the werewolf thriller Late Phases , currently lensing in New York for Mpi/Dark Sky Films. The film is the first English-language project for director Adrian Garcia Bogliano, who made a splash on the genre scene with Cold Sweat , Penumbra and the upcoming Here Comes the Devil . Cummings and Embry join previously-announced cast member Nick Damici ( Stakeland ). ShockTillYouDrop.com has also exclusively learned that Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island's" "Ginger") will appear in the film. Late Phases will tell the story of Ambrose McKinley, who moves into a community where the residents have been dying in increasing numbers -...

Dylan Quick, the 20-year-old accused in the mass stabbing at Lone Star College, had fantasies to stab and kill a large number of people as far back as elementary school. Read on for more chilling details.

After 14 people were stabbed at Lone Star College in Cypress, Texas, Dylan Quick, 20, was charged in the horrific crime with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. But new information reveals the assailant had fantasized about the attack since he was a little kid.

Dylan Quick Admits: I Fantasized About Stabbing People

After his arrest, Dylan, a deaf accounting student, admitted that he had fantasized about stabbing people to death since he was in elementary school, according to the New York Daily News.

Dylan admitted to police to stabbing more than a dozen people, and that he had been planning the attack for a while. But he made another chilling confession to...

The 20-year-old college student, who stabbed 14 people at Lone Star College in Cypress, Texas, is being charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

After Dylan Quick went on a rampage attacking 14 people on the Cypress campus of Lone Star College on April 9, he was taken into custody and is being charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia told reporters that a 911 call came in during the morning reporting a ”male on the loose stabbing people” on the college campus.

Texas College Stabbing Spree — Dylan Quick Had ‘No Motive’

Harris County Sheriff’s Office confirmed exclusively to HollywoodLife.com that “the attacks were at random and there was no motive.”

“There are conflicting reports, but there are at least 11 people who were injured,” the police said. “Four were taken to hospital. It is still an active scene. There...

Editors’ note: With The ABCs of Death arriving in theaters this week, here is a re-run of our own Luke Mullen’s review of the film from Fantastic Fest, originally published on September 30, 2012. The brainchild of Ant Timpson and Tim League, The ABCs of Death sounds like a great idea: let’s bring some of the smartest up-and-coming genre directors together to create 26 separate short films, each based on a letter from the alphabet. If it sounds ambitious, that’s an understatement. Wrangling that many short films from so many different filmmakers in so many different countries couldn’t have been easy, but things finally came together and buzz was pretty high when we finally sat down to see it at Fantastic Fest. It’s hard to describe the experience of watching 26 different shorts in the space of two hours. There’s not really a sense of tone since each short is so different, but...

Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s creepy thriller Penumbra and the Us horror fantasy anthology Chillerama will receive their UK TV premieres on Horror Channel – which is good news for horror fans as both films are not currently available on DVD in the UK!

Penumbra (2011) – Sat Mar 23 @ 22:55

From Adrián García Bogliano, director of unique chiller Cold Sweat, comes a bold experiment into creeping paranoia with a nasty twist. Marga, an arrogant businesswoman from Spain is on a business assignment in Buenos Aires – she must find a new tenant for her family’s decrepit apartment. But what’s behind the décor signals a startling fate worse than death. Penumbra is a superbly realized horror entry from the Argentine talent rapidly becoming a genre powerhouse all to himself.

Chillerama (2011) – Sat Mar 30 @ 22.55 (UK Premiere)

From the depraved minds of Us directors Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, and Joe Lynch, a horror fantasy anthology...

Nick Damici, star of Twitch faves like Jim Mickle's Stakeland, Mulberry Street and his upcoming re-imagining of Jorge Michel Grau's We Are What We Are, will take the lead in Adrian Garcia Bogliano's Late Phases. Bogliano is also a favorite of ours with tremendous output into the Spanish-speaking horror scene with films like Here Comes The Devil, Penumbra, and Cold Sweat. From our perspective, this is a match made in genre heaven. This will be Bogliano's first English language project and shooting is expected to begin some time in the Spring. Bogliano had this to say about the addition of Nick to the project, "I'm super excited about having him on the project. He's a very talented actor and it's pretty obvious for his work as a writer that he is a very sensitive...

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Mpi's Dark Sky Films has announced that Nick Damici, star of cult horror faves Stake Land and We Are What We Are, will lead the cast of Late Phases, the first English-language production from rising horror director Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes The Devil, Penumbra, Cold Sweat). Dark Sky is co-producing Late Phases with Zak Zeman's Site B Productions (S-vhs), and will also be joining forces again with Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix (as they did previously on House of the Devil, Stake Land, The Innkeepers and more). The story focuses on a man who moves into a town where the residents are being killed by predators believed to be dogs... but after barely surviving one such attack, he discovers that the assailants are something even more dangerous. "We're excited to be working with Mpi Dark Sky again, with a great script and Damici in the lead,” said Fessenden.

The European Film Market is now in full swing in Berlin, and the first bit of casting news has arrived for Adrian Garcia Bogliano's Late Phases. Read on to see what familiar face has joined the project.

From the Press Release:

Mpi's Dark Sky Films, the preeminent independent producer-distributor of high-quality genre films, announced in Berlin that actor Nick Damici (Stake Land, Premium Rush, We Are What We Are) is set to star in the upcoming Late Phases, directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes The Devil, Penumbra). Shooting will start this spring.

Mpi's Dark Sky, who is co-producing Late Phases with Zak Zeman's Site B Productions, has also announced that they will bring on Glass Eye Pix. Previous Dark Sky and Glass Eye collaborations include successful genre films such as The House of the Devil, Stake Land, The Innkeepers, and others. Zak Zeman comes in fresh off the...

Penumbra and Here Comes The Devil director Adrian Garcia Bogliano is getting ready to shoot his latest film, Late Phases, and we have the first casting news:

Berlin (February 8, 2013) – Mpi’s Dark Sky Films, the preeminent independent producer-distributor of high-quality genre films, today announced in Berlin that actor Nick Damici (Stake Land, Premium Rush, We Are What We Are) is set to star in the upcoming Late Phases, directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes The Devil, Penumbra).

Mpi’s Dark Sky, who is co-producing Late Phases with Zak Zeman’s Site B Productions, has also announced that they will bring on Glass Eye Pix. Previous Dark Sky and Glass Eye collaborations include successful genre films such as The House of the Devil, Stake Land, The Innkeepers and others. Zak Zeman comes in fresh off the heels of his Sundance success with S-vhs. Brent Kunkle will produce for Glass Eye Pix...

Dark Skies Films announced this morning that they have cast the lead in Adrian Garcia Bogliano’s Late Phase. Stake Lands Nick Damici joins the fray. The press release is as follows:

Mpi’s Dark Sky Films, the preeminent independent producer-distributor of high-quality genre films, today announced in Berlin that actor Nick Damici (Stake Land, Premium Rush, We Are What We Are) is set to star in the upcoming Late Phases, directed by Adrian … Continue reading →...

Nick Damici (Stake Land) is set to star in the upcoming Late Phases, the Mpi/Dark Sky Films production to be directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Here Comes The Devil, Penumbra).

Mpi's Dark Sky is co-producing with B Productions and Glass Eye Pix.

Shooting is set to start this spring.

When we spoke to Bogliano at Fantastic Fest last fall, he told us: "I don't get to read many scripts, but this is the best thing I've read in a long time.  It's a werewolf story and it's exciting because of the focus of the story and the focus of the action.  And it's exciting to work with Dark Sky Films again.  I'm working with Zack Zeman who is producing and I'm thrilled."

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The ABCs of Death is now available on a variety of VOD services and will receive a limited theatrical release on March 8th. If you’re looking to learn more before checking it out, we have a new featurette with a number of the directors involved talking about the movie and their segment.

“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”

Directors: Kaare Andrews (Altitude), Angela Bettis (Roman), Ernesto Diaz Espinoza...

Two suspects have been taken into custody after three people were wounded during a school shooting at the North Harris Campus of Lone Star College on Jan. 22. School officials confirm that classes will resume on Jan. 23 — just one day later.

Two suspects were led away in handcuffs from the North Harris Campus in Lone Star College, TX, after a school shooting. Students took shelter after two gunmen appeared on campus on Jan. 22, and three people — including the shooter — were wounded. An argument occurred between two students in the college library, which resulted in the gunfire. Both suspects are now in custody, CNN affiliates Khou and Ktrk report. HollywoodLife.com confirmed that two people received treatment from medical personnel before being taken to hospital, and a fourth person suffered from a heart attack at the scene.

The Shooting At Lone Star College Library

The shooting occurred after an argument between two people,...

Earlier we shared the horrific red band trailer for The ABC's of Death, and now we have the green band version. This version is much tamer, but still gives us a glimpse of what depravity lurks in the film.

Synopsis:

Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC's of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

The film's directors include Banjong Pisanthanakun, Angela Bettis, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Jason Eisener, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Bruno Forzani and Héléne Cattet, Gadi Harel, Thomas Malling,...

A red band trailer for The ABCs of Death gave us the first good look at the anthology horror film last month. If you’re looking for more, we have the new green band trailer that was just released. The ABCs of Death is an anthology horror film with 26 short chapters. Each chapter is directed by a different filmmaker, including Ti West, Xavier Gens, Adam Wingard, and more:

“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

26 directors got together and put together a film that depicts various ways of being killed according to the alphabet. The result is filled with blood and boobs, and it’s totally insane.

The ABC’s of Death is what happens after people in Hollywood decide to make a film after spending a whole night indulging in hardcore drinking and controlled pharmaceuticals. The trailer doesn’t offer much in way of plot but there’s plenty of gore to go around, along with boobs, blood, and various furry animals doing nasty things to different parts of the anatomy.

From a woman stepping into a shower with a chainsaw to give herself a home-style breast reduction to a guy punching a dog during a unique fight-to-the-death, this is one film where you won’t be able to guess what’s coming. Oh, did I mention the Claymation horror story? Yeah, there’s one of those,...

A crazy red-band trailer has been released for The ABCs of Death, showing what kind of terrifying madness awaits those that are going to see the epic anthology horror movie. I think you have to be a hardcore horror fan to appreciate the insanity that this movie has to offer. Seriously, it looks pretty horrific. This short red-band trailer is Nsfw, as it contains lot of blood, carnage, and boobs.

Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC's of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to get literary and remind ourselves of our aBCs. After a run on the festival circuit, the first, very red band trailer for horror anthology The ABCs Of Death has appeared online.

The premise of the project is simple, as you may recall – twenty six directors with minimal financial resources but full creative freedom were given a letter and the request to construct an on screen death in a manner connected to that letter.

Have a look at the trailer:

Directors involved in the project are:

Kaare Andrews (Altitude), USA

Angela Bettis (Roman), USA

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mirageman; Mandrill), Chile

Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canada

Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet (Amer), Belgium

Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat), Mexico

Xavier Gens (Frontiers; Hitman), France

Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Mexico

Noburo Iguchi (Robo Geisha), Japan

Thomas Malling (Norwegian Ninja), Norway

Anders Morgenthaler...

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to get literary. Yes, after a run on the festival circuit the first, very much red band, trailer for horror anthology The ABCs Of Death has arrived online. The premise of the project is simple. Twenty six directors with minimal financial resources but full creative freedom were given a letter and the request to construct an on screen death in a manner which connected to that letter. The results were mayhem.Directors involved in the project are: Kaare Andrews (Altitude), USA Angela Bettis (Roman), USA Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mirageman; Mandrill), Chile Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun), Canada Bruno Forzani & Héléne Cattet (Amer), Belgium Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat), Mexico Xavier Gens (Frontiers; Hitman), France Jorge Michel Grau (We Are...

In yesterday’s news, we told you to expect something from The ABCs of Death this evening and we now have the first trailer for you to watch. The ABCs of Death is an anthology horror film with 26 short chapters. Each chapter is directed by a different filmmaker, including Ti West, Xavier Gens, Adam Wingard, and many more:

“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”

Directors: Kaare Andrews (Altitude), Angela Bettis...

After a number of festival screenings this year, The ABCs of Death is set for release early next year and we have two new photos to share with Daily Dead readers. The ABCs of Death is an anthology horror film with 26 short chapters. Each chapter is directed by a different filmmaker, including Ti West, Xavier Gens, Adam Wingard, and many more:

“Twenty-six directors. Twenty-six ways to die. The ABC’s Of Death is perhaps the most ambitious anthology film ever conceived with productions spanning fifteen countries and featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children’s educational books, the motion picture is comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.”

Directors: Kaare Andrews...

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The ABCs of Death

Directors:

Banjong Pisanthanakun

Angela Bettis

Adrian Garcia Bogliano

Jason Eisener

Ernesto Diaz Espinoza

Bruno Forzani and Héléne Cattet

Xavier Gens

Lee Hardcastle

Thomas Malling

Yoshihiro Nishimura

Simon Rumley

Marcel Sarmiento

Jon Schnepp

Srdjan Spasojevic

Timo Tjahjanto

Andrew Traucki

Nacho Vigalondo

Jake West

Ti West

Ben Wheatley

Adam Wingard

Yûdai Yamaguchi

2012, USA

Right from the start, the anthology horror film The ABCs of Death, produced by Ant Timpson and Tim League, comes with one major handicap: The film is divided into twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director (spanning fifteen countries), and each assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were given carte blanche to indulge in their most grotesque impulses. Each letter is presented sequentially, and the director’s chosen word is revealed only at the end of each short – sometimes as a punch line or a revelation, and often to underscore or enlighten the segment’s theme.

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