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After Dark Films’ 8 Films to Die For: The Wicked Within

The most haunting film from Courtney Solomon’s After Dark Films “8 Films to Die For” lineup has been unveiled: The Wicked Within is set to snag the third spot in the horror festival. Directed by Jay Alaimo and produced by Gianni Capaldi and Enzo Cilenti, The Wicked Within joins a stable of 8 frightening films ...

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In anticipation of Final Girl's release next Friday, a new clip has been revealed courtesy of Cinedigm. Also: the visual-gasm continues with a trailer for The Devil of Kreuzberg and finally, release details for The Wicked Within.

Final Girl: Making his feature directorial debut, Tyler Shields' Final Girl arrives in select theaters and VOD on August 14th:

Press Release: "Renowned photographer to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Tyler Shields will captivate audiences with his debut feature film, the “sardonic, smart, stylized, thriller” (Dennis Dermody, Paper), Final Girl. Starring Oscar® nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland), Final Girl will debut in select theaters, Digital HD and Video on Demand August 14 from Cinedigm (Nasdaq:cidm) and Nasser Entertainment.

Also starring BAFTA® Film Award nominee Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games,American Beauty), Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games, Lone Survivor), Francesca Eastwood (Jersey Boys), daughter of Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood,...

The most haunting film from Courtney Solomon’s After Dark Films ‘8 Films to Die For’ lineup has been unveiled. The Wicked Within is set to snag the 3rd spot in the horror festival.

Directed by Jay Alaimo and produced by Gianni Capaldi and Enzo Cilenti, The Wicked Within joins a collection of 8 frightening films to be featured by the esteemed horror company.

“Each of our 8 films has a certain trait that makes it stand apart from the others,” says Stephanie Caleb, Evp, Creative Affairs & Acquisitions, “The Wicked Within is a classic horror possession story with relatable characters, and nightmares that linger.”

When a little girl dies, her family gathers to mourn the loss. Yet the pain is not forgotten and a vengeful demon spirit takes possession of a vulnerable family member tearing at the ties that bind them all together. One by one, it forces each family member to confess...

The recently resurrected After Dark “8 Films to Die For” Horrorfest returns this Halloween season, and joining previously announced titles Re-Kill and Murder in the Dark is Jay Alaimo’s The Wicked Within. We’ve got all the info for ya today,… Continue Reading →

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The recent popularity of independent films in popular cinema has led to an unbearable reliance on certain indie “tropes,” in which the same characters, themes, and especially music genres, seem to be used again and again. While viewers once may have sought out indie films precisely because they avoid the cliches and common themes of mainstream films, the indie genre itself has become so pervasive that it now has its own hackneyed patterns. This reliance can be evidenced in Jay Alaimo‘s Chlorine. Vincent D’Onofrio and Kyra Sedgwick star as a New England husband and wife who are struggling to define themselves and fit in with their upper-class friends and neighbors. Desperation and the desire to provide for their two children who they are slowly losing pushes the couple into a bad real estate deal, intermingling them with a supporting cast of shady characters. Chlorine opens with teenaged Cynthia at a swim meet getting her period...

“America is not a young land; it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.” That's the William S. Burroughs quote that opens Jay Alaimo's “Chlorine” but not before we get a close-up of a moustached nose taking a bump of coke to the sounds of uplifting violins on the soundtrack. Quick flashes of some of the major characters clearly hating their lives appear in rapid succession and everything fades to white to reveal Burroughs' quote on evil. But thanks to what precedes and follows those ominously serious words, it's clear that the quote is only an additional ingredient to the stir-fry of energy that Alaimo's message is part of. As Vincent D'Onofrio's Roger bumbles around in a bookstore looking at a nudie magazine, Tijuana Panther's “Redheaded Girl” kicks in as a reminder that you're about to watch an...

Wet Behind the Ears: Alaimo’s Suburban Malaise a Standard Procedure

We’ve come to expect a certain amount of functional dysfunction to be featured in independent films depicting the decomposition of nuclear American families all tuckered out by their dogged insistence on living out the illusion of a proscribed way of existence. You can count Jay Alaimo’s latest film, Chlorine, as an overly familiar example of hitting all the customary checkmarks, including a more pressing and dramatic back story used to tie its disparate characters together.

Issues of class and how we’re conditioned to always hunt for loopholes to score upgrades seems to be an overarching theme but between a handful of moments where Alaimo is trying too hard to score pathos or convey information, the film is a stagnant, emotional plateau, managing only to ingrain us with an apathetic attitude towards its characters.

It almost...

Greed and hubris is the fabric that spins many stories—just see this year's Best Picture nominees "The Wolf Of Wall Street" and "American Hustle"—with those two qualities serving as the dark undercurrent of ambition. They make for intriguing stories, and co-writer/director Jay Alaimo has one cooking in the upcoming "Chlorine." Starring Vincent D’Onofrio, Kyra Sedgwick, Elisabeth Röhm, Dreama Walker and Tom Sizemore, the story follows Georgie Lent, who pushes her husband Roger into finding a way to invest in the market bubble in the hopes that their family can be saved with the money they are sure to make. When local tennis pro and part-time drug dealer, Pat, comes to Roger for investment advice, Roger sees his opportunity. Torn by the reality that his family could be saved by this dirty money, Roger finds himself staring down the barrel of a moral conundrum. And in this exclusive clip,...

Chlorine begins, perhaps a bit pompously, with a quote from William S. Burroughs — though the only affinity the film shares with the author of Naked Lunch is a haphazard approach to structure.

While the effect was probably not deliberate, Jay Alaimo's tiresome dramatic comedy often seems as if it were assembled using the cut-up technique favored by Burroughs and his beat contemporaries, in which clichés are thrown together and arbitrarily rearranged.

The premise alone suggests the extent of the screenplay's unoriginality: Roger Lent (Vincent D'Onofrio), an ineffectual banker long resigned to middle-class complacency, finds himself embroiled in an investment scam orchestrated by an unscrupulous colleague, who in fact conspires to fleece the co...

We were tipped off to a new indie horror film called Wicked Within and, after the jump, you can check out the trailer.

After a year passes since the sudden death of a child, a family gathering takes place whilst peculiar unexplainable events occur. Tension over peculiar circumstances cracks the veneer of cordiality and dark secrets emerge. Bethany (Sienna Guillory) becomes increasingly unhinged and seems Hell bent on tearing her family apart. Is she possessed or simply playing devils advocate? With the help of a priest and a psychic the family attempts to restore peace and sanity. But events which occur that night could never have been foreseen. Police psychologist Dr Woods (Eric Roberts) tries to exact fact from fiction of what really took place in the house in this gothic horror morality tale.

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“Resident Evil’s” Sienna Guillory has been a bad girl in director Jay Alaimo’s horror outing “The Wicked Within”. I guess it makes sense. She’s battled zombies, so why not get possessed by one? Well, a ghost, anyway. Still undead, right? Check out an early trailer and a poster for the film “The Wicked Within” below. After a year passes since the sudden the death of a couple’s child (Enzo Cilenti, Michelle Hicks), a family gathering takes place whilst peculiar unexplainable events occur. Tension over horrific circumstances cracks the veneer of cordiality and dark secrets emerge. Bethany (Sienna Guillory) becomes increasingly unhinged and seems Hell bent on tearing her family apart. Her husband Luke (Gianni Capaldi) questions if she is possessed or simply playing devils advocate? With the help of a priest and a psychic the family attempts to restore peace and sanity. But events which occur...

The untitled Abscam movie has added Elisabeth Rohm who joins Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams in the David O. Russell film, reports Variety. The story tells of the real-life FBI sting operation that took place in the 70s, leading to the conviction of several U.S. political figures for corruption. Rohm's in as Renner's Wife in the film being produced by Annapurna Pictures' Megan Ellison and Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment. Sony Pictures distributes. Rohm's previous credits include Officer Down with Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang and David Boreanaz, as well as Thomas Farone's Aftermath thriller, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Jay Alaimo's Chlorine comedy drama, also with Kyra Sedgwick, Vincent D'Onofrio and Tom Sizemore.

The untitled Abscam movie has added Elisabeth Rohm who joins Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams in the David O. Russell film, reports Variety. The story tells of the real-life FBI sting operation that took place in the 70s, leading to the conviction of several U.S. political figures for corruption. Rohm's in as Renner's Wife in the film being produced by Annapurna Pictures' Megan Ellison and Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment. Sony Pictures distributes. Rohm's previous credits include Officer Down with Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang and David Boreanaz, as well as Thomas Farone's Aftermath thriller, starring Anthony Michael Hall and Jay Alaimo's Chlorine comedy drama, also with Kyra Sedgwick, Vincent D'Onofrio and Tom Sizemore.

From 2005 to 2012, Kyra Sedgwick's film career took a backseat to the shooting schedule of her TNT crime drama series The Closer. But after seven seasons and scads of Emmy and Golden Globes nominations.as well as a few wins.the show drew to a close last summer. But don't cry for Kyra. She bounced back with the hit horror flick The Possession. Though critically scorned, the $14 million Dibbuk Box thriller scored at the box office, earning more than $76 mil worldwide. Then her next release, Kill Your Darlings drew wild praise at its Sundance premiere. With two more movies already in post (John Herzfeld's drama Reach Me, and Jay Alaimo's dramedy Chlorine), Sedgwick is lining up her next gig with a first-time filmmaker. Variety reports Sedgwick has signed on to star in Rays of Light, a sci-fi film from Batan Silva. A well-established first assistant director, Silva has...

Anything that puts John Hawkes in more movies is Ok by me. And the great, until recently underrated actor has just bagged two new roles, so here's a pair of films to put on your watch list. First up is Chronicle, about which we've got little info. Looks like Justin Long will appear alongside Mr. Hawkes and Ryan Philippe, with possible additions that include Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Mara, Danny Masterson and Vincent D’Onofrio. Jay Alaimo directs, and the plot reportedly [1] features "two childhood friends reunite to launch the biggest marijuana-dealing operation in New York City." As long as one of those friends is John Hawkes, we're in good shape. [The Playlist [2]] After the break, info about The Playroom, in which the actor reunites with his Deadwood co-star Molly Parker. Between these two films, The Playroom is the one I'm really psyched for. Because I like Molly Parker just...

Justin Long, John Hawkes and Ryan Philippe are all set to team for the pot-themed comedy "Chronicle" which has been set up and Long's new production company reports Deadline.

The story follows two childhood friends who reunite to launch the biggest marijuana dealership in New York City. Jay Alaimo ("Pretzel," “Slingshot," "Chlorine") will direct with production kicking off later this year.

According to The Playlist, the likes of Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Mara, Danny Masterson and Vincent D’Onofrio were in discussions to join the cast as of last month. No word if any of them are still involved.

Ryan Phillipe (The Bang Bang Club), Justin Long (Going The Distance) and John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone) have been cast in indie drama Chronicle, The Playlist have confirmed.

It’s also being rumoured that Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Mara, Danny Masterson and Vincent D’Onofrio are all circling various roles within the project.

Chronicle is about two childhood friends (Phillipe and Long) who reunite to launch the biggest marijuana dealership in New York City.

Jay Alaimo (Slingshot) is attached to direct.

Jay Alaimo, the writer-director of Pretzel, Slingshot, and Chlorine, has received a hefty group of cast members for his upcoming project, Chronicle. According to The Playlist, Justin Long, John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone), and Ryan Phillippe have officially joined the cast, while other big names such as Helena Bonham Carter, Mickey Rourke, and Kate Mara have been circling the project, but have yet to commit. Either way, it looks as if Alaimo‘s status as a director is growing. The report describes Chronicle‘s plot as being “about two childhood friends who reunite to launch the biggest marijuana dealership in New York City.”

Filming dates for the project are unknown at this point, and seeing as how Chlorine is still in post-production, a release before the end of 2011 appears to be highly unlikely. Perhaps if Hawkes loses out on a nomination for Winter’s Bone, Chronicle could be another chance...

There’s not a lot of information yet, but a report about Justin Long’s new production company revealed that he would be starring in a new film, “Chronicle,” alongside John Hawkes and Ryan Philippe. According to the Gramery Park Pictures website, Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Mara, Danny Masterson and Vincent D'Onofrio were in discussions to join the cast as of last month, but no word if they will be signing on or have simply moved on (our guess is probably the latter). All that’s known about director Jay Alaimo’s newest film is that it’s about two childhood friends who…...

Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio will star in "Chlorine," an independent film from writer-director Jay Alaimo. "Chlorine" revolves around a family (D'Onofrio and Sedgwick) struggling to maintain their upper crust lifestyle in their wealthy New England community. Christopher Beatty, Gary Giudice and Alaimo are producing the film, which begins filming this month in New Jersey. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Fiorello and Peter Tannenbaum worked on the script with Alaimo. Alaimo co-wrote and directed "Slingshot," starring Julianna Margulies. He had tried to get "Chlorine" off the ground a few years ago with a cast that included Ray Liotta and Demi Moore, but scheduling problems forced the film to be postponed.

Vincent D'Onofrio ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent") and Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer") will star in Chlorine , an independent comedy-drama from writer/director Jay Alaimo. The film revolves around a family struggling to maintain their well-to-do lifestyle in their overly materialistic New England community. Sedgwick plays the matriarch, who is more interested in appearances than for caring or showing affection toward her husband (D'Onofrio) and pushes him into a bad real estate deal. Filming starts this month in New Jersey. Matt Fiorello and Peter Tannenbaum worked on the script with Alaimo.

Vincent D'Onofrio ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent") and Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer") will star in Jay Alaimo's independent comedy-drama "Chlorine" says The Hollywood Reporter.

Matt Fiorello and Peter Tannenbaum helped co-write the script which revolves around a family struggling to maintain their well-to-do lifestyle in their overly materialistic New England community.

Sedgwick plays the matriarch, who is more interested in appearances than for caring or showing affection toward her husband (D'Onofrio) and pushes him into a bad real estate deal.

Filming kicks off this month in New Jersey. Christopher Beatty, Gary Giudice and Alaimo are producing.

Kyra Sedgwick joins Vincent D'Onofrio inChlorine Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio have boarded the indie dramedy Chlorine, from writer-director Jay Alaimo. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chlorine revolves around a family struggling to maintain their well-to-do lifestyle in their overly materialistic New England community. Sedgwick plays the matriarch, who is more interested in appearances than for caring or showing affection toward her husband (D'Onofrio) and pushes him into a bad real estate deal. Matt Fiorello and Peter Tannenbaum worked on the script with Alaimo. Production begins this month in New Jersey.

Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio don't instantly make us think they'd work as a married couple, but perhaps that's the point for writer/director Jay Alaimo's new indie drama, Chlorine.Because the family at the centre of the film - with Sedgwick as the appearance-obsessed matriarch and D'Onofrio as the lacklustre hubby - are too busy fighting to realise that they've entered into a very dodgy real estate deal.Alaimo has been trying to get the film together for a few years now. He previous got it set up with Ray Liotta and Demi Moore, but scheduling issues and, more importantly, Hurricane Katrina, derailed his efforts.Now he's moved the drama to New Jersey, which makes us think it'll be a little like The Sopranos, but with slightly less blood.

Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio have signed on for "Chlorine," an indie dramedy from writer-director Jay Alaimo.

"Chlorine" revolves around a family struggling to maintain their well-to-do lifestyle in their overly materialistic New England community. Sedgwick plays the matriarch, who is more interested in appearances than for caring or showing affection toward her husband (D'Onofrio) and pushes him into a bad real estate deal.

Christopher Beatty, Gary Giudice and Alaimo are producing the pic, which begins filming this month in New Jersey. Michael Liberty executive produces.

Matt Fiorello and Peter Tannenbaum worked on the script with Alaimo.

Alaimo co-wrote and directed "Slingshot," starring Julianna Margulies. This isn't the first time he has tried to film "Chlorine"; a few years ago, the filmmaker assembled a cast that included Ray Liotta and Demi Moore, but the pic fell apart because of Hurricane Katrina and scheduling.

After "Chlorine," Sedgwick jumps back into production...

The 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, announced films in four competitive categories Wednesday. The festival, which runs April 19-May 1 in Lower Manhattan, will feature fictional films and documentaries in two categories, dubbed NY, NY Narrative Features and NY, NY Documentary Features. The fictional features, which range from dramas focusing on the effects of 9/11 to slapstick comedy and suburban tales, include: Adam & Steve, directed by Craig Chester; Alchemy, Evan Oppenheimer; Bittersweet Place, Alexandra Brodsky; Conventioneers, Mora Stephens; The F Word, Jed Weintrob; Four Lane Highway, Dylan McCormick; Great New Wonderful, Danny Leiner; Laura Smiles, Jason Ruscio; Life on the Ledge, Lewis Helfer; Love, Vladan Nikolic; Puzzlehead, James Bai; The Reception, John G. Young; Red Doors, Georgia Lee; Rockaway, Mark Street; Satellite, Jeff Winner; and Slingshot, Jay Alaimo.