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The Connection Available March 2Nd From Midnight Releasing The Connection directed by Nicholas Naylor and starring Laura Stetman, Nicholas Naylor, Joel D. Wynkoop, and Rod Grant is available March 2Nd from Midnight Releasing. The Connection An Unlikely Bond. Synopsis: One night two people’s worlds changes forever as a mysterious light in the woods connects the …

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11th Gasparilla International Film Festival to Screen 35 Features Including J.K. Simmons’ ‘All Nighter’“All Nighter”

The 11th edition of Tampa’s most prominent film event, Suncoast Credit Union’s Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff), will take place March 2-March 9, 2017 at the Tampa Theater and AMC Centro Ybor. Gavin Wiesen’s “All Nighter,” starring Academy Award-winner J. K. Simmons will have its World Premiere as part of the festival.

A total of 35 films and over 70 shorts will screen over eight days and will include international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films from around the world. In addition to the film program, Giff will also feature master classes and panel discussions.

The title sponsor, Suncoast Credit Union, has been committed to the festival for three consecutive years with the goal of bringing quality entertainment and enrichment to the community. The Suncoast Credit Union also sponsors the Family Fun...

Suncoast Credit Union Gasparilla International Film Festival (Giff) announced its official selection for the annual event held at the Tampa Theater and AMC Centro Ybor in Tampa, Florida, from March 2-March 9.

The festival will host the world premiere for All Nighter starring Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons and directed by Gavin Wiesen.

There will be 35 films and over 70 shorts, in which it will host international and regional premieres of narrative features, documentaries and short films around the world.

Here are the highlighted line up of the films:

Opening Night Film:

Burn Your Maps: A nine-year-old boy, grieving with his parents over the recent loss of his baby sister, becomes obsessed with the idea that he’s a Mongolian goat herder who belongs back home in his small village in Mongolia. Cast: Vera Farmiga, Jacob Tremblay, Virginia Madsen, Suraj Sharma. Directed by Jordan Roberts

Closing Night Film:

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Kate Plays Christine Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Robert Greene Written by: Robert Greene Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Dr. Steven Bovio, Stephanie Coatney, Michael Ray Davis, Zachary Gossett, Rod Grant, Holland Hayes, Tatyana Kukercht, David Mackey, Linda Roser, Michael Rubino, Marty Stonerock, Steve Zurk Release Date: August 24, 2016 The most common method of suicide the United States involves the use of a firearm, a bullet aimed at point-blank range to the head, chin or chest. One such successful attempt was made by Christine Chubbuck, a twenty-nine year old television news reporter in Sarasota, Florida, on the morning of July 15, 1974. What made [ Read More ]

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Joe Davison, writer/director and star of the new postapocalyptic indie Experiment 7, sent along some new exclusive photos from the movie (see them below), with word that a new trailer has hit the web. You can check out the preview at the bottom of this item.

Experiment 7 (see our last report here) is set in 2022 and focuses on Dr. Felix Copper (Rod Grant), a scientist trying to find a way to purify the world’s irradiated water while ducking attacks by bloodthirsty mutants, and receiving help from a couple of unlikely heroes (Davison and Dwight Cenac) and a supermodel/weapons expert (Candice Rojas). The movie recently premiered at the Freak Show Horror Film Festival http://freakshowfilmfest.com in Orlando, Fl, and Davison tells us, “We did really well. We had a sold-out show, one of three films to do so: us, The Black Waters Of Echo’S Pond...

Indie filmmaker Joe Davison sent along some fresh, exclusive images from his new postapocalyptic shocker Experiment 7. Have a look at ’em below, and join us again at midnight (Eastern time) for an exclusive premiere of the movie’s new trailer!

Written and directed by Florida-based Davison, who also stars alongside Rod Grant, Raine Brown, Jack Amos and Dwight Cenac, the movie pits human survivors against mutants in a series of confrontations rife with blood, guns and other weapons. New York/New Jersey director/actor Alan Rowe Kelly will be shooting segments for the flick soon, as will Germany’s Timo Rose. You can see our previous story on Experiment 7 here and check out its MySpace page here.

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Directed by Marcus Koch

Written by Joe Davison

Featuring Raine Brown, Jeff Dylan Graham, Joe Davison, Georgia Chris, Jack Amos, Kibwe Dorsey, Rod Grant

2007, Manic Entertainment

Review by Mario Dominick

Marcus Koch’s recent killer clown slasher gorefest presents us with the story of two tabloid reporters (Joe Davison and Georgia Chris) who are out looking for a new story for their publication. A rash of killings by a circus clown known as “The Teardrop Killer” causes a stir and the two believe they’ve found their big break...

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Writer/director Joe Davison (100 Tears) is working with Timo Rose (Beast) on this old skool sounding Pa flick we reported on back in January. It's just started lensing down in Tampa, Florida with a cast of Candice Rojas, Rod Grant, Raine Brown, Jack Amos, Dwight Cenac and Alan Rowe Kelly. There's still several more weeks of shooting including some up in NYC, but word is they'll have a trailer for soon. In the meantime, you can check out their myspace.

The story concerns Dr. Felix Copper, a scientist in a postapocalyptic world attempting to find a cure for the radiation poisoning that has blighted the planet. He runs into a couple of survivalists and then a supermodel-turned-weapons expert, and together they battle vicious mutants to try to save mankind.

Pics after the break. Update via Fangoria

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Writer/director/actor Joe Davison got in touch with an update and a few exclusive photos (which you can see below) from his new feature Experiment 7, which we previously reported on here and is currently lensing in the Tampa, Florida area. The saga of scientists and survivalists vs. mutants in a postapocalyptic world reteams him with numerous collaborators from his previous 100 Tears, as well as his Fearmakers and Beast co-star Timo Rose.

“The shoot is going well,” Davison tells us. “Candice Rojas, who plays the heroine Aco, is getting quite a workout having to do full-on fights and stunts and fire Ak-47s, hand pistols and a rocket launcher or sorts. She told me, ‘I’m excited! I called my mom after I fired the Ak for the first time,’ after what we have dubbed ‘the extraction scene.’

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Film Ranch toppers Andrew Allan and Andy Lalino passed on an exclusive pic showing a few of the stars of their upcoming shocker Brainjacked enjoying their favorite magazine. Check it out below the cut.

The sci-fi/horror hybrid stars Chris Jackson as Tristan, a young runaway who winds up at The Garden, a rehab facility run by Dr. Karas (100 Tears’ Rod Grant). The good doctor at first cures the debilitating migraines Tristan suffers, but Tristan soon discovers that Karas wants to get into his head another way: He’s been performing mind-control experiments on the other residents, turning them into his zombielike slaves. Tears director Marcus Koch created the makeup FX, and the cast also includes Somali Rose, Chris Sarlls, Krista Grotte and B-flick veteran Joel D. Wynkoop, with a cameo by veteran director William Grefé of Stanley and Mako: The Jaws Of Death fame. Brainjacked is currently in postproduction,...

Joe Davison, star of 100 Tears (review), Fearmakers and more indie horrors, has just announced his debut as both writer and director. It’s called Experiment 7 and will feature a virtual who’s-who of the indie scene, including directorial pieces shot by two other well-known indie horror helmers.

First, some plot: Dr. Felix Copper is a dedicated scientist who has vowed to save mankind. And in the post nuclear world he just might be its only hope. While traveling through the devastated ruins of city after city he teams up with two unlikely heroes, Sam and William, two survivalists who have made it a habit of saving him from the onslaught of mutants that constantly get in their way. It isn’t until they meet Aco, a supermodel turned weapons expert, that they realize their full potential and really start to get the upper hand. Now Dr. Copper just may be...

With news of Cirio H. Santiago's throwback to 80s post apocalyptic fare Road Raiders comes something not unexpected seeing as Pa films are now en vogue. According to Fangoria, Joe Davison (100 Tears) will write and direct Experiment 7 which starts production in March. Davison will star along with filmmaker Timo Rose, Rod Grant, Raine Brown, Jack Amos, Candice Rojas, Dwight Cenac, and Alan Rowe Kelly.

The story concerns Dr. Felix Copper, a scientist in a postapocalyptic world attempting to find a cure for the radiation poisoning that has blighted the planet. He runs into a couple of survivalists and then a supermodel-turned-weapons expert, and together they battle vicious mutants to try to save mankind.

Thanks to Avery for the heads up.

Stay tuned to Quiet Earth because we've got a real doozy on a piece of Pa news for you tomorrow.

Joe Davison, writer/producer/star of the killer-clown opus 100 Tears and actor in numerous other independent genre flicks, sent along word about a new project he has written and will direct called Experiment 7. The cast is a Who’s Who of familiar faces from indie fright fare.

Davison will also appear in the film alongside Tears co-stars Rod Grant, Raine (Barricade) Brown and Jack Amos, plus Candice Rojas, Dwight Cenac, actor/filmmaker Alan Rowe (The Blood Shed) Kelly and German goremeister Timo Rose, with whom Davison shares the screen in Fearmakers and the upcoming Beast. The story concerns Dr. Felix Copper (Grant), a scientist in a postapocalyptic world attempting to find a cure for the radiation poisoning that has blighted the planet. He runs into a couple of survivalists (Davison and Cenac) and then a supermodel-turned-weapons expert (!) played by Rojas, and together they battle vicious mutants to try to save mankind.