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From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters, comes a pulse-pounding encounter of the deadly kind. On May 12th, 2015, the sinister alien abduction thriller Extraterrestrial makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight. Filled with dread and suspense, Extraterrestrial is a hair-raising homage in the tradition of classic alien abduction movies, with impressive visual effects that bring a visceral energy to the film. Scream Factory’s … Continue reading →

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After touring the paranormal-plagued Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, the writing/directing duo known as The Vicious Brothers, step out of the asylum’s haunted halls and into the woods for their latest film, Extraterrestrial. This spring, keep one eye on the skies and the other on store shelves, because on May 12th, Scream Factory is releasing Extraterrestrial on Blu-ray and DVD with a batch of bonus features:

Press Release - “From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters, comes a pulse-pounding encounter of the deadly kind. On May 12th, 2015, the sinister alien abduction thriller Extraterrestrial makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight. Filled with dread and suspense, Extraterrestrial is a hair-raising homage in the tradition of classic alien abduction movies, with impressive visual effects that bring a visceral energy to the film. Scream Factory’s Blu-ray and DVD...

Continuing their recent trend of acquisitions, IFC Midnight has tossed another found footage alien adventure into the ring with Daniel Simpson’s Hangar 10 – a monotonous effort that somehow makes Alien Abduction seem endearing, exciting, and extraterrestrially invigorating. Yet again a filmmaker experiments with shaky camera angles, choppy footage and off-camera action while supposedly creating the next great invasion thriller, dragging audiences down a disenchanted road without a modicum of entertainment in sight. The Vicious brothers recently schooled science fiction buffs with their own invasion flick, Extraterrestrial, yet Daniel Simpson’s film learns nothing from the more jovial genre ploy by revering back to boredom, sluggishness, and inconsequential storytelling that focuses on anything But non-stop action. The thrills fall flat, the scares die quick, and we’re left with a few treasure hunters sporting some nasty, aggravating attitudes, who spend most of their time mesmerized by flashing lights – like moths to a dimly lit,...

Despite such bland, generic branding, the Vicious Brothers’ Extraterrestrial shies away from repeating the same mistakes of their ambitiously convoluted last film, Grave Encounters 2, by reaching for a fast-paced, fun-filled watch that’s more in line with their original Grave Encounters. Alien invasion movies have been recycled time and time again – a statement also easily said about found-footage – but the Vicious Brothers decide instead to go the route of reinvention. Why not just have a ton of fun playing with other-worldly stereotypes? Unfortunately there’s no reward without risk, as this haunting chase won’t go down in history, but if you’re looking for a confident horror flick about gangly grey men, strap in and hold on. The ride may be bumpy, but enough flashing lights and shadowy figures distract from a passable simplicity – or maybe I was just brainwashed to believe as much?

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Stars: Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma, Melanie Papalia, Jesse Moss, Anja Savcic, Sean Rogerson, Emily Perkins, Mike Kovac, Fred Keating, Gil Bellows, Michael Ironside | Written and Directed by The Vicious Brothers

The Vicious Brothers, writer/directors of the two popular Grave Encounters found-footage flicks, turn their hands to a more traditional narrative movie, mixing traditional filming methods with their penchant for Pov shaky-cam, with Extraterrestrial.

Still reeling from her parents divorce, April (Brittany Allen) is dragged back to the vacation cabin she spent fond summers at as a child accompanied by a group of friends. Her trip down memory lane takes a dramatic and terrifying turn when a fireball descends from the sky and explodes in the nearby woods. Lead by her boyfriend (Freddie Stroma), the group venture out toward the crash site and discover the remnants of a ship from another planet along with footprints that suggest its alien occupants are still alive.

Utterly empty. It’s aware of the tropes of the new mythos of alien abductions, but makes no attempt to find anything even the slightest bit fresh in them. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): so tired of traditional horror movies

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

It’s literally a Cabin in the Woods scenario in which the hapless 20somethings invoke — among all the many scary options for their own mass slaughter they didn’t realize they had — an alien abduction, and without Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins having made bets on it. When I said that Cabin “render[ed] all past and future examples of the genre superfluous,” this is precisely the sort of movie I was imagining could no longer be made in its wake… and frankly I’m astonished that anyone had the gumption to do so. Filmmakers Colin Minihan...

After two tours of the paranormal-plagued Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, the writing/directing duo known as The Vicious Brothers, are stepping out of the asylum’s haunted halls and into the woods for their latest film, Extraterrestrial, now available on VOD. We have three new clips from the movie that show what happens when you engage visitors from the sky.

“From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters comes a different kind of encounter, one of ‘Extraterrestrial’ origin. Still reeling from her parents’ divorce, April (Daytime Emmy winner, Brittany Allen) is dragged back to the vacation cabin she spent fond summers at as a child accompanied by a group of friends. Her trip down memory lane takes a dramatic and terrifying turn when a fireball descends from the sky and explodes in the nearby woods. Lead by her boyfriend, played by Freddie Stroma (Harry Potter & The Half Blooded Prince,...

Professionally known as The Vicious Brothers, Colin Minihan & Stuart Ortiz are two of the rising names in genre film making. They’ve written and directed the outstanding Grave Encounters (2011) and wrote its sequel, Grave Encounters 2 (2012). Currently they’re out promoting their latest film, Extraterrestrial and took some time to sit with Horrornews.net to talk about it.

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Actress Brittany Allen has been a fixture on television since 1999, having appeared in a multitude of series and movies like What Katy Did (1999), Prom Queen: The Mark Hall Story (2004), All My Children (2009-10), Defiance (2013) and Dead Before Dawn 3D (2012). She can currently be seen as April in the latest film from The Vicious Brothers, “Extraterrestrial”. Currently on a press junket to promote her new film, she took a … Continue reading →

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The Vicious Brothers are no rookies to horror. Cult classic Grave Encounters and its sequel are neatly tucked into their resume and now they are delving into a completely different spectrum of horror with Extraterrestrial. I’m sure you can guess what it’s about.

A group of kids head out into the woods to spend a weekend partying. April (Brittany Allen) and Kyle (Freddie Stroma) are a solid couple who bring along April’s best friend Mel (Melanie Papalia, The Den) and the obligatory loud friend Seth (Jesse Moss) and his newest arm candy Lex (Anja Savcic.) Before long they get on bad terms with Sheriff Murray (Gil Bellows) and wander onto a gigantic pot farm being grown by an old acquaintance of April, the conspiracy theorist Travis (played by the always great Michael Ironside).

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The FrightFest All-Nighter 14 returns to its spiritual home, The Prince Charles Cinema, on Saturday October 25th, with five killer titles, including the world premiere of Anthony Diblasi’s Last Shift.

The evening kicks off with a special preview of The Vicious Brothers Extraterrestrial, a fine blend of Close Encounters and Communion with “some of the most extraordinary special effects and camerawork you’ll see in 2015″. Next up, The ABC’s of Death 2 needs no introduction. The first was a huge draw at FrightFest Glasgow and now attendees can scream along to 26 more deaths by 26 handpicked filmmakers. This is followed by the world premiere of Anthony Diblasi’s demonic horror Last Shift, which had to be dropped from the August line-up because of altered release and completion dates as did the next film – the highly anticipated sequel The Pact II, which has its UK premiere. And Giallo fans will not want...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details on The Crypt’s 13 Days of #HalloVine, The Rage Vol. 1, and Ink, a trailer for Honeyspider, and much more:

13 Days of #HalloVine First Details: “13 Days of #HalloVine! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone!

The Crypt, Eli Roth’s multi-channel horror studio and iPhone app, is bringing fear to your phone this Halloween as 13 directors are participating in The Crypt’s 13 Days of #HalloVine!

#HalloVine begins October 3rd and ends with Eli Roth himself on October 15th! Find these scary Vines by following The Crypt on Vine or checking out any of The Crypt’s social media channels.

The director of the day will conquer the realm of digital scares and take over The Crypt’s Twitter, Vine, Instagram, Facebook and the Crypt...

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Eli Roth is bringing the horror to Vine for the Halloween season and today director James Cullen Bressack (To Jennifer, Hate Crime, 13/13/13, Blood Lake, Pernicious) kicked off the campaign.

On October 3, 2014, Eli Roth’s The Crypt launched Hallovine: 13 Horror Directors, 13 Original Shorts.

Check out the full details below and watch all four installments that Bressack unleashed on Vine titled Intruders. Watch them below the official details.

For the next 12 days, bookending with Eli Roth on October 15th, the directors who will be participating in the “13 Days of #HalloVine”, in no particular order, with a few other not-yet-announced surprises, are: Chris Mintz Plasse, Jennifer Biehn, The Vicious Brothers, Emily Haggins, Doug Rath, Zachary Donohue, Alex Pulisci, Kheireddine El-Helou and Pearry Teo.

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13 Days Of #Hallovine! The Crypt and 13 of your favorite horror directors invade your phone!

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Film News (UK): FILM4 Frightfest Announces Line-up For Halloween All-nighter

The FrightFest All-Nighter 14 returns to its spiritual home, The Prince Charles Cinema, on Saturday October 25, with five killer titles, including the world premiere of Anthony Diblasi’s Last Shift.

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The ABCs of Death 2 and the world premiere of Last Shift included in Halloween All-Nighter, which will return to the Prince Charles Cinema.

The Film4 FrightFest All-Nighter will return to its spiritual home, London’s Prince Charles Cinema, for its 14th edition on Oct 25.

The five titles will include the world premiere of Anthony Diblasi’s Last Shift.

The evening will kick off with a special preview of The Vicious Brothers Extraterrestrial, a teen sci-fi horror set around a cabin in the woods.

It will be followed by the UK premiere of The ABC’s of Death 2, the anthology sequel will again feature 26 shorts, each from a different director. Film-makers involved include Vincenzo Natali (Splice), E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), the Soska Sisters (American Mary), Aaron Keshales and Navot Papushado (Big Bad Wolves) and Larry Fessenden (Habit)

This is followed by the world premiere of Anthony Diblasi’s demonic horror Last Shift, which was dropped...

The ABCs of Death 2 and the world premiere of Last Shift included in Halloween All-Nighter, which will return to the Prince Charles Cinema.

The Film4 FrightFest All-Nighter will return to its spiritual home, London’s Prince Charles Cinema, for its 14th edition on Oct 25.

The five titles will include the world premiere of Anthony Diblasi’s Last Shift.

The evening will kick off with a special preview of The Vicious Brothers Extraterrestrial, a teen sci-fi horror set around a cabin in the woods.

It will be followed by the UK premiere of The ABC’s of Death 2, the anthology sequel will again feature 26 shorts, each from a different director. Film-makers involved include Vincenzo Natali (Splice), E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), the Soska Sisters (American Mary), Aaron Keshales and Navot Papushado (Big Bad Wolves) and Larry Fessenden (Habit)

This is followed by the world premiere of Anthony Diblasi’s demonic horror Last Shift, which was dropped...

Heading to the 2014 New York Comic Con next week? Then mark your calendar for its opening day, when the inspired minds behind IFC Midnight’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Extraterrestrial will be beaming down to Nycc for a sneak peek panel… Continue Reading →

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Were less than a month away from the arrival of Extraterrestrial the new film from The Vicious Brothers (the same guys who delivered the Grave Encounters flicks) and the promotional goods are now really rolling in. Weve seen the trailer (well show you again below if you happened to miss the debut) already and now were seeing a really cool UK poster for the flick that promises these aliens arent here on some kind of peace mission.

Normally when a group of college friends head out into the woods for a weekend trip, they encounter dangerous locals, crazed serial killers or haunted houses. But in Extraterrestial, the latest film from the Grave Encounters filmmaking duo known as The Vicious Brothers, it's aliens who have come to Earth and create some terror in a small town. This looks like your typical horror film, but the presence of aliens makes it a little more interesting, and it looks to be a harmless and fun flick. Here's not only a new trailer for the sci-fi horror romp, but also the previous trailer we missed last month, and a couple cool posters. Here's the latest trailer for The Vicious Brothers' Extraterrestrial from YouTube: And here's the first Us trailer which we somehow missed last month from YouTube: And here's two posters both from the UK and Us release from Empire...

Grave Encounters directors The Vicious Brothers debut their new trailer for Extraterrestrial, which comes with the bold words “the definitive close encounter”. 2011’s Grave Encounters was some very cheesy fun, but Extraterrestrial looks like it is attempting to take itself a little more serious, or at that’s what the trailer seems to be selling. It has Scanners and Total Recall star Michael Ironside, which is a big plus. It does look like a combo of Fire in the Sky and last year’s Dark Skies, but Extraterrestrial might end up being a decent little film. The film hits theaters in limited release on November 21st.

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The Vicious brothers are back, dropping the found footage approach of Grave Encounters for a more traditional narrative in Extraterrestrial. The film hits VOD on October 17th and opens in select theaters November 21st.

The film follows April (Brittany Allen, who is still reeling from her parents’ divorce when she’s dragged back to the vacation cabin she spent fond summers at as a child accompanied by a group of friends.

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I wasnt crazy about either Grave Encounters film which is what essentially put The Vicious Brothers (Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz) on the map. Im not opposed to a filmmaker changing my mind either. The latest from this duo Extraterrestrial is an extremely dark alien flick that could be just the swing in career momentum to see a whole lot of new fans added to the already existing supporters of The Vicious Brothers. Ill certainly been tuning in for this one.

Aliens are back on Earth in this new trailer for the upcoming horror sci-fi hybrid Extraterrestrial, and they.re not bringing cookies. The newest feature from the filmmaking duo The Vicious Brothers (Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz) is due to crash land in theaters right in time for Thanksgiving (what.s with all these horror movies coming out in November? I want to see these things before Halloween, not after.), and Yahoo! Movies scored the brand new official trailer to help prepare you for the fight of your life. Stop me if you.ve heard this one before . a group of teens head to an isolated cabin in the woods to party and do all the other stuff teenagers do. While there, an alien craft crashes in the forest nearby. The kids investigate, encounter an alien, and kill it. The aliens then go all Marked for Death on the kids...

The Vicious Brothers, the team behind the chilling found footage flick, Grave Encounters, are back to scare again. Their last film saw a group of ghosthunters/total nutters venturing into an abandoned psychiatric hospital, with the hopes of taping genuine ghost footage. It managed to sidestep the pitfalls of the format and provide enough scares to make you wish you still had a nightlight. Their newest flick, Extraterrestrial, looks set to make you terrified of E.T.

When a group of friends, all staying in a remote cabin, witness a burning object plummet to Earth, they call the police, get in their cars and drive home. Ha! You wish! Of course they didn’t! Led by April (Brittany Allen) and her boyfriend Kyle (Freddie Stroma), the gang decides to investigate the wreckage. Which turns out to be a spacecraft.

In the latest trailer, courtesy of Yahoo! (via Bloody Disgusting), you...

IFC Midnight has announced that the sci-fi/horror flick Extraterrestrial, directed by Colin Minihan and written by The Vicious Brothers, will be available on VOD October 17th and in limited theatres on November 21st. Right now we have the trailer for you courtesy of Yahoo! Movies.

The film centers around a group of college friends who travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: a ball of fire descending through the air, crash landing in the nearby forest...

Freddie Stroma and Brittany Allen star in the indie feature produced by Randy Manis, Kim Arnott, Shawn Angelski, and Martin Fisher.

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From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters, comes a different kind of encounter, one of Extraterrestrial origin. Still reeling from her parents’ divorce, April (Daytime Emmy winner Brittany Allen) is...

IFC Midnight has announced that the sci-fi/horror flick Extraterrestrial, directed by Colin Minihan and written by The Vicious Brothers, will be available on VOD October 17th and in limited theatres on November 21st. Right now we have the one-sheet for you.

The film centers around a group of college friends who travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: a ball of fire descending through the air, crash landing in the nearby forest...

Freddie Stroma and Brittany Allen star in the indie feature produced by Randy Manis, Kim Arnott, Shawn Angelski, and Martin Fisher.

Synopsis

From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters, comes a different kind of encounter, one of Extraterrestrial origin. Still reeling from her parents’ divorce, April (Daytime Emmy winner Brittany Allen) is dragged back to the...

Do you have fond memories of watching fright flicks with your friends at sleepovers? The Awesome Fest ensures that those days don’t have to stay in your past with their 2nd annual Summer Camp Sleepover, an outdoor film festival taking place in the woods near Philadelphia. This year’s film lineup is a mix of retro favorites and new blood, with aliens, zombies, and Jason Voorhees set to appear on the big screen.

Presented by Founder/Artistic Director Josh Goldbloom and Film Programmer Scott Weinberg, the Summer Camp Sleepover will be pitching tents and rolling out sleeping bags at the Adventureland Day Camp in Bensalem beginning at 4pm on Friday, September 12th. Campfires, games, food trucks and more are on the schedule for this 21+ event. Below, we have the official press release with full details on the Summer Camp Sleepover that will feature the following six films:

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IFC Midnight has announced that the sci-fi/horror flick Extraterrestrial, directed by Colin Minihan and written by The Vicious Brothers, will be available on VOD October 17th and in limited theatres on November 21st.

Freddie Stroma and Brittany Allen star in the indie feature. Randy Manis, Kim Arnott, Shawn Angelski, and Martin Fisher produced. The film centers around a group of college friends who travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying.

As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: a ball of fire descending through the air, crash landing in the nearby forest...

Synopsis

From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters, comes a different kind of encounter, one of Extraterrestrial origin. Still reeling from her parents’ divorce, April (Daytime Emmy winner Brittany Allen) is dragged back to the vacation cabin she spent fond summers at as a...

The Vicious Brothers, Colin Miniah and Stuart Ortiz (Grave Encounters), return to horror with Extraterrestrial. This space based tale involves a young woman recovering from her parent's divorce and an alien race, who like to abduct the most vulnerable. IFC Films will release this sci-fi horror feature in October. And, a trailer for the film has just been released. The film begins with April. April retreats to an old cabin to mend an emotional wound. But, April discovers something out in the woods. A spacecraft has landed on Earth and a conspiracy is revealed. Now, April will have to lead a group of friends out of the woods and out of a long simmering feud. Extraterrestrial hosts and up-and-coming cast. Actress Brittany Allen (Dead Before Dawn 3D) stars as April, while Freddie Stroma (After the Dark) plays April's boyfriend, Kyle. Fans of sci-fi horror features can see some of the...

After two tours of the paranormal-plagued Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, the writing/directing duo known as The Vicious Brothers, are stepping out of the asylum’s haunted halls and into the woods for their next film, Extraterrestrial, and the movie’s first teaser trailer shows that these aliens do not come in peace.

Extraterrestrial hits VOD platforms on October 17th before landing in theaters on November 21st:

“From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters comes a different kind of encounter, one of ‘Extraterrestrial’ origin.

Still reeling from her parents divorce, April (Brittany Allen) is dragged back to the vacation cabin she spent fond summers at as a child accompanied by a group of friends. Her trip down memory lane takes a dramatic and terrifying turn when a fireball descends from the sky and explodes in the nearby woods. Lead by her boyfriend, played by...

Philadelphia's Awesome Fest sounds… well… awesome. To be clear, though, it appears this is an evolution of the already-existent event, which is now being called The Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival. As you would expect with a name like that, Bruce Campbell will indeed be there as part of the four-day event in Rosemont, Il, where they'll also be screening a slate of horror titles curated by Scott Weinberg, horror maven and the resident critic at the just-killed FEARnet. They'll also have panels, and they've got some great ones planned. Overall, it looks like a really cool chance to see a fistful of the best of what indie horror has going on right now with bonuses that simply make the weekend better. From August 21 to August 24, you'll be able to check out some great films. How? Well, here's how they put it: Tickets for All screenings are free to attend...

I never really thought I'd get excited for an alien abduction movie, especially one that looks somewhere between War of the Worlds and Fire in the Sky but good god Extraterrestrial looks amazing.

I'm not even exaggerating. The first trailer for The Vicious Brothers (previously of Grave Encounters (review)) penned and directed alien horror is spectacular to behold, even if the trailer uses that annoying as hell horn sound. It's bloody, terrifying and at times completely disorienting.

Extraterrestrial will make its debut at the first ever Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival which runs August 21 to 24 and coincides with Wizard World Chicago. After that, [Continued ...]...

Horror fans are in for a treat during Wizard World Chicago. It has been announced that the first ever Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival will coincide with Wizard World Chicago, featuring new horror films, special guests, and a screening of the first three Evil Dead movies:

“Rosemont, Il – July 31, 2014 – Philadelphia’s The Awesome Fest, in partnership with Wizard World Inc. and horror icon Bruce Campbell, announced today the first ever Bruce Campbell Horror Film Festival, running August 21-24, 2014 in Rosemont, Il. The four-day event will coincide with Wizard World Chicago Comic Con and will feature the best in independent horror cinema with a full slate of film premieres, panels, special guests, movie marathons, and of course, Bruce Campbell!

“We could not be any more thrilled to partner with Bruce Campbell on this festival”, said fest director & programmer Josh Goldbloom. “From the ground up, we’ve been able to design a...

Directed by Colin Minihan, and written by The Vicious Brothers, IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the sci-fi horror flick Extraterrestrial. The film will open on VOD and in limited theaters later this year.

Freddie Stroma stars in the indie feature. Randy Manis, Kim Arnott, Shawn Angelski, and Martin Fisher produced.

The film centers around a group of college friends who travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: a ball of fire descending through the air, crash landing in the nearby forest...

We'll have more on this one as it comes.

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Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway—that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when...

IFC Midnight has acquired U.S rights to The Vicious Brothers' ("Grave Encounters") sci-fi horror film "Extraterrestrial," which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. "Extraterrestrial" follows a group of friends on a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods who find themselves terrorized by alien visitors. At Tribeca, an Indiewire critic gave "Extraterrestrial" gave the film credit for its technical chops: "The camera and lens work look significantly better than the budget suggests, the CGI is impressive, and white light spills from flashlights and windows like thick white gauze." However, he also said, "These are the kind of horny, alcohol-fueled young people who think it’s a good idea to split up and search the endless dark corridors of insane asylums, and who can’t figure out how to get around a log in the road." The film stars Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma, Jesse Moss, and Melanie Papalia,...

IFC Midnight has acquired Us rights to The Vicious Brothers’ Tribeca sci-fi horror Extraterrestrial from Vicarious Entertainment, Twin Engine Films and Buffalo Films. Separately, Film Movement has picked up Belle And Sebastian.

CAA arranged financing and brokered the deal. Cargo Entertainment handles foreign sales.

Shawn Angelski and Martin Fisher produced with Twin Engine Films and Pink Buffalo Films.

Vicarious Entertainment’s Paris Kasidokostas-Latsis and Terry Dougas financed and serve as executive producers along with Randy Manis through his ManisFilm.

Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma, Jesse Moss, Melanie Papalia, Gill Bellows and Michael Ironside star.

Film Movement has acquired Us rights from Gaumont to Belle And Sebastian.

Cannes -- IFC Midnight has acquired the U.S. rights to The Vicious Brothers’ sci-fi horror film Extraterrestrial from Vicarious Entertainment, Twin Engine Films and Buffalo Films. Written by Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, who bill themselves as The Vicious Brothers, and directed by Minihan, the film, which played the Tribeca Film Festival, stars Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma, Jesse Moss, Melanie Papalia, Gil Bellows and Michael Ironside. Cannes Day 5: Complete Coverage of Deals, News and Reviews It follows a group of friends on a weekend trip to an inevitable cabin in the woods where they find themselves terrorized

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IFC Midnight acquired U.S rights to The Vicious Brothers’ (Grave Encounters) sci-fi horror film Extraterrestrial from Vicarious Entertainment, Twin Engine Films and Buffalo Films. Pic played Tribeca. The film stars Brittany Allen, Freddie Stroma, Jesse Moss, and Melanie Papalia, with Gill Bellows and Michael Ironside. It is about a group of friends on a weekend trip to a cabin in the woods who are terrorized by alien visitors. CAA made the deal and Cargo Entertainment is handling foreign.

The Vicious Brothers wrote the initial draft of the screenplay for "Extraterrestrial" while they were in college — and it shows: the film displays all the nuance and cleverness of a freshmen’s first short story. They substitute overt rip-offs for allusions, vague stand-ins for characters, painful manipulation for emotional resonance. This is the sibling directors' second feature, and while it’s admittedly a vast technical improvement over their first film, the inexplicable cult-favorite "Grave Encounters" (another of the myriad found-footage films proliferating on streaming services), it shares the same inane tendencies. The people inhabiting the Vicious universe (Viciousverse?) are stupid, and the universe they inhabit follows suit. These are the kind of horny, alcohol-fueled young people who think it’s a good idea to split up and search the endless dark corridors of insane asylums, and who can’t figure out how to get around a log in the road.

Extraterrestrial

Written and Directed by the Vicious Brothers

USA, 2014

One reasonable response to the credits of the horror film Extraterrestrial might be, “‘A film by The Vicious Brothers’? Are these guys for real?” Naturally, the answer is no: writer/director Colin Minihan and writer Stu Ortiz (the Canadian team behind 2011’s Grave Encounter) are not related. They just wanted a unique and memorable name under which to make movies. There’s nothing wrong with choosing a badass nom de plume (as Samuel Clemens might have said), but there’s a lot wrong with Extraterrestrial. It’s a movie stuck in limbo, neither as scary nor as funny as it ought to be.

The plot is as spare and straightforward as possible: April (Daytime Emmy award winner Brittany Allen) is going up to her father’s cabin in the woods, and taking her boyfriend and a group of compadres with her.

With the film's premiere at Tribeca just a few days away, Entertainment Weekly scored a new still from the latest offering from The Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters) entitled Extraterrestrial (formerly The Visitors), and we have every pixel of it right here for your perusal.

Freddie Stroma stars in the indie feature written and directed by The Vicious Brothers. Randy Manis, Kim Arnott, Shawn Angelski, and Martin Fisher produced.

The film centers around a group of college friends who travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: a ball of fire descending through the air, crash landing in the nearby forest...

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The Vicious Brothers, Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz (Grave Encounters), have completed a sci-fi horror feature titled Extraterrestrial. Expectedly, the film involves an alien crash landing and several disappearances. Five friends must battle an out-of-this-world presence to survive their camping trip. Extraterrestrial will debut at the Tribeca Film festival April 18th, 2014, in New York City. The film stars Brittany Allen (Dead Before Dawn 3D), Freddie Stroma, Melanie Papalia, Jess Moss and Anja Savcic. For more on the story, five friends head out into the local woods for a hike. Aliens are looking for new specimens and these creatures begin to capture several locals, while searching for the friends. A crazed townie leads the characters to a crash site, which is the source of the trip's chaos. Extraterrestrial is sure to bring a strong showing to its premiere. The film will play three times over the course of eight days. Fans...

The second half of the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival's features slate is here, and with films like Zombeavers, Extraterrestrial, Preservation, and Indigenous included in the Midnight section, there's a lot for horror fans to love.

In the Spotlight section there are a few thriller/horror-ish sounding films, plus a documentary on Alice Cooper that should be of interest to genre fans, so we're including them here as well.

From the Press Release:

The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by At&T, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special Screenings sections as well as the selections for the Storyscapes program.

The Midnight section will open with the feature film Preservation and includes a lineup of genre-bending titles from fresh voices around the world that run the gamut from tongue-in-cheek comedy to chilling horror films. "Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us,...

The 13th Tribeca Film Festival has announced its complete lineup for next month’s New York celebration, which runs April 16-27. Culled from more than 6,000 submissions, Tribeca 2014 includes 55 world premieres, 37 first-time filmmakers, and 22 female directors. Half the slate had been announced on Tuesday, with Spotlight, Midnight, and Storyscapes films unveiled today, as well as special screenings. “Spotlight and special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s program, both in range of styles and stories,” said Genna Terranova, Tribeca’s director of programming. “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we...

Tribeca Film Festival 2014 world premieres include Every Secret Thing, Miss Meadows and Zombeavers.

Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.

Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.

“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”

“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...

Tribeca Film Festival 2014 world premieres include Every Secret Thing, Miss Meadows and Zombeavers.

Spotlight features 31 films comprising 22 narratives and nine documentaries, of which 20 receive world premieres. The Midnight section will open with Preservation and includes the Efm buzz title Zombeavers.

Special Screenings include 6, a work-in-progress documentary by The Cove director Louie Psihoyos. The transmedia Storyscapes line-up returns for the second year. As previously announced, the festival will open on April 16 with the Nas documentary Time Is Illmatic and runs through April 27.

“Spotlight and Special screenings are an especially dynamic aspect of this year’s programme, both in range of styles and stories,” said director of programming Genna Terranova, “Many films feature real-life personalities who’ve accomplished extraordinary feats, while in other films we see personal relationships at pivotal moments of transition. We look forward to sharing these engaging stories with audiences.”

“Whether they made us laugh, squirm, or plain scared the heck out of us, each of the...

Some images have popped up for The Vicious Brothers' latest film, The Visitors. They arrive in the wake of the sales poster we discovered recently (to the left).

Head inside for the images and stay tuned for distribution news.

A group of college friends travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: A ball of fire descending through the air. They drive out to investigate and find something incredible: The wreckage of a crashed aircraft, along with a pair of ominous footprints that lead out of the ship and into the woods…back towards the cabin. A thrilling and terrifying fight for survival ensues as the characters hole up in the cabin, board up the doors and windows and desperately try to survive the night as vengeful unwanted Visitors attack from all sides.

The Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters) are back with an alien-based flick known as The Visitors, and we have a set of new stills that are just out of this world. Well, sort of!

Freddie Stroma stars in The Visitors, the indie feature written and directed by The Vicious Brothers. Randy Manis, Kim Arnott, Shawn Angelski, and Martin Fisher are producing.

The film centers around a group of college friends who travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: a ball of fire descending through the air, crash landing in the nearby forest...

More on this one as it comes.

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The Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters) are back with a new alien-based flick known as The Visitors and we have some early sales art for you right here. Dig it!

Freddie Stroma will star in The Visitors, the indie feature written and to be directed by The Vicious Brothers. Randy Manis, Kim Arnott, Shawn Angelski, and Martin Fisher are producing.

The film centers around a group of college friends who travel to a secluded cabin in the woods for a weekend of partying. As the night is winding down, they notice something strange in the sky: a ball of fire descending through the air, crash landing in the nearby forest...

More on this one as it comes.

Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!

Got news? Click here to submit it!

Get probed in the comments section below!

I don’t know about you but I dug Grave Encounters. The Vicious Brothers put a nice spin on the found footage/ghost hunters sub genre and their next project they are going to take on aliens, or so it would appear.

The project is titled The Visitors and the sales art teases”They don’t come in peace!” So it sounds like were dealing with some pissed off aliens at that.

Lets take a look at the artwork, … Continue reading →

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