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[Sundance 2012] Park City at Midnight Announced!
Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, NEXT <=> and New Frontier. The...
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[Sundance 2012] Blood-Soaked ‘Excision’ Stills
The most left-field announcement in the upcoming Sundance Film Festival is Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision, which looks insanely bloody. Starring AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart,...
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[OMFG] Our Film ‘V/H/S’ Will Premiere at Sundance 2012, First Look!
It still hasn’t even sunk in… Our film V/H/S is going to have its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival as part of their Park City at Midnight program on Sunday, January 22nd! It’s insane...
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[Sundance 2012] ‘Red Lights’ to World Premiere, New Imagery!
It was announced today that Rodrigo Cortes’ Red Lights, the supernatural thriller starring Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, and Cillian Murphy, will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film...
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[Sundance 2012] One Final Sneak Peak at ‘V/H/S’!
On Sunday, January 22, 2012 the Sundance Film Festival will hold the World Premiere of V/H/S, our found footage horror film that features the works of Adam Wingard (You’re Next, A Horrible Way to Die,...
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[Sundance 2012] Stylish and Eye-Catching ‘Excision’ One-Sheet
One of the films I’m most excited for at this month’s Sundance Film Festival is Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision, which looks insanely bloody. We’ve just now landed the official festival one-sheet that’s...
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[Sundance 2012] ‘West of Memphis’ Trailer, Poster
Premiering at next week’s Sundance Film Festival is a new documentary written and directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Amy Berg (Deliver us From Evil) and produced by first time filmmakers...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘V/H/S’ Filmmaker Simon Barrett On ‘You’re Next’ And Found...
“A lot of horror filmmakers think their audiences are complete f*cking idiots. And the one thing I try and do the most is make movies that are fun, that we would like to see – and not assume that the...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘V/H/S’ Filmmaker David Bruckner Talks Emerging Media, ‘The...
Writer/Director David Bruckner made a name for himself with 2007’s The Signal. Now, as one of the directors of V/H/S – a film that breathes new life into the stagnant found footage genre – he’s able...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘V/H/S’ Filmmaker Adam Wingard Talks Directing ‘You’re Next’,...
Adam Wingard has made a name for himself by brining a unique directorial voice to films like Pop Skull, A Horrible Way To Die and this year’s sure-to-be breakout hit You’re Next. As one of the...
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[Sundance ’12]: UPDATE – Does ‘West Of Memphis’ Have New Evidence In Real...
UPDATE: A press release from Damien Echols’ legal team, regarding the new case information detailed in the film, is after the jump. Premiering today at the Sundance Film Festival is a new documentary...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘V/H/S’ Filmmaker Joe Swanberg Talks ‘Silver Bullets’,...
Joe Swanberg has been a busy guy. Immensely busy. Starting with 2005’s Kissing On The Mouth he’s directed over a dozen films including Hannah Takes The Stairs, Nights And Weekends and last year’s...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘V/H/S’ Filmmakers Radio Silence Talk About Holding The...
Radio Silence, formerly known as “Chad, Matt and Rob”, have become YouTube sensations over the past few years with their clever, action (and visual effects) packed shorts. They’re also the writers and...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘V/H/S’ Filmmaker Glenn McQuaid On Found Footage And ‘I Sell...
Writer/Director Glenn McQuaid has been a part of the horror community for a long time but made his first big splash in 2008 with his Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman starring I Sell The Dead. Now, as one...
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[Sundance ’12]: Go On A Stakeout In This New ‘Red Lights’ Clip!
Rodrigo Cortes’ Red Lights, the supernatural thriller starring Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, and Cillian Murphy, had its world premiere last week at the still ongoing Sundance Film Festival. Word...
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[Sundance ’12] Review: ‘Red Lights’ Is A Misguided And Boring Waste Of Potential
Playing the Sundance Film Festival this week is Red Lights, Rodrigo Cortes’ followup to Buried. BD’s Ryan Daley writes in from the festival with his review and to say he didn’t care for the film would...
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[Sundance ’12] Review: ‘Grabbers’ Is A Fun Diversion That Ends Up Showing Too...
Pegged as Waking Dead meets Tremors, with tentacles, Jon Wright directs the Irish horror comedy Grabbers. Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley and Russell Tovey in the film that takes to “a sleepy Irish...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘Red Lights’ Picked Up By Millenium
Rodrigo Cortes’ Red Lights, the supernatural thriller starring Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, and Cillian Murphy, had its world premiere last week at the still ongoing Sundance Film Festival. While...
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[Sundance ’12]: Spanish Language Trailer For ‘Red Lights’ Is More Confusing...
Rodrigo Cortes’ Red Lights, the supernatural thriller starring Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, and Cillian Murphy, had its world premiere last week at the still ongoing Sundance Film Festival. The...
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[Sundance ’12]: ‘V/H/S’ Sells To Magnolia, Three Of The Film’s Producers...
Let this be a lesson. One that encourages you to pursue your dreams, but to avoid Dick Clark’s in the Salt Lake City Airport while doing so. I’m sure you Bloody-Disgusting readers are as caught up as...
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[Sundance ’12] Review: ‘Excision’ Doesn’t Leave Its Mark
Leading into the Sundance Film Festival with an insane amount of hype, Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision left audiences a little perturbed. The pic starred an uglied up AnnaLynne McCord as a disturbed and...
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[Sundance ’12] Anchor Bay Acquires Coming-Of-Age Horror ‘Excision’
Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to director/writer Richard Bates, Jr.’s debut feature film, Excision (review), which made its world premiere...
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Meet The Queen Of Pain In New ‘Excision’ Sales Art!
One of the more truly bizarre coming of age horror stories premieres at this past January’s Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Anchor Bay for release later this year. Richard Bates, Jr.’s...
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NIN-Fueled, Extremely Gory NSFW Trailer For ‘Excision’!
Updated version of the trailer added with a lot less NIN. One of the more truly bizarre coming of age horror stories premieres at this past January’s Sundance Film Festival and was acquired by Anchor...
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[Fantasia ’12] Second Wave Announced! ‘A Fantastic Fear of Everything,’...
Need to catch up on all of the movies you’ve missed at Sundance and SXSW? The 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up to take Montreal by storm with three weeks of inspiration...
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[Fantasia ’12] ‘Excision’ The Queen Of Terror
The 16th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up to take Montreal by storm with three weeks of inspiration and thrills starting July 19 and running all the way through August 7....
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Make Your Halloween Party Even Kinkier, ‘Excision’ Out On October 30th
Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision has been dated for an October 30th DVD and Blu-ray release. The film features “Nip/Tuck”‘s sex bomb AnnaLynne McCord as an incredibly ugly, disturbed and delusional high...
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[Fantasia ’12] Mr Disgusting’s Mini-Reviews #2: The Worst of the Fest
Now that we’ve already shared the best of the Fantasia Film Festival – Juan of the Dead, My Amityville Horror, Sleep Tight, Game of Werewolves, Hidden in the Woods, Resolution, Play Dead, Sushi Girl...
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[Fantasia ’12] Lonmonster’s Mini-Reviews #4: ‘ParaNorman’, ‘Hidden In The...
The 16th annual Fantasia Film Festival is concluded in Montreal, Canada. The festival is so packed this year that it’s overwhelming to even begin looking at the film schedule. The horror lineup spans...
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Bloody ‘Excision’ Cover Art Will “Heal The Sickness”!
Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision has been dated for an October 30th DVD and Blu-ray release. The film features “Nip/Tuck”‘s sex bomb AnnaLynne McCord as an incredibly ugly, disturbed and delusional high...
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The Date For Your ‘Excision’ Has Been Moved Up Two Weeks!
Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision has seen its release date moved up two weeks to October 16thth for the DVD and Blu-ray release. The film features “Nip/Tuck”‘s sex bomb AnnaLynne McCord as an incredibly...
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Disturbing ‘Excision’ Clip Dissects A Bird
Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision has seen its release date moved up two weeks to October 16thth for the DVD and Blu-ray release. The film features “Nip/Tuck”‘s sex bomb AnnaLynne McCord as an incredibly...
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From Beauty To Beast. Check Out A Fugly AnnaLynne McCord In New ‘Excision’...
Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision has seen its release date moved up two weeks to October 16thth for the DVD and Blu-ray release. The film features “Nip/Tuck”‘s sex bomb AnnaLynne McCord as an incredibly...
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[BD Caption Contest] Take A ‘Shining’ To ‘Excision’
The First Prize winner this week is KidKobun (please DM me your US mailing address) you and the three runners-up get The Loved Ones on Blu-ray! Kudos on the “Arrested Development” reference! Our new...
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New ‘Excision’ Clip Coughs Up Blood In “Dream Sequence”
Richard Bates, Jr.’s Excision hits Blu-ray and DVD October 16th. The film features “Nip/Tuck”‘s AnnaLynne McCord as a delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine and who...
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[Blu-ray Review] Blu-ray Review Round-up: ‘The Barrens,’‘Excision,’‘Basket...
October is halfway over, and we’ve still got a ton of Blu-ray and DVD horror releases coming our way. In this week’s round-up, I take a look at the Jersey Devil flick The Barrens (10/09/12), the very...
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[BEST & WORST ’12] Corey Mitchell’s Top 15 Festival Horror Films of 2012
I’m old and have two young daughters. Before kids, I used to go to the movies at least two times a week. Now, I almost never head out to the theater to catch a first-run movie. I do, however, get to...
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[BEST & WORST ’12] The Best Posters Of The Year!
Posters, when done right, are an art form. Sure, they’re advertisements, but they’re also such a great artistic challenge. Representing the identity of a movie – and getting people in the door – with a...
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5 Underrated Female Horror Performances!!!
There are many elements that need to work in tandem for a horror movie to be memorable. You need a great story at the heart of it, pushing it along. If your story doesn’t work, nothing can save it....
View Article[Interview] ‘Suburban Gothic’ Director Richard Bates Jr: “Life Is the...
Excision director Richard Bates Jr.’s new film Suburban Gothic is opening on VOD platforms today courtesy of FilmBuff. We saw the film back during last year’s Fantasia Festival (review) and it really...
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‘Excision’&‘Suburban Gothic’ Director Sets a ‘Trash Fire’
Writer/director Richard Bates Jr. makes some really unique films. He followed up the dark coming of age tale Excision with the morbidly madcap Suburban Gothic (our review). In both, Bates exhibits a...
View Article5 of the Grossest Sex Scenes Ever Put On Film!
Two years ago, we shared Cinema’s Most Terrifying Sex Scenes with all of you. Last year, we showed you 10 Incredibly Graphic Sex Scenes. Now, we take a look at some of the grossest sex scenes ever put...
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Body Horror and the Horror of Having a Body
It seems like it’s never a good time to come to terms with our own existence. Any length of time spent pondering our inception and eventual death leads to existential crisis; there are too many...
View Article‘Excision’: Why AnnaLynne McCord’s Pauline Is a Queer Icon [Horror Queers...
Beautiful Necrophilia. If June is Pride Month, what better way to celebrate than with some unabashedly queer texts? Last week we delved into British allegory The Wolves of Kromer and this week we’re...
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‘Smile’ and 10 Other Horror Movies Based on Short Films
There are typically three destinations for a short horror film. Most of the time, they stay short and sweet. Another common outcome for these quick flicks is their joining others in compilation movies...
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