You can smell what’s happening in “Starve Acre” before you puzzle the rest of it out. The grassy, peaty dampness of its rural Yorkshire setting seems to hit the olfactory glands without any scratch-and-sniff assistance, only intensifying as the film unearths its literally deep-buried secrets. Daniel Kokotajlo’s impressive second feature unfolds in a vein of British folk horror that has been popular of late — with films from Ben Wheatley’s “A Field in England” to Mark Jenkins’s “Enys Men” all tapping into that retro “Wicker Man” eeriness — but rarely with such rattling sensory specificity or formal refinement. Starring Morfydd Clark and Matt Smith as former townies unprepared for the full burden of lore they inherit with their desolate farmhouse, it’s a tale of quite outlandish fantastical leaps, grounded by the chills it also finds in common weather and wildlife.
Premiering in the main competition at this year’s London Film Festival,...
Premiering in the main competition at this year’s London Film Festival,...
- 10/20/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
The nearly hundred-year-old source material for “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” once roused calls for censorship worldwide. Dh Lawrence’s novel, and now the new film (in theaters and streaming on Netflix Dec. 2) explores themes of class, relationships and sexual pleasure while remaining grounded in the time period of 1920s England.
Costume designer Emma Fryer had much to consider during her creative process: the changing seasons, the locales (London as well as the countryside), and the characters’ actual and symbolic journeys.
Clifford Chatterley (Matthew Duckett) and Connie (Emma Corrin) marry early in the film. Connie’s wedding dress underwent quite an evolution during Fryer’s preproduction preparation, starting as a period costume and eventually becoming a less structured piece from the label Needle and Thread.
Fryer recounts, “There was a lot of conversation about the wedding dress!”
Connie marries into what she thinks will be a conventional life but “there is that...
Costume designer Emma Fryer had much to consider during her creative process: the changing seasons, the locales (London as well as the countryside), and the characters’ actual and symbolic journeys.
Clifford Chatterley (Matthew Duckett) and Connie (Emma Corrin) marry early in the film. Connie’s wedding dress underwent quite an evolution during Fryer’s preproduction preparation, starting as a period costume and eventually becoming a less structured piece from the label Needle and Thread.
Fryer recounts, “There was a lot of conversation about the wedding dress!”
Connie marries into what she thinks will be a conventional life but “there is that...
- 11/29/2022
- by Zoe Hewitt
- Variety Film + TV
A main character’s outfit might catch your eye and be the focus of a scene, but the wardrobe on dozens — sometimes hundreds — of background performers are just as important and fun to design.
“I love dressing background,” Quita Alfred (“Women Talking”) tells Gold Derby during our Meet the Experts: Film Costume Designers panel roundtable with Emma Fryer (“Lady Chatterley’s Lover”) and Marci Rodgers (“Till”). “Background is so important to the feel of a film because it can be seamless and you don’t notice it but you’re enjoying the film and it paints a picture, or it can be really jarring, which is when we haven’t done our job correctly. I find the enthusiasm of the people who do that kind of work infectious. It’s almost like painting. I love it. I love getting them all together and having a room full of clothes. It’s...
“I love dressing background,” Quita Alfred (“Women Talking”) tells Gold Derby during our Meet the Experts: Film Costume Designers panel roundtable with Emma Fryer (“Lady Chatterley’s Lover”) and Marci Rodgers (“Till”). “Background is so important to the feel of a film because it can be seamless and you don’t notice it but you’re enjoying the film and it paints a picture, or it can be really jarring, which is when we haven’t done our job correctly. I find the enthusiasm of the people who do that kind of work infectious. It’s almost like painting. I love it. I love getting them all together and having a room full of clothes. It’s...
- 11/14/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Emma Fryer had read “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” prior to being hired as the costume designer for Netflix’s adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel, but she made a conscious choice not to reread it.
“The most brilliant starting point was that script and the brilliance of that script. The first reading of it, as a costume designer, just sitting quietly, that first read is pivotal to creating visuals in your head and visualizing what these characters are,” Fryer tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: Film Costume Designers panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “I always think you very often come back to those very first thoughts that are connected to the first read.”
First published privately in 1928, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was Lawrence’s final novel and famously scandalized the literary world for its frank depiction of the sexual awakening of an unhappily married aristocratic woman after she...
“The most brilliant starting point was that script and the brilliance of that script. The first reading of it, as a costume designer, just sitting quietly, that first read is pivotal to creating visuals in your head and visualizing what these characters are,” Fryer tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: Film Costume Designers panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “I always think you very often come back to those very first thoughts that are connected to the first read.”
First published privately in 1928, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was Lawrence’s final novel and famously scandalized the literary world for its frank depiction of the sexual awakening of an unhappily married aristocratic woman after she...
- 11/14/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Three top film costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022/2023 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Thursday, November 10, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders:
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix)
Synopsis: An unhappily married aristocrat begins a torrid affair with the gamekeeper on her husband’s country estate.
Bio: Emma Fryer’s career has included “Grantchester,” “The Tunnel,” “The Great,” “Alex Rider” and “Close to Me.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following Oscar contenders:
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix)
Synopsis: An unhappily married aristocrat begins a torrid affair with the gamekeeper on her husband’s country estate.
Bio: Emma Fryer’s career has included “Grantchester,” “The Tunnel,” “The Great,” “Alex Rider” and “Close to Me.
- 11/3/2022
- by Chris Beachum and Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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The setting and subject of Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s second film couldn’t be more different from those of her first. But the contemporary drama The Mustang and the director’s interpretation of D.H. Lawrence’s century-old novel share a sensuous physicality, an appreciation for skin and muscle — how bodies move, how they spar, how they intertwine. In the 2019 film, the beautiful bodies belong to Matthias Schoenaerts and a wild horse; in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell steam up the screen as kindred spirits ignited by carnal passion.
Lawrence was dismissed as a pornographer by many, and his oft-adapted 1928 novel, his last, was for years banned as obscene in several countries. Then it became part of the English-lit canon. Eventually it would be dissed by Susan Sontag as reactionary. Even in this telling, where the intelligence of Corrin’s character...
The setting and subject of Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s second film couldn’t be more different from those of her first. But the contemporary drama The Mustang and the director’s interpretation of D.H. Lawrence’s century-old novel share a sensuous physicality, an appreciation for skin and muscle — how bodies move, how they spar, how they intertwine. In the 2019 film, the beautiful bodies belong to Matthias Schoenaerts and a wild horse; in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell steam up the screen as kindred spirits ignited by carnal passion.
Lawrence was dismissed as a pornographer by many, and his oft-adapted 1928 novel, his last, was for years banned as obscene in several countries. Then it became part of the English-lit canon. Eventually it would be dissed by Susan Sontag as reactionary. Even in this telling, where the intelligence of Corrin’s character...
- 9/8/2022
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When D.H. Lawrence’s final novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was widely published for the first time in 1960 (other versions circulated in 1928 and 1929), the book ignited a firestorm that eventually led to an obscenity trial (won by its publisher) and massive sales. Decades later, the novel remains a source of titillation for many (including those who turned it into dozens of R- and X-rated films and TV series), even if its reputation has generally faded into “It’s smutty, right?” It is, of course, so much more.
When Penguin Books was prosecuted under the UK’s Obscene Publications Act 1959, it wasn’t just the book’s language (including the repeated use of many “unprintable” four-letter words) or the explicit sex scenes. Lawrence’s also lovers dared to cross class lines in a time when that was a shocking act of its own. In this latest adaptation, , much of that drama has been flattened.
When Penguin Books was prosecuted under the UK’s Obscene Publications Act 1959, it wasn’t just the book’s language (including the repeated use of many “unprintable” four-letter words) or the explicit sex scenes. Lawrence’s also lovers dared to cross class lines in a time when that was a shocking act of its own. In this latest adaptation, , much of that drama has been flattened.
- 9/3/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
“It was a great surprise,” costume designer Sharon Long admits about her recent win at the Costume Designers Guild Awards for her work on the second season of Hulu’s acclaimed comedy “The Great” for the episode “Five Days.” “I went to the award ceremony actually because it’s the first time I’ve been nominated for an award, so I thought I better go. I couldn’t turn that one down,” she smiles. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“The Great” returned for an even more outrageous second season late last year to virtually unanimous “huzzahs” from critics, scoring a staggering 100 “fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Elle Fanning stars as the titular Catherine the Great in the genre-bending Russian royalty satire, who after initiating a coup against husband Peter (Nicholas Hoult) at the end of season 1, embarks on the show’s sophomore season pregnant with their child, while dealing...
“The Great” returned for an even more outrageous second season late last year to virtually unanimous “huzzahs” from critics, scoring a staggering 100 “fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Elle Fanning stars as the titular Catherine the Great in the genre-bending Russian royalty satire, who after initiating a coup against husband Peter (Nicholas Hoult) at the end of season 1, embarks on the show’s sophomore season pregnant with their child, while dealing...
- 5/10/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
In the first of a new series of Rewind reviews looking back at the career of writer/director Ben Wheatley, Chris takes a look at his 2011 hit, Kill List.
Stars: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
My initial terror when re-watching Kill List was that I realised it had been almost 10 years since I had seen it in a Cineworld in South West London..!
Kill List starts as a bit of realist, family drama, with our ex-soldier and “hero” Jay (Neil Maskell) out of work. He enjoys playing sword fighting with his beloved son but is under great pressure to get back to work from his wife as their savings dwindle. seemingly haunted by a mission in Kiev, Jay loves his family but is quite possibly suffering from Ptsd. His wife then arranges a little dinner party,...
Stars: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
My initial terror when re-watching Kill List was that I realised it had been almost 10 years since I had seen it in a Cineworld in South West London..!
Kill List starts as a bit of realist, family drama, with our ex-soldier and “hero” Jay (Neil Maskell) out of work. He enjoys playing sword fighting with his beloved son but is under great pressure to get back to work from his wife as their savings dwindle. seemingly haunted by a mission in Kiev, Jay loves his family but is quite possibly suffering from Ptsd. His wife then arranges a little dinner party,...
- 8/14/2020
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
The delicious words of writer and series creator Tony McNamara are what drew Elle Fanning to star as the titular Empress of Russia, Catherine, in Hulu’s series “The Great.” In this wild comedy, Fanning turns Catherine into a modern feminist icon up against the foul-mouthed royal boys’ club led by Peter III (Nicholas Hoult), a misogynistic dolt who she’s been forced to marry to escape a dreary life in Prussia.
Fanning said that coming into the role, she didn’t know much about the Empress of Russia, except of course for that rumor that Catherine died while trying to have sex with a horse. “Sadly, that is all I knew,” she said. “Tony’s script isn’t the blueprint for everything that happened and is not a historical documentary. But he’s done a lot of research on Catherine and taken out the bits that would service him.
Fanning said that coming into the role, she didn’t know much about the Empress of Russia, except of course for that rumor that Catherine died while trying to have sex with a horse. “Sadly, that is all I knew,” she said. “Tony’s script isn’t the blueprint for everything that happened and is not a historical documentary. But he’s done a lot of research on Catherine and taken out the bits that would service him.
- 7/3/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
There is a smart movie nestled somewhere in director Chris Addison’s romp, “The Hustle,” but you have to weed through a whole lot of foolery to get to it. The new film is ripe for big laughs with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as, respectively, the snobby British bombshell with sticky fingers and the rough-around-the-edges though equally cunning con artist, but neither actress is given rich enough material to bring the film’s most interesting ideas to the finish line.
Hollywood has had a growing fascination with the female swindler, often to confront a larger issue of sexism and lack of female agency. And for about the first 20 minutes of “The Hustle,” it looks like screenwriter Jac Schaeffer — sharing credit with her antecedents, the creators of 1964’s “Bedtime Story,” Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, as well as Dale Launer, who wrote that film’s 1988 remake, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” — is...
Hollywood has had a growing fascination with the female swindler, often to confront a larger issue of sexism and lack of female agency. And for about the first 20 minutes of “The Hustle,” it looks like screenwriter Jac Schaeffer — sharing credit with her antecedents, the creators of 1964’s “Bedtime Story,” Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning, as well as Dale Launer, who wrote that film’s 1988 remake, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” — is...
- 5/9/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Special Mention: Death Proof
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
USA, 2007
Genre: Slasher
The obvious reference points of Death Proof are such movies as Vanishing Point, Roadgames, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and even Spielberg’s Duel – but Death Proof is influenced by more than just vehicular horror. Tarantino’s homage to the road-fury genre is really two movies in one, offering two versions of the same story about two separate groups of beautiful women who are stalked by a homicidal maniac who uses his car (his weapon of choice) to terrorize and eventually kill his victims. Death Proof can easily be viewed as two slasher films, with the second half acting as a sequel, offering new, beautiful victims for the murderous Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) to terrorize. It’s a grim stalk-and-slash picture with a blaring commentary of female empowerment. Replace the typical sharp edged blade with a car, and...
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
USA, 2007
Genre: Slasher
The obvious reference points of Death Proof are such movies as Vanishing Point, Roadgames, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and even Spielberg’s Duel – but Death Proof is influenced by more than just vehicular horror. Tarantino’s homage to the road-fury genre is really two movies in one, offering two versions of the same story about two separate groups of beautiful women who are stalked by a homicidal maniac who uses his car (his weapon of choice) to terrorize and eventually kill his victims. Death Proof can easily be viewed as two slasher films, with the second half acting as a sequel, offering new, beautiful victims for the murderous Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) to terrorize. It’s a grim stalk-and-slash picture with a blaring commentary of female empowerment. Replace the typical sharp edged blade with a car, and...
- 10/14/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
Sky1 has confirmed the launch date for new series Critical.
The medical drama will premiere on the channel on Tuesday, February 24.
The 13-part series is told in real-time like 24 and focuses on a hospital's trauma unit.
The series is written by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio and reunites him with actor Lennie James, who stars as trauma consultant Glen Boyle.
The show also stars Catherine Walker (Strike Back), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat).
The Critical cast is completed by Neve McIntosh, Prasanna Puwanarajah, John MacMillan, Ellen Thomas, Mali Harries, Paul Bazely, Danny Kirrane, Peter Sullivan, Emma Fryer, Orion Lee and Juliet Oldfield.
Critical is Mercurio's first medical drama since his work on Bodies in 2006. He also wrote Cardiac Arrest for the BBC between 1994 and 1996.
The medical drama will premiere on the channel on Tuesday, February 24.
The 13-part series is told in real-time like 24 and focuses on a hospital's trauma unit.
The series is written by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio and reunites him with actor Lennie James, who stars as trauma consultant Glen Boyle.
The show also stars Catherine Walker (Strike Back), Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) and Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat).
The Critical cast is completed by Neve McIntosh, Prasanna Puwanarajah, John MacMillan, Ellen Thomas, Mali Harries, Paul Bazely, Danny Kirrane, Peter Sullivan, Emma Fryer, Orion Lee and Juliet Oldfield.
Critical is Mercurio's first medical drama since his work on Bodies in 2006. He also wrote Cardiac Arrest for the BBC between 1994 and 1996.
- 2/5/2015
- Digital Spy
Lennie James has signed up to star in Sky1's new medical drama Critical.
The Line of Duty star has been cast as trauma consultant Glen Boyle in the ensemble drama, which takes place in real-time over each one-hour episode.
Strike Back actress Catherine Walker will play trauma registrar Fiona Lomas, while Outnumbered's Claire Skinner will appear as trauma consultant Lorraine Rappaport.
Fresh Meat star Kimberley Nixon has signed up to play junior doctor 'Harry' Bennett-Edwardes.
Created by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio, the 13-part series, set in a state-of-the-art Major Trauma Centre, will focus on a different story during each episode.
The drama will follow the team of medical professionals as they make knife-edge decisions that could mean the difference between whether a patient lives or dies.
Mercurio said: "Sky has given the Critical team a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the most realistic and thrilling medical drama.
The Line of Duty star has been cast as trauma consultant Glen Boyle in the ensemble drama, which takes place in real-time over each one-hour episode.
Strike Back actress Catherine Walker will play trauma registrar Fiona Lomas, while Outnumbered's Claire Skinner will appear as trauma consultant Lorraine Rappaport.
Fresh Meat star Kimberley Nixon has signed up to play junior doctor 'Harry' Bennett-Edwardes.
Created by Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio, the 13-part series, set in a state-of-the-art Major Trauma Centre, will focus on a different story during each episode.
The drama will follow the team of medical professionals as they make knife-edge decisions that could mean the difference between whether a patient lives or dies.
Mercurio said: "Sky has given the Critical team a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create the most realistic and thrilling medical drama.
- 1/27/2014
- Digital Spy
This crass – sometimes inspired – comedy is blessed by the presence of Emma Fryer, a gifted comedienne whose promising 2009 sitcom Home Time was cruelly curtailed. Her deluded mobile-phone saleswoman, Janine, is trying to climb the Croydon social scene, while her equally deluded four male colleagues attempt a series of a calamitous sidelines, including escorting. Janine's catastrophic date with a socially awkward busker is a highlight, and Razz's deranged return is terrific.
- 9/13/2013
- The Independent - Film
What did you miss in costume design this week? Well…
Doctor Who
John Hurt’s character identity revealed by costume designer Howard Burden? Oh dear.
The Sound of Music
Bid on the second most famous pinafore in Hollywood history.
A Field in England
Get the big buckle, big boots, big everything look by Emma Fryer.
Pacific Rim
Kate Hawley on tackling ‘hard sci-fi’.
Bonhams
Lot 1793, Tetsuro Tanba’s traditional Japanese costume for You Only Live Twice (1967) and others went under the hammer this week at Bonhams.
The Lone Ranger
Unsurprisingly, Johnny Depp was very involved with his costume.
…and there are Lone Ranger ‘leather goods’ if you fancy them, too.
Star Wars
Early costume tests for Boba Fett. Try to keep a straight face.
Colleen Atwood
Luddite.
© 2013, Chris Laverty.
Doctor Who
John Hurt’s character identity revealed by costume designer Howard Burden? Oh dear.
The Sound of Music
Bid on the second most famous pinafore in Hollywood history.
A Field in England
Get the big buckle, big boots, big everything look by Emma Fryer.
Pacific Rim
Kate Hawley on tackling ‘hard sci-fi’.
Bonhams
Lot 1793, Tetsuro Tanba’s traditional Japanese costume for You Only Live Twice (1967) and others went under the hammer this week at Bonhams.
The Lone Ranger
Unsurprisingly, Johnny Depp was very involved with his costume.
…and there are Lone Ranger ‘leather goods’ if you fancy them, too.
Star Wars
Early costume tests for Boba Fett. Try to keep a straight face.
Colleen Atwood
Luddite.
© 2013, Chris Laverty.
- 7/6/2013
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
Chicago – Graphic violence is a double-edged sword. It can shock viewers into acknowledging the tragic nature of carnage so often belittled in mainstream cinema, yet it can also repel viewers straight out of the theater before the end credits roll. Ben Wheatley’s “Kill List” is far from the most violent film in recent memory, but its few instances of onscreen bloodshed are unbearably savage.
This makes the film a perfect fit for IFC Midnight, which has specialized in distributing ultra-grisly indies. “Kill List” is one of their better releases this year, but it lacks the emotional and psychological depth of a film like Justin Kurzel’s “The Snowtown Murders.” Whereas Kurzel’s fact-based tale was about people who seemed frighteningly human, Wheatley’s film centers on a group of characters so witless that audiences may find it difficult to become involved in their plight. “Kill List” is entertaining enough...
This makes the film a perfect fit for IFC Midnight, which has specialized in distributing ultra-grisly indies. “Kill List” is one of their better releases this year, but it lacks the emotional and psychological depth of a film like Justin Kurzel’s “The Snowtown Murders.” Whereas Kurzel’s fact-based tale was about people who seemed frighteningly human, Wheatley’s film centers on a group of characters so witless that audiences may find it difficult to become involved in their plight. “Kill List” is entertaining enough...
- 8/14/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The excellent British crime horror-thriller 'Kill List' is speeding its way across the Atlantic in Blu-ray and DVD form, thanks to IFC Midnight, in order to hit shelves across the Us for its new upcoming release slot on 14 August. The jarring flick in the vein of past triumphant British horrors such as 'The Wicker Man' comes from writer/director Ben Wheatley and will keep you glued to the screen all the way to its shocking conclusion. 'Kill List' includes excellent all round performances from Neil Maskell ('Doghouse') and the always superb Michael Smiley ('Outpost'). MyAnna Buring ('The Descent'), Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger and Ben Crompton ('Game of Thrones') also star. Check out the Blu-ray artwork below....
- 7/25/2012
- Horror Asylum
The critically acclaimed Kill List is finally on its way home from IFC Midnight and will be here in just a couple of weeks. The DC staff is pretty much divided on this one so here's your chance to see it and decide for yourself.
From the Press Release4
A one-of-a-kind blend of family drama, hitman thriller, and terrifying psychological shocker, Kill List is the story of an ex-soldier turned contract killer who plunges into the heart of darkness - and takes the viewer with him on a ride from which there is no return. The film arrives on high-definition Blu-ray and DVD on August 14, 2012.
From director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, The ABCs of Death) comes a mind-blowing genre concoction that marks a new milestone in the annals of modern horror. Eight months after a disastrous hit job left him physically and mentally scarred (and struggling to support his wife...
From the Press Release4
A one-of-a-kind blend of family drama, hitman thriller, and terrifying psychological shocker, Kill List is the story of an ex-soldier turned contract killer who plunges into the heart of darkness - and takes the viewer with him on a ride from which there is no return. The film arrives on high-definition Blu-ray and DVD on August 14, 2012.
From director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, The ABCs of Death) comes a mind-blowing genre concoction that marks a new milestone in the annals of modern horror. Eight months after a disastrous hit job left him physically and mentally scarred (and struggling to support his wife...
- 7/24/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
IFC Films will be releasing Kill List to Blu-ray and DVD this August, and we have the official press release with cover art:
“A one-of-a-kind blend of family drama, hitman thriller and terrifying psychological shocker, Kill List is the story of an ex-soldier turned contract killer who plunges into the heart of darkness – and takes the viewer with him on a ride from which there is no return. The “#1 horror film of the year” (David Harley, Bloody-Disgusting) arrives on high-definition Blu-ray and DVD on August 14, 2012.
From director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, The ABCs of Death) comes a mind-blowing genre concoction that marks a new milestone in the annals of modern horror. Eight months after a disastrous hit job left him physically and mentally scarred (and struggling to support his wife and son), Jay (Neil Maskell, Pusher, Basic Instinct 2) is pressured by his partner and best friend Gal (Michael Smiley,...
“A one-of-a-kind blend of family drama, hitman thriller and terrifying psychological shocker, Kill List is the story of an ex-soldier turned contract killer who plunges into the heart of darkness – and takes the viewer with him on a ride from which there is no return. The “#1 horror film of the year” (David Harley, Bloody-Disgusting) arrives on high-definition Blu-ray and DVD on August 14, 2012.
From director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, The ABCs of Death) comes a mind-blowing genre concoction that marks a new milestone in the annals of modern horror. Eight months after a disastrous hit job left him physically and mentally scarred (and struggling to support his wife and son), Jay (Neil Maskell, Pusher, Basic Instinct 2) is pressured by his partner and best friend Gal (Michael Smiley,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Chicago – Ben Wheatley’s “Kill List” comes to U.S. shores on a tidal wave of hype and controversy. Is it the work of a genre-defying genius or an inconsistent jerk? Are the film’s jarring tonal shifts effective or idiotic? Honestly, and I know critics aren’t supposed to say this, I can see both sides of the argument. On one hand, Wheatley take some serious risks here and some of them are to be admired. On the other, “Kill List” often feels disjointed and weird just for the sake of weird. It just barely works for me by virtue of its audacity but I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t do the same for you.
“Kill List” is at least three films in one. It’s designed to light message boards on fire as to what it’s “really about” and the hidden meanings of...
Chicago – Ben Wheatley’s “Kill List” comes to U.S. shores on a tidal wave of hype and controversy. Is it the work of a genre-defying genius or an inconsistent jerk? Are the film’s jarring tonal shifts effective or idiotic? Honestly, and I know critics aren’t supposed to say this, I can see both sides of the argument. On one hand, Wheatley take some serious risks here and some of them are to be admired. On the other, “Kill List” often feels disjointed and weird just for the sake of weird. It just barely works for me by virtue of its audacity but I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t do the same for you.
“Kill List” is at least three films in one. It’s designed to light message boards on fire as to what it’s “really about” and the hidden meanings of...
- 3/16/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“It’s all gone!” These are the first words screamed by the wife of our tragic protagonist in Ben Wheatley‘s hypnotic and unsettling thriller, Kill List. The initial phrase is spawned by an awakening to the fact that the couple is suffering from financial problems. Yet, as the film spirals deeper into darker territory, this simple phrase takes on new meaning.
Discovering how far this film is going to descend into the darkness is the real joy and thrill of Kill List. Neil Maskell stars as the former soldier turned gun-for-hire, Jay. After its implied that a botched “job” in Kiev damaged Jay’s body (he has bought a hot-tub to help cure his aching back), months off of work is starting to take a financial burden on Jay, his wife, and their young boy. This stress erupts during a dinner between the two also attended by Jay’s...
Discovering how far this film is going to descend into the darkness is the real joy and thrill of Kill List. Neil Maskell stars as the former soldier turned gun-for-hire, Jay. After its implied that a botched “job” in Kiev damaged Jay’s body (he has bought a hot-tub to help cure his aching back), months off of work is starting to take a financial burden on Jay, his wife, and their young boy. This stress erupts during a dinner between the two also attended by Jay’s...
- 2/13/2012
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Title: Kill List Director: Ben Wheatley Starring: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer There has to be a storytelling flaw here. Kill List had a decent amount of intense sequences but you kind of get the feeling that you should be more into this while watching the 95 minutes unravel. And unravel is the proper term for this British flick. What starts out as an awkward, yet train wreck interesting, dinner party between two couples; quickly morphs into a hitman chronicle that flows into a battle with the occult. How and why is never truly addressed at either transition point, yet the curiosity levels remain high....
- 2/4/2012
- by joe
- ShockYa
Editor’s note: This review was originally published as part of our SXSW 2011 coverage on March 15, 2011. But, just like another stand-out horror flick from that festival (look down!), we’re bumping this baby back up to remind all of you dear readers that the film is finally hitting limited theaters this Friday, February 3. Some films send their characters to hell and back, but few do so with the genre-bending, mind-fucking intensity of Kill List. Equal parts drama, thriller, and horror, the movie takes both characters and viewers on a hellish descent down the bloody rabbit hole with stops along the way for mystery, murder, and flesh-busting madness. Jay (Neil Maskell) has been out of work for eight months, and his wife Shel (MyAnna Buring) is not about to let him forget it. They fight constantly about finances pausing periodically to assure their young son that mommy and daddy still love each other before returning to the fray...
- 2/3/2012
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A rising star of the under-40 British indie director set, Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace) may not yet be a recognizable name in the States, but years from now his latest film, the brain-bending, spookily enigmatic The Kill List may well be regarded as a milestone in the horror genre. It isn’t just that Wheatley has concocted an ingenious new way of frightening audiences—the film’s ending shocked and thrilled viewers at South by Southwest, who flocked to the Internet to praise its unholy attributes—but that his free blending of seemingly incompatible genre conventions seems so natural as we enter the psychic landscape of his characters. The Kill List opens in an aggressive domestic mode not too distant from the dreary kitchen-sink realism of the late ’60s: edgy thirty-something Jay (Neil Maskell) and his outspoken wife Shel (MyAnna Buring), who have a young son too often present for their marital squabbles,...
- 2/1/2012
- by Damon Smith
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Trailer, images and a poster for Kill List, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring. The horror thriller distributed by IFC Films received British Independent Film Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actresss, Best Actor and Best Achievement in Production. Also in the cast of Kill List are Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, Gemma Lise Thornton and Robin Hill. Eight months after a botched job in Kiev, Jay (Neil Maskell) is an out-of-work hitman with no job, money, health insurance and a wife constantly on his case. But when his business partner Gal (Michael Smiley) comes over for dinner and pressures Jay into taking a new assignment, Jay quickly finds himself back in the game with the promise of a big payoff after three assassinations. Although the hits start off without incident, soon things begin to unravel and Jay's paranoia reveals itself...
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, images and a poster for Kill List, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring. The horror thriller distributed by IFC Films received British Independent Film Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actresss, Best Actor and Best Achievement in Production. Also in the cast of Kill List are Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, Gemma Lise Thornton and Robin Hill. Eight months after a botched job in Kiev, Jay (Neil Maskell) is an out-of-work hitman with no job, money, health insurance and a wife constantly on his case. But when his business partner Gal (Michael Smiley) comes over for dinner and pressures Jay into taking a new assignment, Jay quickly finds himself back in the game with the promise of a big payoff after three assassinations. Although the hits start off without incident, soon things begin to unravel and Jay's paranoia reveals itself...
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, images and a poster for Kill List, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring. The horror thriller distributed by IFC Films received British Independent Film Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actresss, Best Actor and Best Achievement in Production. Also in the cast of Kill List are Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, Gemma Lise Thornton and Robin Hill. Eight months after a botched job in Kiev, Jay (Neil Maskell) is an out-of-work hitman with no job, money, health insurance and a wife constantly on his case. But when his business partner Gal (Michael Smiley) comes over for dinner and pressures Jay into taking a new assignment, Jay quickly finds himself back in the game with the promise of a big payoff after three assassinations. Although the hits start off without incident, soon things begin to unravel and Jay's paranoia reveals itself...
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's the approach IFC Films is taking with the U.S. poster art for Ben Wheatley's Kill List . The art you see below was also used for the picture's UK run. Opening in limited release on January 4, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring and Emma Fryer star. Synopsis: Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
- 12/5/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
So, looking for some scares that don't involve some footage shot for about $10 and then cobbled together with some jump scares? (That's right we're looking at you "Paranormal Activity 3"). Well, you might have to wait until 2012 but the early part of the year should satisfy your thirst for cinematic thrills. Making big waves on the festival circuit this year, everyone has been talking about Ben Wheatley's "Kill List." And film we that heartily endorse--even though it left some us feeling literally, physically ill--it stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, Myanna Buring and Emma Fryer in a story is…...
- 10/25/2011
- The Playlist
Some films find a way to surprise, intrigue, and confound all at once, leading you down a rabbit hole that becomes bleaker with every step as it uncovers secrets you’re ill prepared to understand because the characters themselves are too. What starts off as though a psychological horror, burning slow to introduce a seemingly normal suburban family going through a rough patch with the British economy in recession soon turns into a bloody romp that is almost too serious in its actions. Between the over-the-top marital strife snowballing into shouting fits that scare their young son and make you wonder why Jay (Neil Maskell) and Shel (MyAnna Buring) are still together and the comical back-and-forth of he and an old war buddy Gal (Michael Smiley), you become lulled into a false sense of humor-tinged chaos before Kill List’s truer, darker intentions are made clear.
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- 10/4/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Kill List (18)
(Ben Wheatley, 2011, UK) Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer. 95 mins
Who knew there was a missing link between Mike Leigh, Andy McNab and The Wicker Man? That's how unpredictable this macabre and outlandish tale is, but it unfolds in a credible modern-day Britain scarred by foreign wars and domestic recession. Circumstances lead a blokey hitman and his partner to accept a dodgy new assignment – and by the time they start asking questions, it's too late.
Attenberg (18)
(Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010, Gre) Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelina Randou. 97 mins
Fans of Dogtooth will be ready for another prime dose of Greek oddness. Beneath the animal impersonations, silly walks and bad sex lies an intelligent, intimate study of human behaviour.
Fright Night (15)
(Craig Gillespie, 2011, Us) Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant. 106 mins
A teen vampire horror remake that benefits from superior effects, a shrewd Las Vegas setting, and some lively comedy.
(Ben Wheatley, 2011, UK) Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer. 95 mins
Who knew there was a missing link between Mike Leigh, Andy McNab and The Wicker Man? That's how unpredictable this macabre and outlandish tale is, but it unfolds in a credible modern-day Britain scarred by foreign wars and domestic recession. Circumstances lead a blokey hitman and his partner to accept a dodgy new assignment – and by the time they start asking questions, it's too late.
Attenberg (18)
(Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010, Gre) Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelina Randou. 97 mins
Fans of Dogtooth will be ready for another prime dose of Greek oddness. Beneath the animal impersonations, silly walks and bad sex lies an intelligent, intimate study of human behaviour.
Fright Night (15)
(Craig Gillespie, 2011, Us) Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant. 106 mins
A teen vampire horror remake that benefits from superior effects, a shrewd Las Vegas setting, and some lively comedy.
- 9/2/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
"Ben Wheatley's debut Down Terrace, about a Brighton crime family whose bickering resembles Abigail's Party, then Macbeth, had almost no budget and was literally home-made," begins Nick Hasted at the Arts Desk. "Many critics still realized that it was one of the best and most original films of 2010. With its cult success repeated in the Us, Wheatley has quickly followed it with the most assured and troubling British horror film in many years. Kill List confirms his promise while pinning you to your seat with scenes of cold nightmare."
"I'm unsure how or whether to describe it generically," admits the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. "It's partly an occult chiller with shades of Wicker Man and Blair Witch – and be warned right now: there are some ultra-violent and infra-retch scenes that have had people making for the exits…. It often looks like a film by Lynne Ramsay or even Lucrecia Martel,...
"I'm unsure how or whether to describe it generically," admits the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. "It's partly an occult chiller with shades of Wicker Man and Blair Witch – and be warned right now: there are some ultra-violent and infra-retch scenes that have had people making for the exits…. It often looks like a film by Lynne Ramsay or even Lucrecia Martel,...
- 9/2/2011
- MUBI
If Ricky Gervais or Mike Leigh made a horror film, it might look something like this unsettlingly strange offering from British director Ben Wheatley
The title, and the fact that this was popularly acclaimed at London's recent FrightFest event, will tip you off about what kind of film it is. Or will it? Even now, I'm unsure how or whether to describe it generically. It's partly an occult chiller with shades of Wicker Man and Blair Witch – and be warned right now: there are some ultra-violent and infra-retch scenes that have had people making for the exits. I wondered if director Ben Wheatley considered putting a death metal version of Maxwell's Silver Hammer over the closing credits.
Yet Kill List is also something else entirely. It often looks like a film by Lynne Ramsay or even Lucrecia Martel, composed in a dreamily unhurried arthouse-realist style that is concerned to capture texture,...
The title, and the fact that this was popularly acclaimed at London's recent FrightFest event, will tip you off about what kind of film it is. Or will it? Even now, I'm unsure how or whether to describe it generically. It's partly an occult chiller with shades of Wicker Man and Blair Witch – and be warned right now: there are some ultra-violent and infra-retch scenes that have had people making for the exits. I wondered if director Ben Wheatley considered putting a death metal version of Maxwell's Silver Hammer over the closing credits.
Yet Kill List is also something else entirely. It often looks like a film by Lynne Ramsay or even Lucrecia Martel, composed in a dreamily unhurried arthouse-realist style that is concerned to capture texture,...
- 9/1/2011
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
With the terrifying Kill List out this week in UK cinemas, we caught up with director Ben Wheatley and stars to discuss the making of the film...
After receiving its UK premiere at FrightFest last weekend, the terrific, terrifying Kill List is released on Friday. In anticipation, we spoke with director Ben Wheatley, and stars Neil Maskell and MyAnna Buring, about low-budget filmmaking, improvising on set, and how best to describe this twisty, twisted film.
Kill List is a really interesting cross-genre film. It starts off in a similar mould to [Wheatley’s previous film] Down Terrace, with the domestic setting, but then you pull the rug a couple of times on the audience. What was the starting point for the film? Did you set out to make a horror movie?
Ben Wheatley: There’s a lot of different starting points, I think. There’s one which is that we definitely were going...
After receiving its UK premiere at FrightFest last weekend, the terrific, terrifying Kill List is released on Friday. In anticipation, we spoke with director Ben Wheatley, and stars Neil Maskell and MyAnna Buring, about low-budget filmmaking, improvising on set, and how best to describe this twisty, twisted film.
Kill List is a really interesting cross-genre film. It starts off in a similar mould to [Wheatley’s previous film] Down Terrace, with the domestic setting, but then you pull the rug a couple of times on the audience. What was the starting point for the film? Did you set out to make a horror movie?
Ben Wheatley: There’s a lot of different starting points, I think. There’s one which is that we definitely were going...
- 8/30/2011
- Den of Geek
Kill List
Guest Review by DogAteMyWookie
Stars: Emma Fryer, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Neil Maskell | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
There is a wonderful feeling that runs through you when you sit in a cinema and have really no clue what is about to be projected onto the screen before you beyond the name, run time and the certificate, which for something like Kill List only adds to the intense waiting for the BBFC rated ‘very strong bloody violence’ to hit. And the waiting is part and parcel of what makes Kill List a fantastic film. It knows how to deal with the sense of foreboding, the upcoming events that are dealt with using dread for an extended period of time to make the audience uncomfortable, and yet they cannot turn away because we have been handed some sublime characters, and more shocking than any...
Guest Review by DogAteMyWookie
Stars: Emma Fryer, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Neil Maskell | Written by Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump | Directed by Ben Wheatley
There is a wonderful feeling that runs through you when you sit in a cinema and have really no clue what is about to be projected onto the screen before you beyond the name, run time and the certificate, which for something like Kill List only adds to the intense waiting for the BBFC rated ‘very strong bloody violence’ to hit. And the waiting is part and parcel of what makes Kill List a fantastic film. It knows how to deal with the sense of foreboding, the upcoming events that are dealt with using dread for an extended period of time to make the audience uncomfortable, and yet they cannot turn away because we have been handed some sublime characters, and more shocking than any...
- 8/24/2011
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Director Ben Wheatley follows up the superb Down Terrace with the intense and disturbing horror, Kill List. Here's Michael's review...
Note: Kill List is a film that works wonderfully with its surprises left intact. The following review doesn’t delve too deeply into spoiler territory, but if you prefer to experience the film unspoiled, then we recommend you just go and see it.
Just over a year ago, we here at Den of Geek were taken completely by surprise by Down Terrace, a low-budget, domestic crime drama directed, co-edited and co-written by Ben Wheatley.
With its understated charm, and disarming sense of humour, the film stood out among the dreary drama and urban grime that clog up the British film industry - although, unfortunately, it didn’t get half the attention it deserved. Thankfully, this is being rectified for Wheatley’s follow-up, the surreal thriller-horror mish-mash Kill List.
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Note: Kill List is a film that works wonderfully with its surprises left intact. The following review doesn’t delve too deeply into spoiler territory, but if you prefer to experience the film unspoiled, then we recommend you just go and see it.
Just over a year ago, we here at Den of Geek were taken completely by surprise by Down Terrace, a low-budget, domestic crime drama directed, co-edited and co-written by Ben Wheatley.
With its understated charm, and disarming sense of humour, the film stood out among the dreary drama and urban grime that clog up the British film industry - although, unfortunately, it didn’t get half the attention it deserved. Thankfully, this is being rectified for Wheatley’s follow-up, the surreal thriller-horror mish-mash Kill List.
Almost echoing...
- 8/24/2011
- Den of Geek
Over the past couple of days, we’ve had 5 strange images from a mystery movie (here and here). Many of you guessed it right and many of you didn’t! Here we have the final two images from movie, Kill List which is released in the UK by Optimum and we’re very much looking forward to you seeing it. We got to see it at SXSW and you can see our review here.
I’ve placed the trailer below and you can scroll down for the new images which reveal the logo for the movie (which a few of you spotted on the previous images).
Kill List is directed by Ben Wheatley and stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger. It’s out in the UK 2nd September and will be playing at Frightfest later this month.
For more information on the movie,...
I’ve placed the trailer below and you can scroll down for the new images which reveal the logo for the movie (which a few of you spotted on the previous images).
Kill List is directed by Ben Wheatley and stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger. It’s out in the UK 2nd September and will be playing at Frightfest later this month.
For more information on the movie,...
- 8/5/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
An Assassin stumbles across a ritualistic cult in writer-director Ben Wheatley's upcoming horror film Kill List.
It will hit cinema screens on September 2, via Optimum Releasing. The story sees ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay pressured by his partner Gal into taking a new assignment, eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
In his first starring role, Neil Maskell plays Jay. His previous credits include It's All Gone Pete Tong, Basic Instinct 2, Atonement and The Football Factory. Michael Smiley (Burke and Hare, The Other Boleyn Girl) plays Gal, MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Descent, Lesbian Vampire Killers) is Shel and - in her first major film role - Emma Fryer plays Fiona.
It will hit cinema screens on September 2, via Optimum Releasing. The story sees ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay pressured by his partner Gal into taking a new assignment, eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred. As they descend into the dark and disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
In his first starring role, Neil Maskell plays Jay. His previous credits include It's All Gone Pete Tong, Basic Instinct 2, Atonement and The Football Factory. Michael Smiley (Burke and Hare, The Other Boleyn Girl) plays Gal, MyAnna Buring (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Descent, Lesbian Vampire Killers) is Shel and - in her first major film role - Emma Fryer plays Fiona.
- 7/27/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Sadly I wasn’t able to attend SXSW this year, but our Austin correspondent Emmet Duff did a really good job in making me even more jealous with his review of Ben Wheatley‘s Kill List - calling it, “a brutal, exhausting shaggy dog tale with a dark as night punchline”. Kill List is the follow-up to Wheatley’s gangster film Down Terrace, and stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, Myanna Buring and Emma Fryer. We recently posted the second teaser for the film, and now we have the full first trailer. Add this to your list of must see films if you haven’t already had the chance. One thing to keep in mind. All my friends who have seen it have all said that the less you know about Kill List, the more you are going to love it. Enjoy!
- 7/21/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
We’ve had a couple of teaser trailers (here and here) for new British Horror / thriller movie, Kill List but now Optimum Releasing have brought out the full length trailer from director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace). It stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger and it’s probably going to be like nothing you’ve seen before. If you missed our review of the movie from SXSW, you can read here.
Plot: Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay, is pressured by his partner Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again – his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
The movie plays Frightfest later on in the year and if you’re going along,...
Plot: Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay, is pressured by his partner Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again – his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
The movie plays Frightfest later on in the year and if you’re going along,...
- 7/20/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Last week I put up the first teaser for new movie, Kill List and just this evening, Optimum have released the second teaser for the movie which is set to freak you out! Like the first trailer, this one is just there to draw you into the full trailer which we think will hit tomorrow. It comes from director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace) and stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger and if you missed our review of the movie from SXSW, you can read here.
The movie plays Frightfest later on in the year and if you’re going along, I highly recommend you catch this one! Have a watch of the teaser below and keep your eyes peeled for the trailer next Wednesday.
Kill List also now has an official website, Twitter and Facebook account.
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The movie plays Frightfest later on in the year and if you’re going along, I highly recommend you catch this one! Have a watch of the teaser below and keep your eyes peeled for the trailer next Wednesday.
Kill List also now has an official website, Twitter and Facebook account.
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- 7/19/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I’m not sure I’d call this a trailer but it’s most definitely a teaser the second feature film from director Ben Wheatley called Kill List. I got to see the movie at SXSW earlier in the year and this teaser (which precedes the first trailer which is being released next Wednesday) gives you a little insight into what you can expect.
Kill List stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger and if you missed our review of the movie from SXSW, you can read here.
The movie plays Frightfest later on in the year and if you’re going along, I highly recommend you catch this one! Have a watch of the teaser below and keep your eyes peeled for the trailer next Wednesday.
Kill List also now has an official website, Twitter and Facebook account.
Kill List stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger and if you missed our review of the movie from SXSW, you can read here.
The movie plays Frightfest later on in the year and if you’re going along, I highly recommend you catch this one! Have a watch of the teaser below and keep your eyes peeled for the trailer next Wednesday.
Kill List also now has an official website, Twitter and Facebook account.
- 7/15/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The UK reps handling Kill List , from director Ben Wheatley, have passed along a teaser trailer. They tell us a full trailer arrives on July 20. Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring and Emma Fryer star in the film which is being released here in the U.S. by IFC. Synopsis: Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.
- 7/15/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Ben Wheatley's Kill List has been picked up by Optimum Releasing for U.K. distribution. The film with a low budget was a hit at the Austin SXSW festival where it made its world premiere and IFC Midnight Picked up U.S. rights. Pic stars Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, David Bowen, Ben Crompton, Esme Folley and Emma Fryer. Kill List marks Wheatley's second film who co-wrote the script alongside his wife Amy Jump. Kill List Synopsis: Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay, is pressured by his partner Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again - his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness...
- 3/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
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