Alright, horror buffs and Tony Todd enthusiasts, gather ’round! Have you ever found yourself deep into a late-night Google search, hunting for the “best Tony Todd movies” or diving into the depths of “Tony Todd horror movies”? And who can blame you? The man is relentless, boasting over 250 acting credits on IMDb!
Look no further; your search ends here. We’re gearing up for a Tony Todd-centric cinematic journey that spans from pure, unadulterated horror to a hint of dark action. Sure, some of these roles might be cameos, but let’s be real: Todd’s iconic presence is the cinematic equivalent of a perfectly-timed jump-scare. Even in the briefest of appearances, he leaves an unforgettable impression.
With his resonant voice, imposing stature, and the uncanny ability to shift seamlessly between menacing and deeply empathetic characters, Tony Todd transcends the typical. He’s not just an actor; he’s a horror legend.
Look no further; your search ends here. We’re gearing up for a Tony Todd-centric cinematic journey that spans from pure, unadulterated horror to a hint of dark action. Sure, some of these roles might be cameos, but let’s be real: Todd’s iconic presence is the cinematic equivalent of a perfectly-timed jump-scare. Even in the briefest of appearances, he leaves an unforgettable impression.
With his resonant voice, imposing stature, and the uncanny ability to shift seamlessly between menacing and deeply empathetic characters, Tony Todd transcends the typical. He’s not just an actor; he’s a horror legend.
- 10/11/2023
- by Kimberley Elizabeth
There is a thin line between the mockumentary and the pseudo-documentary. While both categories warp the concept of non-fiction filmmaking, mockumentaries are satirical and often comedic, while pseudo-documentaries exist in the horror space. Think "Best in Show" versus "Cannibal Holocaust". The pseudo-documentary uses the idea of the truth to weaponize our fear. The more real the film seems, the scarier it is to the viewer. Yes, it's only a movie, but a good pseudo-documentary will worm its way into the back of your brain, asking, "But what if it is real?"
This category of film is often included in discussions of found footage films in general, as both try to convince the viewer what they're watching is real. Found footage is typically footage that is, well, found and is presented as unedited evidence of a crime, haunting, creature, or anything terrifying, but, with the pseudo-documentary, the filmmakers utilize interviews and...
This category of film is often included in discussions of found footage films in general, as both try to convince the viewer what they're watching is real. Found footage is typically footage that is, well, found and is presented as unedited evidence of a crime, haunting, creature, or anything terrifying, but, with the pseudo-documentary, the filmmakers utilize interviews and...
- 8/14/2022
- by Mary Beth McAndrews
- Slash Film
Holliston Goes to Hell in a New Comic Adaption: "Your favorite characters from the TV series Holliston are back, and this time they’re going straight to hell in “Holliston Goes to Hell,” the third book in the graphic novel series based on the fan-favorite horror sit-com. When “Adam,” “Joe,” “Laura,” and “Corri” attend their High School Reunion an ancient colonial curse creates a gigantic sinkhole that swallows the entire town of Holliston, Ma down to Hell! Now the gang must each face off with their darkest personal fear if they’re to save their souls from the clutches of the Devil himself!
“It was a delight to send the characters of Holliston to Hell,” says writer Greg Wright. “The story is filled with payoffs for horror fans to find and there’s plenty of demonic shenanigans that only the Holliston gang can deliver.”
“We couldn’t be more thrilled...
“It was a delight to send the characters of Holliston to Hell,” says writer Greg Wright. “The story is filled with payoffs for horror fans to find and there’s plenty of demonic shenanigans that only the Holliston gang can deliver.”
“We couldn’t be more thrilled...
- 6/15/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Sean Gunn, Eloise Smyth, Abraham Lewis, Nina Kiri, John Harlan Kim star.
Concourse Media has acquired worldwide sales rights to the dystopian sci-fi thriller I Am Mortal and will launch sales at AFM 2020 Online next month.
Tony Aloupis (Safelight starring Evan Peter and Juno Temple) wrote and directed the feature set 200 years in the future when the human race has achieved immortality through a genetic vaccine.
All war, violence and crime has been eradicated, but in this seemingly utopian society a small band of rebels seeks to overthrow the status quo and reclaim their right to die.
Sean Gunn (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.
Concourse Media has acquired worldwide sales rights to the dystopian sci-fi thriller I Am Mortal and will launch sales at AFM 2020 Online next month.
Tony Aloupis (Safelight starring Evan Peter and Juno Temple) wrote and directed the feature set 200 years in the future when the human race has achieved immortality through a genetic vaccine.
All war, violence and crime has been eradicated, but in this seemingly utopian society a small band of rebels seeks to overthrow the status quo and reclaim their right to die.
Sean Gunn (Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.
- 10/26/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Nicholas Michael Jacobs, Shawn C. Phillips | Written and Directed by Nicholas Michael Jacobs
I have seen many many found footage horror movies and I am as big of a fan of them as you’ll probably know. It all started with the original The Blair Witch Project and although it took a while for the sub genre to really get going, it has created some true classics of the genre, including Rec, Paranormal Activity, Trollhunter, Cloverfield, Digging Up The Marrow and more. But it has also had its fair share of duds because it is one of the easiest type of movies to make with no budget. So when a found footage short movie comes along I am mildy cautious.
Genevieve adds another sub genre in the mix with a ‘supernaturally possessed doll’ the target of a thief who is heading into somebodies house to steal it. Why he...
I have seen many many found footage horror movies and I am as big of a fan of them as you’ll probably know. It all started with the original The Blair Witch Project and although it took a while for the sub genre to really get going, it has created some true classics of the genre, including Rec, Paranormal Activity, Trollhunter, Cloverfield, Digging Up The Marrow and more. But it has also had its fair share of duds because it is one of the easiest type of movies to make with no budget. So when a found footage short movie comes along I am mildy cautious.
Genevieve adds another sub genre in the mix with a ‘supernaturally possessed doll’ the target of a thief who is heading into somebodies house to steal it. Why he...
- 7/7/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Ever since “oldies” like Scream entered their “retrospective anniversary articles” phase, slasher cinema has failed to regain control of genre airwaves like those 80’s mainstays of pulp and cultural circumstance. Your still-relevant Friday The 13th or Child’s Play franchises. To that, I’ve always considered Adam Green’s Hatchet an exception to trends. My first taste of Victor Crowley’s bayou legend struck me as – pound for pound – one of the post-2000 era’s gnarliest slasher rebirths. Hatchet II and Hatchet III, two underrated indie continuations, only strengthened my arguments. Count me a ranking axe-wielder in the Hatchet Army, and a continual fan of Green’s work (Frozen chills to the core, Digging Up The Marrow blasts creativity).
Unfortunately, this just makes 2018’s Victor Crowley a bigger disappointment in my eyes.
Parry Shen returns as Andrew – the lone survivor of Hatch III’s massacre – and is duped into returning...
Unfortunately, this just makes 2018’s Victor Crowley a bigger disappointment in my eyes.
Parry Shen returns as Andrew – the lone survivor of Hatch III’s massacre – and is duped into returning...
- 2/8/2018
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
[To get you into the spooky spirit, the Daily Dead team is spotlighting double features that we think would be fun to watch this Halloween season. Check here for more double feature recommendations and other Halloween 2017 coverage.]
As horror lovers, we tend to spend most of October drowning ourselves in our favorite movies (even more than the rest of the year), revisiting those titles that remind us of the season or which have become an annual tradition. Never is this more true than on Halloween night, when so many of us have our go-to titles without which the holiday wouldn’t be complete: “It’s not Halloween unless I watch The Exorcist,” or “It’s not Halloween unless I watch the remake of The Fog!” Some of you are weird.
I get it. I don’t have any hard and fast rules about what I watch every Halloween, but I always make it a point to watch something. And while I know many of you will turn to the original Halloween or Trick ’r Treat or even Night of the Demons, I want to offer an alternative...
As horror lovers, we tend to spend most of October drowning ourselves in our favorite movies (even more than the rest of the year), revisiting those titles that remind us of the season or which have become an annual tradition. Never is this more true than on Halloween night, when so many of us have our go-to titles without which the holiday wouldn’t be complete: “It’s not Halloween unless I watch The Exorcist,” or “It’s not Halloween unless I watch the remake of The Fog!” Some of you are weird.
I get it. I don’t have any hard and fast rules about what I watch every Halloween, but I always make it a point to watch something. And while I know many of you will turn to the original Halloween or Trick ’r Treat or even Night of the Demons, I want to offer an alternative...
- 10/31/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
We’re in the last remaining days of October, meaning many of us will be trying to cram in as many horror movies as possible between now and Halloween. For my last round of Shudder picks this month, I thought I’d go with a much looser theme: there’s nothing that ties these titles together except that they’re really good movies I think you should watch. Some you may recognize, others may be less familiar to you. All of them are worth streaming on Shudder.
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) It’s not officially October without the Universal Monsters, so big thanks to Shudder for adding most of the big ones to their expanding library of streaming options. There’s no wrong choice when it comes to the classics, but I’ll make the case that Universal never got better than The Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale...
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935, dir. James Whale) It’s not officially October without the Universal Monsters, so big thanks to Shudder for adding most of the big ones to their expanding library of streaming options. There’s no wrong choice when it comes to the classics, but I’ll make the case that Universal never got better than The Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale...
- 10/27/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Janna and Josh are back and join Andy & Mike to talk about what they’ve been watching, get up in ‘dem guts on Cult of Chucky, finally explain the ending of The Prowler and battle again in another round of Horrorlimination.
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00:02:38 – What We’ve Been Watching
Josh – Halloween II (on VHS), The Night Flier, Stranger Things, Friend Request, Blade Runner 2049, Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut
Janna – Rosemary’s Baby, The Birds, Strays, Orphan
Mike – Puppet Master, mother!, Fortress, The Stuff, Digging Up the Marrow, Pet Sematary Two
Andy – Gerald’s Game, A Ghost Story, Haunters: The Art of the Scare
00:57:51 – #GetUpInDemGuts: Cult Of Chucky
01:20:00 – Horrorlimination – 1981 & 1982
01:49:26 – Explaining the end of The Prowler for nachos_mcwerewolf on Instagram
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00:02:38 – What We’ve Been Watching
Josh – Halloween II (on VHS), The Night Flier, Stranger Things, Friend Request, Blade Runner 2049, Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut
Janna – Rosemary’s Baby, The Birds, Strays, Orphan
Mike – Puppet Master, mother!, Fortress, The Stuff, Digging Up the Marrow, Pet Sematary Two
Andy – Gerald’s Game, A Ghost Story, Haunters: The Art of the Scare
00:57:51 – #GetUpInDemGuts: Cult Of Chucky
01:20:00 – Horrorlimination – 1981 & 1982
01:49:26 – Explaining the end of The Prowler for nachos_mcwerewolf on Instagram
Killer Track: “Blue Moon” by The Marcels
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- 10/13/2017
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
You want fun? You’re gonna get fun! For our 31st episode of Brainwaves Horror and Paranormal Talk Radio, we’ll be sitting down with Adam Green, director of Hatchet, Frozen, Digging Up the Marrow, “Holliston” and much more! Maybe we’ll even… Continue Reading →
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- 1/28/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Her delectable desserts have honored Hellraiser’s Cenobites and paid tribute to Elm Street's dream stalker, and artist Janine Lister's latest creepy creation celebrates another formidable force in the horror genre: filmmaker Adam Green.
Featuring characters and settings from the worlds of one of her favorite filmmakers, this incredible Adam Green cake was conceived when Janine wanted to design a dessert that would encompass multiple horror projects that were all created by the same person.
Being a passionate fan of Kane Hodder, Janine watched the horror icon play Victor Crowley in Green's Hatchet movies, which led her to seek out more of the director's projects, including Frozen, Digging Up the Marrow, the horror anthology Chillerama, and the Holliston series, all of which are represented on her cake:
"I wanted to do a cake that would be a bit of an art piece based on something in the horror genre, so...
Featuring characters and settings from the worlds of one of her favorite filmmakers, this incredible Adam Green cake was conceived when Janine wanted to design a dessert that would encompass multiple horror projects that were all created by the same person.
Being a passionate fan of Kane Hodder, Janine watched the horror icon play Victor Crowley in Green's Hatchet movies, which led her to seek out more of the director's projects, including Frozen, Digging Up the Marrow, the horror anthology Chillerama, and the Holliston series, all of which are represented on her cake:
"I wanted to do a cake that would be a bit of an art piece based on something in the horror genre, so...
- 1/12/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Gather your fright-loving family members, fill your cup to the brim with egg nog, and find a comfy spot around the TV (or computer) screen, because enough horror movies to fill Santa's sleigh are coming to the streaming service Shudder this December, including Rob Zombie's 31, Bob Clark's Black Christmas, and many more.
Press Release: This December, there’s oh so much under Shudder’s tree. But before you get unwrapping, let’s shake the boxes a bit… We have something special for everyone, inside.
Love clowns? Coming exclusively to Shudder is Rob Zombie’s latest, 31, a vicious and characteristically Zombie film. Which is to say it’s dirty, mean and, from the get, right up in your face.
Looking to stay in? We’ve got a very special Shudder exclusive in Shrew's Nest. Directed by Juanfer Andrés & Esteban Roel (and produced by Alex de la Iglesia), this elegant,...
Press Release: This December, there’s oh so much under Shudder’s tree. But before you get unwrapping, let’s shake the boxes a bit… We have something special for everyone, inside.
Love clowns? Coming exclusively to Shudder is Rob Zombie’s latest, 31, a vicious and characteristically Zombie film. Which is to say it’s dirty, mean and, from the get, right up in your face.
Looking to stay in? We’ve got a very special Shudder exclusive in Shrew's Nest. Directed by Juanfer Andrés & Esteban Roel (and produced by Alex de la Iglesia), this elegant,...
- 12/2/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
One of our favorite artists in the horror game is Alex Pardee, whose original creatures – recently seen in Adam Green’s Digging Up the Marrow – continually blow our mind. In addition to all the original stuff, Pardee also likes… Continue Reading →
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- 7/5/2016
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Almost Human writer/director Joe Begos’ latest film, The Mind’s Eye, has been acquired for North American distribution by Rlj Entertainment:
Press Release: Los Angeles, April 12, 2016 – Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) has acquired all North American rights to the thriller, The Mind’S Eye. Written and directed by Joe Begos, the film reunites him with his Almost Human film star Graham Skipper, along with cast members Lauren Ashley Carter (Premium Rush, The Woman), John Speredakos (The House of the Devil), and Noah Segan (Some Kind of Hate, Looper). Rlje plans to release The Mind’S Eye in theaters and On Demand later this year. Mark Ward, Rlj Entertainment’s Chief Acquisitions Officer, made the announcement today.
The Mind’S Eye made its world premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and won the award for Best Director, Horror Feature at the 2015 Fantastic Fest.
“Joe has an amazing...
Press Release: Los Angeles, April 12, 2016 – Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) has acquired all North American rights to the thriller, The Mind’S Eye. Written and directed by Joe Begos, the film reunites him with his Almost Human film star Graham Skipper, along with cast members Lauren Ashley Carter (Premium Rush, The Woman), John Speredakos (The House of the Devil), and Noah Segan (Some Kind of Hate, Looper). Rlje plans to release The Mind’S Eye in theaters and On Demand later this year. Mark Ward, Rlj Entertainment’s Chief Acquisitions Officer, made the announcement today.
The Mind’S Eye made its world premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and won the award for Best Director, Horror Feature at the 2015 Fantastic Fest.
“Joe has an amazing...
- 4/12/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Holliston fans rejoice—it was announced today that Adam Green's horror comedy series will return for a third season next summer on GeekNation.
Press Release: "(Los Angeles, CA – July 20, 2015) After a two year hiatus following the tragic death of cast member Dave Brockie, the popular sit-com Holliston will return for a third season in 2016 on the GeekNation digital network, it was announced today by ArieScope Pictures President and series creator/ show runner Adam Green in conjunction with GeekNation’s CEO Clare Kramer and COO Brian Keathley. The highly anticipated third season is set for a full 10-episode order to premiere on GeekNation’s digital streaming network next summer, making this the first time thatHolliston will be readily accessible for all, including audiences in many foreign countries that were unable to watch the series until now.
Created by Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen), Holliston stars Green and fellow real-life genre filmmaker Joe Lynch (Everly,...
Press Release: "(Los Angeles, CA – July 20, 2015) After a two year hiatus following the tragic death of cast member Dave Brockie, the popular sit-com Holliston will return for a third season in 2016 on the GeekNation digital network, it was announced today by ArieScope Pictures President and series creator/ show runner Adam Green in conjunction with GeekNation’s CEO Clare Kramer and COO Brian Keathley. The highly anticipated third season is set for a full 10-episode order to premiere on GeekNation’s digital streaming network next summer, making this the first time thatHolliston will be readily accessible for all, including audiences in many foreign countries that were unable to watch the series until now.
Created by Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen), Holliston stars Green and fellow real-life genre filmmaker Joe Lynch (Everly,...
- 7/20/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
To celebrate the release of the documentary mash-up Digging Up The Marrow from horror master Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) – out now on DVD – we have a copy to giveaway! Based on the dark illustrations of celebrated artist Alex Pardee and starring Ray Wise (RoboCop, X-Men First Class, Twin Peaks), Digging Up The Marrow blurs the lines between reality and fantasy.
When Adam Green receives a message from a mysterious stranger, he takes his film crew on a bone-chilling odyssey to discover real-life monsters!
Order today on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1SC6nEZ
To win a copy of Digging Up the Marrow on DVD, just answer the following question:
Who stars as the killer in Adam Green’s horror trilogy Hatchet? Is it:
a) Robert Englund
b) Danielle Harris
c) Kane Hodder
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also leave...
When Adam Green receives a message from a mysterious stranger, he takes his film crew on a bone-chilling odyssey to discover real-life monsters!
Order today on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1SC6nEZ
To win a copy of Digging Up the Marrow on DVD, just answer the following question:
Who stars as the killer in Adam Green’s horror trilogy Hatchet? Is it:
a) Robert Englund
b) Danielle Harris
c) Kane Hodder
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also leave...
- 6/26/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Ray Wise, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Josh Ethier, Rileah Vanderbilt, Kane Hodder, Sarah Elbert, Tom Holland, Mick Garris, Alex Pardee, Jimmy McCarthy, Nic Henley, Caitlyn Brisbin, Robert Pendergraft | Written and Directed by Adam Green
The problem with found footage movies is sometimes, instead of pulling the audience closer into the action, we end up thinking that the person behind the camera is just an idiot who should have dropped it and run for his life when things got dangerous. However their are rare occassions where you can just enjoy being taken along for the ride… As is the case with Digging Up the Marrow.
Playing himself Adam Green films a documentary about a man, William Dekker (Ray Wise) who contacts him promising proof of the existence of monsters in the world. Taking Will Barratt along with him as camera man he interviews Dekker about the claims, agreeing to investigate the claims.
The problem with found footage movies is sometimes, instead of pulling the audience closer into the action, we end up thinking that the person behind the camera is just an idiot who should have dropped it and run for his life when things got dangerous. However their are rare occassions where you can just enjoy being taken along for the ride… As is the case with Digging Up the Marrow.
Playing himself Adam Green films a documentary about a man, William Dekker (Ray Wise) who contacts him promising proof of the existence of monsters in the world. Taking Will Barratt along with him as camera man he interviews Dekker about the claims, agreeing to investigate the claims.
- 6/22/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
To celebrate the June 22 UK DVD release of Adam Green’s monsterrific Digging Up the Marrow (review), we’ve got a rather funky interactive map of the UK for you that pulls back the curtain on a number of lesser-known folk… Continue Reading →
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- 6/5/2015
- by Gareth Jones
- DreadCentral.com
May releases from Diamond Select Toys include Ghostbusters, Predator, and a zombified Jay and Silent Bob. Also in our latest round-up: 20 Seconds to Live, a Captain America vs. Iron Man infographic, and new Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World stills.
Diamond Select Toys: Press Release -- "The new Previews catalog is in comic shops now, and inside is a litany of new products coming your way from Diamond Select Toys! Due out this fall, the new offerings include items from the Batman Classic TV Series, Batman The Animated Series, Gotham, Ghostbusters, Jay and Silent Bob, Marvel Select, Predator, Pulp Fiction, Star Trek, Universal Monsters and more! It’s the best of all worlds! Read on for more info, and pre-order today through your local comic shop, your favorite online retailer, or diamondselecttoys.com! Find your nearest comic shop at comicshoplocator.com!
Ghostbusters Movie Select Action Figures Series 1 Asst.:
A Diamond Select Toys release!
Diamond Select Toys: Press Release -- "The new Previews catalog is in comic shops now, and inside is a litany of new products coming your way from Diamond Select Toys! Due out this fall, the new offerings include items from the Batman Classic TV Series, Batman The Animated Series, Gotham, Ghostbusters, Jay and Silent Bob, Marvel Select, Predator, Pulp Fiction, Star Trek, Universal Monsters and more! It’s the best of all worlds! Read on for more info, and pre-order today through your local comic shop, your favorite online retailer, or diamondselecttoys.com! Find your nearest comic shop at comicshoplocator.com!
Ghostbusters Movie Select Action Figures Series 1 Asst.:
A Diamond Select Toys release!
- 5/11/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Recently the ol’ cool ghoul caught wind of a current indie release that’s sure to tickle the funny bone (or someplace a bit lower) of any monster maniac entitled Digging Up The Marrow…
This fright flick boasts a bevy o’ beautiful beasties, and back in March I gave ya the scary skinny on the whole enchilada. [Ed. Note: See FM #280 for our exclusive interview with the film's director, Adam Green.] None other than the film’s art die-rector, Astonishing Alex Pardee, dropped into the Crypt o’ Xiii (leavin’ a sizeable hole… I hope my insurance covers “plunging artists”) to jaw about his involvement in the film, his inspirations, and of course, monsters (I mean come on… did you have any doubt?)!
Famous Monsters. Holy cats Alex, I gotta tell ya, this is a unique thrill for yours cruelly… your art is an inspiration to creeps and fiends everywhere! Where did you get yer sense of arcane aesthetics?
Alex Pardee. From the beginning, as a kid,...
This fright flick boasts a bevy o’ beautiful beasties, and back in March I gave ya the scary skinny on the whole enchilada. [Ed. Note: See FM #280 for our exclusive interview with the film's director, Adam Green.] None other than the film’s art die-rector, Astonishing Alex Pardee, dropped into the Crypt o’ Xiii (leavin’ a sizeable hole… I hope my insurance covers “plunging artists”) to jaw about his involvement in the film, his inspirations, and of course, monsters (I mean come on… did you have any doubt?)!
Famous Monsters. Holy cats Alex, I gotta tell ya, this is a unique thrill for yours cruelly… your art is an inspiration to creeps and fiends everywhere! Where did you get yer sense of arcane aesthetics?
Alex Pardee. From the beginning, as a kid,...
- 5/9/2015
- by DanielXIII
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Title: Digging Up the Marrow Rlj Entertainment / Image Entertainment Director: Adam Green Writer: Adam Green Cast: Ray Wise, Adam Green, Will Barratt, Steve Agee, Dave “Oderus Urungus” Brockie, Kane Hodder, Rileah Vanderbilt, Tom Holland, Mick Garris, Tony Todd, Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Lynch, Running Time: 88 Minutes, Not Rated Special Features: Extended and Deleted Scenes [5 total] with introductions by Adam Green; Monsters of the Marrow [28 min]; Commentary with Writer/Director Adam Green, Artist Alex Pardee, Cinematographer Will Barratt and Actor Ray Wise; Trailer Available on DVD & Blu-Ray March 24th Documentary style horror film presented and directed by Adam Green of Holliston and the Hatchet franchise. At first you [ Read More ]
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- 4/17/2015
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Okay cult film fans, this is a giveaway you definitely want in on. We have three posters from Adam Green's Digging Up The Marrow to give away. They have been signed by the director himself and one of cult film's greatest patriarchs, Ray Wise. What if the ghastly images and abominations haunting our collective nightmares actually exist? Writer/director Adam Green (Hatchet) sets out to make a documentary exploring this tantalizing premise after being contacted by a mysterious man named William Dekker (Ray Wise). Dekker claims he can prove that "monsters are real" and insists these grotesque creatures are forgotten, hideously deformed humanoids inhabiting a vast, underground metropolis of the damned. Determined to expose the truth, Green embarks on a bone-chilling odyssey and gets more than he...
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- 4/13/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Adam Green’s Digging Up the Marrow (review) is available now, online and in stores, and if you haven’t watched or gotten your copy yet, you’re missing out. Right now we have your chance to score a signed (by both Adam… Continue Reading →
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- 4/9/2015
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Welcome to the latest episode of The ScreamCast! Each episode sees hosts Sean Duregger and Brad Henderson review a Scream Factory release, however this week the ScreamCast gang are not just tackling Scream Factory, they’re also taking a look something(s) a little different…
This week Brian Saur joins the gang once again to talk Adam Green’s newest film Digging Up the Marrow as well as Duke Miller’s absolutely insane Massacre Mafia Style. The guys also introduce a new segment called “What’s On Your Doorstep” where we discuss some of the newest additions in our ever growing genre collections.
Don’t forget to check out TheScreamCast.com for the show notes and for more news and reviews of Scream Factory releases and make sure to follow them on Twitter too!
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This week Brian Saur joins the gang once again to talk Adam Green’s newest film Digging Up the Marrow as well as Duke Miller’s absolutely insane Massacre Mafia Style. The guys also introduce a new segment called “What’s On Your Doorstep” where we discuss some of the newest additions in our ever growing genre collections.
Don’t forget to check out TheScreamCast.com for the show notes and for more news and reviews of Scream Factory releases and make sure to follow them on Twitter too!
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- 4/1/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Adam Green’s Digging Up the Marrow (review) is available now, online and in stores, and if you haven’t watched or gotten your copy yet, we have an exclusive clip to help sway you. Check it out! Starring, written by, and… Continue Reading →
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- 3/26/2015
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies We know this won't be the last we hear of The Hobbit as there will have to be the release of the extended edition and then there are box sets to consider, but we are getting closer to the end of our association with Middle Earth and it actually reminds me, what is Peter Jackson going to do nowc
Unbroken It's amazing to think that about a year ago we all thought this one had the best chance at winning Best Picture and now here we are, a year later and no one could really care less.
Into the Woods I really disliked this movie, but Mike, our resident lover of musicals, loved it. It's a story that cares nothing for its characters and feels like two movies smushed together to form a Frankenstein of a musical, and wow, the songs, I'm...
Unbroken It's amazing to think that about a year ago we all thought this one had the best chance at winning Best Picture and now here we are, a year later and no one could really care less.
Into the Woods I really disliked this movie, but Mike, our resident lover of musicals, loved it. It's a story that cares nothing for its characters and feels like two movies smushed together to form a Frankenstein of a musical, and wow, the songs, I'm...
- 3/24/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
For the second to last week of March, genre fans have a lot to look forward to as there are a ton of titles making their home entertainment debut this Tuesday. Image Entertainment is releasing Digging Up the Marrow, the latest from filmmaker Adam Green, on both Blu-ray and DVD and Grindhouse Releasing is doing the dark lord’s work with their stunning 3-Disc Collector’s Edition of Lucio Fulci’s cult classic, The Beyond. Wild Eye Releasing also has several films being released on March 24th and Shout Factory has another great Mystery Science Theater 3000 box set coming out as well.
The Beyond: 3-Disc Collector’s Edition (Grindhouse Releasing, Blu-ray)
The seven dreaded gateways to hell are concealed in seven cursed places... And on the day the gates of hell are opened, the dead will walk the earth! From legendary Italian horror master Lucio Fulci comes the ultimate classic of supernatural terror.
The Beyond: 3-Disc Collector’s Edition (Grindhouse Releasing, Blu-ray)
The seven dreaded gateways to hell are concealed in seven cursed places... And on the day the gates of hell are opened, the dead will walk the earth! From legendary Italian horror master Lucio Fulci comes the ultimate classic of supernatural terror.
- 3/24/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
From horror maestro Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) comes the ingenious genre mash-up of documentary and dark fantasy – Digging Up The Marrow – on DVD 15th June 2015. This faux documentary has already accrued a cult following after generating buzz from highly secretive screenings at a handful of film festivals.
Based on the dark illustrations of celebrated artist Alex Pardee and starring Ray Wise (RoboCop, X-Men First Class, Twin Peaks), Digging Up The Marrow blurs the lines between reality and fantasy, taking the horror genre beyond the fourth wall.
Adam Green receives a package in his fan mail from a mysterious man named William Dekker (Ray Wise). Dekker claims he can prove monsters do indeed exist and that these grotesque creatures are in fact forgotten, hideously deformed humanoids that inhabit a vast, underground metropolis of the damned. Determined to discover the truth, Green and his crew embark on a mysterious, fantastical, and terrifying...
Based on the dark illustrations of celebrated artist Alex Pardee and starring Ray Wise (RoboCop, X-Men First Class, Twin Peaks), Digging Up The Marrow blurs the lines between reality and fantasy, taking the horror genre beyond the fourth wall.
Adam Green receives a package in his fan mail from a mysterious man named William Dekker (Ray Wise). Dekker claims he can prove monsters do indeed exist and that these grotesque creatures are in fact forgotten, hideously deformed humanoids that inhabit a vast, underground metropolis of the damned. Determined to discover the truth, Green and his crew embark on a mysterious, fantastical, and terrifying...
- 3/12/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The Alamo Drafthouse is known to pull off a lot of badass genre events, but this latest one looks to take the fun and the mayhem to the next level. Get ready for a double feature to die for! From… Continue Reading →
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- 3/6/2015
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
There are a lot of good things (the finale is particularly awesome) going on in Digging Up the Marrow. Greens bid to craft a new found footage flick pays off for the most part. Hes one of todays most passionate genre contributors and pictures like this are perfect reflections of his love of horror. Its hard to imagine everyone loving the film but those who adore the insanely talented Green Holliston or just good wellassembled campy thrills are going to view Digging Up the Marrow in quite high regard. For the record Im one of those guys.
- 3/2/2015
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Adam Green is the director of many popular horror films such as the Hatchet series, the stuck-on-a-chairlift thriller, Frozen and Spiral. His new film, Digging Up The Marrow, sees the director following a man who insists he knows monsters are real.
Digging Up the Marrow is out now in theatres, on all VOD platforms, iTunes, Amazon and wherever else fine horror films are found.
Besides films, Green is the creator of the Fearnet series Holliston and the host of podcast The Movie Crypt.
I got the chance to chat with Green about his new film, monster movie [Continued ...]...
Digging Up the Marrow is out now in theatres, on all VOD platforms, iTunes, Amazon and wherever else fine horror films are found.
Besides films, Green is the creator of the Fearnet series Holliston and the host of podcast The Movie Crypt.
I got the chance to chat with Green about his new film, monster movie [Continued ...]...
- 2/26/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Good day, horror fans. I trust that most people reading this story were curled up with a fabulous scary movie (or The Walking Dead, more likely) rather than tuning into the Oscars, a ceremony where horror has been almost completely sidelined for the last 87 years. Maybe you.re watching the now-on-Blu-ray anthology V/H/S Viral, which includes the previously unreleased segment "Gorgeous Vortex" from Todd Lincoln, or the madness that is Adam Green.s Digging Up the Marrow, which was released on Friday. In smaller news, it looks like micro-budget horror factor Blumhouse Productions will be teaming Mortal Instruments director Harold Zwart with screenwriter Robert Ben Garant (Hell Baby) for a family-friendly horror. And the "shot on an iPhone" thriller Hooked Up was picked up by indie distributors Uncork.d, who will release the flick on VOD on April 7. And now for the best three minutes of your life.
- 2/23/2015
- cinemablend.com
Digging Up the Marrow is the latest film by Adam Green, a director who's really hit the mark in the past, most notably with the Hatchet series which I have a great fondness for. The film is a meta-mockumentary where Green (playing himself) embarks on a journey with his documentary subject William Dekker (Ray Wise) who claims to know about a secret underground society of rejected freaks that only come in the cover of darkness. The film was inspired by the stellar art of Alex Pardee.
Green has a legion of fans who he has been spreading himself very thin for lately. Besides films, Green showruns a TV series on Fearnet and hosts a very popular podcast called The Movie Crypt. How busy Green is actually comes up a few times during the [Continued ...]...
Green has a legion of fans who he has been spreading himself very thin for lately. Besides films, Green showruns a TV series on Fearnet and hosts a very popular podcast called The Movie Crypt. How busy Green is actually comes up a few times during the [Continued ...]...
- 2/20/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Released in 1990, Clive Barker's "Nightbreed," based on his own novella about an underground society of monstrous outcasts, was creatively compromised, critically lambasted, and financially disastrous (making less than its meager $11 million budget). In subsequent years, however, it proved to be highly influential, spawning a comic book series, videogames, and a lavishly restored director's cut, released last year by the good folks at Shout Factory. You can certainly feel the film's mark all over "Digging Up the Marrow," writer/director Adam Green's faux documentary about his own quest to uncover a "Nightbreed"-like resting ground for mythological beasts. While it tries its hardest, it ends up falling short of its promise. It's got a lot of spirit, but not much follow-through. The movie opens with presumably real-life footage of Green quizzing folks at horror conventions and San Diego Comic Con about why they love monsters so much. There they.
- 2/20/2015
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
One of the most anticipated horror films of 2015 is available for VOD rental today, as Adam Green’s first film in five years has just been unleashed upon the masses. It’s called Digging Up the Marrow (review), and in it… Continue Reading →
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- 2/20/2015
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Part documentary, part narrative, there are no easy labels for writer/director Adam Green’s latest movie, Digging Up the Marrow. On one hand, it features Green and a number of his regular collaborators playing themselves. At the same time, it stars Ray Wise as a Dr. Loomis-esque obsessive on the hunt for real-life monsters. It’s told as a straightforward documentary, but it also features cool-looking monsters designed by artist Alex Pardee (whose artwork served as the inspiration for the film). The pieces might be recognizable in and of themselves, but put together they make Digging Up the Marrow a movie that doesn’t quite feel like anything else out there.
It’s difficult to describe the premise of Marrow without giving too much away, and this is the kind of film where it’s better to go in cold. Suffice it to say that Green plays himself, a...
It’s difficult to describe the premise of Marrow without giving too much away, and this is the kind of film where it’s better to go in cold. Suffice it to say that Green plays himself, a...
- 2/20/2015
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Two of this week’s limited releases tell their stories in documentary form, but while neither of them seem all that believable only one of them is faking it. Kung Fu Elliot follows Canada’s self-appointed action star as he and his motley crew attempt to finish his third feature film, but the man’s ambition and energy are dwarfed by a surprising reality. Digging Up the Marrow meanwhile follows horror director Adam Green as he meets a fan who claims to have proof of monsters in the real world. ————————————————— Elliot Scott is an action star, and he wants the world to know it. He started small with self-made, no-budget features — They Killed My Cat being a prescient precursor to the likes of John Wick — and he’s nearing completion on his biggest film yet, Blood Fight. It’s still a zero budget affair featuring his long-suffering girlfriend Linda Lum and a pair of acquaintances, all...
- 2/20/2015
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Digging Up the Marrow will be released on VOD and iTunes beginning February 20th. Filmmaker Adam Green and artist Alex Pardee, whose work inspired the film, are also currently touring the film around the country with a special art exhibit, leading up to the premiere of the film tomorrow evening. Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Green about the tour, his experiences working on Marrow over the last few years and what it's like to make a film that feels like nothing else out there.
You can check out part one of our extensive interview with Green Here.
As a huge fan, I do like that there’s also stuff that’s for fans, whether it’s seeing ArieScope offices or seeing Sara Elbert show up. All that stuff is really cool, but you don’t have to be a diehard fan to appreciate the movie. The...
You can check out part one of our extensive interview with Green Here.
As a huge fan, I do like that there’s also stuff that’s for fans, whether it’s seeing ArieScope offices or seeing Sara Elbert show up. All that stuff is really cool, but you don’t have to be a diehard fan to appreciate the movie. The...
- 2/19/2015
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
One of the many joys of being a parent, an aunt, or an uncle is passing on your biggest fandoms. For those who love horror, it’s all about that day when you’re finally able to show your son, daughter, niece, or nephew the movies that both scared you silly and inspired your lifelong passion for…
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- 2/19/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
This weekend, rewind the clock because your favorite time-traveling comedians are back in "Hot Tub Time Machine 2," Kevin Costner transforms an unlikely California cross country team into championship contenders in "McFarland USA," and Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 87th Annual Academy Awards live Sunday night at 7 Et / 4 Pt on ABC.
Also in theaters this weekend: "The Duff" follows a high school senior (Mae Whitman) who tries to shake up the social order at school after discovering she's the Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). "Wild Tales" is an Oscar-nominated Argentinian black comedy about love, deception, the return of the past, tragedy, and violence in everyday life pushing itself towards the undeniable pleasure of losing control. "Gloria" is a biopic about the rebellious and controversial Mexican pop icon Gloria Trevi whose international success was rocked by a larger than life scandal. In "Digging Up the Marrow," a documentary exploring genre-based monster...
Also in theaters this weekend: "The Duff" follows a high school senior (Mae Whitman) who tries to shake up the social order at school after discovering she's the Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). "Wild Tales" is an Oscar-nominated Argentinian black comedy about love, deception, the return of the past, tragedy, and violence in everyday life pushing itself towards the undeniable pleasure of losing control. "Gloria" is a biopic about the rebellious and controversial Mexican pop icon Gloria Trevi whose international success was rocked by a larger than life scandal. In "Digging Up the Marrow," a documentary exploring genre-based monster...
- 2/19/2015
- by Jonny Black
- Moviefone
Since bursting on the scene with the throwback slasher Hatchet in 2006, writer/director Adam Green has built a career on doing this his own way. He has written and directed multiple features, produced films for up-and-coming filmmakers, created, written and starred on two seasons of his own sitcom Holliston, co-hosted The Movie Crypt, his own successful weekly filmmaking podcast and much, much more.
Digging Up the Marrow, Green's latest feature, is something totally different: a blend of documentary and narrative that defies any easy categorization. In the film, Green plays himself, a horror movie director with his own independent production company (ArieScope) who is contacted by a man named Decker (Ray Wise, the best he's ever been) claiming that monsters are real and that he knows exactly where to find them -- at an entrance to an underground world he calls "the Marrow."
Digging Up the Marrow will be released...
Digging Up the Marrow, Green's latest feature, is something totally different: a blend of documentary and narrative that defies any easy categorization. In the film, Green plays himself, a horror movie director with his own independent production company (ArieScope) who is contacted by a man named Decker (Ray Wise, the best he's ever been) claiming that monsters are real and that he knows exactly where to find them -- at an entrance to an underground world he calls "the Marrow."
Digging Up the Marrow will be released...
- 2/18/2015
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
A recent interview from Sundance 2015.
CEO of Kaleidoscope Film Distribution Spencer Pollard started his career as a tax advisor in media and film. He worked for the world’s biggest independent record producer with a team that managed and recorded acts like Beyoncé. He then entered television and film distribution, and went on to start an international division for a Us sales and distribution company where he setup finance for the TV series “Wolverine and the X-Men”. He went on to acquire the Marvel library for distribution in the UK and Western Europe.
Pollard shares the start, the success and slate of Kaleidoscope, and also gives some good business advice for filmmakers.
Please talk about how Kaleidoscope started.
I started Kaleidoscope with four titles. After nearly seven years, we are now the 15th biggest distributor in the UK, handling fifteen theatrical movies a year and 40-50 home entertainment titles. We sell, market, and distribute for third party labels, and release about 100 films a year. We handle rights for home entertainment, TV, digital, and have years of experience in sales and distribution.
We started Kaleidoscope’s International Sales and Distribution arm in Toronto back in 2010. We did this because we wanted to be involved in projects during their earlier stages, and wanted to be in control of sales and distribution rights on a major level.
As the market has diversified and changed, both in the UK and internationally, our business now focuses on two things — mainstream commercial genre films with great casts and larger budgets, and festival films that can play at festivals like Sundance, Toronto, or Berlin. We were very active in Sundance last year, where we picked up four films.
Kaleidoscope covers all genres?
We cover most genres, but we don’t do focus on foreign language art-house films. There are companies that are far better and dedicated with these specialty films. If we focused on art-house, it would take away from what we do well.
In terms of our upcoming slate, “Glassland” had its premiere at Sundance, and we are screening it in Berlin as well.
We have a genre film called “Digging Up The Marrow” by Adam Green, who has a great fan base because of his film “Frozen” and the “Hatchet” trilogy.
We are also selling “I Am Big Bird”, a documentary that has made it into many of the Us film festivals. It’s an intimate portrayal of the last living Sesame Street puppeteer. He has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since day one, and is now 81. It’s a lot of fun, and Sesame Street resonates with many people.
We have a rap film in production called "Hustler's Convention" which we hope to premiere in Tribeca. It will also screen at Cannes. It’s about the first ever rap album that sold a million copies through airplay alone, with talking heads from people like Chuck D, Melle Mel and Krs One.
We have a sports documentary that we hope to premiere in Toronto later this year. It’s the story of the thirteen founding women of the Lpga Tour. It goes into the sexual discrimination and country club mentality that these women had to break through to become female professional golfers. Last year, Stacey Lewis from the Lpga donated 1,000 dollars for every birdie she got, which has resulted in her donating over 120 thousand dollars to this production.
We have two animated films that will launch in Cannes. Both are British productions with A List casts and, by the time Cannes comes around, there will be fully finished scripts, animation scenes to show, and confirmation of A list voice talent.
Why are you passionate about your work?
I think film distribution can be a lot of fun, but ultimately it’s a business. It’s still predominantly my company and my money, so we take a very sensible but aggressive risk approach.
We try to give creative producers, directors and talent as much free range as possible. We love to work with producers and talent who’ve made things before, but we’ve also financed and distributed more independent British films than any other UK distributor over the last five years. We’re very keen on productions with an international market value. Many British films just get made for a British audience — we don’t sell those films. We carry films with a strong international base. It’s a great position to work from.
We want to keep our focus on a focused slate of film sales. We don’t have 300 films per year, and so our smaller slate allows us to give the best return to the filmmakers we work with. We like to work on high quality projects with filmmakers who are passionate and want to make films with us into the future. Long-term partnerships help us grow as a business.
What is it that you wish a lot of filmmakers could understand before they even come to you?
If you’re a first time producer or director, and you feel you’ve got something special, my advice is to find an experienced person to attach to the project. That’s the first hurdle. You need someone who understands film financing, sales and distribution to get a film made.
If you’ve just got a script and nothing else - no money, no cast, or you’re a first time director - you’re going to be at the back of the line. It’s just impossible to consider when we’ve got 1,000 scripts to read. We get excited when there’s a great script with a cast attached.
Filmmakers need to find sales and distribution people that like the project and feel that there is a place for their films in the marketplace. For every 5,000 films that get made, only 300 of them find distribution. It's a scary statistic!
I truly believe that creative people should be given the freedom to make what they want, but they need feedback and guidance from people in sales and distribution and a real understanding of the business and numbers.
Established production teams will send us films and say, “If we make 10 million dollars in the box office numbers, it will go back to the production and be profitable.” They completely forget about the publicity and advertising (P&A) that the distributor puts into the film and the shares the distributor takes by risking this investment. Business wise, it’s never as attractive as they think, so we hope we can help the financing, production and sales, and distribution life cycle of a film and genuinely return to the investors and producers enough money for the film to go ahead...
Learn more about Kaleidoscope and its slate here.
CEO of Kaleidoscope Film Distribution Spencer Pollard started his career as a tax advisor in media and film. He worked for the world’s biggest independent record producer with a team that managed and recorded acts like Beyoncé. He then entered television and film distribution, and went on to start an international division for a Us sales and distribution company where he setup finance for the TV series “Wolverine and the X-Men”. He went on to acquire the Marvel library for distribution in the UK and Western Europe.
Pollard shares the start, the success and slate of Kaleidoscope, and also gives some good business advice for filmmakers.
Please talk about how Kaleidoscope started.
I started Kaleidoscope with four titles. After nearly seven years, we are now the 15th biggest distributor in the UK, handling fifteen theatrical movies a year and 40-50 home entertainment titles. We sell, market, and distribute for third party labels, and release about 100 films a year. We handle rights for home entertainment, TV, digital, and have years of experience in sales and distribution.
We started Kaleidoscope’s International Sales and Distribution arm in Toronto back in 2010. We did this because we wanted to be involved in projects during their earlier stages, and wanted to be in control of sales and distribution rights on a major level.
As the market has diversified and changed, both in the UK and internationally, our business now focuses on two things — mainstream commercial genre films with great casts and larger budgets, and festival films that can play at festivals like Sundance, Toronto, or Berlin. We were very active in Sundance last year, where we picked up four films.
Kaleidoscope covers all genres?
We cover most genres, but we don’t do focus on foreign language art-house films. There are companies that are far better and dedicated with these specialty films. If we focused on art-house, it would take away from what we do well.
In terms of our upcoming slate, “Glassland” had its premiere at Sundance, and we are screening it in Berlin as well.
We have a genre film called “Digging Up The Marrow” by Adam Green, who has a great fan base because of his film “Frozen” and the “Hatchet” trilogy.
We are also selling “I Am Big Bird”, a documentary that has made it into many of the Us film festivals. It’s an intimate portrayal of the last living Sesame Street puppeteer. He has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since day one, and is now 81. It’s a lot of fun, and Sesame Street resonates with many people.
We have a rap film in production called "Hustler's Convention" which we hope to premiere in Tribeca. It will also screen at Cannes. It’s about the first ever rap album that sold a million copies through airplay alone, with talking heads from people like Chuck D, Melle Mel and Krs One.
We have a sports documentary that we hope to premiere in Toronto later this year. It’s the story of the thirteen founding women of the Lpga Tour. It goes into the sexual discrimination and country club mentality that these women had to break through to become female professional golfers. Last year, Stacey Lewis from the Lpga donated 1,000 dollars for every birdie she got, which has resulted in her donating over 120 thousand dollars to this production.
We have two animated films that will launch in Cannes. Both are British productions with A List casts and, by the time Cannes comes around, there will be fully finished scripts, animation scenes to show, and confirmation of A list voice talent.
Why are you passionate about your work?
I think film distribution can be a lot of fun, but ultimately it’s a business. It’s still predominantly my company and my money, so we take a very sensible but aggressive risk approach.
We try to give creative producers, directors and talent as much free range as possible. We love to work with producers and talent who’ve made things before, but we’ve also financed and distributed more independent British films than any other UK distributor over the last five years. We’re very keen on productions with an international market value. Many British films just get made for a British audience — we don’t sell those films. We carry films with a strong international base. It’s a great position to work from.
We want to keep our focus on a focused slate of film sales. We don’t have 300 films per year, and so our smaller slate allows us to give the best return to the filmmakers we work with. We like to work on high quality projects with filmmakers who are passionate and want to make films with us into the future. Long-term partnerships help us grow as a business.
What is it that you wish a lot of filmmakers could understand before they even come to you?
If you’re a first time producer or director, and you feel you’ve got something special, my advice is to find an experienced person to attach to the project. That’s the first hurdle. You need someone who understands film financing, sales and distribution to get a film made.
If you’ve just got a script and nothing else - no money, no cast, or you’re a first time director - you’re going to be at the back of the line. It’s just impossible to consider when we’ve got 1,000 scripts to read. We get excited when there’s a great script with a cast attached.
Filmmakers need to find sales and distribution people that like the project and feel that there is a place for their films in the marketplace. For every 5,000 films that get made, only 300 of them find distribution. It's a scary statistic!
I truly believe that creative people should be given the freedom to make what they want, but they need feedback and guidance from people in sales and distribution and a real understanding of the business and numbers.
Established production teams will send us films and say, “If we make 10 million dollars in the box office numbers, it will go back to the production and be profitable.” They completely forget about the publicity and advertising (P&A) that the distributor puts into the film and the shares the distributor takes by risking this investment. Business wise, it’s never as attractive as they think, so we hope we can help the financing, production and sales, and distribution life cycle of a film and genuinely return to the investors and producers enough money for the film to go ahead...
Learn more about Kaleidoscope and its slate here.
- 2/16/2015
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
After traversing the indie-horror scene for years, Adam Green still manages to bring an admirable level of excitement and enthusiasm to projects that might otherwise be dubbed “generic” without proper ambitions. Digging Up The Marrow could have suffered a more mundane fate in the wrong hands, but Green’s nurturing touch encourages individuality and creativity – or in more horror specific terms, it spreads like a devilish infection, eating deep into your mushiest cranial tissue.
Green’s found footage mockumentary analyzes man’s ability to rationalize the existence of monsters living among us, and he does so with the help of creature-artist-extraordinaire Alex Pardee – an illustrator whose work inspired a whole gaggle of heavily-detailed monsters ready to unleash themselves on excitable audiences. Green’s child-like enthusiasm is infectious as he seeks to answer questions many of us might be afraid of, but the documentary aspect eventually gives way to Pardee’s colorful,...
Green’s found footage mockumentary analyzes man’s ability to rationalize the existence of monsters living among us, and he does so with the help of creature-artist-extraordinaire Alex Pardee – an illustrator whose work inspired a whole gaggle of heavily-detailed monsters ready to unleash themselves on excitable audiences. Green’s child-like enthusiasm is infectious as he seeks to answer questions many of us might be afraid of, but the documentary aspect eventually gives way to Pardee’s colorful,...
- 2/16/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Five years after it first premiered at Sundance and was quietly released into a handful of theaters, Adam Green’s Frozen might still be his best film. It’s certainly his most accessible: unlike the goopy splatterfests that are his Hatchet movies or the brooding psychodrama of Spiral — all of which are great in their respective ways — the terrors of Frozen are universal. It’s the kind of movie that speaks to everyone in the audience: What Would You Do If…?
The premise is brilliant simplicity: three friends — couple Dan (Kevin Zegers) and Parker (Emma Bell) and third wheel Joe Lynch (Shawn Ashmore, playing a character named after Green’s real-life best friend and fellow director) — find themselves stranded on a ski lift in freezing temperatures with no rescue in sight for at least five days.
That description barely scratches the surface of what Green has in store, as his...
The premise is brilliant simplicity: three friends — couple Dan (Kevin Zegers) and Parker (Emma Bell) and third wheel Joe Lynch (Shawn Ashmore, playing a character named after Green’s real-life best friend and fellow director) — find themselves stranded on a ski lift in freezing temperatures with no rescue in sight for at least five days.
That description barely scratches the surface of what Green has in store, as his...
- 2/5/2015
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Wondering when you’ll be able to own the new film from Adam Green, Digging Up the Marrow (review)? Well, we have your answer right here! It will be hitting stores online and off on March 24th via Rlje/Image Entertainment! Don’t… Continue Reading →
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- 2/4/2015
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Hi everyone! This is a feature we’ve been running in every issue of Deadly Horror & Sci-Fi Magazine and I thought this would also be a great resource for our readers here at Daily Dead as it can be often very difficult to keep up with everything arriving on VOD platforms each and every month.
Be sure to check back on the first week of each month to get all the details on what genre films you can look forward to on VOD!
The Voices (Lionsgate)- 2/6
Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is an affable singleton who works on the factory floor at a bathtub factory, ever eager to get along with his co-workers, especially Fiona, (Gemma Arterton) and Lisa (Anna Kendrick) from accounts. After work Jerry goes home to his pet cat, Mr. Whiskers, and loyal dog Bosco, where the three of them hang out, watch TV and discuss the day’s events.
Be sure to check back on the first week of each month to get all the details on what genre films you can look forward to on VOD!
The Voices (Lionsgate)- 2/6
Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is an affable singleton who works on the factory floor at a bathtub factory, ever eager to get along with his co-workers, especially Fiona, (Gemma Arterton) and Lisa (Anna Kendrick) from accounts. After work Jerry goes home to his pet cat, Mr. Whiskers, and loyal dog Bosco, where the three of them hang out, watch TV and discuss the day’s events.
- 2/2/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Digging Up The Marrow – Rlje/Image Entertainment In Theaters And Available On VOD And iTUNES: February 20, 2015 Cast: Adam Green, Ray Wise, Will Barratt, Alex Pardee Directed By: Adam Green Written By: Adam Green Synopsis: What if the ghastly images and abominations haunting our collective nightmares actually exist? Writer/director Adam Green (Hatchet) sets out to make a documentary exploring this tantalizing premise after being contacted by a mysterious man named William … Continue reading →
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- 1/28/2015
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
What if the ghastly images and abominations haunting our collective nightmares actually exist?
Writer/director Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen)) sets out to make a documentary exploring this tantalizing premise after being contacted by a mysterious man named William Dekker (Ray Wise). Dekker claims he can prove that “monsters are real” and insists these grotesque creatures are forgotten, hideously deformed humanoids inhabiting a vast, underground metropolis of the damned. Determined to expose the truth, Green embarks on a bone-chilling odyssey and gets more than he bargains for when he dares to go Digging Up the Marrow.
Digging up the Marrow looks tantalizingly meta and I'm wondering if Green has managed to do something unique with the horror mockumentary sub-genre [Continued ...]...
Writer/director Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen)) sets out to make a documentary exploring this tantalizing premise after being contacted by a mysterious man named William Dekker (Ray Wise). Dekker claims he can prove that “monsters are real” and insists these grotesque creatures are forgotten, hideously deformed humanoids inhabiting a vast, underground metropolis of the damned. Determined to expose the truth, Green embarks on a bone-chilling odyssey and gets more than he bargains for when he dares to go Digging Up the Marrow.
Digging up the Marrow looks tantalizingly meta and I'm wondering if Green has managed to do something unique with the horror mockumentary sub-genre [Continued ...]...
- 1/23/2015
- QuietEarth.us
Adam Green's (Frozen) horror feature Digging Up The Marrow has a new trailer. The clip shows actor Ray Wise as a man with a monstrous discovery. He has found creatures emerging from a hole, in an isolated forest and a documentarian films their existence. The director, Green, also stars in the feature. And, the film is shot found footage style, with shaky hand cameras. Offering only a few exciting shots, the Digging Up the Marrow trailer is below. For more from the synopsis, the creatures inhabit an underground burrow. A large city is located deep down below. And here, the monsters prepare to attack those living on the surface. No one survives their encounter with these dangerous denizens of the earth. Digging Up The Marrow will release in February. This title will run a limited theatrical screening, thanks to Rlj Entertainment. The film will also release through Video-on-demand, on this date (Feb.
- 1/23/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Last year at Buttnumathon, I saw an early screening of Horror filmmaker Adam Green‘s newest movie Digging Up The Marrow. The found footage documentary-style film puts the filmmaker Hatchet/Frozen director front in center in a story exploring a series of letters he supposedly received and the mysterious man behind them (played by Ray Wise) who believes to […]
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- 1/23/2015
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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