Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who in 2016 was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to the killing of her mother, has been granted parole and is due to be released early, in December.
Blanchard’s story was the subject of The Act, an eight-episode Hulu true crime series that premiered in March 2019 and starred Joey King.
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Blanchard’s story was the subject of The Act, an eight-episode Hulu true crime series that premiered in March 2019 and starred Joey King.
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- 9/29/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play notorious cult leader Jim Jones in the thriller, which will be directed by Anne Sewitsky.
Chloë Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will star for FilmNation and Archer Gray in the cult thriller and hot EFM sales title White Night.
Anne Sewitsky, whose credits include Sundance 2011 grand jury prize-winner Happy, Happy and BBC/Amazon Studios mini-series A Very British Scandal, will direct the story from William Wheeler’s adapted screenplay based on Deborah Layton’s memoir Seductive Poison.
Moretz will play Layton, who joins the People’s Temple, the notorious cult led by minister Jim Jones (Gordon...
Chloë Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will star for FilmNation and Archer Gray in the cult thriller and hot EFM sales title White Night.
Anne Sewitsky, whose credits include Sundance 2011 grand jury prize-winner Happy, Happy and BBC/Amazon Studios mini-series A Very British Scandal, will direct the story from William Wheeler’s adapted screenplay based on Deborah Layton’s memoir Seductive Poison.
Moretz will play Layton, who joins the People’s Temple, the notorious cult led by minister Jim Jones (Gordon...
- 2/2/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Showtime plans theatrical release later this year in US, UK & Ireland.
Showtime Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Sinead O’Connor documentary and recent Sundance premiere Nothing Compares directed by Kathryn Ferguson.
The film premiered in World Cinema Documentary Competition and charts the Irish singer-songwriter’s meteoric rise to stardom and how she used her voice at the height of her fame before she was vilified in the media and pushed to the sidelines.
O’Connor, who continues to make music, reflects on her turbulent life through voice-over and the film includes first-hand insight from artists and social commentators.
Showtime Documentary Films has acquired worldwide rights to the Sinead O’Connor documentary and recent Sundance premiere Nothing Compares directed by Kathryn Ferguson.
The film premiered in World Cinema Documentary Competition and charts the Irish singer-songwriter’s meteoric rise to stardom and how she used her voice at the height of her fame before she was vilified in the media and pushed to the sidelines.
O’Connor, who continues to make music, reflects on her turbulent life through voice-over and the film includes first-hand insight from artists and social commentators.
- 2/1/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Director Sophia Banks has lined up her second feature off the back of action-thriller Black Site, with the announcement today she will helm Cosmos Pictures’ Street Rat Allie.
The first in what is expected to be a trilogy of films, the story follows Allie, who is presented with a ticket to escape a post-apocalyptic city sealed off by a dome. She and her ‘Street Rats’, a pack of Dickensian girls who depend on each other for survival, become the targets of every criminal – human or otherwise. Armed with only her wits and a skateboard, Allie faces incredible dangers and perhaps the biggest battle of all, fighting her own conscience in leaving the Street Rats behind.
Production will commence in Australia next year, with Hacksaw Ridge trio Bill Mechanic, Paul Currie, and Rick Nicita to produce for Cosmos Pictures.
Street Rat Allie is the debut film project for writer Walker McKnight,...
The first in what is expected to be a trilogy of films, the story follows Allie, who is presented with a ticket to escape a post-apocalyptic city sealed off by a dome. She and her ‘Street Rats’, a pack of Dickensian girls who depend on each other for survival, become the targets of every criminal – human or otherwise. Armed with only her wits and a skateboard, Allie faces incredible dangers and perhaps the biggest battle of all, fighting her own conscience in leaving the Street Rats behind.
Production will commence in Australia next year, with Hacksaw Ridge trio Bill Mechanic, Paul Currie, and Rick Nicita to produce for Cosmos Pictures.
Street Rat Allie is the debut film project for writer Walker McKnight,...
- 6/1/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Anonymous Content has announced a new sci-fi series based on Sophia Banks’ short film Proxy, starring Emma Booth (The Gloaming).
Set in the near future, at a time when electronic mass surveillance and a social credit system have entirely crippled personal freedom across the world, Proxy explores how psychological ‘surrogates’, titled Proxies, have now become the only reasonable option for anyone who can’t risk losing their wealth and liberty for undesirable behavior.
The serialised drama was created and will be written by Halil Ozsan (What Would Diplo Do?) and Dominick Joseph Luna, who wrote the short film that Banks directed during 2020.
Booth also starred in the original short, which played at more than 20 festivals, including Los Angeles Short Films Festival, London Sci-Fi Film Festival, and the Detroit Shetown Film Festival, where it won Best in Fest.
Banks, whose debut feature Black Site recently shot on the Gold Coast with Jason Clarke,...
Set in the near future, at a time when electronic mass surveillance and a social credit system have entirely crippled personal freedom across the world, Proxy explores how psychological ‘surrogates’, titled Proxies, have now become the only reasonable option for anyone who can’t risk losing their wealth and liberty for undesirable behavior.
The serialised drama was created and will be written by Halil Ozsan (What Would Diplo Do?) and Dominick Joseph Luna, who wrote the short film that Banks directed during 2020.
Booth also starred in the original short, which played at more than 20 festivals, including Los Angeles Short Films Festival, London Sci-Fi Film Festival, and the Detroit Shetown Film Festival, where it won Best in Fest.
Banks, whose debut feature Black Site recently shot on the Gold Coast with Jason Clarke,...
- 5/5/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Emma Booth, who is currently starring in Starz’ The Gloaming, is to lead a TV adaptation of short film Proxy from Anonymous Content.
Proxy was originally written by Dominick Joseph Luna and directed by Sophia Banks, whose debut feature Black Site starred Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan and Jai Courtney. The short film, which also starred Booth, played over 20 film festivals including Los Angeles Short Films Festival and London Sci-Fi Film Festival.
It is now being turned into a TV series by Luna and Halil Ozsan, who recently wrote the reboot of Scorpion Queen for Universal and was a co-ep on Vice’s What Would Diplo Do?.
Proxy is a serialized, global sci-fi drama set in a near-future where electronic mass surveillance and a social credit system have entirely crippled personal freedom across the world. Proxies— psychological ‘surrogates’ — have become the only reasonable option for anyone who can’t risk...
Proxy was originally written by Dominick Joseph Luna and directed by Sophia Banks, whose debut feature Black Site starred Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan and Jai Courtney. The short film, which also starred Booth, played over 20 film festivals including Los Angeles Short Films Festival and London Sci-Fi Film Festival.
It is now being turned into a TV series by Luna and Halil Ozsan, who recently wrote the reboot of Scorpion Queen for Universal and was a co-ep on Vice’s What Would Diplo Do?.
Proxy is a serialized, global sci-fi drama set in a near-future where electronic mass surveillance and a social credit system have entirely crippled personal freedom across the world. Proxies— psychological ‘surrogates’ — have become the only reasonable option for anyone who can’t risk...
- 5/4/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Elliot’s broken psyche is front and center in an episode that finally reveals Mr. Robot’s origins.
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Mr. Robot Season 4 Episode 7
Halfway through Mr. Robot’s final season, it’s less clear than ever what sort of endgame we’re moving toward. “Proxy Authentication Required” is a riveting hour, to be sure, with great performances from all the actors involved. But it also forces us to ask – is season 4 more than a series of great individual pieces strung together from week to week? What is this season building toward?
That question – as has been the case for the past few episodes – will have to wait until next week. But at least the distraction in the meantime is pretty great.
Here, creator Sam Esmail puts together an installment structured as a play in five acts, which focuses exclusively on Vera’s...
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Mr. Robot Season 4 Episode 7
Halfway through Mr. Robot’s final season, it’s less clear than ever what sort of endgame we’re moving toward. “Proxy Authentication Required” is a riveting hour, to be sure, with great performances from all the actors involved. But it also forces us to ask – is season 4 more than a series of great individual pieces strung together from week to week? What is this season building toward?
That question – as has been the case for the past few episodes – will have to wait until next week. But at least the distraction in the meantime is pretty great.
Here, creator Sam Esmail puts together an installment structured as a play in five acts, which focuses exclusively on Vera’s...
- 11/17/2019
- Den of Geek
American DJs and production duo The Chainsmokers and Dutch DJ Martin Garrix will be headlining the Sunburn 2019 electronic dance music festival.
They will perform at the three-day music fest, which will be held from December 27-29. The event is being organised in association with Klassique Events Goa.
Also Read:?Dua Lipa, Katy Perry get interesting support acts
Grammy Award-winning musical duo Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers found success with their viral hit "#Selfie". They are also known for hits such as "Don't let me down", "Closer", "Paris", and "Something just like this".
Garrix is popular for "Animals", "Proxy", "Helicopter", "Wizard", "Turn up the speakers" and "Virus".
Sunburn started in 2007 as a three-day music festival in Goa. The venue of the festival's 10th edition in 2016 was shifted from Goa to Pune due to several reasons, including pending dues.
The fest will be return to Goa this year, after...
They will perform at the three-day music fest, which will be held from December 27-29. The event is being organised in association with Klassique Events Goa.
Also Read:?Dua Lipa, Katy Perry get interesting support acts
Grammy Award-winning musical duo Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers found success with their viral hit "#Selfie". They are also known for hits such as "Don't let me down", "Closer", "Paris", and "Something just like this".
Garrix is popular for "Animals", "Proxy", "Helicopter", "Wizard", "Turn up the speakers" and "Virus".
Sunburn started in 2007 as a three-day music festival in Goa. The venue of the festival's 10th edition in 2016 was shifted from Goa to Pune due to several reasons, including pending dues.
The fest will be return to Goa this year, after...
- 9/17/2019
- GlamSham
Stars: Madeline Zima, Mischa Barton, Naomi Grossman, Grant Bowler, Debra Wilson, Maria Olsen, Adam Huss, Tate Birchmore, Kim Estes, James Logan, Nicole Reddinger, Anthony Ma | Written by Giles Daoust | Directed by Roxy Shih
After an idyllic afternoon spent with his son, Dr Clarke (Adam Huss) is called to an emergency at the hospital. The two head off on their journey, and we’re treated to a Twilight zone reference which made me lose my tiny mind. Big fan. A fatal accident then occurs, resulting in his Son’s death. Upon awakening in the hospital and hearing this, he becomes enraged beyond human measure. Unable to diagnose the phenomena, Dr Clarke is left to find his own way of dealing with the pain.
Discovering that the consumption of human blood eases the eliminates his constant agony, an unexpected jump if you ask me but we’ll go with it, he embarks...
After an idyllic afternoon spent with his son, Dr Clarke (Adam Huss) is called to an emergency at the hospital. The two head off on their journey, and we’re treated to a Twilight zone reference which made me lose my tiny mind. Big fan. A fatal accident then occurs, resulting in his Son’s death. Upon awakening in the hospital and hearing this, he becomes enraged beyond human measure. Unable to diagnose the phenomena, Dr Clarke is left to find his own way of dealing with the pain.
Discovering that the consumption of human blood eases the eliminates his constant agony, an unexpected jump if you ask me but we’ll go with it, he embarks...
- 3/6/2019
- by Faye Ellis
- Nerdly
Patricia Arquette recognizes that playing a mother suffering from Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy in the first season of Hulu’s The Act so soon after playing a prison employee/inmate lover in Showtime’s Escape At Dannemora has left her “a little exhausted at playing crazy women.”
She acknowledged people have treated her like someone special since receiving so much awards-season recognition for the latter but, at the end of the day, “it doesn’t matter,” she said.
“I mean, it matters, but…your life goes on. You have dirty laundry” to wash, she joked.
The Act is a seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories. Written by Michelle Dean and Nick Antosca, directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, the first season is based on Dean’s 2016 Buzzfeed article “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered.” It follows Gypsy Blanchard...
She acknowledged people have treated her like someone special since receiving so much awards-season recognition for the latter but, at the end of the day, “it doesn’t matter,” she said.
“I mean, it matters, but…your life goes on. You have dirty laundry” to wash, she joked.
The Act is a seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories. Written by Michelle Dean and Nick Antosca, directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, the first season is based on Dean’s 2016 Buzzfeed article “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered.” It follows Gypsy Blanchard...
- 2/11/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Christopher Showerman, Lynn Lowry, Jonathan Tiersten, Yan Birch, Laurene Landon, Jennifer Runyon, Ari Lehmann, Ashley Park, Felissa Rose, Helen Udy, Leana Lewis, Natalie Waldrip | Written and Directed by Jimmy Lee Combs
A horror anthology fan for many years, I’ll admit I was excited for Terror Tales, and I so wish that it had delivered. Firstly, The Wrapround Story… When a vacationing family are abducted on the road by a psychopath, known only as The Driver, they are told three tales of terror whilst being subjected to violence and mind games, their fate hanging in the balance.
We start with tale number one, By Proxy. I would love to tell you what the segment is actually about, but I honestly don’t think I know myself. Famous writer Susan McKay is, I think, struggling to cope with her young Sons suicide, or so it seems. It then becomes apparent,...
A horror anthology fan for many years, I’ll admit I was excited for Terror Tales, and I so wish that it had delivered. Firstly, The Wrapround Story… When a vacationing family are abducted on the road by a psychopath, known only as The Driver, they are told three tales of terror whilst being subjected to violence and mind games, their fate hanging in the balance.
We start with tale number one, By Proxy. I would love to tell you what the segment is actually about, but I honestly don’t think I know myself. Famous writer Susan McKay is, I think, struggling to cope with her young Sons suicide, or so it seems. It then becomes apparent,...
- 1/16/2019
- by Faye Ellis
- Nerdly
Following last year's release of their original film Fender Bender, Shout! Factory now has more new content on the way, as they have acquired global rights to a new, untitled horror film from Kevin Shulman, with a cast that includes Bill Moseley and William Forsythe.
Press Release: Los Angeles, Calif., March 21, 2017 – Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company, has acquired worldwide rights to writer/director Kevin Shulman’s new feature film, Untitled Shulman Horror Project, starring Eoin Macken (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, NBC’s The Night Shift), Kristina Klebe (Dementia, Proxy, Halloween), Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects), Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek, Escape Plan) and William Forsythe (The Rock, The Bronx Bull, Raising Arizona). The film is developed, produced and co-financed by Jeremy M. Rosen and Kevin Shulman for Roxwell Films, and co-financed and executive produced by Shout! Factory for its horror genre entertainment imprint,...
Press Release: Los Angeles, Calif., March 21, 2017 – Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company, has acquired worldwide rights to writer/director Kevin Shulman’s new feature film, Untitled Shulman Horror Project, starring Eoin Macken (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, NBC’s The Night Shift), Kristina Klebe (Dementia, Proxy, Halloween), Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects), Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek, Escape Plan) and William Forsythe (The Rock, The Bronx Bull, Raising Arizona). The film is developed, produced and co-financed by Jeremy M. Rosen and Kevin Shulman for Roxwell Films, and co-financed and executive produced by Shout! Factory for its horror genre entertainment imprint,...
- 3/21/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Following its premiere at the San Diego Film Festival over the weekend, “Dead Draw” has shared a clip exclusively with Indiewire. Gil Bellows (“Eyewitness”) and Michael Eklund (“Bates Motel”) star in writer/director Brian Klemesrud’s heist-gone-wrong drama. Watch the scene below.
Read More: Norman Lear Documentary Exclusive Clip: Why He’s the Michelangelo of TV Sitcoms — Watch
Here’s the official synopsis: “25 million dollars, 8 safety deposit boxes, and months before anyone will know it’s gone. But Harrison’s (Bellows) perfect heist turns deadly when his safe-cracker, Mack (Eklund), discovers their getaway pilot brutally murdered. Someone knew about the job, someone set them up. Stranded in a frozen hangar, held hostage by someone outside, loyalty turns to suspicion and friends turn to enemies. Now it’s a race against time as the band of thieves try to uncover the rat and escape their troubled pasts…if they can survive the night.
Read More: Norman Lear Documentary Exclusive Clip: Why He’s the Michelangelo of TV Sitcoms — Watch
Here’s the official synopsis: “25 million dollars, 8 safety deposit boxes, and months before anyone will know it’s gone. But Harrison’s (Bellows) perfect heist turns deadly when his safe-cracker, Mack (Eklund), discovers their getaway pilot brutally murdered. Someone knew about the job, someone set them up. Stranded in a frozen hangar, held hostage by someone outside, loyalty turns to suspicion and friends turn to enemies. Now it’s a race against time as the band of thieves try to uncover the rat and escape their troubled pasts…if they can survive the night.
- 10/3/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
With Halloween Horror Nights 2016 off to a such a busy start at Universal Studios Hollywood, a new early entry has been added for guests, and we have details on the new addition to the schedule. Today's Horror Highlights also features a teaser trailer for Dead Draw and DVD release details and cover art for She Who Must Burn.
Halloween Horror Nights 2016 at Universal Studios Hollywood: Press Release: "Universal City, CA, September 26, 2016 – Universal Studios Hollywood touts a greatest hit lineup for “Halloween Horror Nights” 2016, headlining with gruesome mazes based on “The Exorcist,” “American Horror Story,” “The Walking Dead,” “Friday the 13th,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Purge” that translated to two consecutive sold out weekends.
“We’re grateful to the many guests who came to ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ and contributed to the event’s incredible success,” said John Murdy, Creative Director at Universal Studios Hollywood...
Halloween Horror Nights 2016 at Universal Studios Hollywood: Press Release: "Universal City, CA, September 26, 2016 – Universal Studios Hollywood touts a greatest hit lineup for “Halloween Horror Nights” 2016, headlining with gruesome mazes based on “The Exorcist,” “American Horror Story,” “The Walking Dead,” “Friday the 13th,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “The Purge” that translated to two consecutive sold out weekends.
“We’re grateful to the many guests who came to ‘Halloween Horror Nights’ and contributed to the event’s incredible success,” said John Murdy, Creative Director at Universal Studios Hollywood...
- 9/28/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Ah, August, that glorious month when summer officially overstays its welcome and everyone begins praying for a respite from the blistering temperatures. With kids staying home on summer break and working stiffs having already blown through their vacation days by mid-June, there's no better time for an extended hunker-down in the living room. Netflix teams with Baz Luhrmann for a frenetic new birth-of-hip-hop drama, David Cross gives his acerbic State of the Union address in a new special, and a recent Coen brothers masterpiece comes online. Top off that iced...
- 8/1/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Scream Queens
A week before launch, Patrick Schwarzenegger ("Stuck In Love," "Grown Ups 2") has joined the cast of Fox's "Scream Queens" horror comedy series.
Series creator Ryan Murphy made the announcement but stayed quiet on character details beyond him playing a relative of an existing cast member. He will first appear in an episode in November. [Source: Twitter]
Inversion
Thomas Jane is in talks to join "Proxy" director Zack Parker’s independent thriller "Inversion" which begins shooting next spring/early summer in Chicago.
The story follows two polar opposite guys who are connected by their mutual desire for change. As their lives intersect, they question whether they're searching for a change in life or a change in themselves. [Source: Deadline]
Bastards
Stand-up comedian Katt Williams will join Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, Ving Rhames, J.K. Simmons and Terry Bradshaw in the Larry Sher-directed comedy “Bastards" for Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures. Filming...
A week before launch, Patrick Schwarzenegger ("Stuck In Love," "Grown Ups 2") has joined the cast of Fox's "Scream Queens" horror comedy series.
Series creator Ryan Murphy made the announcement but stayed quiet on character details beyond him playing a relative of an existing cast member. He will first appear in an episode in November. [Source: Twitter]
Inversion
Thomas Jane is in talks to join "Proxy" director Zack Parker’s independent thriller "Inversion" which begins shooting next spring/early summer in Chicago.
The story follows two polar opposite guys who are connected by their mutual desire for change. As their lives intersect, they question whether they're searching for a change in life or a change in themselves. [Source: Deadline]
Bastards
Stand-up comedian Katt Williams will join Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, Ving Rhames, J.K. Simmons and Terry Bradshaw in the Larry Sher-directed comedy “Bastards" for Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures. Filming...
- 9/12/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Here at Dread Central we’ve been following the career of indie filmmaker Zack Parker (Scalene, Proxy) for several years now, and he just gets better and better with each project. Up next for him is Inversion, and he’s set his… Continue Reading →
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- 9/11/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Thomas Jane is in talks to headline Zack Parker's independent thriller Inversion, which tells the story about two polar opposite guys who are connected by their mutual desire for change. As their lives intersect, they question whether they’re searching for a change in life or a change in themselves. Production begins next spring/early summer in Chicago. Parker’s previous film Proxy played in the Vanguard Section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival…...
- 9/11/2015
- Deadline
The new poster for Turkish horror film Baskin wants us to "enter a world of suffering and madness". Also in this round-up: Theatre of the Deranged II and Queen Crab release details as well as news on the launch of a new horror label called Making Horror.
Baskin: A new poster has been revealed for Can Evrenol's Baskin, which is set to premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) next Friday, September 11th. The film stars Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Sabahattin Yakut, Mehmet Fatih Dokgoz, and Muharrem Bayrak.
"Five cops, working the graveyard shift in the middle of nowhere are dispatched to investigate a disturbance. Isolated and without backup they find themselves confronting a labyrinthine ruin. Pushing ever further into the depths of the lair, it becomes clear they have stumbled into the darkest pits of a terrible evil. A squalid and blood-soaked den of ritual...
Baskin: A new poster has been revealed for Can Evrenol's Baskin, which is set to premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) next Friday, September 11th. The film stars Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Sabahattin Yakut, Mehmet Fatih Dokgoz, and Muharrem Bayrak.
"Five cops, working the graveyard shift in the middle of nowhere are dispatched to investigate a disturbance. Isolated and without backup they find themselves confronting a labyrinthine ruin. Pushing ever further into the depths of the lair, it becomes clear they have stumbled into the darkest pits of a terrible evil. A squalid and blood-soaked den of ritual...
- 9/3/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
We're back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today's feature includes release details for seasons 1 and 2 of Bad Timing, a look at a new poster from Chopping Block, a Hooked Up red band trailer, a Q&A with the director of The Burning Dead, and much more:
New Poster Released for Chopping Block: "Five kidnappers find themselves in a bloody situation in the brand new poster for the upcoming slasher comedy Chopping Block!
Chopping Block follows a group of recently fired corporate workers out of work and out of luck. Desperate times call for desperate measures as they decide to kidnap their ex-boss’s daughter for a much needed ransom. Things take a bloody turn when the boss’s daughter just happens to be the only survivor of the masked psychopath "Sadie Grace". Hilarity and bloodshed ensue when Sadie...
New Poster Released for Chopping Block: "Five kidnappers find themselves in a bloody situation in the brand new poster for the upcoming slasher comedy Chopping Block!
Chopping Block follows a group of recently fired corporate workers out of work and out of luck. Desperate times call for desperate measures as they decide to kidnap their ex-boss’s daughter for a much needed ransom. Things take a bloody turn when the boss’s daughter just happens to be the only survivor of the masked psychopath "Sadie Grace". Hilarity and bloodshed ensue when Sadie...
- 2/22/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Reviewed by Robert J. Thompson II
MoreHorror.com
When I first heard about Zack Parker, being from Indiana, myself, my first thought was, “No way! Someone in Indiana makes movies for more than five grand!? And they don't sneak into locations, to do it? Get out of town!” – Because while the people of Indiana are very film-friendly, the state Government is not so welcoming.
So to hear someone goes out of their way to film in-state when they have a budget that means they don't have too, it was kind of shocking. All this said, I immediately sought out Zack's work, starting with Scalene. I must admit that I wasn't a fan. Not for a lack of quality, or anything particularly wrong with the work. Calm down. It simply wasn't this cat's meow. This happens, sometimes.
But, when I heard about “Proxy”, I was so intrigued by the story, and...
MoreHorror.com
When I first heard about Zack Parker, being from Indiana, myself, my first thought was, “No way! Someone in Indiana makes movies for more than five grand!? And they don't sneak into locations, to do it? Get out of town!” – Because while the people of Indiana are very film-friendly, the state Government is not so welcoming.
So to hear someone goes out of their way to film in-state when they have a budget that means they don't have too, it was kind of shocking. All this said, I immediately sought out Zack's work, starting with Scalene. I must admit that I wasn't a fan. Not for a lack of quality, or anything particularly wrong with the work. Calm down. It simply wasn't this cat's meow. This happens, sometimes.
But, when I heard about “Proxy”, I was so intrigued by the story, and...
- 12/28/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
For the second week of August, horror fans can look forward to a fun array of titles arriving on DVD and Blu-ray this week, including the Troma classic The Toxic Avenger, the cult classic Motel Hell from Scream Factory and the recent indie horror film Proxy.
Also arriving this week are the latest animated Batman feature, A Haunted House 2, a few more indie slasher films, including Crawl or Die and Bunnyman Massacre, as well as the long-awaited re-release of Santa Sangre on DVD from Severin Films.
Spotlight Titles:
Motel Hell Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray & DVD Combo)
You really are what you eat with Farmer Vincent’s smoked meat in this creepy horror yarn that ’packs a punch that goes way beyond mere terror’ (Boxoffice). Vincent’s popular products contain a special ingredient that the psychotic farmer and his sister would literally kill to keep a secret! Starring...
Also arriving this week are the latest animated Batman feature, A Haunted House 2, a few more indie slasher films, including Crawl or Die and Bunnyman Massacre, as well as the long-awaited re-release of Santa Sangre on DVD from Severin Films.
Spotlight Titles:
Motel Hell Collector’s Edition (Scream Factory, Blu-ray & DVD Combo)
You really are what you eat with Farmer Vincent’s smoked meat in this creepy horror yarn that ’packs a punch that goes way beyond mere terror’ (Boxoffice). Vincent’s popular products contain a special ingredient that the psychotic farmer and his sister would literally kill to keep a secret! Starring...
- 8/12/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The only things that I knew about Proxy before going in, was that it featured Joe Swanberg, was directed by Zack Parker, that also directed Scalene, and that I really liked the cover art. I knew that there was a quote on the front cover from the La times, calling the film “A worthy successor to Rosemary’s Baby”, and that’s about it. I guess I can kind of see the comparison that the La Times reviewer was trying to make, but for any fans of Rosemary’s Baby, it puts an expectation in your head that Proxy will have an incredibly hard time living up to. At the end of the day, some horrific things happen in this film, but I would have a hard time categorizing it as a straight-up horror film. To set your expectations a little closer to reality, Proxy is sort of about Munchausen By Proxy.
- 8/9/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
The 8th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival is a power-packed event featuring outrageous cult films, provocative documentaries and wild short films that will run September 4-7 at its usual haunt, The Factory Theater.
Opening Night: The fest opens with Housebound, a New Zealand horror comedy by Gerard Johnstone about a woman in trouble with the law who comes to believe that her family home is haunted. The film will be preceded by a performance by Renny Kodgers and a free pizza party; and followed by an after party.
Closing Night: The fest will close with the controversial German teen sex comedy Wetlands directed by David Wendt. The film will then be followed by a late-night after party.
Highlights: Usama Alshaibi‘s must see documentary American Arab — an intimate, socially relevatory and essential film — screens at 4 p.m. on Sept. 6. Read the Underground Film Journal review of American Arab.
Jorge Torres-Torres...
Opening Night: The fest opens with Housebound, a New Zealand horror comedy by Gerard Johnstone about a woman in trouble with the law who comes to believe that her family home is haunted. The film will be preceded by a performance by Renny Kodgers and a free pizza party; and followed by an after party.
Closing Night: The fest will close with the controversial German teen sex comedy Wetlands directed by David Wendt. The film will then be followed by a late-night after party.
Highlights: Usama Alshaibi‘s must see documentary American Arab — an intimate, socially relevatory and essential film — screens at 4 p.m. on Sept. 6. Read the Underground Film Journal review of American Arab.
Jorge Torres-Torres...
- 8/7/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
After receiving a sturdy critical response at it’s world premiere at the ’13 edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival, followed by an unceremonious theatrical and VOD run this past spring, indie filmmaker Zach Snyder’s latest film, Proxy, makes its way to Blu-ray. A blotch of red dominates the eerie cover, an ultrasound beamed out of the profile of Alexia Rasmussen’s face. It’s a striking image that recalls the pregnancy terror of a recent horror classic, Inside (2007). And yet, Snyder’s concept is more intriguing and original, sandwiched into vintage motifs that recall a series of masters of the genre from decades past. A snazzy quote from the Los Angeles Times heralds the film to be “a worthy successor to Rosemary’s Baby.” But beyond the pregnancy theme, Snyder’s film has little to do with the Ira Levin reference, and is, in fact, eerier than the...
- 8/5/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Here's the thing... you put Kristina Klebe in a movie entitled Nymph, you immediately have our attention. Having killer mermaids in it? Well, that's just a bonus! Read on for all the fishy details.
Epic Pictures Group has announced a September 9 DVD/VOD release for the creature feature from Apocalypse of the Dead director Milan Todorovic.
Nymph stars screen legend Franco Nero (Tarantino’s Django Unchained), Kristina Klebe (Halloween, Proxy), and Natalie Burn (The Expendables 2).
Synopsis
The story tells the tale of two young women who go on a Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned fortress.
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Epic Pictures Group has announced a September 9 DVD/VOD release for the creature feature from Apocalypse of the Dead director Milan Todorovic.
Nymph stars screen legend Franco Nero (Tarantino’s Django Unchained), Kristina Klebe (Halloween, Proxy), and Natalie Burn (The Expendables 2).
Synopsis
The story tells the tale of two young women who go on a Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned fortress.
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- 7/27/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
The filmmakers behind the psychological horror movie “Dementia” have released a slew of photos. The movie stars Gene Jones (“The Sacrament”) and Kristina Klebe (“Proxy”), as well as Peter Cilella (“Resolution”), Richard Riehle (“Texas Chainsaw 3D”), Marc Senter (“Red, White & Blue”), Graham Skipper (“Almost Human”), Molly McQueen (“Carjacked”), Tony Denison (“The Closer”) and newcomer Hassie Harrison. Described as a cross between “Misery” and “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,” the film hails from director Mike Testin and producers Raphael Margules and J.D. Lifshitz. The trio previously collaborated on “Contracted.” Also read: Millennium Acquires Psychological Horror ‘Dead Within’ Diagnosed with dementia, war...
- 7/24/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
As we told you a few months back, Contracted's Dp Mike Testin is making his feature debut with an old-school horror flick entitled Dementia, which boasts a handful of faces that are quite familiar to us horror folk. On tap for you today are the first images from the film so dig in!
From the Press Release
Dementia, starring Gene Jones (Sacrament) and Kristina Klebe (Proxy), leaves you thinking Misery meets Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
The film also stars some of horror’s hottest indie actors including Peter Cilella (Resolution), Richard Riehle (Texas Chainsaw 3D), Marc Senter (Red, White & Blue), and Graham Skipper (Almost Human). Molly McQueen (Carjacked), Tony Denison (“The Closer”), and newcomer Hassie Harrison co-star.
Diagnosed with dementia, war veteran George Lockhart (Jones) must deal with his estranged family. Son Jerry (Cilella) and granddaughter Shelby (Harrison) force him to hire a live-in nurse (Klebe), only to...
From the Press Release
Dementia, starring Gene Jones (Sacrament) and Kristina Klebe (Proxy), leaves you thinking Misery meets Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
The film also stars some of horror’s hottest indie actors including Peter Cilella (Resolution), Richard Riehle (Texas Chainsaw 3D), Marc Senter (Red, White & Blue), and Graham Skipper (Almost Human). Molly McQueen (Carjacked), Tony Denison (“The Closer”), and newcomer Hassie Harrison co-star.
Diagnosed with dementia, war veteran George Lockhart (Jones) must deal with his estranged family. Son Jerry (Cilella) and granddaughter Shelby (Harrison) force him to hire a live-in nurse (Klebe), only to...
- 7/23/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
IFC Midnight just sent over the skinny regarding their DVD and Blu-ray release of Zack Parker's latest, Proxy (review). Read on for artwork and details.
Synopsis
In the last month of her pregnancy, Esther Woodhouse is savagely beaten in an alleyway by an unknown assailant and loses her baby. To aid in her recovery, she attends a support group for grieving parents where she meets Melanie, who claims her son and husband were killed by a drunk driver.
Esther and Melanie develop a friendship, but soon it becomes clear that both are harboring much darker secrets than they initially let on. And when both their lives are transformed by another shocking act of violence, they find that recovery may be impossible.
With wildly unpredictable twists and turns, Proxy is a "fascinating, unnerving and endlessly unpredictable" (Inkoo Kang, La Times) psychological thriller.
Look for it in stores and online on August 12th.
Synopsis
In the last month of her pregnancy, Esther Woodhouse is savagely beaten in an alleyway by an unknown assailant and loses her baby. To aid in her recovery, she attends a support group for grieving parents where she meets Melanie, who claims her son and husband were killed by a drunk driver.
Esther and Melanie develop a friendship, but soon it becomes clear that both are harboring much darker secrets than they initially let on. And when both their lives are transformed by another shocking act of violence, they find that recovery may be impossible.
With wildly unpredictable twists and turns, Proxy is a "fascinating, unnerving and endlessly unpredictable" (Inkoo Kang, La Times) psychological thriller.
Look for it in stores and online on August 12th.
- 7/15/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
It can be easy to bond over shared experiences, be they good or horrific. In Esther’s case, her new friendship with Melanie is bolstered by the latter: they both lost a child. But as they grow to understand each other’s pain, they delve further into dark secrets that could unleash more horror than they have already known. Zack Parker’s Proxy is bringing its psychological twists home via Blu-ray and DVD this August with a handful of special features in tow.
Proxy comes out on Blu-ray and DVD on August 12th with the following special features (thanks to Blu-ray.com!):
Audio Commentary Behind the Scenes Featurette Original Trailer
“On her way home from the doctor’s office one morning, expectant mother Esther is brutally accosted by a mysterious, hooded attacker. Disturbed, she retreats into a solitary life, keeping a safe distance from the outside world. As time goes on,...
Proxy comes out on Blu-ray and DVD on August 12th with the following special features (thanks to Blu-ray.com!):
Audio Commentary Behind the Scenes Featurette Original Trailer
“On her way home from the doctor’s office one morning, expectant mother Esther is brutally accosted by a mysterious, hooded attacker. Disturbed, she retreats into a solitary life, keeping a safe distance from the outside world. As time goes on,...
- 7/15/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details on a new Tromafist web series, DEADicated: The Film, and CarousHELL, a trailer for the films Apocalypse and The Jersey Devil, release details and photos from Aftermath, and much more:
Tromafist Web Series Details: “Troma Entertainment and the NY sketch comedy collective Murderfist are proud to announce the production of a new webseries Tromafist.
Combining forces to create the most trom-azing, crazy, screwed up show the internet has ever seen.
Coming fall 2014.”
For more information on this series, or to see past sketches, go to: www.murderfist.com and www.troma.com
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Aftermath Photos Released: “William is a scientist who believes he’s found the cure to cancer. But when his research is corrupted in an effort to contaminate a large portion of the population, people begin turning into cannibalistic monsters.
Tromafist Web Series Details: “Troma Entertainment and the NY sketch comedy collective Murderfist are proud to announce the production of a new webseries Tromafist.
Combining forces to create the most trom-azing, crazy, screwed up show the internet has ever seen.
Coming fall 2014.”
For more information on this series, or to see past sketches, go to: www.murderfist.com and www.troma.com
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Aftermath Photos Released: “William is a scientist who believes he’s found the cure to cancer. But when his research is corrupted in an effort to contaminate a large portion of the population, people begin turning into cannibalistic monsters.
- 7/13/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
The line-up for this year's Film4 FrightFest in London has just been announced – and boy, is it a doozy! Sporting a record-breaking 38 UK/European premieres and 11 world premieres, this August is going to be an exciting time in the genre calendar.
Check it all out right here, including lots of new images!
This year Film4 FrightFest will be moving from its previous home at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema to the nearby Vue Cinema (also on Leicester Square), prompting an ingenious reshuffle of the screening arrangements.
All main screen films will be presented at different times across three different screens, with two extra screens reserved for single-slot screenings of the various films hitting this year's Discovery Screens.
Here's the full list of goodies:
Main Screens (5, 6, 7)
Thursday Aug 21
Opening Night Film - The Guest (UK Premiere)
Director: Adam Wingard. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser. USA 2014. 99 mins.
Check it all out right here, including lots of new images!
This year Film4 FrightFest will be moving from its previous home at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema to the nearby Vue Cinema (also on Leicester Square), prompting an ingenious reshuffle of the screening arrangements.
All main screen films will be presented at different times across three different screens, with two extra screens reserved for single-slot screenings of the various films hitting this year's Discovery Screens.
Here's the full list of goodies:
Main Screens (5, 6, 7)
Thursday Aug 21
Opening Night Film - The Guest (UK Premiere)
Director: Adam Wingard. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser. USA 2014. 99 mins.
- 6/27/2014
- by Gareth Jones
- DreadCentral.com
Film4 FrightFest 2014, returning for its 15th year, unveils its biggest line-up ever. From Thurs 21 August to Monday 25 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Vue West End, Leicester Square, to present sixty-four films plus twenty shorts across five screens. There are sixteen countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-eight UK or European premieres and eleven world premieres.
Are you ready for a monstrous and memorable mayhem of killer claws, cannibalism, cult classics, murderous musicals, chiller thrillers, graphic novel action and sick celluloid masterpieces? Then prepare yourself for the biggest, strongest and most eclectic must-see programme in Film4 FrightFest’s history.
From the opening night turbo-driven thrill-ride The Guest to the UK premiere of the closing night mesmeric sci-fi fantasy The Signal, FrightFest has netted the latest works from genre big-hitters such as Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Show...
Are you ready for a monstrous and memorable mayhem of killer claws, cannibalism, cult classics, murderous musicals, chiller thrillers, graphic novel action and sick celluloid masterpieces? Then prepare yourself for the biggest, strongest and most eclectic must-see programme in Film4 FrightFest’s history.
From the opening night turbo-driven thrill-ride The Guest to the UK premiere of the closing night mesmeric sci-fi fantasy The Signal, FrightFest has netted the latest works from genre big-hitters such as Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Show...
- 6/27/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Proxy
Starring Alexia Rasmussen, Joe Swanberg, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe
Directed by Zach Parker
Screenplay by Zach Parker
2014, USA
Writer-director Zach Parker’s slow burn and chilly-minded Proxy is an intensifying horror vehicle that sneaks up on one’s nervous system with its observational dark character studies and creepy tension that builds gradually while creating an understated complexity of fear. Parker’s seedy psychological pot-boiler does not have much of a meaty plot to sink its terrifying teeth but its ambitious and atmospheric gloom and doom approach is practically hypnotic. Proxy does not benefit from a petrifying scope that feels expansively daunting per se. Nevertheless, Parker is able to convey his shocking frightfest with the right elements of sketchy traumatizing glitches that highlight the eerily solid performances in this low-budget dreary drama that pushes the definitive buttons reminiscent of a vintage Hitchcockian exposition wrapped in twisting, sordid suspense.
Fittingly, Proxy...
Starring Alexia Rasmussen, Joe Swanberg, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe
Directed by Zach Parker
Screenplay by Zach Parker
2014, USA
Writer-director Zach Parker’s slow burn and chilly-minded Proxy is an intensifying horror vehicle that sneaks up on one’s nervous system with its observational dark character studies and creepy tension that builds gradually while creating an understated complexity of fear. Parker’s seedy psychological pot-boiler does not have much of a meaty plot to sink its terrifying teeth but its ambitious and atmospheric gloom and doom approach is practically hypnotic. Proxy does not benefit from a petrifying scope that feels expansively daunting per se. Nevertheless, Parker is able to convey his shocking frightfest with the right elements of sketchy traumatizing glitches that highlight the eerily solid performances in this low-budget dreary drama that pushes the definitive buttons reminiscent of a vintage Hitchcockian exposition wrapped in twisting, sordid suspense.
Fittingly, Proxy...
- 5/27/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
We've been following filmmaker Zack Parker's career for several years here at Dread Central, and we're pleased that his latest, Proxy (review), is such a winner. Also a winner is this new video released for the flick that wishes us all a Happy Mother's Day!
Proxy is now playing in select theaters and on VOD from IFC Films. Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, and Joe Swanberg star.
Synopsis:
A very pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Rasmussen) is walking home after her latest Ob appointment when she is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. When Esther seeks consolation in a support group, she finds friendship and empathy in Melanie (Havins), another mother scarred with tragedy. Esther soon begins to believe that the horrific event might be a bittersweet act of fate. However, friendship and empathy can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
Proxy is a...
Proxy is now playing in select theaters and on VOD from IFC Films. Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, and Joe Swanberg star.
Synopsis:
A very pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Rasmussen) is walking home after her latest Ob appointment when she is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. When Esther seeks consolation in a support group, she finds friendship and empathy in Melanie (Havins), another mother scarred with tragedy. Esther soon begins to believe that the horrific event might be a bittersweet act of fate. However, friendship and empathy can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
Proxy is a...
- 5/9/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
From a filmmaking standpoint, you can’t help but admire the cojones it took to attempt Proxy. Running at a long-winded two hours, writers Kevin Donner and (director) Zack Parker cram surprise after surprise into a dramatic revenge thriller that starts simply as a young mother’s horror story. Nothing is Ever as it seems though, as two different movies are shown through each hour, divided halfway by a cataclysmic event Parker could have just as easily ended Proxy with. Shifting gears faster than Vin Diesel in The Fast And Furious, blind ambition takes Parker as far as it can, but a faltering execution downplays dark, genuinely confounding storytelling that movies just won’t risk on today’s audiences. What a shame, because Parker gains brownie points by shoving Hollywood normalcy straight back into The Man’s face – there’s just a lack of “walking the walk” after “talking the talk.
- 5/7/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes DVD release details for Compound Fracture, trailers for Altergeist and Aftermath, first details on Danger Word, the Stage Fright call for submissions, and the lineup from Sci Fest in Los Angeles, a review of the second season of Holliston, and much more:
Compound Fracture DVD Release Details: “Level 33 Entertainment announced today the release of the highly anticipated horror feature film Compound Fracture coming to DVD and VOD on May 13, 2014. Bringing together three iconic figures in the horror pantheon, Compound Fracture stars Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Hallowee), Muse Watson (Ben Willis in I Know What You Did Last Summer), and Derek Mears (Jason Voorhees in the new Friday The 13th). The movie will be available at all major retail and rental outlets including Walmart,...
Compound Fracture DVD Release Details: “Level 33 Entertainment announced today the release of the highly anticipated horror feature film Compound Fracture coming to DVD and VOD on May 13, 2014. Bringing together three iconic figures in the horror pantheon, Compound Fracture stars Tyler Mane (Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Hallowee), Muse Watson (Ben Willis in I Know What You Did Last Summer), and Derek Mears (Jason Voorhees in the new Friday The 13th). The movie will be available at all major retail and rental outlets including Walmart,...
- 5/4/2014
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
This week on Sordid Cinema, the demented stepchild to the Sound On Sight flagship podcast – we sit down and discuss Director/co-writer Zack Parker’s second feature Proxy, about a pregnant woman who enters a strange triangle of violence and paranoia. After which we review Only Lover Left Alive, which finds writer-director Jim Jarmusch adding a typically offbeat entry to the vampire genre. Joining us this week is Sos contributors Cody Lang and Deepayan Sengupta. All this and more, on the longest running genre film podcast.
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- 4/29/2014
- by Sordid Cinema Podcast
- SoundOnSight
Lonely people will certainly do crazy things to get attention.
Director Zack Parker presents a dark thriller with twist and turns in “Proxy.” Latino-Review had an exclusive telephone interview with Parker to discuss the storyline and ideas behind this gory and violent movie.
Here’s the synopsis:
Esther (Alexia Rasmussen) feels alone in this world. When she is viciously attacked by a hooded assailant after leaving her Ob/Gyn, it almost seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group, especially from the kindly Melanie (Alexa Havins). The two women strike up a close friendship and Esther’s life of sadness and solitude is opened up to understanding and even acceptance. However, their bond gets increasingly dangerous as they can no longer tell what’s real and what’s in their heads.
Anchored by a trio of strong female performances from Havins, Rasmussen, and...
Director Zack Parker presents a dark thriller with twist and turns in “Proxy.” Latino-Review had an exclusive telephone interview with Parker to discuss the storyline and ideas behind this gory and violent movie.
Here’s the synopsis:
Esther (Alexia Rasmussen) feels alone in this world. When she is viciously attacked by a hooded assailant after leaving her Ob/Gyn, it almost seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group, especially from the kindly Melanie (Alexa Havins). The two women strike up a close friendship and Esther’s life of sadness and solitude is opened up to understanding and even acceptance. However, their bond gets increasingly dangerous as they can no longer tell what’s real and what’s in their heads.
Anchored by a trio of strong female performances from Havins, Rasmussen, and...
- 4/21/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Another clip is here from Zack Parker's Proxy (review), and while it's not as brutal as the last, it definitely serves up the goods just as we like it! Check it out!
Proxy is on VOD now.
Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, and Joe Swanberg all star.
Synopsis:
A very pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Rasmussen) is walking home after her latest Ob appointment when she is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. When Esther seeks consolation in a support group, she finds friendship and empathy in Melanie (Havins), another mother scarred with tragedy. Esther soon begins to believe that the horrific event might be a bittersweet act of fate. However, friendship and empathy can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
Proxy is a European-style suspense-thriller that promises to challenge the traditional cinematic form. Parker has reunited with The Newton Brothers to compose the...
Proxy is on VOD now.
Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, and Joe Swanberg all star.
Synopsis:
A very pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Rasmussen) is walking home after her latest Ob appointment when she is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. When Esther seeks consolation in a support group, she finds friendship and empathy in Melanie (Havins), another mother scarred with tragedy. Esther soon begins to believe that the horrific event might be a bittersweet act of fate. However, friendship and empathy can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
Proxy is a European-style suspense-thriller that promises to challenge the traditional cinematic form. Parker has reunited with The Newton Brothers to compose the...
- 4/21/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Director/writer Zack Parker‘s plot-heavy thriller Proxy opens on Esther (Alexia Rasmussen), a young, expecting mother at her doctor’s appointment. Good news follows her down the street and into an alley where bad news finds her. She’s knocked unconscious, and her pregnant stomach is savagely attacked by someone with a brick, and it’s exactly as shocking and uncomfortable a scene as you’d expect. The entire first hour of the film relies on the pure dramatic value of this scene to keep your interest, and, to be fair, it does. It’s a challenge though as Esther’s character develops painstakingly slowly, meandering around her apartment until she finally reaches out at a support group where she meets another mother, Melanie (Alexa Havins), who has lost her son. About halfway through the film, a major plot twist reveals that the two women are alike in that they have some serious, underlying...
- 4/18/2014
- by Emily Estep
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Lady Liars and Psycho-sexual Thrills; Zach Parker’s Proxy is a Rocky Ride
Countless blockbusters have used and abused the idea of doppelgängers and surrogates, but disturbing indie-thriller Proxy is uniquely made to amaze. Rhythmically structured around expectancy and negation, director Zack Parker proves to be well-versed in the cinematic language for predicated effects on a spectator. Beyond succeeding as an engaging twisty genre film, Parker activates mechanisms of manipulation, lulling us to complacency just before redirecting his narrative. Proxy is not stand-out cinema, but the unpredictable path makes this plucky undertaking worthwhile.
Leaving a strangely solemn sonogram appointment, Esther (Alexia Rasmussen) is dragged into an alley where her nearly nine-month-pregnant belly is clobbered with a brick until blood streams from between her legs. After the off-putting establishing sequence, which will undoubtedly empty a few seats at every screening, a detective visits her hospital bedside and asserts that such an...
Countless blockbusters have used and abused the idea of doppelgängers and surrogates, but disturbing indie-thriller Proxy is uniquely made to amaze. Rhythmically structured around expectancy and negation, director Zack Parker proves to be well-versed in the cinematic language for predicated effects on a spectator. Beyond succeeding as an engaging twisty genre film, Parker activates mechanisms of manipulation, lulling us to complacency just before redirecting his narrative. Proxy is not stand-out cinema, but the unpredictable path makes this plucky undertaking worthwhile.
Leaving a strangely solemn sonogram appointment, Esther (Alexia Rasmussen) is dragged into an alley where her nearly nine-month-pregnant belly is clobbered with a brick until blood streams from between her legs. After the off-putting establishing sequence, which will undoubtedly empty a few seats at every screening, a detective visits her hospital bedside and asserts that such an...
- 4/18/2014
- by Caitlin Coder
- IONCINEMA.com
Pinch-hitting: Parker’s Latest as Surprising As it is Unwieldy
With a series of continuously improving indie horror thrillers under his belt, filmmaker Zack Parker launches his most startling title yet with his fourth feature, Proxy. Opening with a scene of visceral brutality that’s as sure to get lodged uneasily in your subconscious as it is to grab your rapt attention, the film unfolds with eerie precision until a mid-point switcheroo that provides a tipping point for the film spilling from art-house worthy genre to ludicrous exercise that dwindles into ridiculousness. At times tasteless and potentially offensive (those that prize politically correct representations may find the course of events rather homophobic and undoubtedly misogynist even as Parker clues us in on the black comedy he’s going for), the film is also strikingly unpredictable, utilizing violence effectively.
Just weeks away from giving birth, Esther Woodhouse (Alexia Rasmussen) is brutally...
With a series of continuously improving indie horror thrillers under his belt, filmmaker Zack Parker launches his most startling title yet with his fourth feature, Proxy. Opening with a scene of visceral brutality that’s as sure to get lodged uneasily in your subconscious as it is to grab your rapt attention, the film unfolds with eerie precision until a mid-point switcheroo that provides a tipping point for the film spilling from art-house worthy genre to ludicrous exercise that dwindles into ridiculousness. At times tasteless and potentially offensive (those that prize politically correct representations may find the course of events rather homophobic and undoubtedly misogynist even as Parker clues us in on the black comedy he’s going for), the film is also strikingly unpredictable, utilizing violence effectively.
Just weeks away from giving birth, Esther Woodhouse (Alexia Rasmussen) is brutally...
- 4/18/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
At a point where most horror is content to go "booga booga" with a shock cut or otherwise offer non-stop carnage, a film like Zack Parker's "Proxy" is a breath of fresh air. Indiewire critic Eric Kohn wrote about the film's surprises (and it seems to have one up its sleeve every fifteen minutes), but also that "It isn’t about the shocking developments around each corner so much as the energy and invention that it brings to them." It's a film that features throwbacks to Stanley Kubrick, Brian De Palma and Lars von Trier without feeling like empty quoting, and it goes to far-out places without careening off the rails or leaving its characters behind. Indiewire sat down with Parker to talk about his penchant for slow-burning tension, his influences, and how he planned to subvert audience expectations. "Proxy" opens today in theaters and is available to watch On Demand.
- 4/18/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
Director Zack Parker has a knack for marrying unnerving incident to shifty, hard-to-pin-down characters. His latest film, the psychological thriller “Proxy,” could sort of be described as a sociopathic lesbian love triangle… and yet it’s more than that, even. For ShockYa, Brent Simon recently had a chance to speak to Parker one-on-one, about his movie, what sort of storytelling excites and drives him, making movies in his native Indiana, being a stay-at-home dad and how the California Raisins helped lead him to where he is today. The conversation is excerpted below: ShockYa: Like “Scalene,” your previous film, it feels like “Proxy” is very invested in exploring shifting audience sympathies. Not at all in [ Read More ]
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- 4/18/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
*an online screener of this film was provided by IFC Films. Director: Zack Parker. Writers: Kevin Donner and Zack Parker. Cast: Joe Swanberg, Kristina Klebe, Alexa Havins and Alexia Rasmussen. Proxy is the second thriller this film fan has seen from Richmond, Indiana based director Zack Parker. Parker continues to tackle difficult material. His first film, Scalene (2011) dealt with rape and a handicapped man. His second film is a little more fatalistic as two women participate in murder. Proxy is a psychological thriller, with a lot of surprises. An unconventional script switches protagonists at the mid-way point of the film and the result is somewhat confusing, but also unpredictable. Proxy is a serious film, which will leave many wondering: what just happened? The story begins but does not end with the character Esther (Alexia Rasmussen). Esther is desperately lonely and she becomes pregnant to validate herself. However, she does not actually want the child.
- 4/18/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Seeing director Zack Parker’s new thriller Proxy will undoubtedly represent two of the most unforgettable hours you spend in the cinema this year — if, that is, you can get past the first five minutes. In the film, Alexia Rasmussen plays a heavily pregnant woman named Esther who loses her baby as the result of a brutal beating, which takes place in the aforementioned opening minutes, and subsequently befriends another bereaved mother called Melanie (Alexa Havins) at a grief support group. But is Melanie quite what she seems? And, for that matter, is Esther?
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- 4/17/2014
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome is a relatively rare form of child abuse that involves the exaggeration or fabrication of illnesses or symptoms by a primary caregiver. The central idea around which everything swirls in Zack Parker's Proxy is as brilliant as it is dark, exaggerating a real medical condition in a similar fashion to what David Cronenberg did with the hysteria and outcry when soft core skin flicks were shown on local TV stations - the result was Videodrome - or how Paul Solet examined, in his film Grace, how newborn children sap the resources of their mothers and bring about an anxious protectiveness. The best horror movies exaggerate the anxieties of our times. Proxy illustrates how the egos and minds of new parents (or...
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- 4/17/2014
- Screen Anarchy
In an exclusive clip we've landed for Proxy, an intruder with a crowbar is spying on a home's inhabitants. What does she want? Moreover, what is she going to do with that crowbar? Check out the clip here! Proxy is getting a release tomorrow from IFC. You can check out our review of the film here. Joe Swanberg, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe and Alexia Rasmussen star. Zack Parker directs. While walking home from her latest Ob appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
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- 4/17/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
After a successful premiere at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival, "Proxy," the horror film that Indiewire's Eric Kohn commended for being "a genuine attempt to pierce through the noise of sameness afflicting so many unimaginative thrillers," will be released this Friday. Director-Actor Joe Swanberg, who was behind last year's indie hit "Drinking Buddies," appears in this exclusive behind the scenes clip where he excitedly explains how he got to use a shotgun for a scene in the film. "Proxy" follows Esther who joins a support group following a miscarriage that resulted from being brutally and mysteriously attacked. Swanberg plays Patrick, an eerie figure and husband to a woman that Esther befriend. Check out the clip below:...
- 4/16/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
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