Women film-makers showcased at blood-splattered Los Angeles horror festival
A mummy sips a cocktail next to a pair of disembodied stockinged legs; a woman in a blue wig wanders through the crowds on stilts. It's just another cocktail mixer at the Viscera film festival in Los Angeles. Held at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, (a few paces to the right from the crowd-attracting Marilyn Monroe star), the red carpet was white and covered in fake blood spatters, and the courtyard magician kept losing his balls. But then again, you'd need more than the normal quota of balls to stomach this delicious feast of oestrogen-generated suspense, gore and violence.
Viscera is run by actor, writer, director and producer Shannon Lark, its founder, with Heidi Honeycutt and Stacy Hammon. Yes, it's about empowerment, but it's also about entertainment.
The opening feature, Among Friends, is the directorial debut of Danielle Harris, who...
A mummy sips a cocktail next to a pair of disembodied stockinged legs; a woman in a blue wig wanders through the crowds on stilts. It's just another cocktail mixer at the Viscera film festival in Los Angeles. Held at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, (a few paces to the right from the crowd-attracting Marilyn Monroe star), the red carpet was white and covered in fake blood spatters, and the courtyard magician kept losing his balls. But then again, you'd need more than the normal quota of balls to stomach this delicious feast of oestrogen-generated suspense, gore and violence.
Viscera is run by actor, writer, director and producer Shannon Lark, its founder, with Heidi Honeycutt and Stacy Hammon. Yes, it's about empowerment, but it's also about entertainment.
The opening feature, Among Friends, is the directorial debut of Danielle Harris, who...
- 7/12/2012
- by Lisa Marks
- The Guardian - Film News
The spotlight will be on female filmmakers in the horror genre at the upcoming Viscera Film Festival Carpet Ceremony 2012.
The event takes place on July 7, 2012, at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
A line-up of the 13 best new short horror films directed by up-and-coming female directors has been judged by a celebrity panel of horror industry veterans.
The panel included Gale Anne Hurd (producer The Walking Dead, Terminator), Mary Harron (director American Psycho), Catherine Hardwicke (director, Twilight, Red Riding Hood), Rachel Talalay (director, Nightmare on Elm Street 6, Tank Girl), Steve Niles (author 30 Days of Night), Elizabeth Stanley (producer Trailers from Hell), Tony Diblasi (director Dread), Amber Benson (Tara Maclay in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, director Drones), Dew Daywalt (director Leprechaun's Revenge), Barbara Peeters (director, Humanoids from the Deep), John Skipp (author Mondo Zombie), Michelle Maxwell McLaren (director The Walking Dead), Mary Lambert (director Pet Semetary) and Emily Hagins (My Sucky Teen Romance...
The event takes place on July 7, 2012, at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
A line-up of the 13 best new short horror films directed by up-and-coming female directors has been judged by a celebrity panel of horror industry veterans.
The panel included Gale Anne Hurd (producer The Walking Dead, Terminator), Mary Harron (director American Psycho), Catherine Hardwicke (director, Twilight, Red Riding Hood), Rachel Talalay (director, Nightmare on Elm Street 6, Tank Girl), Steve Niles (author 30 Days of Night), Elizabeth Stanley (producer Trailers from Hell), Tony Diblasi (director Dread), Amber Benson (Tara Maclay in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, director Drones), Dew Daywalt (director Leprechaun's Revenge), Barbara Peeters (director, Humanoids from the Deep), John Skipp (author Mondo Zombie), Michelle Maxwell McLaren (director The Walking Dead), Mary Lambert (director Pet Semetary) and Emily Hagins (My Sucky Teen Romance...
- 6/12/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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