Stars: Davide Tucci, Efi Papatheodorou, Daphne Alexander, Apollon Bollas, Igor Górewicz | Written by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, Elizabeth E. Schuch | Directed by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas
I’m not sure I was quite prepared for how strange Minore is. That is definitely a good thing though. I will keep my review as spoiler-free as possible because it really is the best way to see the movie.
That said, it doesn’t give anything away to say that a mysterious sea creature is lurking in the sea of a nearby town ready to invade. Its unsuspecting occupants are an unusual group of tourists, musicians, body-builders and the elderly who must fight off this creature.
After about thirty minutes of Minore, I think it’s fair to say not a whole lot had happened and I didn’t realise at that point that it was a comedy. I’m not sure if this is because it...
I’m not sure I was quite prepared for how strange Minore is. That is definitely a good thing though. I will keep my review as spoiler-free as possible because it really is the best way to see the movie.
That said, it doesn’t give anything away to say that a mysterious sea creature is lurking in the sea of a nearby town ready to invade. Its unsuspecting occupants are an unusual group of tourists, musicians, body-builders and the elderly who must fight off this creature.
After about thirty minutes of Minore, I think it’s fair to say not a whole lot had happened and I didn’t realise at that point that it was a comedy. I’m not sure if this is because it...
- 8/30/2023
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Minore
A little film with a lot of heart which still finds room for unspeakable cyclopean monstrosities from the outer realms, Minore is one of the hidden treasures of this year’s Frightfest, and a natural crowd-pleaser. Set in a tiny Greek fishing community, it follows William, a sailor in search of his long lost father, who is welcomed into the local community just as it finds itself – and possibly the world – on the brink of extinction. just before the festival, I met director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas and his producer (and wife) Elizabeth E Schuch for a chat. They were both glowing with excitement about the unexpected success of their work.
“It started with a monster,” explains Elizabeth. “We were at a festival in Greece, showing our very, very first tiny no-budget movie, and we looked out at the beautiful bay and thought, ‘What would happen if a...
A little film with a lot of heart which still finds room for unspeakable cyclopean monstrosities from the outer realms, Minore is one of the hidden treasures of this year’s Frightfest, and a natural crowd-pleaser. Set in a tiny Greek fishing community, it follows William, a sailor in search of his long lost father, who is welcomed into the local community just as it finds itself – and possibly the world – on the brink of extinction. just before the festival, I met director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas and his producer (and wife) Elizabeth E Schuch for a chat. They were both glowing with excitement about the unexpected success of their work.
“It started with a monster,” explains Elizabeth. “We were at a festival in Greece, showing our very, very first tiny no-budget movie, and we looked out at the beautiful bay and thought, ‘What would happen if a...
- 8/27/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Welcome to Give Me the Fear, a new Frightfest 2023 preview series hosted by screenwriter Stuart Wright.
These brief, spoiler-free interviews will – across the entire series – help you to discover the kind of knowledge and experience about how to make indie horror films that they don’t teach at film school.
After looking back at the blood, sweat and tears that went into their creative successes, I ask them one last question: If you could hand pick one person to be in the audience for your Frightfest screening, who would it be and why? I think you going to love the answers this question elicits.
This episode features Piper (Anthony Waller), Minore (Konstantinos Koutsoliotas) & Pareidolia (Aaron Truss)
For more details about Frightfest see https://www.frightfest.co.uk/2023FrightFestLondon/index.html
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These brief, spoiler-free interviews will – across the entire series – help you to discover the kind of knowledge and experience about how to make indie horror films that they don’t teach at film school.
After looking back at the blood, sweat and tears that went into their creative successes, I ask them one last question: If you could hand pick one person to be in the audience for your Frightfest screening, who would it be and why? I think you going to love the answers this question elicits.
This episode features Piper (Anthony Waller), Minore (Konstantinos Koutsoliotas) & Pareidolia (Aaron Truss)
For more details about Frightfest see https://www.frightfest.co.uk/2023FrightFestLondon/index.html
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- 8/24/2023
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
"It is out there waiting... It is coming for us all." Rue Morgue magazine has debuted the first official promo trailer for a Greek horror comedy called Minore, from filmmaker Konstantinos Koutsoliotas. He's a veteran from the VFX industry, having worked on big movies like Dark Phoenix, 1917, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley as a digital compositor. This first premiered at the Fantaspoa Fantastic Fest earlier in the year. When mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city. "As Greek as monster movies get." Minore stars Davide Tucci, Daphne Alexander, Eleftheria Komi, Apollon Bollas, and Nicolas Bravos. This trailer features a sneak peek of the awesomely tentacled mega monster in this quirky horror comedy, and it looks super badass. Playing at London's FrightFest and Mexico's Macabro Fest soon. This is like of Edgar Wright was Greek and made...
- 8/21/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A brand new H.P. Lovecraft-inspired horror movie titled Minore is on the way, and our friends over at Rue Morgue have debuted the absolutely bonkers first trailer this week.
Tapping into the otherworldly madness of Lovecraft’s best terror tales, the Minore trailer is loaded with massive tentacled beasts and gruesome moments of bloody violence.
Seriously, some of the imagery on display here is absolutely wild. Check it out below.
When will you be able to watch the movie? Rue Morgue notes that Raven Banner has picked up worldwide rights to Minore, which is headed to FrightFest and Mexico’s Macabro festival.
In the film from director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, which Rue Morgue describes as a Greek horror-comedy, “A Greek seaside port is invaded by mysterious tentacled creatures from the ocean floor. It’s up to a small gang of misfits made up of musicians, a sailor, a bodybuilder, and...
Tapping into the otherworldly madness of Lovecraft’s best terror tales, the Minore trailer is loaded with massive tentacled beasts and gruesome moments of bloody violence.
Seriously, some of the imagery on display here is absolutely wild. Check it out below.
When will you be able to watch the movie? Rue Morgue notes that Raven Banner has picked up worldwide rights to Minore, which is headed to FrightFest and Mexico’s Macabro festival.
In the film from director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, which Rue Morgue describes as a Greek horror-comedy, “A Greek seaside port is invaded by mysterious tentacled creatures from the ocean floor. It’s up to a small gang of misfits made up of musicians, a sailor, a bodybuilder, and...
- 8/18/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A Greek seaside port is slowly being invaded by mysterious creatures from the ocean floor. It is up to a small gang made up of musicians, a sailor, a bodybuilder, and one grannie to save the city from this Lovecraftian terror from the deep. Greek director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas along with his co-writer and frequent collaborator Elizabeth E. Schuch (director of The Book of Birdie) presents a healthy dose of urban Greek culture in his third feature film, Minore. Any display of seaside Greek bar culture is, of course, welcome. If our cinema diet is only partaking in feasts from the fantastic realm we can count the number of genre films from Greece on our hands. The safe conclusion is that our exposure to...
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- 5/4/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Fantaspoa is gearing up for another year and have announced the first wave of titles and unveiled this year's poster. They have also announced that they are finally returning to in-person screenings this year, taking over four cinemas in the city of Porto Alegre. Having had a tremendous response from homebound audiences the past couple years a portion of the program will be made available online across Brazil. In the first forty films announced for this year's lineup there are three world premieres including Witch Game from Fabien Forte (Legions), Colton Van Til's Meltdown: A Nuclear Family's Ascension Into Madness and Minore from Konstantinos Koutsoliotas which has been selected to close out the festival. A quick scan of the list of forty...
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- 3/8/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Konstantinos Koutsoliotas's new flick The Fear of Looking Up will close this year's edition of the Fantaspoa film festival in Brazil. Directing a screenplay he wrote with one of his stars from his debut feature film, The Winter's Theo Albanis, and reuinting with regular collaborator, Book of Bridie's Elizabeth E. Schuch, it looks like Koutsoliotas and company are going to take audiences on a emotional and spell-binding ride deep into cosmic horror. Screen Anarchy has been asked to premiere the trailer with you today and we could not be more pleased to support the team as they prepare to take this film out onto the festival circuit, staring with the world premiere at Fantaspoa on June 2nd. While chasing a serial killer inspired by the...
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- 5/17/2019
- Screen Anarchy
As promised, Fantaspoa 2019 has announced the second wave of films, and we are here to share the list of screenings with our readers, along with the exciting news that the legendary Roger Corman will be in attendance as a special guest. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Universal and DeviantArt's "Heroes vs. Villains" Glass contest winners and DeviantArt's interview with M. Night Shyamalan, as well as a trailer for The Young Cannibals.
Fantaspoa 2019 Announces Second Wave of Films, Roger Corman to Attend: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The 2019 edition of the festival will pay an homage...
Fantaspoa 2019 Announces Second Wave of Films, Roger Corman to Attend: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the second wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd. The celebrated genre film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The 2019 edition of the festival will pay an homage...
- 4/24/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Fantaspoa 2019 ― which will take place from May 16th through June 2nd in Porto Alegre ― has announced its first wave of films! The complete lineup will be revealed in early May. Also: The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies - NYC presents The Shadow Over Lovecraft: Interrogating H.P. Lovecraft's Racism, Down to Hell game release details, and Trail of Blood's release on Audible.
Fantaspoa 2019's First Wave of Films Announced: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd, 2019. The celebrated film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The whimsical poster for the festival's 2019 edition pays homage to Lewis Carroll’s Alice, one of literature and cinema's most memorable fantasy characters,...
Fantaspoa 2019's First Wave of Films Announced: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd, 2019. The celebrated film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.
The whimsical poster for the festival's 2019 edition pays homage to Lewis Carroll’s Alice, one of literature and cinema's most memorable fantasy characters,...
- 4/11/2019
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
When Birdie is sent to a dying convent for a new lease on life, she befriends the groundskeeper's daughter and just when things to start to look up, everything comes crashing down. The Book of Birdie, Elizabeth E. Schuch's feature-length directorial debut, will be released on VOD on October 2nd.
"Introverted Birdie is sent to live in a quaint and isolated convent by her concerned grandmother, in an attempt to change her sobering outlook on life. But left to her own devices she develops a heightened obsession with blood, which seems all too willing to flow from her body, and reoccurring visions and hallucinations that pull her in every direction. Sometimes whimsical and sometimes gory, Birdie passively questions - is she a saint or is she cursed?
Escaping the watchful eye of Mother Superior and the other nuns Birdie begins an intimate friendship with Julia, the groundskeeper's daughter, but...
"Introverted Birdie is sent to live in a quaint and isolated convent by her concerned grandmother, in an attempt to change her sobering outlook on life. But left to her own devices she develops a heightened obsession with blood, which seems all too willing to flow from her body, and reoccurring visions and hallucinations that pull her in every direction. Sometimes whimsical and sometimes gory, Birdie passively questions - is she a saint or is she cursed?
Escaping the watchful eye of Mother Superior and the other nuns Birdie begins an intimate friendship with Julia, the groundskeeper's daughter, but...
- 9/27/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Fantaspoa has been bringing the latest in genre cinema to South America with their film festivals and have just announced that they're expanding into distribution. The newly announced FantasFilms will bring around 20 feature films per year to Brazilian cinemas, including Dave Made a Maze, The Ranger, Mohawk, and more:
From the Press Release: Every May and June, the city of Porto Alegre in Brazil becomes an international hub where artists, filmmakers, actors, and cinephiles from across the globe gather for Fantaspoa: South America's largest festival of fantastic cinema and the sole member of the Méliès Federation on the continent.
This year, in addition to the festival itself, Fantaspoa has announced its own distribution arm: FantasFilms.
The newly-launched company will team up with Marcelo de Souza's Mares Filmes, with plans for distributing around 20 feature films per calendar year to Brazilian cinemas. All of the films selected will come exclusively from the festival lineup.
From the Press Release: Every May and June, the city of Porto Alegre in Brazil becomes an international hub where artists, filmmakers, actors, and cinephiles from across the globe gather for Fantaspoa: South America's largest festival of fantastic cinema and the sole member of the Méliès Federation on the continent.
This year, in addition to the festival itself, Fantaspoa has announced its own distribution arm: FantasFilms.
The newly-launched company will team up with Marcelo de Souza's Mares Filmes, with plans for distributing around 20 feature films per calendar year to Brazilian cinemas. All of the films selected will come exclusively from the festival lineup.
- 6/8/2018
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Hey there aspiring genre filmmakers! Do you have a feature-length script of the fantasy/horror variety? And does it feature a lead character from a less represented group (ie. female, Lgbtq+, from a minority background, or persons living with a disability)? Then indie studio Melancholy Star has just the residency for you! In the picturesque city of Bruges, Belgium, the two-week residency (slated for June/July 2018) will offer those selected with the opportunity to develop their script in this idyllic setting, with help from industry professionals. Melancholy Star company directors Elizabeth E. Schuch (writer/director of The Book of Birdie) and Konstantinos Koutsoliotas will be in residence at the house as well and actively available to advise on writing, VFX, storyboarding or design elements. For Schuch, “hearing the experiences...
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- 2/16/2018
- Screen Anarchy
A total of 21 projects will be presented at the development and financing platform.
Caroline Deruas, Jonathan Nossiter and David Verbeek will be among the directors presenting their upcoming projects at the eighth edition of the Les Arcs Coproduction Village (Dec 10-13).
A total of 24 projects will presented at the three-day event unfolding within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (10-17) which announced the bulk of its programme last week.
Verbeek will present his long-gestating vampire project Dead & Beautiful.
Jonathan Nossiter will be at the market with The Last Words, his big screen adaptation of France-based Argentine writer Santiago Amigorena’s novel Mes derniers mots revolving around the last two members of the human race as they contemplate a world destroyed by mankind.
Deruas will present her second feature Sad Liza after Daydreams which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Two animation projects have also made it into this year’s selection, Dutch experimental...
Caroline Deruas, Jonathan Nossiter and David Verbeek will be among the directors presenting their upcoming projects at the eighth edition of the Les Arcs Coproduction Village (Dec 10-13).
A total of 24 projects will presented at the three-day event unfolding within the Les Arcs European Film Festival (10-17) which announced the bulk of its programme last week.
Verbeek will present his long-gestating vampire project Dead & Beautiful.
Jonathan Nossiter will be at the market with The Last Words, his big screen adaptation of France-based Argentine writer Santiago Amigorena’s novel Mes derniers mots revolving around the last two members of the human race as they contemplate a world destroyed by mankind.
Deruas will present her second feature Sad Liza after Daydreams which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival over the summer.
Two animation projects have also made it into this year’s selection, Dutch experimental...
- 11/17/2016
- ScreenDaily
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