Amp International handles international sales on post-apocalyptic thriller Riot Girls.
Xyz Films continues to explore Los Cabos International Film Festival as an alternative launch pad for sales and has reported a strong turnout for a private buyers screening of post-apocalyptic thriller Riot Girls.
One year after the La-based company introduced a successful private screening of horror title Haunting On Fraternity Row, it returns with Riot Girls. Jovanka Vuckovic’s film is not part of the festival, yet Xyz Films partner Nate Bolotin believes the timing and profile of the Mexican event can better serve select filmmakers, away from the crowded...
Xyz Films continues to explore Los Cabos International Film Festival as an alternative launch pad for sales and has reported a strong turnout for a private buyers screening of post-apocalyptic thriller Riot Girls.
One year after the La-based company introduced a successful private screening of horror title Haunting On Fraternity Row, it returns with Riot Girls. Jovanka Vuckovic’s film is not part of the festival, yet Xyz Films partner Nate Bolotin believes the timing and profile of the Mexican event can better serve select filmmakers, away from the crowded...
- 11/10/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The After Dark Films supernatural thriller that was first announced in January 2013, Sanatorium, is making its way to DVD and VOD on December 23rd.
Brant Sersen directed the picture which stars Kate Riley, Megan Neuringer and Don Fanelli.
On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody, child-killing rampage, before he hanged himself.
Fifty-six years later, a team of ghost hunters - from the popular TV series "Ghost Trackers" - prepares to spend the night at the sanatorium.
The post After Dark Films Squeezes Out Another DVD Release appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
Brant Sersen directed the picture which stars Kate Riley, Megan Neuringer and Don Fanelli.
On New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody, child-killing rampage, before he hanged himself.
Fifty-six years later, a team of ghost hunters - from the popular TV series "Ghost Trackers" - prepares to spend the night at the sanatorium.
The post After Dark Films Squeezes Out Another DVD Release appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 10/13/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series (ADO2), Sanatorium, a terrifying film that authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show’s worst fears.
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
“I’m really pleased that Brant Sersen’s film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. … Continue reading →...
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
“I’m really pleased that Brant Sersen’s film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. … Continue reading →...
- 6/14/2013
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series, Sanatorium, a film that "authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show's worst fears."
Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story) directed the picture which stars Kate Riley, Megan Neuringer and Don Fanelli.
On a bitterly cold December night, a paranormal investigations team has set their sights on the bloody Hillcrest Sanatorium to answer the age old question: Is there life after death? With rumors of hauntings and local children gone missing, they may just get their answer the hard way when members of the team mysteriously disappear, leaving behind unnerving evidence... Check out the poster inside!
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Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story) directed the picture which stars Kate Riley, Megan Neuringer and Don Fanelli.
On a bitterly cold December night, a paranormal investigations team has set their sights on the bloody Hillcrest Sanatorium to answer the age old question: Is there life after death? With rumors of hauntings and local children gone missing, they may just get their answer the hard way when members of the team mysteriously disappear, leaving behind unnerving evidence... Check out the poster inside!
Read more...
- 6/13/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
It's been awhile since we had a new horror flick to talk about from the good folks over at After Dark as they've been dabbling with action flicks as of late, but here we are with a haunting new tale primed and ready to start spooking!
From the Press Release
After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series (ADO2), Sanatorium, a terrifying film that authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show's worst fears.
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
"I'm really pleased that Brant Sersen's film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. We've built a library of 40+ horror features over the past 6 years, and it's been so rewarding to work with these exciting filmmakers to get their films out into the world.
From the Press Release
After Dark Films proudly announces the fifth film in its After Dark Originals 2 series (ADO2), Sanatorium, a terrifying film that authentically captures a Paranormal Investigation TV show's worst fears.
Sanatorium is directed and written by Brant Sersen (Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Splinterheads), starring Kate Riley (College Humor), Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show) and Don Fanelli (Inside Amy Schumer)
"I'm really pleased that Brant Sersen's film Sanatorium has joined the After Dark Films canon. We've built a library of 40+ horror features over the past 6 years, and it's been so rewarding to work with these exciting filmmakers to get their films out into the world.
- 6/13/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Green Zone - Screening
Yes, United 93 made me a little ill. With all that shaky-cam movements he’s known for Paul Greengrass has tempered his need to put his cameras on paint shakers. Thank the heavens for that as I was able to enjoy the last Bourne film with much more interest.
His latest, Green Zone, looks like it will be a thriller in the most classical of ways. Immediate, visceral, fast-moving, and starring the acting stylings Matt Damon this will be a film that ought to...
The Archives, Right Here
I was able to sit down for a couple of years and pump out a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right Here for free.
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Green Zone - Screening
Yes, United 93 made me a little ill. With all that shaky-cam movements he’s known for Paul Greengrass has tempered his need to put his cameras on paint shakers. Thank the heavens for that as I was able to enjoy the last Bourne film with much more interest.
His latest, Green Zone, looks like it will be a thriller in the most classical of ways. Immediate, visceral, fast-moving, and starring the acting stylings Matt Damon this will be a film that ought to...
- 2/26/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
Splinterheads
Directed by: Brant Sersen
Cast: Thomas Middleditch, Rachel Taylor, Lea Thompson, Jason Rogel
Running Time: 1hr 34 min
Rating: R
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Plot: Justin (Middleditch) is an average guy living an average life when his world is shaken up by the arrival of a traveling carnival and a bewitching splinterhead (Taylor). I’d call her a carnie, but the movie is very specific about the difference between the two.
Who’S It For? If you liked Napolean Dynamite, you’ll love Splinterheads. It isn’t that the films are similar in plot, but they are both consummate charmers.
Expectations: None. I had no idea. Bayer sent Splinterheads as a screener to my home, and usually he sends me screeners like, Toast and the Civil War: Rye So Sad?, so I did assume it would drag in parts.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost: Middleditch comes out of...
Directed by: Brant Sersen
Cast: Thomas Middleditch, Rachel Taylor, Lea Thompson, Jason Rogel
Running Time: 1hr 34 min
Rating: R
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Plot: Justin (Middleditch) is an average guy living an average life when his world is shaken up by the arrival of a traveling carnival and a bewitching splinterhead (Taylor). I’d call her a carnie, but the movie is very specific about the difference between the two.
Who’S It For? If you liked Napolean Dynamite, you’ll love Splinterheads. It isn’t that the films are similar in plot, but they are both consummate charmers.
Expectations: None. I had no idea. Bayer sent Splinterheads as a screener to my home, and usually he sends me screeners like, Toast and the Civil War: Rye So Sad?, so I did assume it would drag in parts.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost: Middleditch comes out of...
- 11/13/2009
- by Morrow McLaughlin
- The Scorecard Review
Splinterheads will be opening this weekend at the Regal Arbor Cinema in Austin, TX, Friday, November 13th for a limited and exclusive engagement. Austin is one of three cities selected along with Portland, Oregon, and New York City to run Splinterheads’ theatrical release so far. Director Brant Sersen, whose previous film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story won the Audience Award at the 2004 SXSW Film Festival, will be in attendance at the November 13th opening; with leading man Thomas Middleditch possibly joining as well. Splinterheads premiered at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival. If you were in Austin this past weekend, you may have also seen the Splinterheads dunking booth at Fun Fun Fun Fest. Read the review by clicking here. Splinterheads introduces rapidly-rising improvisational comic Thomas Middleditch as Justin Frost, a twenty-something slacker whose “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. Then, one summer night, he visits a touring carnival...
- 11/12/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Director: Brant Sersen Writer(s): Brant Sersen Starring: Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor, Lea Thompson, Christopher McDonald, Dean Winters, Frankie Faison, Jason Rogel Justin Frost (Thomas Middleditch) is a quirky, hyper and lanky twenty-something slacker. He works for his rotund best friend Wayne’s (Jason Rogel) landscaping business and still lives in his hometown with his mother (Lea Thompson from Back to the Future). Other than karate, he doesn’t seem to have any hobbies or skills or ambitions; as Justin proclaims, his “thing” is that he has no “thing” at all. Justin is preyed upon by a sexy con-artist named Galaxy (Rachael Taylor from Transformers). Galaxy is a carnie, uh-hum splinterhead, with a traveling carnival that has come to Justin’s home town. Since there’s little else to do, Justin and Wayne wind up spending a lot of time hanging around the carnival, thus bumping into Galaxy often.
- 11/12/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas as Disney's "A Christmas Carol" bowed during the weekend to an estimated $31 million at the North American boxoffice. That number wasn't as big a holiday gift as the studio was hoping for, but with Christmas seven weekends away, the 3D movie has time to spread cheer.
There already is plenty for Oscar contender "Precious" to celebrate: Lionsgate's select-theaters debut of Lee Daniels' drama about an abused inner-city teen took in an enthusiastic $1.8 million in 18 theaters in four cities for a powerful $100,000 per-screen average.
But with the second weekend of the Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" holding the second spot, dropping just 40% from its opening, the frame's other arrivals found it tougher to secure a foothold.
Overture's military satire "The Men Who Stare at Goats" checked in at third place with $13.3 million. Although finishing in fourth place, Universal's horror thriller...
There already is plenty for Oscar contender "Precious" to celebrate: Lionsgate's select-theaters debut of Lee Daniels' drama about an abused inner-city teen took in an enthusiastic $1.8 million in 18 theaters in four cities for a powerful $100,000 per-screen average.
But with the second weekend of the Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" holding the second spot, dropping just 40% from its opening, the frame's other arrivals found it tougher to secure a foothold.
Overture's military satire "The Men Who Stare at Goats" checked in at third place with $13.3 million. Although finishing in fourth place, Universal's horror thriller...
- 11/8/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2009 is about to end with a bang, though probably not the apocalyptic kind predicted in the long-awaited adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" or Chris Smith's terrifying doc "Collapse," though those will both be playing at your local arthouse. Instead, audiences will be able to enjoy a winter of wildly different indie film offerings to reflect the wildly different tastes of moviegoers as we leave one decade and move into another. (There are also many different ways to watch them, as you can tell from our Anywhere But a Movie Theater section.)
From November through January, there will be musicals ("Nine"), comedies (Broken Lizard's "The Slammin' Salmon") and stop-motion animated wonderments ("A Town Called Panic") to entertain and new films from Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodóvar, Richard Linklater, Terry Gilliam and Werner Herzog to ponder. And if new movies aren't necessarily doing the trick, you can always cozy...
From November through January, there will be musicals ("Nine"), comedies (Broken Lizard's "The Slammin' Salmon") and stop-motion animated wonderments ("A Town Called Panic") to entertain and new films from Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodóvar, Richard Linklater, Terry Gilliam and Werner Herzog to ponder. And if new movies aren't necessarily doing the trick, you can always cozy...
- 11/4/2009
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
- When I started receiving early press screening invites for the theatrical release of Disgrace via a new label called "Paladin", I had no clue until today that this was former ThinkFilm topper Mark Urman's new venture. The newly formed distribution company who'll, from the look of it, will stick to smaller film fair has already mounted a slate that pushes the company into next year. As mentioned before, the J.M. Coetzee novel adaptation (Disgrace) is the first film to launch the label, this will be followed by Brant Sersen's comedy called Splinterheads in November, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond in New York and Los Angeles in late December and they'll begin the new year with Bette Gordon's Handsome Harry early next year. Our advice to Urman: start off slow, bid low and think quality not quantity.The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond is based on
- 9/10/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Brant Sersen's last film, the Rob Corddry-starring comedy Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, won the audience award at SXSW 5 years back. His follow-up, Splinterheads, stars Rachael Taylor (top billed in the Washingtonienne pilot) and Lea Thompson (riding the heat of the recent resurgance of Howard the Duck), and is premiering at SXSW in Emerging Visions. Sersen answers The 5 Questions We Ask Everyone after the jump. </ ...
- 3/12/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
When producer Thomas Woodrow began debating the ideal launchpad for his movie "True Adolescents," he ran through the usual festival suspects: Sundance, Cannes, Toronto and Telluride.
But Woodrow decided to premiere his $1 million comedy featuring Oscar nominee Melissa Leo at South by Southwest, a fest that until recently was known as an afterthought to the powerhouse music event that runs alongside it.
Sure, "Adolescents" is music-oriented, aimed at the same young, hip audience that flocks to Austin each March, and its star, Mark Duplass, is well-known locally.
But more importantly, "the fact a golden handful of distributors who are potential partners are certainly going to be there made it the obvious choice," Woodrow says.
His decision to go with South by Southwest (SXSW or "South By," as it is known) reflects the increasing relevance of the fest heading into its 16th go-round, which begins today and runs through March 21.
Although hardly a busy acquisitions market,...
But Woodrow decided to premiere his $1 million comedy featuring Oscar nominee Melissa Leo at South by Southwest, a fest that until recently was known as an afterthought to the powerhouse music event that runs alongside it.
Sure, "Adolescents" is music-oriented, aimed at the same young, hip audience that flocks to Austin each March, and its star, Mark Duplass, is well-known locally.
But more importantly, "the fact a golden handful of distributors who are potential partners are certainly going to be there made it the obvious choice," Woodrow says.
His decision to go with South by Southwest (SXSW or "South By," as it is known) reflects the increasing relevance of the fest heading into its 16th go-round, which begins today and runs through March 21.
Although hardly a busy acquisitions market,...
- 3/12/2009
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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In just a little over a month from now, a whole bunch of Cinematical lunatics will stomp their way through Austin, Texas in search of the next great indie beauty via the 2009 South By Southwest Film Festival. And, like we do for a few other festivals each year, we'll be previewing some films, debuting images, clips and trailers -- while basically trying our best to keep you in the loop with regards to what's going on in this groovy film world.
First up for us (and you) this year is this exclusive first look at the film Splinterheads, which, sadly, is not a documentary about fans of the character Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- but is, instead, a romantic comedy for the Harold and Kumar crowd (or so I've been told). Starring newcomer Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore...
In just a little over a month from now, a whole bunch of Cinematical lunatics will stomp their way through Austin, Texas in search of the next great indie beauty via the 2009 South By Southwest Film Festival. And, like we do for a few other festivals each year, we'll be previewing some films, debuting images, clips and trailers -- while basically trying our best to keep you in the loop with regards to what's going on in this groovy film world.
First up for us (and you) this year is this exclusive first look at the film Splinterheads, which, sadly, is not a documentary about fans of the character Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -- but is, instead, a romantic comedy for the Harold and Kumar crowd (or so I've been told). Starring newcomer Thomas Middleditch, Rachael Taylor (Transformers), Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore...
- 2/9/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
SXSW is one of my favorite festivals of the year as it showcases some of the best and most innovative real independent films, and with this host of world premiers, it's also playing alot of Sundance material as well as genre fare from all over the world, many of which we've covered heavily in these pages.
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
From the Sundance lineup, we have films like Moon, The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle, You Won't Miss Me, Grace, and Humpday, among others.
For the world genre material we've covered, there's Lake Mungo, The Square, Zift, and Awaydays.
I think you get the point that lots of great looking film will be playing. I'll leave a bit of the exploration to you..
Lineup after the break.
Narrative Features Competition
Artois the Goat
Director: Kyle Bogart. Writer: Cliff and Kyle Bogart
Lab technician Virgil Gurdies embarks on an epic quest to craft the greatest...
- 2/2/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Rachael Taylor has been set to star in "Splinterheads," a carnival-set comedy written and directed by Brant Sersen.
Taylor will play a carnie con artist who dupes and then forms a relationship with a local twentysomething slacker, played by Chicago Second city veteran Thomas Middleditch. The film will play against the colorful backdrop of performers and showmen.
Darren Goldberg and Chris Marsh will produce via their nascent Atlantic Pictures banner; Anisa Qureshi also will produce. Christopher McDonald and Lea Thompson also star.
The Wma-repped Taylor, whose breakout role came last year in "Transformers," recently starred in the Fox thriller "Shutter."
Sersen directed "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story," a comedy about paintballers that starred Rob Corddry.
Production on "Splinterheads" is set to begin next month.
Taylor will play a carnie con artist who dupes and then forms a relationship with a local twentysomething slacker, played by Chicago Second city veteran Thomas Middleditch. The film will play against the colorful backdrop of performers and showmen.
Darren Goldberg and Chris Marsh will produce via their nascent Atlantic Pictures banner; Anisa Qureshi also will produce. Christopher McDonald and Lea Thompson also star.
The Wma-repped Taylor, whose breakout role came last year in "Transformers," recently starred in the Fox thriller "Shutter."
Sersen directed "Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story," a comedy about paintballers that starred Rob Corddry.
Production on "Splinterheads" is set to begin next month.
- 7/29/2008
- by By Steven Zeitchik
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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