HALO-8 STARLETS BRING SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO COMIC-CON FOR NEW MOVIE
July 23, 2008
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HALO-8 STARLETS BRING SLAUGHTERHOUSE TO COMIC-CON FOR NEW MOVIE
- Fan-favorites to present preview of indie studio’s ambitious Halloween treat
at sold-out pop culture event -
Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 2008 - Halo-8 Entertainment is heading to the sold-out San Diego Comic Con on Saturday July 26th with starlets Tiffany Shepis ("NIGHTMARE MAN"), Melissa Bacelar ("PINK EYE," Lionsgate’s upcoming "SKINNED ALIVE"), Katie Nisa ("THREAT"), and Joanna Angel (TLC’s "L.A. INK," "SICK & TWISTED HORROR") to preview the studio’s most ambitious production yet: an interactive horror-comedy called "SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME," created by award-winning filmmaker Matt Pizzolo ("THREAT," upcoming graphic novel "GODKILLER"). Halo-8 has slated the film for a Halloween 2008 release.
The innovative feature stars Shepis, Bacelar, Nisa, Angel, and Masuimi Max ("INLAND EMPIRE," "THE DEVIL’S MUSE") in a narrative, splatterpunk DVD-game with scenes written and directed by numerous filmmakers on the Halo-8 roster including Pizzolo, Angel, Doug Sakmann ("PUNK ROCK HOLOCAUST"), Joshua Nelson ("PINK EYE"), Ramzi Abed ("THE DEVIL’S MUSE"), Kurly Tlapoyawa ("GIMME SKELTER"), and Peter Hoare ("BEER THE MOVIE").
" SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME is a unique and exciting Halloween treat developed especially for the rabid fans of Halo-8’s bold filmmakers and intriguing starlets," said Todd Miller, Director of Operations for Halo-8. "Filmmaking has always been collaborative, but the interactive-movie Matt developed has taken that collaborative spirit to another level."
"We wanted to put together a really fun and hare-brained Halloween treat for the fans," said Matt Pizzolo. "The awesome thing about Halo-8 is that we’re all huge fans of one another… filming a game together gave all the directors and actors a chance to work together in a really cool and different way." In SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME, audiences get the chance to put their horror movie trivia skills to the test while also helping a recently deceased high school geek take revenge on his former friends. The story follows Paul Tard, a geek on the eve of his high school graduation. Paul’s friends are throwing a graduation party with hookers and drugs, but, when they come up one hooker short, Paul is uninvited to the party. Drowning his sorrows in wine stolen from a homeless man, Paul decides to take a bubble bath and bring along his laptop for some internet porn. Of course, the laptop falls in the bathtub and Paul electrocutes himself to death. None of this would have happened if he’d only been invited to the party, so Paul sells his soul to a demon in exchange for the power to take revenge on his former friends.
Structurally, SLUMBER PARTY SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE GAME is a trivia challenge. Whenever Paul wants to kill one of his friends, the demon asks a horror movie trivia question and the film dissolves to a multiple choice menu. If the audience chooses the correct answer, Paul gets the power to kill his ex-friend (and the friend’s hooker, to tie up those pesky loose ends); but the wrong answer will send Paul to hell unavenged. Each "killscene" in the film is written and directed by a different Halo-8 filmmaker and stars actors from Halo-8 films.
Halo-8 Entertainment (www.halo8.tv) is devoted to supporting the unique visions of bold filmmakers by widely releasing daring films, alt-culture videos, and punk rock cinema. Recent releases include the controversial documentary YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS (which Variety called "a miraculously evenhanded treatment of a snarlingly divisive debate"), the award-winning hardcore-punk thriller THREAT (which Urb Magazine said "makes KIDS look like an after-school special"), and the legendary NY hardcore documentary N.Y.H.C. (which Cinematical called "smashing… a terrific, well-told, engaging story"). Upcoming releases include the Manson-inspired shocker GIMME SKELTER (which ScreamTV called "a low budget masterpiece"), the hard-edged slasher film PINK EYE (which Bloody Disgusting called "vicious and convincing… a lingering nightmare"), and the stylish & surreal horror film THE DEVIL’S MUSE (which Rue Morgue called "intoxicating and sensual").
How Nikki Sixx have the guts to bash MTV since they won’t do this Motley Crue movie?
June 23, 2008
How Nikki Sixx have the guts to bash MTV since they won’t do this Motley Crue movie?
Bassist Nikki Sixx tells Blabbermouth.net, "We’re trying to get them out of the way to make this movie that should have been made a long time ago.
"MTV has become bogged down in its own way. It’s a channel that used to be hip and has now actually become unhip. We signed with them because we believed they were right, but they haven’t come to the table. We need to find the right partner. They are not the right partner."
NXNE metal tour fest with Sam Dunn’s new movie Global Metal
May 30, 2008
NXNE metal fest with Sam Dunn’s new movie Global Metal
Just wanted to give you a heads up of all the metal bands playing North by Northeast this year. They are listed below.
Also, the opening gala for our Film Festival is???????? ????? ???????? Global Metal, which is a follow up to Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey. The filmmakers, Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, will both be in attendance as well as many of the bands listed below. The bands will be available for pictures and interviews.
Bands:
Scouts Honor - Chicago, Illinois
Redeemer - Toronto, Ontario
Perla - Iceland
Salem Saints - Toronto, Ontario
Scarlet Sins - Toronto, Ontario
Shelter with Thieves -Halifax , Nova Scotia
The Gods of Now - Montreal, Quebec
SEX AND DEATH 101 THE MOVIE OUT
May 29, 2008
SEX AND DEATH 101 THE MOVIE OUT
Less than two weeks before his wedding, good-guy Roderick Blank (Simon Baker of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA) receives a mysterious email listing every girl he’s ever had sex with…and the 70+ names of everyone he ever will have sex with. But as Roderick begins enjoying all the strippers, porn stars, stewardesses and celebrity lesbians on the list, he discovers that his ultimate date with destiny may lay with the serial killer known as ‘Death Nell’ (Oscar® nominee Winona Ryder). Is the luckiest man in the world now doomed to face the final position of the Karma Sutra? Leslie Bibb (TALLADEGA NIGHTS), Patton Oswalt (RATATOUILLE), Neil Flynn (SCRUBS), Julie Bowen (BOSTON LEGAL), Sophie Monk (DATE MOVIE) and Mindy Cohn (THE FACTS OF LIFE) co-star in this sexy black comedy written and directed by Daniel Waters, creator of the legendary cult classic HEATHERS.
Received a limited release in theatres April 2008 in Toronto, Vancouver and the US.
Starring: Leslie Bibb, Julie Bowen, Sophie Monk, Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Patton Oswalt
Director: Daniel Waters
Features:
* Widescreen Presentation enhanced for 16×9 TVs
* 101 Perversions
* Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Daniel Waters
* Trailer
Durham County A Deeply Dark and Riveting Television Movie Series Coming Soon
May 27, 2008
Durham County A Deeply Dark and Riveting Television Movie Series Coming Soon
Muse Distribution International Appoints Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada To Distribute
Durham County
A Deeply Dark and Riveting Television Series
“The darkest TV show in Canadian history.”
- Toronto Star
Toronto, ON – Muse Distribution International has engaged Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada, a leader in the crime and horror genre, as its exclusive service agent in Canada to distribute Durham County, the sophisticated and powerful series that explores violence in a suburban setting, in the Canadian home entertainment market.
Durham County is “a landmark in Canadian television,” says Jerry Woodburn, General Manager of Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada. “I am extremely proud to be working with Muse Distribution on the DVD release of such potent drama. Fans of Anchor Bay will see that Durham County is a perfect fit for us, and will complement our catalogue immensely.”
Durham County is an emotionally compelling six-episode dramatic series that combines police procedural with family melodrama. It explores the complex relationship between a homicide cop, Mike Sweeney, played by Hugh Dillon (Hard Core Logo, Flashpoint) and his adversary, Ray Prager, who appears to be a serial killer, played by Justin Louis (Trump Unauthorized). They have a shared history that goes all the way back to high school; as well as unfinished business and dark secrets. You think you can leave your past behind. But you can’t…
Durham County is a riveting and visually stunning drama rounded out by a cast of complex characters. Hélène Joy (Murdoch Mysteries) plays Sweeney’s wife Audrey who has recently returned home from the hospital after a battle with breast cancer, and Laurence Leboeuf (Human Trafficking) is their 16 year old daughter with a dark streak. Ray’s wife Traci Sonya Salomaa (The Collector) is a knockout blonde in her early thirties and Greyston Holt (A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story ) is their son Ray Jr, a talented writer who is belittled by his father and an outsider at school.
NOW Magazine praises Durham County as ‘Dark, moody, and emotionally taut…it’s one of the of best Canadian shows of the year.’ According to The Globe and Mail this crime drama is ‘a compelling…very fine, somber and smart drama’, and that ‘(Hugh) Dillon is outstanding as Sweeney.’
The first season of Durham County has aired in Canada on The Movie Network and Movie Central and recently had a national network broadcast premiere on Global Television May 19, 2008, Durham County will also air in French in October 2008 on the Mystère Channel in Quebec. Muse Distribution International and Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada anticipate a late summer DVD release for the first six episodes.
What sets Durham County apart from other crime dramas is the unique perspective brought to the genre by the predominantly female team behind the series, a co-creating team that includes Janis Lundman (Executive Producer), Adrienne Mitchell (Executive Producer/Director) and Writer - Laurie Finstad Knizhnik. “What really compelled us was the whole question of what makes a person become a monster,” explains Mitchell. “What are the circumstances and the forces that make a seemingly ordinary man cross the line into committing acts of horrible violence?”
They say there’s only six degrees of separation between you and anyone else in the world, but sometimes it’s not even that. Sometimes the most brutal evil you can imagine is already in your world. Sometimes he’s just across the street.
Durham County is written by Laurie Finstad Knizhnik (Bliss, Cold Squad) and helmed by award-winning directors Holly Dale for episodes 1-4 (Cold Case, Absolution, The Collector) and Adrienne Mitchell for episodes 5-6 (Bliss, Drop The Beat, Straight Up) and Executive Producers are Michael Prupas (This is Wonderland, Human Trafficking, Wind in the Willows) of Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Janis Lundman (Bliss, Drop The Beat, Talk 16) and Adrienne Mitchell of Back Alley Film Productions Ltd.
Durham County is a co-production between Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. and will be distributed on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada on behalf of Muse Distribution International
Muse Entertainment Enterprises is a leading independent feature film and television producer known for well-crafted, high-quality productions. Muse’s most recent productions include the comedy feature The Deal starring William H. Macy and Meg Ryan, and the television mini-series Durham County. Since its founding in 1998, Muse has produced, co-produced and provided production services on more than 100 theatrical features, TV movies, mini-series and series. Among its many award-winning productions are the mini-series Human Trafficking and Answered by Fire, the TV series This is Wonderland and Tales from the Neverending Story and the TV films The Wind in the Willows and The Many Trials of One Jane Doe. Muse was the production services producer of the award-winning feature films I’m Not There and The Fountain and of the TV movies The Wool Cap and Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story. The company’s head office and its Quebec production centre are based in Montreal. Muse also maintains development and production operations in Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles.
Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. has been producing entertaining and provocative film and television in Canada for over 15 years. Founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell, the company is synonymous with high-quality, innovative productions that aim to entertain both domestic and international audiences. With their strong backgrounds in producing (Lundman/Mitchell) and directing (Mitchell) the two partners have produced award winning human-interest documentaries (Talk 6, Talk 19, Lawn and Order) and cutting edge dramatic television series (Straight Up, Drop The Beat and Bliss). Their most recent 6 X 1 hour dramatic series, Durham County, combines police procedural with family melodrama and explores violence and the hope for love that drives it. Back Alley Films has worked with co-producing partners Alliance Atlantis, Galafilm and Muse Entertainment and with broadcasters CBC, CTV, Global Television, Showcase, The Movie Network, Movie Central and Oxygen Media. Back Alley Films offices are located in Toronto and Montreal.
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a division of Starz Media. Starz Media is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes Film Roman and Anchor Bay Entertainment as well as the Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming – including theatrical films – and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media is a wholly owned subsidiary of Starz, LLC which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. and which is attributed to Liberty Capital Group, www.starzmedia.com.
