The world premiere of Jordan Barker’s home invasion thrillerTorment will be held tonight at Screamfest LA, the longest running horror film festival in the US, taking place now through Oct. 17 in North Hollywood. The film stars Katherine Isabelle (American Mary) and Robin Dunne (“Sanctuary”).
Written by new scribe Michael Foster, Torment follows a family of three as they discover that they are not alone during what was supposed to be a quiet family getaway in the countryside. Co-stars include Peter DaCunha (The Barrens) and Stephen McHattie (Haunter).
Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for 47 Ronin, a fantasy actioner that follows a group of samurai as they set out to avenge the death of their master by a brutal warlord, while fighting off “a savage world of mythic beasts, shape-shifting witchcraft and wondrous terrors.”
47 Ronin is directed by someone named Carl Rinsch and stars Keanu Reeves and Pacific Rim’s Rinko Kikuchi.(from the looks of it as a dragon). The film opens on Christmas Day.
IFC has released a red band trailer for horror icon Dario Argento’s outrageous adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film revolves around Jonathan Harker (Unax Ugalde), an estate agent whose business with Dracula (Thomas Krestschmann) leads to his entrapment at the Count’s castle in Transylvannia.
One fateful night, while attempting to escape, he encounters the three Brides of Dracula, played by Maria Cristina Heller (Angels and Demons), Morgane Slemp and Spanish-Italian actress Miriam Giovanelli, who goes fully nude for the role (pictured above).
Also along for the ride are Rutger Hauer (Hobo with a Shotgun) as Van Helsing, Marta Gastini (The Rite) as Mina Harker and Asia Argento, Dario’s daughter, as a very nude Lucy Westenra (kinky!). Argento’s Dracula is now available on VOD.
Para Elisa, the feature directorial debut of Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter Juanra Fernandez, will have its US premiere tonight at Screamfest LA, the longest running horror film festival in the US, taking place now through Oct. 17 in North Hollywood.
A student enters a terrifying world of obsession and misery when she answers a job advertisement requesting a nanny. Held prisoner in a house full of antique toys, she must overcome her deranged captors or become a living doll.
Wow… suddenly putting plastic wrap on the toilet for the babysitter to wet herself doesn’t seem so bad.
Para Elisa stars Ona Casamiquela, best known for the Spanish soap “Un Golpe de Suerte (gringo Yankee translation: Lucky Punch)” and the Spanish sci-fi drama Eva. Co-stars include Ana Turpin (“Bandolera”), Luisa Gavasa (Dark Habits), and Enrique Villen (The Last Circus).
Screamfest will screen the film again on Sunday. Don’t miss it!
Director Matt Eskandari and screenwriter Adam Lawson’s much delayed frightener The Gauntlet will finally have its U.S. premiere today at Screamfest LA, the longest running horror film festival in the country, currently in its 13th year, taking place now through Oct. 17 in North Hollywood.
The film Gauntlet stars Bai Ling as one of five sinful strangers who wake up to find themselves in a sunken castle underneath the earth without any recollection of how they got there. They’re only hope for survival is to ban together and use their dubious talents to fight against a hellish evil.
With An O Productions has released a trailer for Muck, a hyper-violent indie slasher that not only boasts practical effects, but promises plenty of nudity from a bevy of hot scream queens. Written and directed by a guy named Steve Wolsh, the flick tells the story of a bunch of people getting killed… bad.
Muck stars 2012 Playmate of the Year Jaclyn Swedberg, Miss Cape Cod 2013 Audra Van Hees, Miss Cape Cod 2012 Ashley Green Elizabeth, Russian model Gia Skova, Puja Mohindra (”All My Children”), Victoria Sophia (Cannibal Zombie), Lauren Francesca (pictured above) and Kane Hodder (Jason X).
Screamfest LA is set to kick off its 13th annual horror film festival Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the Laemmle NoHo 7 in North Hollywood, CA. The event, which runs through Oct. 17, premieres a variety of features and shorts from around the globe.
Opening night will host the world premiere of Ben Ketai’s (30 Days of Night: Dark Days) new thriller Beneath, starring Jeff Fahey (“LOST”) and Kelly Noonan (Not Another Teen Movie) as coal miners trapped 600-feet below ground.
Screamfest will also screen the US premieres of the long-delayed Bai Ling frightener The Gauntlet, the world premiere of the Canadian thriller Torment, starring Katharine Isabelle, the LA premieres of The Seasoning House and Vincenzo Natali’s Haunter and many more.
To purchase tickets and for a complete listing of the films being screened, visit ScreamfestLA.com.
Umbrella Entertainment has released a trailer for director Omid Nooshin’s feature film debut The Last Passenger, starring people named Dougray Scott (“Hemlock Grove”), Iddo Goldberg (“Secret Diary of a Call Girl”), David Schofield (“Da Vinci’s Demons”) and stunner Kara Tointon (pictured).
The Last Passenger finds burnt-out doctor and single dad Lewis Shaler (Scott) and his young son trapped on a London subway train barreling towards certain death. It’s up to Lewis to stop the madman orchestrating the disaster.
Open Road has released a new trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s star studded sequel Machete Kills, swinging into theaters Oct. 11. The new trailer showcases the flick’s sexy senoritas… and Lady Gaga, whose song “Aura” is previewed in the clip.
Saoirse Ronan is talking about her audition for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII. In an interview with Empire, Ronan stressed that she was just one of many to read for the role and did not see the script, but revealed that the character uses a lightsaber.
Ronan said:
Everyone has auditioned for it. So many people I know have gone in for the part I’ve gone in for, and guys who’ve gone in for a particular part, so I’d imagine J.J. is probably just scanning the earth to find the people that he needs. Nobody has a clue what it’s about, and nobody’s read the script.
So I’ve gone in and read for it, but I have to say, I think it’s the only time I’ve ever thought, ‘You know what? Even if I don’t get it, I had so much fun auditioning, pretending to take out a lightsaber – out of a bag, kind of inspect it and not know what it is. That was… that was great. A lightsaber! Star Wars!
Ronan is best known for playing an abducted teen in Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones and for her role as a teen assassin in Joe Wright’s Hanna. She’s also starred alongside Gemma Arterton in Neil Jordan’s vampire thriller Byzantium and toplined Andrew Niccol’s adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host.
Star Wars: Episode VII starts production in the U.K. on January 2014 with Abrams (”LOST”) directing from a script by Michael Arndt (Oblivion). A casting call for the film’s leads was leaked in June and can be seen here.
