Quebec’s Fantasia Festival has unveiled the third and final wave of titles set to screen at this year’s 25th edition and announced that Takashi Miike’s latest feature “The Great Yokai War – Guardians,” will close the festival. The world premiere of Julien Knafo’s Quebec zombie flic “Brain Freeze” will open the festival following an Aug. 4 pre-fest screening of James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad.”
“The Great Yokai War- Guardians” is the follow-up to Fantasia 2006 opener “The Great Yoki War,” and unspools in a fantasy world of Japanese demons, kaiju and pop culture references which proved a hit in Montreal the first time around.
Other key titles featured in the third wave lineup include Lee Won-tae’s “The Devil’s Deal,” his first film since “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” won Sitges’ best film award in 2019. BAFTA-winner Paul Andrew Williams’ (“Murdered for Being Different”) “Bull,” a revenge thriller,...
“The Great Yokai War- Guardians” is the follow-up to Fantasia 2006 opener “The Great Yoki War,” and unspools in a fantasy world of Japanese demons, kaiju and pop culture references which proved a hit in Montreal the first time around.
Other key titles featured in the third wave lineup include Lee Won-tae’s “The Devil’s Deal,” his first film since “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” won Sitges’ best film award in 2019. BAFTA-winner Paul Andrew Williams’ (“Murdered for Being Different”) “Bull,” a revenge thriller,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Watch the Short Film Suspense: "Having survived a harrowing plane crash, an army pilot finds himself hanging from his parachute, suspended from a canopy of trees high above the forest floor. After making contact with his co-pilot on the ground, they realize that something is stalking them in the dark. "Suspense" by Ben & Jacob Burghart"
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Fantaspoa Announces the First Half of its 2021 Feature Programming: "08 March 2021 // Porto Alegre, Brazil – Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival announced via Deadline today that, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, its seventeenth edition will again be held online and completely free of charge. The 2021 edition of the beloved South American genre festival is supported by a special grant from the Brazilian government, which is offered to relevant cultural events amidst the pandemic. The festival will also renew its partnership with Darkflix, Brazil's immensely popular streaming service aimed at fantastic genre cinema.
Fantaspoa’s festival directors are...
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Fantaspoa Announces the First Half of its 2021 Feature Programming: "08 March 2021 // Porto Alegre, Brazil – Fantaspoa Fantastic Film Festival announced via Deadline today that, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, its seventeenth edition will again be held online and completely free of charge. The 2021 edition of the beloved South American genre festival is supported by a special grant from the Brazilian government, which is offered to relevant cultural events amidst the pandemic. The festival will also renew its partnership with Darkflix, Brazil's immensely popular streaming service aimed at fantastic genre cinema.
Fantaspoa’s festival directors are...
- 3/8/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Exclusive: The largest genre film festival in South America, Fantaspoa, has unveiled the first half of its program for its seventeenth edition, running April 9-18. Scroll down for the full list.
Like last year, the fest has been forced to run online due to the ongoing pandemic. It will be held completely free of charge with films available to stream in Brazil via a renewed partnership with Brazilian horror streaming service Darkflix. Last year’s event attracted more than 67,000 viewers. While the films are geo-locked, and limited to 3,000 viewers per screening, Q&As and workshops will be available to view anywhere in the world.
There are 25 feature films confirmed to date, including three world premieres, five international premieres, and 10 Latin American premieres. Titles arrive from previous fests including San Sebastian, Rotterdam and Toronto.
This year’s fest has been supported by a special grant from the Brazilian government, which is...
Like last year, the fest has been forced to run online due to the ongoing pandemic. It will be held completely free of charge with films available to stream in Brazil via a renewed partnership with Brazilian horror streaming service Darkflix. Last year’s event attracted more than 67,000 viewers. While the films are geo-locked, and limited to 3,000 viewers per screening, Q&As and workshops will be available to view anywhere in the world.
There are 25 feature films confirmed to date, including three world premieres, five international premieres, and 10 Latin American premieres. Titles arrive from previous fests including San Sebastian, Rotterdam and Toronto.
This year’s fest has been supported by a special grant from the Brazilian government, which is...
- 3/8/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this month, the 2020 Nightstream Film Festival offered up genre fans a ton of amazing online offerings to enjoy throughout its four-day festivities. Here’s a look at two of the films I had the opportunity to watch during Nightstream: May the Devil Take You Too from Timo Tjahjanto (which hits Shudder soon) and Jesse Blanchard’s puppet splatterfest, Frank & Zed.
May the Devil Take You Too: Two years ago, Timo Tjahjanto unleashed May the Devil Take You, his demonic thrill ride pitting a young woman named Alfie (Chelsea Islan) and her step-family against sinister forces that want nothing more than to claim their souls. Now, Tjahjanto is back with his follow-up effort, May the Devil Take You Too, which feels slightly more ambitious and polished than its predecessor, and once again evokes a Raimi-esque sense of banana pants filmmaking that delivers up a ton of devilishly fun gore and violence.
May the Devil Take You Too: Two years ago, Timo Tjahjanto unleashed May the Devil Take You, his demonic thrill ride pitting a young woman named Alfie (Chelsea Islan) and her step-family against sinister forces that want nothing more than to claim their souls. Now, Tjahjanto is back with his follow-up effort, May the Devil Take You Too, which feels slightly more ambitious and polished than its predecessor, and once again evokes a Raimi-esque sense of banana pants filmmaking that delivers up a ton of devilishly fun gore and violence.
- 10/22/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Centuries ago in a small kingdom ravaged by evil wizard The Moroi, a king made a pact with the God of Death to usher in what he believed was his only chance at peace. By giving them cursed weapons with the power to vanquish their foe, Death also bestowed a prophecy that foretold an orgy of blood fated to take tenfold the blood spilled by the king’s hand the moment his royal line is ended. And it worked. The wizard was destroyed and the weapons long-since buried in the graves of those who fought with them. The kingdom carried on with legends of a monster patrolling the forest and a hope that the townspeople would never have to pay the steep price their former leader set for them.
This is the backdrop of Jesse Blanchard’s seven-years-in-the-making all-puppet horror feature entitled Frank & Zed. The latest king is on...
This is the backdrop of Jesse Blanchard’s seven-years-in-the-making all-puppet horror feature entitled Frank & Zed. The latest king is on...
- 10/12/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Back in 1999, when a character in Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich proposed that the future of the arts lay in puppetry, everybody laughed. Amongst cinema fans there was general appreciation for the role of puppeteers in creating special effects, but little beyond that. Now, however, times have changed. The brilliant expansion of The Dark Crystal into a series awed viewers worldwide and reminded us of what great puppet work can achieve. It also restored the old tradition of using puppets to explore dark subjects. Jesse Blanchard's Frank & Zed takes that one step further, presenting us with an unalloyed horror tale.
It is set, like The Dark Crystal, in a fantasy world, and uses some similar animation techniques, but with the rougher edges one would expect from a project made without the backing of a big studio. The atmosphere here is folkloric. We have a village built around.
It is set, like The Dark Crystal, in a fantasy world, and uses some similar animation techniques, but with the rougher edges one would expect from a project made without the backing of a big studio. The atmosphere here is folkloric. We have a village built around.
- 10/11/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
I love when puppets are naughty. Ironically, I’m also a huge fan of the Muppets, who are somewhat more wholesome, but the concept has always thrilled me. As one of the few who enjoyed The Happytime Murders, I’m always down for a puppet engaging in some weird shenanigans. Now, we have Frank & Zed, a truly unique fantasy horror movie with puppets. A seven years in the making passion project, it’s utterly odd and incredibly gory, making for something you’ve almost certainly never seen before. Folks, if it sounds like something you’d be into, it’s one to truly be on the lookout for! The film is a horror flick, all done with puppetry. The protagonists are a pair of reanimated corpses, the Frankenstein-like Frank, as well as the zombie Zed. They’re both dependent on each other for survival, with a symbiotic friendship ensuing...
- 10/11/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
“Frank & Zed,” a seven-year passion project from Portland, Oregon-based filmmaker Jesse Blanchard, is an old school horror throwback made with puppets, practical sets, and miniatures shot on the Red camera with Stanley Kubrick’s favorite Cooke lens. It’s like Jim Henson on acid (watch the exclusive video below). The gory, Gothic delight premieres October 10 at the virtual Nightstream Film Festival (through October 11), a compendium of five festivals — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights — where screening access can be purchased online.
Riffing on “Frankenstein,” “Frank & Zed” concerns two former servants to a wizard — Frank, the monster, and Zed, the zombie — who tend to themselves in a rundown castle in a forest. But their peaceful existence is shattered when the villagers come for blood to avoid a demon curse that turns everyone into undead servants.
“They were the lowly servants to make the master’s life easier,...
Riffing on “Frankenstein,” “Frank & Zed” concerns two former servants to a wizard — Frank, the monster, and Zed, the zombie — who tend to themselves in a rundown castle in a forest. But their peaceful existence is shattered when the villagers come for blood to avoid a demon curse that turns everyone into undead servants.
“They were the lowly servants to make the master’s life easier,...
- 10/9/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
You’Ve Never Seen Anything Like Frank & Zed World Premiering A sprawling gothic horror story set in a far-away fantasy kingdom, Frank & Zed is an unbelievable DIY passion project from Portland-based filmmaker and puppeteer Jesse Blanchard. Conceived and filmed over a period of six years, this love letter to classic terror is filled to …
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- 10/6/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
"As fun as it is scary." Yep, you read it right - this is a gory horror movie made entirely with puppets. Even though Brian Henson tried to make an R-rated puppet movie a few years back (The Happytime Murders), this one looks like everything that movie was not - much better and much more disgusting. Frank & Zed is a homemade passion project from filmmaker Jesse Blanchard. "It was shot in 4K in Blanchard's garage and a nearby studio and required the creation of 40 handmade puppets, miniatures, practical cloud tank effects, and actual fire." Badass. Lovingly crafted entirely with hand puppets, this hilarious, blood-drenched practical marvel sees the peaceful, secluded lifestyle of two monsters threatened when a group of desperate villagers come to repay an age-old pact to a wretched demon. Featuring the voices of Mandy Stockholm, Daniel Wagner, Jonathan McLain, Sam A. Mowry. And tons of gnarly puppets. I always enjoy these low budget,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s October and what better way to kick off one of everyone’s favorite month than an exclusive trailer for a freaky – and blood-soaked – horror puppet movie?
Below see the first-look teaser for Frank & Zed, a fully puppeteered feature from the brain of Portland-based writer, director and puppeteer Jesse Blanchard.
The movie, described as a gothic horror adventure, is premiering as part of Nightstream, the newly created film festival that runs from Oct. 8-11. The fest is the combined digital edition of five acclaimed genre film festivals: Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, North Bend Film Festival, Overlook Film ...
Below see the first-look teaser for Frank & Zed, a fully puppeteered feature from the brain of Portland-based writer, director and puppeteer Jesse Blanchard.
The movie, described as a gothic horror adventure, is premiering as part of Nightstream, the newly created film festival that runs from Oct. 8-11. The fest is the combined digital edition of five acclaimed genre film festivals: Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, North Bend Film Festival, Overlook Film ...
- 10/1/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It’s October and what better way to kick off one of everyone’s favorite month than an exclusive trailer for a freaky – and blood-soaked – horror puppet movie?
Below see the first-look teaser for Frank & Zed, a fully puppeteered feature from the brain of Portland-based writer, director and puppeteer Jesse Blanchard.
The movie, described as a gothic horror adventure, is premiering as part of Nightstream, the newly created film festival that runs from Oct. 8-11. The fest is the combined digital edition of five acclaimed genre film festivals: Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, North Bend Film Festival, Overlook Film ...
Below see the first-look teaser for Frank & Zed, a fully puppeteered feature from the brain of Portland-based writer, director and puppeteer Jesse Blanchard.
The movie, described as a gothic horror adventure, is premiering as part of Nightstream, the newly created film festival that runs from Oct. 8-11. The fest is the combined digital edition of five acclaimed genre film festivals: Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, North Bend Film Festival, Overlook Film ...
- 10/1/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Helping to keep horror's bloody heart beating strongly in the era of Covid-19, the Overlook, Popcorn Frights, Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, and North Bend Film Festivals have united to form Nightstream. Taking place October 8th–11th, the virtual festival's full lineup of features, short films, panels, and special events has now been revealed, ensuring that online attendees will get their money's worth and then some at this online experience.
You can check out the exciting lineup below, and visit the virtual fest's official website for additional details, including how to secure badges!
Press Release: September 24, 2020 // -- Nightstream is thrilled to unveil its program of films and special events set to take place virtually next month. Formed as a banner uniting five US genre festivals — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights — who have all been affected by Covid-19, the initiative was first announced last month and will...
You can check out the exciting lineup below, and visit the virtual fest's official website for additional details, including how to secure badges!
Press Release: September 24, 2020 // -- Nightstream is thrilled to unveil its program of films and special events set to take place virtually next month. Formed as a banner uniting five US genre festivals — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights — who have all been affected by Covid-19, the initiative was first announced last month and will...
- 9/24/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Run, the Hulu original thriller starring Sarah Paulson, is set to open the virtual Nightstream genre film festival, organizers said Thursday.
Director Aneesh Chaganty’s horror pic portrays a wheelchair-bound teenager whose fragile, isolated existence with her doting mother is threatened when she begins to notice strange occurrences around her house. And the North American premiere of Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibles will close the first-time virtual festival.
The four-day Nightstream event, to launch Oct. 8, also has world premieres for Ryuhei Kitamura’s The Doorman, starring Ruby Rose; Devereux Milburn rural-horror Honeydew; Jesse Blanchard’s Frank & Zed; Nicholas Payne Santos’ It Cuts Deep; Jake Mahaffy’s Reunion; and Terence Krey’s ...
Director Aneesh Chaganty’s horror pic portrays a wheelchair-bound teenager whose fragile, isolated existence with her doting mother is threatened when she begins to notice strange occurrences around her house. And the North American premiere of Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibles will close the first-time virtual festival.
The four-day Nightstream event, to launch Oct. 8, also has world premieres for Ryuhei Kitamura’s The Doorman, starring Ruby Rose; Devereux Milburn rural-horror Honeydew; Jesse Blanchard’s Frank & Zed; Nicholas Payne Santos’ It Cuts Deep; Jake Mahaffy’s Reunion; and Terence Krey’s ...
- 9/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Run, the Hulu original thriller starring Sarah Paulson, is set to open the virtual Nightstream genre film festival, organizers said Thursday.
Director Aneesh Chaganty’s horror pic portrays a wheelchair-bound teenager whose fragile, isolated existence with her doting mother is threatened when she begins to notice strange occurrences around her house. And the North American premiere of Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibles will close the first-time virtual festival.
The four-day Nightstream event, to launch Oct. 8, also has world premieres for Ryuhei Kitamura’s The Doorman, starring Ruby Rose; Devereux Milburn rural-horror Honeydew; Jesse Blanchard’s Frank & Zed; Nicholas Payne Santos’ It Cuts Deep; Jake Mahaffy’s Reunion; and Terence Krey’s ...
Director Aneesh Chaganty’s horror pic portrays a wheelchair-bound teenager whose fragile, isolated existence with her doting mother is threatened when she begins to notice strange occurrences around her house. And the North American premiere of Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibles will close the first-time virtual festival.
The four-day Nightstream event, to launch Oct. 8, also has world premieres for Ryuhei Kitamura’s The Doorman, starring Ruby Rose; Devereux Milburn rural-horror Honeydew; Jesse Blanchard’s Frank & Zed; Nicholas Payne Santos’ It Cuts Deep; Jake Mahaffy’s Reunion; and Terence Krey’s ...
- 9/24/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Aith posted the cool teaser poster earlier today for Chompers 3D and it has a little bite to it, get it? Eh, never mind! Anyway, director Jesse Blanchard has big plans for this film. Production is set to start this August with an Autumn release. Head over to http://www.chompers3d.com/ to find out more about the film and for a chance to win a pair of 3D glasses!
- 4/4/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
One indie flick we're keep our eyes on is Jesse Blanchard's Chompers 3D. If only for the flick's "out there" premise in which anything could be a creature ready to bite, maim, dismember and ingest. Oh, horror movies. How we love you.
"It's an ass-kicking, fun to watch monster movie," Blanchard tells our friends at Undead Brainspasm. "But there is also a heavy dose of suspense because our monster changes shape. He starts out very small, hiding as a ring or a thimble, always something round, waiting for a victim to place her hand inside his mouth. But each time he feeds, he gets a little bigger and a little better at camouflage.
Blanchard is hoping to shoot the flick this summer and release it in the fall. Check out the teaser trailer which is in 3D below. For more (including a way to order yourself some 3D glasses...
"It's an ass-kicking, fun to watch monster movie," Blanchard tells our friends at Undead Brainspasm. "But there is also a heavy dose of suspense because our monster changes shape. He starts out very small, hiding as a ring or a thimble, always something round, waiting for a victim to place her hand inside his mouth. But each time he feeds, he gets a little bigger and a little better at camouflage.
Blanchard is hoping to shoot the flick this summer and release it in the fall. Check out the teaser trailer which is in 3D below. For more (including a way to order yourself some 3D glasses...
- 3/17/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Though we're thinking that the whole 3D craze is about to go as quickly as it came (once again), that's not stopping some enterprising young filmmakers from tooling around with the medium!
Director Jesse Blanchard (Space Bugs) is looking to have a little bite-happy fun with his new flick Chompers 3D, which features a shape-shifting creature that's hungry for you to willingly slip a hand or a foot inside it!
"It's an ass-kicking, fun to watch monster movie," Blanchard tells our friends at Undead Brainspasm. "But there is also a heavy dose of suspense because our monster changes shape. He starts out very small, hiding as a ring or a thimble, always something round, waiting for a victim to place her hand inside his mouth. But each time he feeds, he gets a little bigger and a little better at camouflage.
Blanchard is hoping to shoot the flick this summer...
Director Jesse Blanchard (Space Bugs) is looking to have a little bite-happy fun with his new flick Chompers 3D, which features a shape-shifting creature that's hungry for you to willingly slip a hand or a foot inside it!
"It's an ass-kicking, fun to watch monster movie," Blanchard tells our friends at Undead Brainspasm. "But there is also a heavy dose of suspense because our monster changes shape. He starts out very small, hiding as a ring or a thimble, always something round, waiting for a victim to place her hand inside his mouth. But each time he feeds, he gets a little bigger and a little better at camouflage.
Blanchard is hoping to shoot the flick this summer...
- 2/28/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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