‘Grips, twists, jostles and pokes… queasy hints of Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity, Kill List and Peep Show… punchy, funny, scary… a fantastically unnerving location’
★★★★
The Guardian
‘A smart, funny and genuinely spooky movie’
The Times
‘The script is witty, the cast are simply terrific… a spiky, intelligent little throat-grabber’
Time Out
Say your prayers as writer-director Elliot Goldner’s chiller The Borderlands is set to strike fear into your very soul, as this acclaimed British horror classic comes to Limited Edition Blu-ray from Second Sight Films. The brand-new set comes complete with a host of fascinating special features, it is also available in a Standard Edition Blu-ray.
When frequent strange happenings are reported at a thirteenth century church in rural Devon, a small team of Vatican investigators are sent in to try and demystify the unusual goings on… But what they discover is more disturbing than they could ever imagine.
★★★★
The Guardian
‘A smart, funny and genuinely spooky movie’
The Times
‘The script is witty, the cast are simply terrific… a spiky, intelligent little throat-grabber’
Time Out
Say your prayers as writer-director Elliot Goldner’s chiller The Borderlands is set to strike fear into your very soul, as this acclaimed British horror classic comes to Limited Edition Blu-ray from Second Sight Films. The brand-new set comes complete with a host of fascinating special features, it is also available in a Standard Edition Blu-ray.
When frequent strange happenings are reported at a thirteenth century church in rural Devon, a small team of Vatican investigators are sent in to try and demystify the unusual goings on… But what they discover is more disturbing than they could ever imagine.
- 5/14/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
In the last 5-10 years, the found footage format has shifted more from feature-length horror films to short analog horror projects and alternate reality games on TikTok and Twitter. The analog horror emphasizes the nostalgic yet uncanny feeling conveyed by the technology of decades past.
The Ar games, on the other hand, use modern smartphones to convey a Pov atmosphere no worse than the student filmmakers of The Blair Witch Project could do with professional and amateur cameras.
And yet, no movie makes you feel for the characters like a found-footage movie. And when you add to the formula a skillful and clever approach to production and cinematography, as well as no less intriguing elements of supernatural and folk horror to the story, the result can be one of the scariest and most uncomfortable movies you've ever seen.
That's exactly what The Borderlands, released 11 years ago, turned out to be,...
The Ar games, on the other hand, use modern smartphones to convey a Pov atmosphere no worse than the student filmmakers of The Blair Witch Project could do with professional and amateur cameras.
And yet, no movie makes you feel for the characters like a found-footage movie. And when you add to the formula a skillful and clever approach to production and cinematography, as well as no less intriguing elements of supernatural and folk horror to the story, the result can be one of the scariest and most uncomfortable movies you've ever seen.
That's exactly what The Borderlands, released 11 years ago, turned out to be,...
- 4/30/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
Before unleashing a cruel fate upon its characters — one of the worst in recent horror memory — The Borderlands leads the audience down a different path, insensibly alluding to what all lies ahead. The plot breadcrumbs of Elliot Goldner’s 2013 film are only more discernible after the fact. Until that momentous reveal, this plays out as a standard story of believers and nonbelievers investigating the religious unknown and finding more than they ever thought possible. What these unfortunate souls unearth is deeply disturbing.
Renamed Final Prayer in some parts, this British film has grown steadily in renown despite its small beginnings. Recently, Guillermo del Toro put The Borderlands on more radars; the popular filmmaker deemed it an “unknown gem.” Even before obtaining such a great endorsement, Goldner’s first feature (his only one to date) was applauded for its approach to first-person and folk-horror storytelling. More high praise: The Borderlands has...
Renamed Final Prayer in some parts, this British film has grown steadily in renown despite its small beginnings. Recently, Guillermo del Toro put The Borderlands on more radars; the popular filmmaker deemed it an “unknown gem.” Even before obtaining such a great endorsement, Goldner’s first feature (his only one to date) was applauded for its approach to first-person and folk-horror storytelling. More high praise: The Borderlands has...
- 4/26/2024
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Four years ago, it was announced that Ben Wheatley would be writing, directing, and executive producing Generation Z, a “hilarious, frightening, and political” series that would consist of six hour-long episodes that would “mix flesh-eating zombies into a story that satirizes how Brexit has divided the UK.” That project didn’t make it into production when it was originally supposed to because of the pandemic shutdown… but after making his latest film Meg 2: The Trench (you can read our review at This Link and check out our interview with the filmmaker Here), Wheatley has circled back around to Generation Z and is now knee-deep into filming it! To celebrate the fact that Generation Z is finally being made, Channel 4 has unveiled a batch of first look images, and you can check those out at the bottom of this article.
The show is described as “a coming-of-age parable for...
The show is described as “a coming-of-age parable for...
- 10/18/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Artist: Freddie Nelson; Performers: Freddie Nelson – vocals, guitars, bass, B3 and percussion; Thomas Lang – drums; and Nina Sainato – piano and keyboards Album: ‘Shake The Cage’ Production: Engineered by Freddie Nelson and Robby Breckinridge in Pittsburgh; Mixed by Rob Hill at X Music Studios in Los Angeles; and Mastered by Mazen Murad at […]
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- 9/2/2017
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
A British micro-budget nerve-jangler that keeps viewers guessing to the final frame, The Ghoul is a noir-flavored mood piece with grand ambitions beyond its minimal means. It marks the feature debut of actor-turned-director Gareth Tunley, known for his roles in Ben Wheatley’s early films Down Terrace and Kill List, with which it shares a certain threadbare retro-horror aesthetic. Wheatley is credited as executive producer here, while the cast and crew include several of his regular collaborators, notably co-star Alice Lowe (Sightseers, Prevenge) and editor Robin Hill.
Currently playing in British theaters after picking up positive festival buzz, The Ghoul also has...
Currently playing in British theaters after picking up positive festival buzz, The Ghoul also has...
- 8/11/2017
- by Stephen Dalton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rob Leane Mar 30, 2017
Free Fire director Ben Wheatley chatted to us about the film, Martin Scorsese, Freakshift and his Jason Statham double-bill theory...
We have a lot of love for Ben Wheatley here at Geek Towers. His films, from Kill List to the star-studded ilk of High Rise, never fail to impress. And on TV, he directed the stellar opening episodes of Peter Capaldi’s stint on Doctor Who.
And now he’s brought us Free Fire, a thrilling close-confines shootout movie which plonks Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sam Riley and more in a warehouse full of semi-automatic and lets chaos ensue.
Wheatley wrote the script for Free Fire with his wife and writing partner Amy Jump, having been inspired by an FBI incident report from the 1980s. The mighty Mr Martin Scorsese was involved in the movie as an executive producer.
The resultant film is...
Free Fire director Ben Wheatley chatted to us about the film, Martin Scorsese, Freakshift and his Jason Statham double-bill theory...
We have a lot of love for Ben Wheatley here at Geek Towers. His films, from Kill List to the star-studded ilk of High Rise, never fail to impress. And on TV, he directed the stellar opening episodes of Peter Capaldi’s stint on Doctor Who.
And now he’s brought us Free Fire, a thrilling close-confines shootout movie which plonks Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Sam Riley and more in a warehouse full of semi-automatic and lets chaos ensue.
Wheatley wrote the script for Free Fire with his wife and writing partner Amy Jump, having been inspired by an FBI incident report from the 1980s. The mighty Mr Martin Scorsese was involved in the movie as an executive producer.
The resultant film is...
- 3/29/2017
- Den of Geek
On October 17th, you’re going to get a chance to watch something that’s actually pretty brilliant, undeniably fascinating, when Red Bull TV brings you The Horn.
Providing an up close and personal look at those involved in one of the most unbelievable jobs on the planet, The Horn brings you the team of Air Zermatt, the air rescue team in charge of The Matterhorn and the surrounding area. The trailer will give you a glimpse of what’s coming, and you’ll get to hear one of the crew members tell you that they manage some 70+ rescues per year.
But, this isn’t just a standard documentary effort that takes you along for the ride during actual rescues (though I don’t know what “standard” might mean there anyway), because The Horn also gives you a look at the team, and lets you see these heroes “behind the scenes.
Providing an up close and personal look at those involved in one of the most unbelievable jobs on the planet, The Horn brings you the team of Air Zermatt, the air rescue team in charge of The Matterhorn and the surrounding area. The trailer will give you a glimpse of what’s coming, and you’ll get to hear one of the crew members tell you that they manage some 70+ rescues per year.
But, this isn’t just a standard documentary effort that takes you along for the ride during actual rescues (though I don’t know what “standard” might mean there anyway), because The Horn also gives you a look at the team, and lets you see these heroes “behind the scenes.
- 9/28/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett has quietly divorced husband Rob Hillman. The singer-actress, who was one of the original four members of Destiny's Child and sang on hits such as "Say My Name," and "Jumpin' Jumpin'," parted ways with Hillman, an author, entrepreneur and public speaker, after a little more than two months of marriage, TMZ, who obtained the documents, reports. The couple, who married in January, split this spring and recently finalized their divorce. According to the site, there is a clause in place preventing either party from speaking about the split or posting about it to social media.
- 8/1/2016
- by Danielle Anderson, @dak5000
- PEOPLE.com
Former Destiny's Child member LeToya Luckett has quietly divorced husband Rob Hillman. The singer-actress, who was one of the original four members of Destiny's Child and sang on hits such as "Say My Name," and "Jumpin' Jumpin'," parted ways with Hillman, an author, entrepreneur and public speaker, after a little more than two months of marriage, TMZ, who obtained the documents, reports. The couple, who married in January, split this spring and recently finalized their divorce. According to the site, there is a clause in place preventing either party from speaking about the split or posting about it to social media.
- 8/1/2016
- by Danielle Anderson, @dak5000
- PEOPLE.com
Two hot TV projects, an environmental zombie and an unhinged park ranger were among highlights at the eighth edition of the horror market.
Frontières International Co-Production Market continued to showcase its growth at Fantasia International Film Festival as it kicked off its eighth edition on Thursday [July 21].
Earlier this year, the genre market announced a new partnership with the Marché du Film at Cannes, and the popularity of its pitching session at Fantasia meant that it moved to the festival’s bigger venue to accommodate the growing industry interest.
This edition’s 20 projects also saw the market’s remit expand to include two television projects for the first time.
House Of Psychotic Women from Rook Films, behind the likes of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers and Peter Strickland’s The Duke Of Burgundy, is based on horror critic Kier-La Janisse’s acclaimed memoir.
Centred on 15-year-old Carly as she navigates Winnipeg’s child welfare system, each episode...
Frontières International Co-Production Market continued to showcase its growth at Fantasia International Film Festival as it kicked off its eighth edition on Thursday [July 21].
Earlier this year, the genre market announced a new partnership with the Marché du Film at Cannes, and the popularity of its pitching session at Fantasia meant that it moved to the festival’s bigger venue to accommodate the growing industry interest.
This edition’s 20 projects also saw the market’s remit expand to include two television projects for the first time.
House Of Psychotic Women from Rook Films, behind the likes of Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers and Peter Strickland’s The Duke Of Burgundy, is based on horror critic Kier-La Janisse’s acclaimed memoir.
Centred on 15-year-old Carly as she navigates Winnipeg’s child welfare system, each episode...
- 7/22/2016
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed House of Cards: Season Two arrives on DVD, Blu-ray and UltraViolet this coming Monday (16 June). Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey stars as Francis Underwood, the newly appointed Vice President of the United States who, alongside his wife Claire (Robin Hill) will stop at nothing to climb the political food chain. To celebrate the home entertainment release of House of Cards: Season Two, we have Three DVD copies of this award-winning American saga to give away courtesy of our friends at Sony Pictures. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
- 6/18/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
A three-man team of Vatican investigators - veteran myth-debunker Deacon (Gordon Kennedy), pious priest Mark (Aidan McCardle) and mouthy geek (Robin Hill) - are sent to a remote Devon church to probe reports of paranormal activity during a Christening. They suspect that the strange occurrences are the work of the young priest... but then they start discovering forces far darker.
- 6/13/2014
- Sky Movies
Review Ryan Lambie 28 Mar 2014 - 09:12
Rural Devon's the setting for the off-beat found-footage horror, The Borderlands. Here's Ryan's review...
Theoretically, anyone with a camera and a few friends can make a found-footage horror movie. But as countless lesser examples of the sub-genre have proved in the past, it’s relatively easy to point a wobbling camera at people stumbling about in a dark room, and far more difficult to make the resulting footage scary or entertaining to watch. The Borderlands, the feature debut from British director Elliot Goldner, includes all the shaky-cam hallmarks you’d expect, but thanks to some great writing and a trio of off-beat characters, it manages to stand out from the supernatural horror crowd.
In a small cottage in rural Devon, self-confessed tech geek Gray (frequent Ben Wheatley collaborator Robin Hill) busily straps cameras to both himself and just about every room in the quaint little building.
Rural Devon's the setting for the off-beat found-footage horror, The Borderlands. Here's Ryan's review...
Theoretically, anyone with a camera and a few friends can make a found-footage horror movie. But as countless lesser examples of the sub-genre have proved in the past, it’s relatively easy to point a wobbling camera at people stumbling about in a dark room, and far more difficult to make the resulting footage scary or entertaining to watch. The Borderlands, the feature debut from British director Elliot Goldner, includes all the shaky-cam hallmarks you’d expect, but thanks to some great writing and a trio of off-beat characters, it manages to stand out from the supernatural horror crowd.
In a small cottage in rural Devon, self-confessed tech geek Gray (frequent Ben Wheatley collaborator Robin Hill) busily straps cameras to both himself and just about every room in the quaint little building.
- 3/28/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
A three-man team of Vatican investigators - veteran myth-debunker Deacon (Gordon Kennedy), pious priest Mark (Aidan McCardle) and mouthy geek (Robin Hill) - are sent to a remote Devon church to probe reports of paranormal activity during a Christening. They suspect that the strange occurrences are the work of the young priest... but then they start discovering forces far darker.
- 3/26/2014
- Sky Movies
Stars: Gordon Kennedy, Robin Hill, Luke Neal, Aidan McArdle, Sarah Annis, Lee Arnold, Patrick Godfrey, Marcus Cunningham | Written and Directed by Elliot Goldner
Elliot Goldner directs this British horror following a team of specialists from the Vatican who are drawn to a remote West Country church by reports of mysterious occurrences in the area.
The Borderlands sees a deacon from the Catholic Church (Gordon Kennedy) and a sound engineer (Robin Hill) dispatched to a small and ancient church in rural England to verify the claims of miraculous occurrences. Though Father Crellick (Luke Neal) has video footage of items apparently being moved around inside the church by supernatural forces, the deacon is a sceptic by nature and wants more conclusive evidence. He is later joined by another church official (Aidan McArdle) as shit goes from mysterious to frightening to crazy. They duly set up more cameras inside the ancient building, but...
Elliot Goldner directs this British horror following a team of specialists from the Vatican who are drawn to a remote West Country church by reports of mysterious occurrences in the area.
The Borderlands sees a deacon from the Catholic Church (Gordon Kennedy) and a sound engineer (Robin Hill) dispatched to a small and ancient church in rural England to verify the claims of miraculous occurrences. Though Father Crellick (Luke Neal) has video footage of items apparently being moved around inside the church by supernatural forces, the deacon is a sceptic by nature and wants more conclusive evidence. He is later joined by another church official (Aidan McArdle) as shit goes from mysterious to frightening to crazy. They duly set up more cameras inside the ancient building, but...
- 3/18/2014
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
The UK's FrightFest played host to last year's premiere of The Borderlands, a British found footage flick that documents strange activity in the most holy of places. The film is now ready to spread the fear across the world, and full details of its release await!
Screen Daily reports that the movie has been sold to a host of key territories, including the Us (Grindstone); Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux (Pandastorm); the Middle East (Front Row); and Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia (Euro Films).
Written and directed by Elliot Goldner, The Borderlands (review here) follows a team of Vatican investigators sent to the British West Country to investigate reports of paranormal activity at a remote church.
Ben Wheatley collaborator Robin Hill (Kill List, Down Terrace) stars in the horror project, which is the first film from Metrodome’s production slate.
Metrodome will release The Borderlands in the UK on April 4.
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Screen Daily reports that the movie has been sold to a host of key territories, including the Us (Grindstone); Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux (Pandastorm); the Middle East (Front Row); and Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia (Euro Films).
Written and directed by Elliot Goldner, The Borderlands (review here) follows a team of Vatican investigators sent to the British West Country to investigate reports of paranormal activity at a remote church.
Ben Wheatley collaborator Robin Hill (Kill List, Down Terrace) stars in the horror project, which is the first film from Metrodome’s production slate.
Metrodome will release The Borderlands in the UK on April 4.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
- 1/31/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Us, European and South American deals for Metrodome production.
Salt has sold British horror film The Borderlands to a number of key territories, including the Us (Grindstone); Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux (Pandastorm); the Middle East (Front Row); and in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia (Euro Films).
Metrodome will release in the UK on April 4.
Written and directed by Elliot Goldner, Frightfest premiere The Borderlands follows a team of Vatican investigators sent to the British West Country to investigate reports of paranormal activity at a remote church.
Ben Wheatley collaborator Robin Hill (Kill List, Down Terrace) stars in the horror, which is the first film from Metrodome’s production slate.
Deals were negotiated by Salt’s head of international James Norrie.
Metrodome’s upcoming theatrical slate includes Lukas Moodysson’s We Are The Best!, Venice entry Miss Violence, Gerard Johnson’s Hyena and Stuart Murdoch’s Sundance title God Help The Girl.
Salt has sold British horror film The Borderlands to a number of key territories, including the Us (Grindstone); Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux (Pandastorm); the Middle East (Front Row); and in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia (Euro Films).
Metrodome will release in the UK on April 4.
Written and directed by Elliot Goldner, Frightfest premiere The Borderlands follows a team of Vatican investigators sent to the British West Country to investigate reports of paranormal activity at a remote church.
Ben Wheatley collaborator Robin Hill (Kill List, Down Terrace) stars in the horror, which is the first film from Metrodome’s production slate.
Deals were negotiated by Salt’s head of international James Norrie.
Metrodome’s upcoming theatrical slate includes Lukas Moodysson’s We Are The Best!, Venice entry Miss Violence, Gerard Johnson’s Hyena and Stuart Murdoch’s Sundance title God Help The Girl.
- 1/31/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
While many are quick to note that "we've had enough found footage horror for right now, thank you very much," those of us who watch a ton of indie films may take solace in the fact that, hey, at least we're out of the woods now. Literally. While most of the micro-budget hand-held horror films have taken place deep in the woods (because forests are creepy, especially at night) or houses deep in the woods, there are some new arrivals that bring the soon-to-be-found footage out of the wilderness and into, well, the church.
The new indie thriller entitled Daylight manages to combine found footage with religion-based occult horror in rather fine fashion, and the (also new) UK import known as The Borderlands does it even better. If you're a fan of the "faux documentary" horror approach but you're looking for a slightly new take on the format, The Borderlands...
The new indie thriller entitled Daylight manages to combine found footage with religion-based occult horror in rather fine fashion, and the (also new) UK import known as The Borderlands does it even better. If you're a fan of the "faux documentary" horror approach but you're looking for a slightly new take on the format, The Borderlands...
- 10/22/2013
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Mayhem Film Festival returns to Broadway on 31st October for four days of horror-tinged screenings, previews and guests. The festival opens this year with internationally-acclaimed British director Nicolas Roeg who will be presenting his most recent film Puffball as well as taking part in a very special screening of his masterpiece Don’t Look Now in the eerie settings of St Mary’s Church in the Lace Market.
Other special guests for the festival include American Director Brian Netto who will be presenting Delivery, The Borderlands Director Elliot Goldner and Producer Jennifer Handorf, and director Caradog James and Producer John Giwa-Amu for hi-tech British dark sci-fi The Machine. Mayhem are also hosting a special BAFTA screening of Jeremy Lovering’s In Fear which follows a young couple being tormented while driving in the countryside.
With a total of 17 screenings, Mayhem will present their first silent film screening, Tod Browning’s...
Other special guests for the festival include American Director Brian Netto who will be presenting Delivery, The Borderlands Director Elliot Goldner and Producer Jennifer Handorf, and director Caradog James and Producer John Giwa-Amu for hi-tech British dark sci-fi The Machine. Mayhem are also hosting a special BAFTA screening of Jeremy Lovering’s In Fear which follows a young couple being tormented while driving in the countryside.
With a total of 17 screenings, Mayhem will present their first silent film screening, Tod Browning’s...
- 9/11/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Opening Night and Saturday
Frightfest 2013 opened on Thursday evening with Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India, a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick. To be honest, it wasn’t the most auspicious start to the weekend. A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to cross the country to reunite with his Indian girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra), aided only by plucky orphan boy Javed (Anand Gopal). I didn’t catch The Dead, so the novelty of watching a Zombie film set anywhere other than Middle America (or Crouch End) was not lost on me.
The various locations around rural India are occasionally used rather well. Nicolas’s introductory scene is a slow pull out from extreme close up to a panoramic shot of him dangling from a wind turbine, which works really well and there several nicely implemented vistas. Much...
Frightfest 2013 opened on Thursday evening with Howard and John Ford’s The Dead 2: India, a sequel to their previous Africa-set zombie flick. To be honest, it wasn’t the most auspicious start to the weekend. A zombie epidemic reaches the Asian subcontinent and American engineer Nicholas (Joseph Millson) attempts to cross the country to reunite with his Indian girlfriend Ishani (Meenu Mishra), aided only by plucky orphan boy Javed (Anand Gopal). I didn’t catch The Dead, so the novelty of watching a Zombie film set anywhere other than Middle America (or Crouch End) was not lost on me.
The various locations around rural India are occasionally used rather well. Nicolas’s introductory scene is a slow pull out from extreme close up to a panoramic shot of him dangling from a wind turbine, which works really well and there several nicely implemented vistas. Much...
- 8/30/2013
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
You might think that with T In The Park and Glastonbury out of the way, and the Rolling Stones put back on ice for a while that the festival season is just about over, but you’d be completely wrong. And while the sun has still just about got his hat on, there is plenty of musical goodness still to come in 2013, starting in just a short couple of weeks, thanks to the essential festivals that are still yet to come.
So, if you’re considering taking advantage of the atypically good weather, or you just want to fill your ears with some Biffy Clyro, Elton John, Beyonce or Kings Of Leon, there are ample opportunities for festival veterans and newbies alike to pack their babywipes and wellies and head off to a festival that could be the best experience of the year.
5. V Festival Where: Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park,...
So, if you’re considering taking advantage of the atypically good weather, or you just want to fill your ears with some Biffy Clyro, Elton John, Beyonce or Kings Of Leon, there are ample opportunities for festival veterans and newbies alike to pack their babywipes and wellies and head off to a festival that could be the best experience of the year.
5. V Festival Where: Hylands Park, Chelmsford and Weston Park,...
- 8/8/2013
- by Jack Carver
- Obsessed with Film
It's been just four years since Ben Wheatley's first feature Down Terrace landed in cinemas, but the Brighton-based director has quickly cemented himself as one of Britain's most promising new directors. Taking well-established genres (for hitmen see Kill List, historical drama A Field in England) and turning them inside out, Wheatley makes films that are completely unlike anything else.
Digital Spy spoke to Wheatley about the movies he's made. Read below to see what he has to say on breaking through with low-key gangster drama Down Terrace, that scene from Kill List, the Keswick Pencil Museum's appearance amid Sightseers's killing spree, A Field in England's groundbreaking multi-platform release and his upcoming sci-fi Freakshift.
Down Terrace (2009)
"I'd made short films and I'd made longer shorts before Down Terrace. I did one with Robin Hill that was 60 minutes long and we made one when I was just out of college that was 80 minutes long.
Digital Spy spoke to Wheatley about the movies he's made. Read below to see what he has to say on breaking through with low-key gangster drama Down Terrace, that scene from Kill List, the Keswick Pencil Museum's appearance amid Sightseers's killing spree, A Field in England's groundbreaking multi-platform release and his upcoming sci-fi Freakshift.
Down Terrace (2009)
"I'd made short films and I'd made longer shorts before Down Terrace. I did one with Robin Hill that was 60 minutes long and we made one when I was just out of college that was 80 minutes long.
- 7/18/2013
- Digital Spy
From the press release:
Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?
Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.
This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.
The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...
Are you ready for a spine-chilling global avalanche of Indian zombies, Israeli oldboys, vengeance-crazed Vikings, Swedish mesmerists, Irish telekinesis, Argentine undead, Aussie bone-crushers, murderous Mormons and Chilean assassins?
Film4 FrightFest 2013, returning for its 4teenth year, has unveiled its biggest line-up in history. From Thurs 22 August to Monday 26 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square to present 51 films on three screens. Empire 1 will house the main event while the Discovery strands will play in Empires 2 & 4. The new FrightFest Xtra strand, also in Screen 2, will allow fans to catch up with sold-out performances of the most popular attractions.
This year there are eleven countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-three UK or European premieres and ten world premieres.
The world premieres include our opening night attraction The Dead 2: India from the Ford Brothers,...
- 6/30/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Bestival 2012 took place in Robin Hill Park on the Isle of Wight from September 6-9. The sell out festival attracted over 50,000 revellers, many of them in fancy dress, to enjoy headliners including Stevie Wonder, New Order and Florence + the Machine. Also on the eclectic bill were dance duo Justice, indie stars Sigur Ros, The xx, Bat for Lashes and Two Door Cinema Club, rockers Gallows and disco legends Sister Sledge. Further acts included Stooshe, Jessie Ware, (more)...
- 9/10/2012
- by By David Moynihan
- Digital Spy
Kill List (2011) Film Review, a movie directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Struan Rodger, and Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, and Robin Hill. Kill List is a cinematic organism that exists in more than one film genre, like a trans-dimensional entity with an appendage in multiple realities coterminous, a cinematic refugee [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: Kill List (2011): Ben Wheatley, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley...
- 8/8/2012
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
We have some really horrible news to start this week with. Usher and his ex-wife Tameka Foster‘s 11-year old son, Kyle Glover, has been declared brain dead by doctors in an Atlanta hospital after being involved in a jet-ski accident yesterday. Apparently, Kyle was sitting in an inner tube on Lake Lanier when he was struck on the head with a jet ski. It sounds completely surreal and we’re trying to wrap our heads around how that even happened? An investigation is also also currently underway with the Department of Natural Resources trying to piece how something like this went down. Robin Hill, the department’s spokesperson, has told TMZ that their Critical Incident Response Team is going to re-create the accident on the lake and, with the help of technology, will try to determine how fast the boats were going when Kyle got hit. Once they’ve concluded the investigation,...
- 7/9/2012
- by Ambika Muttoo
- TheFabLife - Movies
The Department of Natural Resource in Atlanta is investigating the accident that left Kyle Glover, stepson of R&B star Usher in critical condition ... an investigation which could take months to complete. As TMZ first reported, the 11-year-old was struck in the head by a jet ski while riding in an inner tube on Lake Lanier. He was rushed to a nearby hospital and remains there in critical condition. Robin Hill, a rep for the...
- 7/8/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
We recently got a chance to grill director Ben Wheatley (Kill List) about his segment of The ABCs of Death. This upcoming anthology film is made up of 26 short films, each directed by a different modern master of horror. In each segment, a different letter of the alphabet represents a different way to die. So what did Ben have to say about the project? Which segment are you? I don't know if I'm allowed to say. I got a stern email from the producers the other day. But it was very good fun. It was violent and kinetic. We got to work with Neil Maskell and Michael Smiley again, and Rob Hill, who is also in Down Terrace. I've sneaked a peek at some of the other [segments] and they are bonkers! I think it's...
- 2/18/2012
- FEARnet
Ben Wheatley ticks off his "Kill List" - An interview with the writer and director of the thriller, starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Harry Simpson. Ben Wheatley impressed plenty of people with his feature debut, "Down Terrace," about a couple of gangsters doing their best to find out who set them up, while also trying to live their fairly mundane lives. Wheatley, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Robin Hill, created rich, vibrant characters whose dialogue crackled with realism, and he's done the same thing in his new movie, "Kill List," about a pair of contract killers who find themselves going deep into the rabbit hole as they try to complete a job. Neil Maskell is Jay, a former military man who became a killer-for-hire after he got out. He's clearly damaged goods, and a botched job eight months ago has kept him from working. This is a problem...
- 2/8/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ben Wheatley ticks off his "Kill List" - An interview with the writer and director of the thriller, starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Harry Simpson. Ben Wheatley impressed plenty of people with his feature debut, "Down Terrace," about a couple of gangsters doing their best to find out who set them up, while also trying to live their fairly mundane lives. Wheatley, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Robin Hill, created rich, vibrant characters whose dialogue crackled with realism, and he's done the same thing in his new movie, "Kill List," about a pair of contract killers who find themselves going deep into the rabbit hole as they try to complete a job. Neil Maskell is Jay, a former military man who became a killer-for-hire after he got out. He's clearly damaged goods, and a botched job eight months ago has kept him from working. This is a problem...
- 2/8/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ben Wheatley ticks off his "Kill List" - An interview with the writer and director of the thriller, starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Harry Simpson. Ben Wheatley impressed plenty of people with his feature debut, "Down Terrace," about a couple of gangsters doing their best to find out who set them up, while also trying to live their fairly mundane lives. Wheatley, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Robin Hill, created rich, vibrant characters whose dialogue crackled with realism, and he's done the same thing in his new movie, "Kill List," about a pair of contract killers who find themselves going deep into the rabbit hole as they try to complete a job. Neil Maskell is Jay, a former military man who became a killer-for-hire after he got out. He's clearly damaged goods, and a botched job eight months ago has kept him from working. This is a problem...
- 2/8/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Orbital have been announced as Big Top headliners at this year's Bestival. The dance duo top the bill on Sunday night at the festival, which takes place from September 6-9 at Robin Hill Country Park, Isle Of Wight. The theme for this year's festival has been announced as Wildlife. Organiser Rob da Bank confirmed that he would be announcing one act a day over the next fortnight leading up to a major announcement in mid-February. "I've never been pestered so much on Twitter and even in clubs and on the street about who's playing Bestival this year so we thought we'd better start the proceedings," he said. "Legendary brothers of rave Paul and Phil Hartnoll aka Orbital are the first act who have self-announced themselves today, and what a classic to kick off on." He added: "As ever the theme of Bestival is a (more)...
- 2/1/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Kill List Mondo Poster. Iron Jaiden‘s Kill List movie poster for the 2011 Ben Wheatley directed film is very striking and very to the twisted point if you have seen the drama, horror, thriller movie. Kill List‘s plot synopsis: “Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.”
The Kill List Mondo movie poster:
Kill List Mondo Poster
Where the Kill List Mondo movie poster can be obtained:
Mondo [Tees] will soon release a poster designed by Iron Jaiden…to help promote IFC’s limited theatrical release of Kill List…The image by Iron Jaiden measures 18×24 inches and will be printed in an edition of 100. It goes on sale on February 23, 2012, for $30.
We previously posted the Kill List (2011) Movie Trailer.
The Kill List Mondo movie poster:
Kill List Mondo Poster
Where the Kill List Mondo movie poster can be obtained:
Mondo [Tees] will soon release a poster designed by Iron Jaiden…to help promote IFC’s limited theatrical release of Kill List…The image by Iron Jaiden measures 18×24 inches and will be printed in an edition of 100. It goes on sale on February 23, 2012, for $30.
We previously posted the Kill List (2011) Movie Trailer.
- 1/31/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Director: Ben Wheatley.
Writers: Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump.
Cast: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley and Harry Simpson.
One of the greatest flaws in the building of civilization is the human beast. Can we rise from certain primal instincts? Just what kind of atrocities can a man commit on another? With Kill List, several ideas are being mixed into a cocktail. What comes out is a slow reveal of who Jay (Neil Maskell) really is.
After the war in Iraq, he’s returned to civilian life and, true to today’s times for a lower-middle class family, he is struggling to make ends meet. He has a wife and son, and while audiences do not see him as having emotional scars, a good part of the film focuses on exploring his well-being.
The scars simply do not reveal themselves until much later; they are both figurative and real. This movie...
Writers: Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump.
Cast: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley and Harry Simpson.
One of the greatest flaws in the building of civilization is the human beast. Can we rise from certain primal instincts? Just what kind of atrocities can a man commit on another? With Kill List, several ideas are being mixed into a cocktail. What comes out is a slow reveal of who Jay (Neil Maskell) really is.
After the war in Iraq, he’s returned to civilian life and, true to today’s times for a lower-middle class family, he is struggling to make ends meet. He has a wife and son, and while audiences do not see him as having emotional scars, a good part of the film focuses on exploring his well-being.
The scars simply do not reveal themselves until much later; they are both figurative and real. This movie...
- 1/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Trailer, images and a poster for Kill List, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring. The horror thriller distributed by IFC Films received British Independent Film Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actresss, Best Actor and Best Achievement in Production. Also in the cast of Kill List are Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, Gemma Lise Thornton and Robin Hill. Eight months after a botched job in Kiev, Jay (Neil Maskell) is an out-of-work hitman with no job, money, health insurance and a wife constantly on his case. But when his business partner Gal (Michael Smiley) comes over for dinner and pressures Jay into taking a new assignment, Jay quickly finds himself back in the game with the promise of a big payoff after three assassinations. Although the hits start off without incident, soon things begin to unravel and Jay's paranoia reveals itself...
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, images and a poster for Kill List, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring. The horror thriller distributed by IFC Films received British Independent Film Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actresss, Best Actor and Best Achievement in Production. Also in the cast of Kill List are Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, Gemma Lise Thornton and Robin Hill. Eight months after a botched job in Kiev, Jay (Neil Maskell) is an out-of-work hitman with no job, money, health insurance and a wife constantly on his case. But when his business partner Gal (Michael Smiley) comes over for dinner and pressures Jay into taking a new assignment, Jay quickly finds himself back in the game with the promise of a big payoff after three assassinations. Although the hits start off without incident, soon things begin to unravel and Jay's paranoia reveals itself...
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, images and a poster for Kill List, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley and MyAnna Buring. The horror thriller distributed by IFC Films received British Independent Film Awards nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actresss, Best Actor and Best Achievement in Production. Also in the cast of Kill List are Harry Simpson, Emma Fryer, Struan Rodger, Esme Folley, Ben Crompton, Gemma Lise Thornton and Robin Hill. Eight months after a botched job in Kiev, Jay (Neil Maskell) is an out-of-work hitman with no job, money, health insurance and a wife constantly on his case. But when his business partner Gal (Michael Smiley) comes over for dinner and pressures Jay into taking a new assignment, Jay quickly finds himself back in the game with the promise of a big payoff after three assassinations. Although the hits start off without incident, soon things begin to unravel and Jay's paranoia reveals itself...
- 12/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kill List Trailer. Ben Wheatley‘s Kill List (2011) movie trailer stars Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Struan Rodger, and Esme Folley. Kill List (2011) plot synopsis: “Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay (Maskell), is pressured by his partner Gal (Smiley), into taking a new assignment. The film follows as they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again — his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness.”
Kill List looks really good. The teaser trailers for Kill List did nothing for me (nothing was shown, which is why they are not posted) but the full movie trailer makes this film look like a good crime movie.
Kill List also stars Ben Crompton and Robin Hill.
Watch Kill List movie trailer below and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section.
Kill List looks really good. The teaser trailers for Kill List did nothing for me (nothing was shown, which is why they are not posted) but the full movie trailer makes this film look like a good crime movie.
Kill List also stars Ben Crompton and Robin Hill.
Watch Kill List movie trailer below and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section.
- 7/22/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
Written by: Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley
Cast: David Bowen, MyAnna Buring, Ben Crompton, Esme Folley, Emma Fryer, Robert Hillt, Robin Hill, Rebecca Holmes, Mark Kempner, Neil Maskell, James Nickerson, Jamelle Ola, Struan Rodger, Michael Smiley
When it comes to weird, offbeat, or violent, nobody does it better than the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas; grindhouse, over-the-top gore, and naked girls are their bread and butter and they have healthy appetites. While looking for something to do for the midnight show during a Saturday at SXSW, I decided to try a film called Kill List; the film wasn't accompanied by the usual paragraph synopsis or even a glimpse of what it was about; all that I knew, and even this was from hearsay from other press people, was that it was supposed to be very bloody and very good.
Well, what other credits does it need?...
Written by: Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley
Cast: David Bowen, MyAnna Buring, Ben Crompton, Esme Folley, Emma Fryer, Robert Hillt, Robin Hill, Rebecca Holmes, Mark Kempner, Neil Maskell, James Nickerson, Jamelle Ola, Struan Rodger, Michael Smiley
When it comes to weird, offbeat, or violent, nobody does it better than the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas; grindhouse, over-the-top gore, and naked girls are their bread and butter and they have healthy appetites. While looking for something to do for the midnight show during a Saturday at SXSW, I decided to try a film called Kill List; the film wasn't accompanied by the usual paragraph synopsis or even a glimpse of what it was about; all that I knew, and even this was from hearsay from other press people, was that it was supposed to be very bloody and very good.
Well, what other credits does it need?...
- 3/20/2011
- by Amanda Rebholz
- Planet Fury
With a different take on the typical crime family drama, Down Terrace takes a slightly more laid back approach to the genre with plenty of tea-drinking and casual smoking to tone down the underlying tension brought about by trying to identify the unknown informant responsible for sending Bill (father) and Karl (son) to prison.
Immediately after being released from jail for unknown reasons, Bill and Karl return home to Maggie–the mother of the house. Confusion erupts when the dysfunctional family struggles to identify the unknown informant. Could it be the family friend? What about the dirty cop they pay for intelligence?
As the plot unfolds Karl’s ex-girlfriend, Vilda, shows up at their doorstep pregnant with his child. Unhappy about the thought of being a grandfather, Bill does his best to trick Karl into thinking that the kid isn’t his. Maggie is the quiet one in the family...
Immediately after being released from jail for unknown reasons, Bill and Karl return home to Maggie–the mother of the house. Confusion erupts when the dysfunctional family struggles to identify the unknown informant. Could it be the family friend? What about the dirty cop they pay for intelligence?
As the plot unfolds Karl’s ex-girlfriend, Vilda, shows up at their doorstep pregnant with his child. Unhappy about the thought of being a grandfather, Bill does his best to trick Karl into thinking that the kid isn’t his. Maggie is the quiet one in the family...
- 3/2/2011
- by Trevor Hollis
- JustPressPlay.net
You have to admire filmmakers who scrape together the money to produce a feature film with a unique point of view. The films go largely unnoticed, play on the festival circuit and if lucky, land a cable or home video deal, widening the exposure. As a result, some interesting gems surface but it’s always hit or miss.
That phrase also applies to Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace, a film shot over eight days in 2009 and recently released on DVD by Magnolia Home Entertainment. Wheatley is a Brit who cut his teeth on second unit, advertising and webisodes, all of which was a good training ground. When he finally managed his first feature, he received good notices, even winning the Next Wave prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin and Best UK Feature at London’s Raindance.
This is a claustrophobic crime drama that has been described as a low budget...
That phrase also applies to Ben Wheatley’s Down Terrace, a film shot over eight days in 2009 and recently released on DVD by Magnolia Home Entertainment. Wheatley is a Brit who cut his teeth on second unit, advertising and webisodes, all of which was a good training ground. When he finally managed his first feature, he received good notices, even winning the Next Wave prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin and Best UK Feature at London’s Raindance.
This is a claustrophobic crime drama that has been described as a low budget...
- 2/9/2011
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
These final nominations for the Evening Standard British Film Awards are pared down from the longlist of a couple weeks ago. Best Film Another Year, dir. Mike Leigh The Illusionist,...
- 1/22/2011
- by Beth Stevens
- AwardsDaily.com
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
No Strings Attached – Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline
The Way Back – Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell (limited)
Movie of the Week
The Way Back
The Stars: Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell
The Plot: A group of gulag escapees journey 4,000 miles to their freedom.
The Buzz: This is Director Peter Weir’s latest — that’s enough buzz right there.
In watching the film’s trailer, one gets the feeling that The Way Back is more of an adventure tale than it is a tale about the gulag. But we’re not talking carefree adventure here; this looks to be a story predominantly about survival, and survival in the most brutal of conditions. Knowing the film is based on a true story, combined with the way in which it has been marketed, allows for one to somewhat safely assume a happy ending (otherwise it...
No Strings Attached – Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline
The Way Back – Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell (limited)
Movie of the Week
The Way Back
The Stars: Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell
The Plot: A group of gulag escapees journey 4,000 miles to their freedom.
The Buzz: This is Director Peter Weir’s latest — that’s enough buzz right there.
In watching the film’s trailer, one gets the feeling that The Way Back is more of an adventure tale than it is a tale about the gulag. But we’re not talking carefree adventure here; this looks to be a story predominantly about survival, and survival in the most brutal of conditions. Knowing the film is based on a true story, combined with the way in which it has been marketed, allows for one to somewhat safely assume a happy ending (otherwise it...
- 1/19/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
2010 has kind of been an astonishing year for films. And most of you won't know that until well into the middle of next year. The major studio tentpole films -- the huge summer releases, the bloated "comedies," the formulaic rom-coms that all your family members have been lauding while you sit in the corner silently seething -- have all been pretty much uniformly shit. (Show of hands, how many of your relatives were gushing about how much they can't wait for either Little Fockers or The Dilemma?) But the smaller films have been fucking champion.
Most of this list is going to seem incomplete, and that's because a majority of films have been included on the best documentaries and the general top ten lists. Also, because with the spotty release schedules and the vast majority of films, I'm not even sure what's actually eligible. Hell, as much as I pared down this list,...
Most of this list is going to seem incomplete, and that's because a majority of films have been included on the best documentaries and the general top ten lists. Also, because with the spotty release schedules and the vast majority of films, I'm not even sure what's actually eligible. Hell, as much as I pared down this list,...
- 1/4/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Down Terrace
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Written by Robin Hill & Ben Wheatley
UK, 2009
A good movie that could very easily have been a great one, Down Terrace, a very black comedy with a dash of arthouse ambition, has all the ingredients necessary for a truly distinctive feature but bungles the proportions, making for a peculiar viewing experience – one worth partaking in, provided a strong inclination towards gallows humor.
Writer-director Ben Wheatley is already somewhat of a commodity in his native UK thanks to a BBC comedy series he created, The Wrong Door, and his comedic pedigree certainly shows through here. Terrace, his first feature, revolves around a clan of two-bit criminals whose professional ties might actually be stronger than their blood ties. Father Bill (Robert Hill) and son Karl (Robin Hill, Robert’s real-life son and the film’s co-writer) are fresh off of a stint in the clink, and...
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Written by Robin Hill & Ben Wheatley
UK, 2009
A good movie that could very easily have been a great one, Down Terrace, a very black comedy with a dash of arthouse ambition, has all the ingredients necessary for a truly distinctive feature but bungles the proportions, making for a peculiar viewing experience – one worth partaking in, provided a strong inclination towards gallows humor.
Writer-director Ben Wheatley is already somewhat of a commodity in his native UK thanks to a BBC comedy series he created, The Wrong Door, and his comedic pedigree certainly shows through here. Terrace, his first feature, revolves around a clan of two-bit criminals whose professional ties might actually be stronger than their blood ties. Father Bill (Robert Hill) and son Karl (Robin Hill, Robert’s real-life son and the film’s co-writer) are fresh off of a stint in the clink, and...
- 12/4/2010
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
[Here begins a trio of Toronto-centric posts and, yes, I apologize to those of you who don't live here.]
Fans of bleaker than bleak comedy in Canada, give a nice round of applause to Evokative Films because they're about to give Ben Wheatley's award winning black comedy Down Terrace a theatrical release on these shores. Here's the official word:
Montreal, Thursday October 21st, 2010 - After screenings at the Fantasia and Vancouver International Film Festivals, Down Terrace will be opening at the Carlton Theatre in Toronto on November 12th. This is the first English-speaking film release for Evokative Films, having concentrated its releases on International, subtitled films over the last two years.
Father and son Bill and Karl have just been released from jail, but all is not well at Down Terrace. Patriarchs of a small crime family, their business is plagued with infighting: Karl has had more than he can take of his old man's philosophizing and preaching; Bill thinks Karl's dedication to the family is seriously compromised...
Fans of bleaker than bleak comedy in Canada, give a nice round of applause to Evokative Films because they're about to give Ben Wheatley's award winning black comedy Down Terrace a theatrical release on these shores. Here's the official word:
Montreal, Thursday October 21st, 2010 - After screenings at the Fantasia and Vancouver International Film Festivals, Down Terrace will be opening at the Carlton Theatre in Toronto on November 12th. This is the first English-speaking film release for Evokative Films, having concentrated its releases on International, subtitled films over the last two years.
Father and son Bill and Karl have just been released from jail, but all is not well at Down Terrace. Patriarchs of a small crime family, their business is plagued with infighting: Karl has had more than he can take of his old man's philosophizing and preaching; Bill thinks Karl's dedication to the family is seriously compromised...
- 10/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
[As it is getting its Us Release today, here is my Review of Down Terrace, go see it, especially if you are a fan of the deadpan Coen Brothers sense of black-humour.]
Upon being released from custody for some petty larceny, Ben and his son Karl, small time gangsters both, return home more or less in silence for an awkward couple of beers and stale pound-cake with their mates. Karl's girlfriend comes by to celebrate, but her belly belies a quite pregnant figure. Karl's reaction is perfect in its purity: "Fuck!" The following, well that's that then on the surface, panic very much underneath, encapsulates the dysfunction and overall incompetence of the men in the family, and how they project their issues upon themselves and their kin. Nobody does people behaving badly towards one another with a low key passive-aggressive narcissism (played for pathos and laughs, naturally) quite like the Brits. Equal parts sitcom-from-hell and verite-family-drama, Down Terrace makes the most of its low budget and limited location by virtue of a wonderful collection of actors and non-actors ripping each other to shreds (both figuratively,...
Upon being released from custody for some petty larceny, Ben and his son Karl, small time gangsters both, return home more or less in silence for an awkward couple of beers and stale pound-cake with their mates. Karl's girlfriend comes by to celebrate, but her belly belies a quite pregnant figure. Karl's reaction is perfect in its purity: "Fuck!" The following, well that's that then on the surface, panic very much underneath, encapsulates the dysfunction and overall incompetence of the men in the family, and how they project their issues upon themselves and their kin. Nobody does people behaving badly towards one another with a low key passive-aggressive narcissism (played for pathos and laughs, naturally) quite like the Brits. Equal parts sitcom-from-hell and verite-family-drama, Down Terrace makes the most of its low budget and limited location by virtue of a wonderful collection of actors and non-actors ripping each other to shreds (both figuratively,...
- 10/15/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Why did British TV comedy director Ben Wheatley decide to make a feature length film? Because he couldn’t be “bothered” to make a short one. “I said to my agent, ‘I want to do some drama,’” Wheatley recalls. “And he just went, ‘You can’t, they’re not going to let you. You have to go and make a short.’ I thought, ‘I can’t be bothered.’ Because it’s such a lot of effort and money. I thought, if I’ve got to make something off my own back, I’ll make a feature.”
The ultimate result of...
The ultimate result of...
- 10/15/2010
- by Clark Collis
- EW.com - PopWatch
Director: Ben Wheatley Writers: Robin Hill, Ben Wheatley Starring: Bob Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin, Sara Dee, Mark Kempner, Kali Peacock, Kerry Peacock, David Schaal, Michael Smiley, Gareth Tunley, Tony Way Karl’s (Robin Hill) mother, Maggie (Julia Deakin), and father, Bill (Robert Hill), run a crime syndicate in Brighton, England. (Apparently, Bill is a middleman of sorts between the big wigs in London and the small time crooks in Brighton.) This not-so-average middle-class family has issues on a normal day -- Karl has severe anger management issues and throws tantrums that would make a 2-year old blush, Bill is overtly patronizing and condescending, and Maggie is the queen of passive-aggressiveness -- so when the additional stresses of a possible snitch and an unplanned baby are added to the mix, their already fiery personalities begin to combust. Down Terrace commences as Karl and Bill return home after a frustrating court case involving Karl.
- 10/15/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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