Assessing the merits of Claudio Fäh's Viking odyssey is a tricky task because of what it represents in the panorama of Swiss genre films. With an international cast, and production set in South Africa, Northmen - A Viking Saga is one of the most significant efforts of its kind. Of course, genre films do exist in Switzerland but they are rather underground. The quite impressive quantity of short films dealing with horror, fantasy or science fiction seldom get released outside the country, while feature films remain discreet endeavors, such as Michael Steiner's Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010) and Das Missen Massaker (2012), Bettina Oberli's Tannöd - The Murder Farm (2009), Mathieu Seiler's Der Ausflug (2012), Ivan Engler's Cargo (2009) or Olivier Beguin's Chimères (2013)....
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- 12/31/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Olivier Beguin’s vampire thriller Chimères (review) is heading to VOD next week courtesy of The Orchard and Styd. Look to sink your teeth into this one on August 19th via iTunes, Amazon, and the like.
Jasna Kohoutova, Yannick Rosset, and Catriona MacColl star.
Synopsis
While on holidays in Romania with his girlfriend, Livia, Alexandre is hit by a car. He is rushed to the hospital, where he has to undergo a blood transfusion.
Upon his return home he seems to suffer from a strange disease, convinced that contaminated blood runs through his veins. After all, isn’t Romania the land of legendary bloodsuckers? Livia faces Alexandre’s increasingly strange behavior and tries to save their relationship at risk.
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Jasna Kohoutova, Yannick Rosset, and Catriona MacColl star.
Synopsis
While on holidays in Romania with his girlfriend, Livia, Alexandre is hit by a car. He is rushed to the hospital, where he has to undergo a blood transfusion.
Upon his return home he seems to suffer from a strange disease, convinced that contaminated blood runs through his veins. After all, isn’t Romania the land of legendary bloodsuckers? Livia faces Alexandre’s increasingly strange behavior and tries to save their relationship at risk.
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- 8/15/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Olivier Beguin's French language film Chimères is going to Cannes. This vampire tale blends horror with romance as one man turns into a horrifying creature. Chimères stars Jasna Kohoutova, Yannick Rosset and Catriona MacColl. And now, an international trailer is available for the film! The film begins with Livia (Kohoutova) and Alexandre (Rosset). On holiday in Romania (bad vacation choice), this pair are involved in brutal car accident. Alexandre gets a blood transfusion, but this sangre might be contaminated. Now, Alexandre is turning into a creature, which is afraid of the sun and lusting for blood. Chimères has already toured several film festivals. And, the film has won several awards, including: Special Jury Award - Fantasporto, Special Mention - Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival and Best Director - Horrorant Fright Nights. In Cannes, the film is sure to find a distributor, with a release date coming soon. For now,...
- 5/8/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
On tap right now are two one-sheets for Olivier Beguin’s vampire thriller Chimères (review), and they promise some truly fun and bloody hemoglobin-swilling spurts of horror. Sink yer teeth into 'em!
Jasna Kohoutova, Yannick Rosset, and Catriona MacColl star.
Synopsis
While on holiday in Romania with his girlfriend Livia, Alexandre is hit by a car. He is rushed to the hospital, where he has to undergo a blood transfusion. Upon his return home, he seems to suffer from a strange disease, convinced that contaminated blood runs through his veins. After all, isn’t Romania the land of legendary bloodsuckers? Livia faces Alexandre’s increasingly strange behavior and tries to save their couple at risk.
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Jasna Kohoutova, Yannick Rosset, and Catriona MacColl star.
Synopsis
While on holiday in Romania with his girlfriend Livia, Alexandre is hit by a car. He is rushed to the hospital, where he has to undergo a blood transfusion. Upon his return home, he seems to suffer from a strange disease, convinced that contaminated blood runs through his veins. After all, isn’t Romania the land of legendary bloodsuckers? Livia faces Alexandre’s increasingly strange behavior and tries to save their couple at risk.
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- 2/9/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
CHIMÈRES is an interesting take on vampirism—in terms of both the “monster’s” unique origin story and ensuing love affair. Director/co-writer Olivier Beguin’s first feature-length film will go down as one of this year’s surprises, as well as a potential redefinition of the genre. What Beguin has succeeded in doing is offering up the classic tropes […]...
- 12/2/2013
- by Norberto Gomez Jr.
- Fangoria
On Friday, October 25th, we took a trip to Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to enjoy three days of premier horror programming at the Celluloid Screams film festival. Take a look in here for some of the fear-filled sights and sounds to come from the Sheffield Showroom Workstation this year.
Nestled next to Sheffield Hallam University, the Showroom Workstation cinema offers a haven for local film buffs, students and artists, and also sports one of the most impressively relaxed café bars of any film screening establishment we've been to thus far. Real ale on tap – kudos! Upon walking through the doors and approaching the box office, your attention was immediately drawn to the selection of severed body parts and cobwebs hanging at head height. This also extended to the bar and concessions stand, lending a nice kooky, spooky feeling to the weekend's events.
Pass holders for the festival also received a complimentary goodie bag on arrival,...
Nestled next to Sheffield Hallam University, the Showroom Workstation cinema offers a haven for local film buffs, students and artists, and also sports one of the most impressively relaxed café bars of any film screening establishment we've been to thus far. Real ale on tap – kudos! Upon walking through the doors and approaching the box office, your attention was immediately drawn to the selection of severed body parts and cobwebs hanging at head height. This also extended to the bar and concessions stand, lending a nice kooky, spooky feeling to the weekend's events.
Pass holders for the festival also received a complimentary goodie bag on arrival,...
- 11/6/2013
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
With first-time feature filmmaker Olivier Beguin’s vampire thriller Chimères set for its Us premiere Wednesday, October 16, at 9:45pm at Screamfest La, read on for our exclusive chat with the filmmaker, and then have a look at the trailer and some stills!
Produced by Beguin, Gwenn Deschenaux and Lluís Fe Pérez from a script by Beguin and Colin Vettier, Chimères stars Jasna Kohoutova, Yannick Rosset and Catriona MacColl and revolves around the character of Alexandre, who, while taking a holiday in Romania with his girlfriend, Livia, is hit by a car. Following his subsequent hospitalization (and blood transfusion), he finds on his return home that he’s begun to suffer from a strange disease.
A self-professed fan of horror and genre films, Swiss filmmaker Beguin directed several successful short films (the horror western Dead Bones, among them), before tackling Chimères, of which he stated, “I had actually planned to...
Produced by Beguin, Gwenn Deschenaux and Lluís Fe Pérez from a script by Beguin and Colin Vettier, Chimères stars Jasna Kohoutova, Yannick Rosset and Catriona MacColl and revolves around the character of Alexandre, who, while taking a holiday in Romania with his girlfriend, Livia, is hit by a car. Following his subsequent hospitalization (and blood transfusion), he finds on his return home that he’s begun to suffer from a strange disease.
A self-professed fan of horror and genre films, Swiss filmmaker Beguin directed several successful short films (the horror western Dead Bones, among them), before tackling Chimères, of which he stated, “I had actually planned to...
- 10/14/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
Marina de Van’s horror movie has won the top prize at the 13th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff).See below for full list of winners
Dark Touch, a supernatural horror film that centres on an 11-year-old girl, was handed the Hr Giger Narcisse Award for best feature in the international competition, which includes a $10,500 (10000Chf) prize.
The international jury said it “appreciated the original way in which the horror genre was combined with a moralistic fairy tale. The director was able to use the supernatural in order to reach a certain truth that revealed an invisible aspect of reality.”
The film, sold by Wild Bunch, also won the Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award and Mad Movies Award.
A special mention went to Swiss horror Chimères by Olivier Beguin.
The international jury was headed by French producer François Cognard and comprised Frederike Dellert, Kim Newman, Orson Scott Card and Jean-François Rauger.
The festival...
Dark Touch, a supernatural horror film that centres on an 11-year-old girl, was handed the Hr Giger Narcisse Award for best feature in the international competition, which includes a $10,500 (10000Chf) prize.
The international jury said it “appreciated the original way in which the horror genre was combined with a moralistic fairy tale. The director was able to use the supernatural in order to reach a certain truth that revealed an invisible aspect of reality.”
The film, sold by Wild Bunch, also won the Denis-de-Rougemont Youth Award and Mad Movies Award.
A special mention went to Swiss horror Chimères by Olivier Beguin.
The international jury was headed by French producer François Cognard and comprised Frederike Dellert, Kim Newman, Orson Scott Card and Jean-François Rauger.
The festival...
- 7/15/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Click below to hear MacColl speak of working with Lucio Fulci on the likes of The Beyond and The Gates Of Hell/City Of The Living Dead, her more recent parts in Richard Stanley’s Mother Of Toads segment of The Theatre Bizarre and Olivier Beguin’s CHIMÈRES and much more. And look for Fango #322, on sale next month, for further coverage of CHIMÈRES and numerous other Euro fright flicks.
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- 2/20/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
Click below to hear MacColl speak of working with Lucio Fulci on the likes of The Beyond and The Gates Of Hell/City Of The Living Dead, her more recent parts in Richard Stanley’s Mother Of Toads segment of The Theatre Bizarre and Olivier Beguin’s CHIMÈRES and much more. And look for Fango #322, on sale next month, for further coverage of CHIMÈRES and numerous other Euro fright flicks.
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- 2/20/2013
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (FANGORIA Staff)
- Fangoria
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