by The Danger After Dark section of this years Philadelphia Film Festival has just announced its lineup. The festival takes place March 26 until the 6th of April.
I SELL THE DEAD (USA, 2008) Directed by Glenn McQuaid.
Starring Dominic Monahan, Larry Fessenden, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm. Vampires, ghouls and vicious rivalries are just part of the fantastical adventures this devilishly mischievous horror film that slayed audiences at Slamdance 09 and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. East Coast Premiere
Trailer: http://www.isellthedead.com/
ABLE (USA/Germany, 2008) Directed by Marc Robert.
As an aggressive virus ravages the city, a group of Berliners resort to their basic animal instinct for survival, resulting in disturbing and murderous consequences. North American Premiere
Trailer: http://www.stotlerrobertfilm.com/able_trailers.html
ART OF THE DEVIL 3 (Thailand, 2008) Directed by the Ronin Team.
Revenge is served hot, quick and drenched in more bloody ooze imaginable in this scream-inducing, spectacularly creative, and violent prequel that makes the popular Saw franchise seem like child’s play. Philadelphia Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCnOckMS0o
4BIA (Thailand, 2008) Directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, Paween Purikitpanya, Youngyooth Thongkonthun, Parkpoom Wongpoom.
In this aggressively scary terror ride, Thailand’s best directors take no prisoners, delivering four tales of horror guaranteed to shake, rattle and roll your nerves. Philadelphia Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy5YsWGYRoA
HANGER (Canada, 2009) Directed by Ryan Nicholson.
Full frontal nudity, female masturbation and vaginal mutilation are just the tip of the iceberg in the latest, gross-out and repulsively satisfying revenge shocker from the director of Gutterballs and Live Feed. Ryan Nicholson and actors in attendance!! World Premiere
Trailer: http://plotdigger.com/
LEFT BANK (Belgium, 2008) Directed by Pieter Van Hees.
Surmounting doubt, dread and helplessness fuels an attractive woman’s state of mind as she begins to unlock a mystery, that will put her face to face with an ancient, unknowable evil. Philadelphia Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfRDYSDwkCs
NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD (Australia, 2008) Directed by Mark Hartley.
Forget about Peter Weir art films or Nicole Kidman musicals. “Ozploitation” was the gleefully dirty sibling of the Australian film industry by celebrating full frontal nudity (we’ve got bush), unrelenting gore and over-the-top explosive mayhem in the 70s and 80s. East Coast Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHCWe4EzU94
PLAGUE TOWN (USA, 2008) Directed by David Gregory.
Brutally sadistic, mutant children begin a cat and mouse game with an American family on a stomach churning quest to add more victims to their world. Philadelphia Premiere
Trailer: http://www.plaguetown.com/
STRAIGHT FOR THE KILL: Shorts Program Enter a dark lair of twisted films as you take small bites of terror, horror and animated fantasy, served quick and fast. From killer trees to serial killers to children in jeopardy, it’s a smorgasbord of gruesomeness, fun and dark humor featuring some of the best in genre short films including popular selections from multiple Fantastic Festivals around the world. Films featured: The Fairy Princess, A Little Mouth to Feed, Rite, Side Effect, White Radishes, I Don’t Sleep I Dream, The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon, The Painter of the Skies and Treevenge.
20th CENTURY BOYS Philadelphia Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7MLVyKGngw
20th CENTURY BOYS 2 World Premiere
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni_NIUuSN0M
Both films directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi of 2LDK fame.
Stephen King influences, T. Rex rock n’ roll and comic book mythology fuse together as Naoki Urasawa epic manga gets a big screen treatment as a group of childhood friends race against time to untap a conspiracy to end the world.
For more info check out www.phillycinefest.com.