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Fearless Tales Genre Fest 2004
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Written by Michael Davidson
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
Toolbox Murders On DVD With Fearless Tales Extras
2004 Fearless Vision Award winner, Tobe Hooper's The Toolbox Murders is coming to us on DVD, March 15th.
If you didn't have a chance to see this terrifying film when Tobe presented it at Fearless Tales last year, with writers Jace Anderson and Adam Gierasch, you can check out the great Q and A session on this exciting DVD. Also among the DVD extras is a great comentary track given by our own Calum Waddell with producers Terry Potter and Jacky Quella.
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Interview
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Written by Michael Davidson
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
| by calum on 12/01/2004 08:17 | |
What you are reading here is a bit of a historic monument (well, for me anyway) because Jean Rollin was the very first filmmaker I ever interviewed.
This was five years ago, in 1999. If truth be told, I'm not Rollin's biggest fan - although I appreciate the style and sometimes gorgeous period set visuals that he managed to pull off on what were evidently tiny budgets. Of all his movies I like 1982's The Living Dead Girl the best, mainly because it plays out as less pretentious than the director's other stuff. Anyhow, this interview was originally published in the first issue of my short lived fanzine, Firelight Shocks, and also made an appearance in an early issue of Bite Me magazine (a horrific Scottish goth rag that I somehow ended up submitting to).
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Interview
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Written by Michael Davidson
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
Interview with London Voodoo Director Robert Pratten
By Pete Heery
Special Contributor
If you didn't know any better, you'd assume that Robert Pratten is a pretty normal "bloke." The Londoner spins a good yarn of a story when prompted. He, like many other Brits, enjoys the wonders of the good, old-fashioned American tacqueria, a not-so-common commodity in England. And he's not afraid to knock back a beer or two. But tap into Pratten's true passion, his love of movie making, and you meet a man whose conversation goes from zero to 60 miles-per-hour in no time flat.
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Fearless Tales Genre Fest 2005
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Written by Michael Davidson
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Monday, 05 December 2005 |
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horror – sci-fi – fantasy – noir film festival
March 29 – April 3, 2005
VICTORIA THEATRE, CASTRO THEATRE, WEREPAD
The distinctly horrifying Fearless Tales Genre Fest presents it’s 2nd annual film festival from March 29th through April 3, 2005.
This year’s festival kicks off with a showing of the 1976 classic video nasty
The Witch Who Came From the Sea
(so controversial it’s still banned in the UK!). The film has been given a brand new digital transfer and will be accompanied by a Q & A with the director, Matt Cimber. In honor of Mr. Cimber’s appearance, his acclaimed 1983 fantasy epic
HUNDRA
will also be shown. The festival takes place at The Victoria Theatre from March 29th to April 3rd and the Castro Theatre from March 31st to April 2nd. Additional events and parties will be held at
Medjool
, The Werepad and other locations throughout San Francisco's Mission and Castro Districts.
FEARLESS VISION
Each year Fearless Tales honors one deserving filmmaker with the Fearless Vision Award, given to those who have worked to push the boundaries of cinema, celebrating filmmakers who have made bold and rewarding choices in their films – those who are fearless. The work of this year’s filmmaker has spanned not just horror, but all genres. Like no other filmmaker, he is able to both terrify us and make us laugh at the same time. This year’s recipient is John Landis. And in honor of Mr. Landis’ work and contribution to the world of cinema, a special celebration will be held Thursday, March 31st at
Medjool
, one of San Francisco’s hottest new nightspots. The celebration continues the following day at the Castro with a double bill of his films
INNOCENT BLOOD
and
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
. Mr. Landis will be in attendance for a rare on-stage interview and Q & A.
JEFF BURR
LEATHERFACE director Jeff Burr is also scheduled to attend with the Bay Area premiere of
STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS
as well as a retrospective screening of his first feature film
THE OFFSPRING
(starring the late Vincent Price in one of his last films and with appearances from such great cult names as TOOLBOX MURDERS star Cameron Mitchell and RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD’s Clu Gulager). Burr will take to the stage for an in depth Q & A– taking in his entire career and his newest production, THE DEMONS 5, also starring Robert Englund.
MANIACS
For any true horror fan, the anticipation of a new film starring Robert Englund (FREDDY vs. JASON) is usually quite high - and when that film also happens to be 2001 MANIACS, a remake of Herschell Gordon Lewis’ 1964 splatter classic
2000 MANIACS
, it is understandable why anticipation is at a fever pitch. Fearless Tales has Tim Sullivan, the charismatic director of 2001 MANIACS, in attendance for a night honoring the Godfather of Gore’s trendsetting film. Sullivan will present the original
2000 MANIACS
- alongside co-stars of his new film, Dylan Edrington and the seductively busty Christa Campbell. All three will be on stage for a Q & A session with the audience to discuss the making of 2001 MANIACS.
Another highlight this year is seeing Ron Jeremy in one of his first ever NON-pornographic roles! DEAD MEAT is the demented new horror feature mixing humor and terror in a non-stop thrill spree that will leave you gaping in wonderment. In it, a small group of dreamily decadent cheerleaders gets stranded in the Florida swamplands crossing paths with desperate escaped convicts and none other than local urban legend Andre The Butcher (Jeremy).
There’s also a local connection to the festival. Not only is Dylan Edrington (co-star of 2001 MANIACS) a Bay area native (his family still lives here), but EMR (voted Best UK feature at the Raindance Festival out of London) was filmed in San Francisco and both Sirens of the 23rd Century and Broken Low have a local cast and crew, including director.
The shorts program promises to be scary, sexy and fun, with a bit of adult humor thrown in for good measure. Notable among these are multi-award winning Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, made by local filmmaker and Lucas employee Alex Woo; Eternal Gaze. about Alberto Giaccometti; Gorgonas, awarded Best Argentinean Short Film prize; the San Francisco premiere of multi-award winning FILTHY; and the US premiere of ATOMIC SPITBALLS.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 05 December 2005 )
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2005
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Written by Michael Davidson
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Monday, 05 December 2005 |
To state the obvious: John Landis is one of the most commercially successful directors of all time, and without a doubt one of the quirkiest, most daring and downright brilliant filmmakers to have ever stepped upon a set. A genuine lover of horror and exploitation movies - as showcased in his excellent anthology movies "The Kentucky Fried Movie" (1977), "Coming Soon" (1982) and "Amazon Women on the Moon" (1987) - Landis is also behind the incredible "An American Werewolf in London" (1981, and still arguably the benchmark of all modern horror movies) and "Innocent Blood" (1992). In a career with so many high points, it is hard to know where to begin - but the filmmaker's 1980 hit "The Blues Brothers" is rightly revered as a work of pure genius, whilst 1978's "Animal House" gave birth to the teen comedy genre. Landis also grabbed the attention of the MTV generation with his videos to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "Black and White", whilst his many blockbuster comedies - which include 1982's "Trading Places", 1985's "Spies Like Us" and 1988's "Coming to America" are without fault.
Buy Tickets Now for Innocent Blood!
Buy Tickets Now for An American Werewolf in London!
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