I recently had the pleasure of watching director Brett Anstey's Damned by Dawn thanks to the good folks at of Image Entertainment and really enjoyed it. With zombies, flying skeletons and a banshee whose scream is crazy enough to make you ask for ear muffs this is the hardcore horror fan's can't miss movie. Being the impressed horror fanatic that I am, I was recently lucky enough to ask Anstey some questions and also found out his sense of humor is almost a match to my own. Check out my latest "Versus" with Brett Anstey and be sure to watch Damned by Dawn! This is a fun movie!
Brian S- First off Brett, how'd you come up with Damned By Dawn?
Brett Anstey- Well we were originally developing a Twilight Zone flavoured film. It wasn't an anthology, more just in tone & shared some of the themes as the original series.
- 11/11/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
Wow! This is one of the lightest weeks in recent memory for horror title releases on DVD and Blu-ray. But that's fine because after the rush in October, we are still trying to catch up on watching all of those flicks.
This week we have the very controversial and disturbing Antichrist from Lars von Trier, which spawned a Nsfw Motion Picture Purgatory from Rick Trembles. Stephen King's new novel and Call of Duty's new edition, Black Ops (with Zombie mode), also drop, and Steve Austin joins the fray along with Tremors' inevitable Blu-ray release.
Antichrist: (The Criterion Collection)
Directed by Lars von Trier
In this graphic psychodrama, a grief-stricken man and woman retreat to a cabin deep in the woods after the accidental death of their infant son, only to find terror and violence at the hands of nature and, ultimately, each other. But this most confrontational...
This week we have the very controversial and disturbing Antichrist from Lars von Trier, which spawned a Nsfw Motion Picture Purgatory from Rick Trembles. Stephen King's new novel and Call of Duty's new edition, Black Ops (with Zombie mode), also drop, and Steve Austin joins the fray along with Tremors' inevitable Blu-ray release.
Antichrist: (The Criterion Collection)
Directed by Lars von Trier
In this graphic psychodrama, a grief-stricken man and woman retreat to a cabin deep in the woods after the accidental death of their infant son, only to find terror and violence at the hands of nature and, ultimately, each other. But this most confrontational...
- 11/8/2010
- by kwlow
- DreadCentral.com
There are two major releases this week on DVD and Blu-Ray. Danish director Lars Von Trier's Antichrist is making its way onto both DVD and Blu-Ray November 9th. There are a whole slew of extra features on this title including: commentaries, interviews, and documentaries. The second title is Image Entertainment's Damned by Dawn, which releases on the same day. This title will offer a commentary and making of video only. Numerous contacts with Image Entertainment to screen this title have gone unanswered. So, this reviewer will search for a review copy locally, as this title offers both Celtic and Australian ghost themes. Director Brett Anstey has been interviewed (here) on this title and all the special features for both films can be found inside.
The synopsis for Damned by Dawn is here:
"After receiving a mysterious gift from her dying grandmother, Claire takes her new boyfriend home to...
The synopsis for Damned by Dawn is here:
"After receiving a mysterious gift from her dying grandmother, Claire takes her new boyfriend home to...
- 11/8/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Bridget Neval gets her scream on in a brand new featurette ingeniously entitled 'Scream' to help promote the upcoming DVD and Blu-Ray release of Aussie horror 'Damned By Dawn'. Bridget is joined by fellow antipodean performers Renee Willner, Dawn Klingberg, Danny Alder, Taryn Eva, Mark Taylor, Peter Stratford, Nina Nicols and Trent Schwarz. You canc check out the new featurette below. 'Damned By Dawn' is directed by Brett Anstey, his first feature. 'During a violent thunderstorm, a family is awoken by piercing shrieks which summon the dead to rise again. Their lives explode in a blood soaked fury as they battle malevolent spirits, whilst fighting to save their souls from eternal torment with...The Banshee.' 'Damned By Dawn' arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray in the Us on 9 November...
- 10/6/2010
- Horror Asylum
Damned by Dawn DVD ArtThe Australian horror flick Damned by Dawn will have a North American DVD premiere through Image Entertainment. The film takes on the deadliness of family reunions, with some ghosts and banshees thrown in for fun. This film uses many images of CGI and one of the graphic images from the film can be seen left; this is the film's official DVD art. To release November 9th, Damned by Dawn is one to look out for.
The film's synopsis:
"After receiving a mysterious gift from her dying grandmother, Claire takes her new boyfriend home to meet her family who live on an isolated property in the country. The family reunion begins well but Claire becomes increasingly uneasy with her grandmother's medicated mumblings about the banshee coming for her during the night. Later that night, the family is awoken by piercing shrieks and Claire's worst fears become a...
The film's synopsis:
"After receiving a mysterious gift from her dying grandmother, Claire takes her new boyfriend home to meet her family who live on an isolated property in the country. The family reunion begins well but Claire becomes increasingly uneasy with her grandmother's medicated mumblings about the banshee coming for her during the night. Later that night, the family is awoken by piercing shrieks and Claire's worst fears become a...
- 8/23/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
In the works for several years, the low-budget Australian horror/fantasy Damned By Dawn has finally emerged from the depths of postproduction to begin making appearances at genre film festivals across the world. The U.S. premiere took place at Screamfest this past Monday, with more no doubt soon to follow; keep an eye on the movie’s official website for updates.
Presented by The Amazing Krypto Brothers in Kryptovision, Damned By Dawn takes a traditional and serious approach to its horror, melding traditional supernatural tropes with present-day concerns. Announcing its intent with a quote about mournfully wailing a song of death, with a senior female voice intoning, “The line between reality and legend is thin,” Damned By Dawn then gets down to the business of putting a family in an isolated farmhouse under siege by a banshee and a small army of maniacal, scythe-wielding, flying skeletons. It seems that...
Presented by The Amazing Krypto Brothers in Kryptovision, Damned By Dawn takes a traditional and serious approach to its horror, melding traditional supernatural tropes with present-day concerns. Announcing its intent with a quote about mournfully wailing a song of death, with a senior female voice intoning, “The line between reality and legend is thin,” Damned By Dawn then gets down to the business of putting a family in an isolated farmhouse under siege by a banshee and a small army of maniacal, scythe-wielding, flying skeletons. It seems that...
- 10/21/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Helms)
- Fangoria
Australian filmmaker Brett Anstey got in touch to let us know about his new chiller Damned By Dawn, and sent along a handful of exclusive photos; you can see them below the cut. Currently in the final stages of postproduction, the movie was produced by Anstey and Luke Gibson.
“The film centers on a banshee whose wailing wakes the dead,” Anstey tells us; specifically, it raises walking corpses during a thunderstorm, and the creatures terrorize a family. “The original idea was to make a period horror, one heavily influenced by the classic Hammer films,” he continues. “But it soon became apparent we couldn’t afford Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt, horse-drawn carriages and boobs. Fog, atmosphere and heavy doses of Irish mythology were all within our budget, though, so those elements remain.”
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“The film centers on a banshee whose wailing wakes the dead,” Anstey tells us; specifically, it raises walking corpses during a thunderstorm, and the creatures terrorize a family. “The original idea was to make a period horror, one heavily influenced by the classic Hammer films,” he continues. “But it soon became apparent we couldn’t afford Christopher Lee, Ingrid Pitt, horse-drawn carriages and boobs. Fog, atmosphere and heavy doses of Irish mythology were all within our budget, though, so those elements remain.”
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- 3/3/2009
- Fangoria
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