Happy (almost) May Day, readers! A new month brings us new home media releases, and we have another great batch of titles to look forward to this week. For all you movie monster fans out there, Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell hits both Blu-ray and DVD, and Universal has assembled Tremors: The Complete Collection on DVD as well. Cult film fans are going to want to pick up the new HD releases of Blood Hook and Terror, and for those of you who missed it in theaters earlier this year, Winchester comes home to haunt your shelves this Tuesday.
Other releases for May 1st include Desolation, Stephanie, Caught, Followers, The Ballerina, Trailer Park Shark, The Unwilling, and Kaleidoscope.
Blood Hook
7 years ago, Peter's grandfather went missing under mysterious circumstances. Now, Peter and his friends have returned to the placid Wisconsin town to check out his inherited lake house and...
Other releases for May 1st include Desolation, Stephanie, Caught, Followers, The Ballerina, Trailer Park Shark, The Unwilling, and Kaleidoscope.
Blood Hook
7 years ago, Peter's grandfather went missing under mysterious circumstances. Now, Peter and his friends have returned to the placid Wisconsin town to check out his inherited lake house and...
- 5/1/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
This May, Scream Factory is set to release two IFC Midnight films on Blu-ray and DVD. Up first is Kaleidoscope, starring Toby Jones as a man who has made great strides to free himself of his past until it comes back to haunt him. Then there is Desolation (read Heather Wixson's review here), which follows a widow, her son, and best friend into the woods... and usually nothing good happens in the woods in a horror movie.
From Scream Factory: "We are pleased to announce that we have two new IFC Midnight films planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD this May!
Kaleidoscope – This intense, twisty thriller unfolds in the darkest corners of a man's mind. Recently released from prison, mild-mannered Carl (Toby Jones, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) quietly attempts to move on with his life. Just as he embarks on his first date in 15 years, Carl's fresh start...
From Scream Factory: "We are pleased to announce that we have two new IFC Midnight films planned for release on Blu-ray & DVD this May!
Kaleidoscope – This intense, twisty thriller unfolds in the darkest corners of a man's mind. Recently released from prison, mild-mannered Carl (Toby Jones, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) quietly attempts to move on with his life. Just as he embarks on his first date in 15 years, Carl's fresh start...
- 2/13/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
It’s not only Friday, Dreadheads! It’s also time for an exclusive clip from IFC Midnight’s release of Sam Patton’s Desolation! Look for the flick in select theaters, VOD, and Digital platforms beginning Today! Jaimi Paige, Alyshia Ochse, Claude Duhamel, and Toby Nichols star. Synopsis: After the death of her husband, Abby (Jaimi Page); her son, Sam (Toby […]
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- 12/15/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Horror films are often rightly criticized for their lack of character development and overreliance on cheap jump scares. Sam Patton's debut feature Desolation avoids such potential stumbling blocks with nuanced characterizations, well-crafted dialogue and a slow-burn, non-exploitative approach. Unfortunately, this tale about three people being stalked by a menacing psycho in the wilderness lacks one essential component — suspense. Its running time is a mere 78 minutes, but the pic feels like it takes much longer getting to nowhere particularly interesting.
The story concerns Abby (Jaimi Paige), her best friend Jen (Alyshia Oschse) and Abby's 13-year-old son Sam (Toby...
The story concerns Abby (Jaimi Paige), her best friend Jen (Alyshia Oschse) and Abby's 13-year-old son Sam (Toby...
- 12/14/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On tap for you cats right now we have a new round of images from IFC Midnight’s release of Sam Patton’s Desolation, which is coming to select theaters, VOD, and Digital platforms in the U.S. on December 15, 2017. Dig it! Jaimi Paige, Alyshia Ochse, Claude Duhamel, and Toby Nichols star. Synopsis: After the death of her […]
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- 12/13/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
"Dad said you should never go off trail." IFC Midnight has unveiled an official trailer for a horror thriller titled Desolation, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Sam Patton. This first premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival, but hasn't played at too many other festivals. In Desolation, a young mother, her best friend and son venture into the wilderness for a camping trip only to find themselves the hunted prey in a deranged killer’s terrifying game. The cast includes Jaimi Paige, Alyshia Ochse, Claude Duhamel, and Toby Nichols. This looks like an interesting horror thriller, but I'm pretty sure I've already figured out the twist. Though I guess I don't really know. The sunglasses dude doesn't seem that creepy, but that's just me. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Sam Patton's Desolation, direct from IFC's YouTube: A young mother (Jaimi Paige) takes her son and her...
- 11/14/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
On tap for you cats right now we have the official trailer and poster for IFC Midnight’s release of Sam Patton’s Desolation which is coming to select theaters, VOD, and via digital platforms in the U.S. on December 15, 2017. Dig it! Jaimi Paige, Alyshia Ochse, Claude Duhamel, and Toby Nichols star. Synopsis: After the death […]
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- 11/13/2017
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Back in June, the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival took over Southern California, hosting screenings at numerous locations and featuring numerous genre films that horror and sci-fi fans should definitely keep on their radars in the coming months. Here are my thoughts on three of the movies that I had the opportunity to watch at the festival:
Replace: As far genre feature film debuts go, co-writer/director Norbert Keil has a lot to be proud of with Replace, a stunning and beautifully executed cinematic mystery that’s part body horror/part psychological thriller. Something of a hallucinatory fever dream at times, Keil has crafted an intriguing and chilling portrait of just how far some folks are willing to go in the name of vanity, and the whole affair is anchored by a trio of powerhouse performances by Rebecca Forsythe, Barbara Crampton, and Lucie Aron.
In Replace, we’re introduced to...
Replace: As far genre feature film debuts go, co-writer/director Norbert Keil has a lot to be proud of with Replace, a stunning and beautifully executed cinematic mystery that’s part body horror/part psychological thriller. Something of a hallucinatory fever dream at times, Keil has crafted an intriguing and chilling portrait of just how far some folks are willing to go in the name of vanity, and the whole affair is anchored by a trio of powerhouse performances by Rebecca Forsythe, Barbara Crampton, and Lucie Aron.
In Replace, we’re introduced to...
- 8/16/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
A mysterious man with reflective glasses stalks a trio of isolated campers in Desolation, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Sam Patton. When Abby (Jaimi Paige) loses her husband to sickness, she takes her 13-year-old son Sam (Toby Nichols) and her best friend Jenn (Alyshia Ochse) on a multi-day hiking trip to spread her husband’s […]
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- 6/22/2017
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Premiering tonight as part of the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival is Sam Patton’s Desolation, which follows a grieving mom named Abby (Jaimi Paige), her teenage son, Sam (Toby Nichols), and their friend Jen (Alyshia Ochse), who head out to the woods in an effort to honor Abby’s deceased husband’s wishes and spread his ashes, only to come across a mysterious loner who begins following their every move. The trio must find a way to elude their woodland stalker before he can make them his next victims in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Daily Dead recently had the chance to speak with Patton about his first time at the helm of a feature film, and he discussed how his time working at Blumhouse helped prepare him to take the directorial reins on Desolation, working with his cast, and more.
Great to speak with you, Sam. I noticed on your résumé on IMDb that you've been working in different facets of the film industry for a while, and I noticed specifically that a lot of those happen to be with Blumhouse Productions. Because I know Jason Blum and their mantra in terms of making films on a smaller scale, do you feel like being in that environment and being involved with projects on that level helped prepare you for when it was time for you to go out and make your first feature?
Sam Patton: Oh, one hundred percent. A thousand percent, even. I got my start in Hollywood as an intern at Blumhouse, and within a few months was getting paid to work on their movies and I love all the folks over there. I've got a couple of mentors in that organization and it was just a great crash course. I started working with them when they were still in little offices on the Paramount lot, right after Insidious, which was really their first home-grown movie, because Paranormal Activity was an acquisition.
So, I watched them go from being a little company to a really big company making tons and tons of films, and I got to be part of a lot of them. So, it was a crash course in learning how to make a movie for a small amount of money in a contained environment with a small cast, and still tell great stories that deserve an audience. I could talk for an hour just about all the lessons I learned there.
And it was actually after a few years there when the opportunity came to make this movie, and I wanted to go for it. I don't think I would have been nearly as confident that it could be done for so little, for a modest budget, if I hadn't been coming straight from doing so many movies there.
Was there something in particular about this script, because I know this was co-written by Matt Anderson and Michael Larson-Kangas, that made you go, "Yes, this is absolutely the project I want to be out there making for my debut,"?
Sam Patton: Well, it was two things. It was the characters, which I fell in love with. The son is named Sam, which was the case when I read the first draft of the script, but it's made for plenty of jokes about what a traumatic childhood I must have had, and how this movie is autobiographical.
I was going to ask [laughs].
Sam Patton: No, no, that was in the first draft I read [laughs]. But it was the characters that jumped off the page immediately to me. I felt for them. I felt for their situations. The closest comparison to their situation in my life that I have experience with was when my grandmother passed away when I was nine. She was only 60, which is young, right? And all of her children and my grandfather all had really strong relationships with her and not that they had bad relationships with each other, but they all related through her. And so when she was gone, they had to sort of figure it out. She was the one that brought them all together for family things.
And so now, Abby and Sam, it's not that they don't love each other, they just don't get each other at all. But now they're all they have, and so they need to come together. And that character struggle was what drew me in. When I went looking for a contained environment horror film to make, the producer in me was looking for something small and doable on a small budget, but this was one of the first scripts I read. I fell in love with it, but I thought, "No, you can't make the first script you read." And I read more scripts, but came back to this one because it was so great.
And then the second part of it that made this script so important to me, it has this mirror element where it’s not quite an allegory—it's not like Metamorphosis with Kafka, where it's straight allegory—but there are parallels in the external story to the internal story, and I just thought that was really good storytelling and I wanted to bring it to the screen. And I thought we could do it.
For me, though, I have to find a point when it has to be made. It has to be now that we make a movie, and then we do it. So, that personal urgency is something I always try to find in every project, or else, how are you going to put two, three years into a movie, if you're not passionate every day about it?
Because you were working with basically four actors in this movie, was it conscientious on your part that you were trying to really keep this intimate and contained in terms of both the story and these characters?
Sam Patton: Definitely. There was at least one draft that had flashbacks to Michael in the hospital and we definitely discussed other scenes where there were park rangers finding a dead body, too, and an action opener. There were a lot of things discussed and I kept coming back to this idea that the movie should start and end in the woods, and it should be about these four people, and we should believe in the world they talk about, but you don't have to see it. Because to me, that's almost more real.
One example I give to people when I try and explain the right way to do it is, in the first Star Wars film, they blow up Alderaan. They blow an entire planet out of the sky. And we don't see anybody on Alderaan, but we see an old Jedi clutch his heart and sit down, and then we know something really terrible happened. You don't need to see the Marvel-level movie destruction of Alderaan to get it. You need to see a quiet moment, you know what I mean? So, yes, to answer your question, definitely for me it was important to keep it small and intimate.
And also—this is something I definitely discussed a lot with my cinematographer—we tried to challenge ourselves to do everything with less. If we thought a scene needed four setups, could we do it with two? Could we do it with one? Could we do a scene with one setup? If so, we're doing it with one setup, so how do we keep it interesting? And so that was sort of a challenge all the way through. It's like, "We don't need that. What's the fewest number of characters we need? What's the fewest number of locations?"
So, I like to think of working in a box as a really creatively liberating thing. Limitations, I like them a lot, because it gives you somewhere to start, it gives you a frame of reference. Some people don't always embrace that as a creative tool, and I think people should when they're making movies, small movies especially, that don't have the benefit of big budgets or stars to carry them.
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Daily Dead recently had the chance to speak with Patton about his first time at the helm of a feature film, and he discussed how his time working at Blumhouse helped prepare him to take the directorial reins on Desolation, working with his cast, and more.
Great to speak with you, Sam. I noticed on your résumé on IMDb that you've been working in different facets of the film industry for a while, and I noticed specifically that a lot of those happen to be with Blumhouse Productions. Because I know Jason Blum and their mantra in terms of making films on a smaller scale, do you feel like being in that environment and being involved with projects on that level helped prepare you for when it was time for you to go out and make your first feature?
Sam Patton: Oh, one hundred percent. A thousand percent, even. I got my start in Hollywood as an intern at Blumhouse, and within a few months was getting paid to work on their movies and I love all the folks over there. I've got a couple of mentors in that organization and it was just a great crash course. I started working with them when they were still in little offices on the Paramount lot, right after Insidious, which was really their first home-grown movie, because Paranormal Activity was an acquisition.
So, I watched them go from being a little company to a really big company making tons and tons of films, and I got to be part of a lot of them. So, it was a crash course in learning how to make a movie for a small amount of money in a contained environment with a small cast, and still tell great stories that deserve an audience. I could talk for an hour just about all the lessons I learned there.
And it was actually after a few years there when the opportunity came to make this movie, and I wanted to go for it. I don't think I would have been nearly as confident that it could be done for so little, for a modest budget, if I hadn't been coming straight from doing so many movies there.
Was there something in particular about this script, because I know this was co-written by Matt Anderson and Michael Larson-Kangas, that made you go, "Yes, this is absolutely the project I want to be out there making for my debut,"?
Sam Patton: Well, it was two things. It was the characters, which I fell in love with. The son is named Sam, which was the case when I read the first draft of the script, but it's made for plenty of jokes about what a traumatic childhood I must have had, and how this movie is autobiographical.
I was going to ask [laughs].
Sam Patton: No, no, that was in the first draft I read [laughs]. But it was the characters that jumped off the page immediately to me. I felt for them. I felt for their situations. The closest comparison to their situation in my life that I have experience with was when my grandmother passed away when I was nine. She was only 60, which is young, right? And all of her children and my grandfather all had really strong relationships with her and not that they had bad relationships with each other, but they all related through her. And so when she was gone, they had to sort of figure it out. She was the one that brought them all together for family things.
And so now, Abby and Sam, it's not that they don't love each other, they just don't get each other at all. But now they're all they have, and so they need to come together. And that character struggle was what drew me in. When I went looking for a contained environment horror film to make, the producer in me was looking for something small and doable on a small budget, but this was one of the first scripts I read. I fell in love with it, but I thought, "No, you can't make the first script you read." And I read more scripts, but came back to this one because it was so great.
And then the second part of it that made this script so important to me, it has this mirror element where it’s not quite an allegory—it's not like Metamorphosis with Kafka, where it's straight allegory—but there are parallels in the external story to the internal story, and I just thought that was really good storytelling and I wanted to bring it to the screen. And I thought we could do it.
For me, though, I have to find a point when it has to be made. It has to be now that we make a movie, and then we do it. So, that personal urgency is something I always try to find in every project, or else, how are you going to put two, three years into a movie, if you're not passionate every day about it?
Because you were working with basically four actors in this movie, was it conscientious on your part that you were trying to really keep this intimate and contained in terms of both the story and these characters?
Sam Patton: Definitely. There was at least one draft that had flashbacks to Michael in the hospital and we definitely discussed other scenes where there were park rangers finding a dead body, too, and an action opener. There were a lot of things discussed and I kept coming back to this idea that the movie should start and end in the woods, and it should be about these four people, and we should believe in the world they talk about, but you don't have to see it. Because to me, that's almost more real.
One example I give to people when I try and explain the right way to do it is, in the first Star Wars film, they blow up Alderaan. They blow an entire planet out of the sky. And we don't see anybody on Alderaan, but we see an old Jedi clutch his heart and sit down, and then we know something really terrible happened. You don't need to see the Marvel-level movie destruction of Alderaan to get it. You need to see a quiet moment, you know what I mean? So, yes, to answer your question, definitely for me it was important to keep it small and intimate.
And also—this is something I definitely discussed a lot with my cinematographer—we tried to challenge ourselves to do everything with less. If we thought a scene needed four setups, could we do it with two? Could we do it with one? Could we do a scene with one setup? If so, we're doing it with one setup, so how do we keep it interesting? And so that was sort of a challenge all the way through. It's like, "We don't need that. What's the fewest number of characters we need? What's the fewest number of locations?"
So, I like to think of working in a box as a really creatively liberating thing. Limitations, I like them a lot, because it gives you somewhere to start, it gives you a frame of reference. Some people don't always embrace that as a creative tool, and I think people should when they're making movies, small movies especially, that don't have the benefit of big budgets or stars to carry them.
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- 6/21/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Sometimes life has little coincidences: you suffer from sleep paralysis for a while, and years later you come across Rodney Ascher’s documentary The Nightmare, which finally helps in explaining all those sleepless nights, while showing that’s it’s not as uncommon as you think. Fascinated, you even write up some personal thoughts on said film; and, only a few days later, you come across Be Afraid, which uses sleep paralysis as a horror device. If you didn’t know any better, you’d swear it’s stalking you. Be Afraid starts out in pretty typical horror movie fashion: Doctor John Chambers (Brian Krause) movies his family – worried wife Heather (Jaimi Paige), college dropout older son Ben (Jared Abrahamson) and somewhat creepy ghost-seeing pre-teen Nathan (Michael Leone) – out...
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- 6/1/2017
- Screen Anarchy
When I see two episodes in a row that disappoint, I start getting worried. I start having flashbacks to most of season 2, where I spent my Thursday nights wailing in utter woe at most (not all) of season 2's episodes. Now, I can safely say, I am not impressed with the subplot of this half of the season: the "wedge" being driven between Team Lisbon while hunting out Red John's new mole. This episode of The Mentalist (TV) probably has one of the most boring cases I've seen in a while. While a Mixed Martial Arts fight is raging upstairs, a vendor lady finds a dead girl in a locker backstage. This is probably a good thing, because it saves Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) from the worst date Ever! Dead girl is a journalist/author named Charlotte (Jaimi Paige) who was there writing a story on the fighters Manny Falcco (Rey Valentin...
- 1/7/2011
- by mbijeaux@corp.popstar.com (Melissa Bijeaux)
- PopStar
2084 Movie Poster 2010Directors/writers: George Blumetti and Maurice Kelly.
The Kelly Blumetti Entertainment Group is the brains behind the post-apocalyptic thriller 2084 and the brawn came from a group of United States paratroopers who partially funded this scientific horror production. Completed this year, 2084 is an eighty three minute peak in to the future where a West Nile type virus has run rampant and forced survivors to stay in their house. Tense, terse, and full of terror, 2084 is an excellent production from Kelly Blumetti and while many of the characters are very unlikeable, the film puts normal people in situations where they must make moral choices. The film ask viewers to do the same.
Clara (Betsy Baker) asks her daughter Sandy (Jaimi Paige) and viewers "when are you going to wise up" (2084)? Seventy-four years in to the future water is unsurprisingly short in supply and food is even scarcer. In order to...
The Kelly Blumetti Entertainment Group is the brains behind the post-apocalyptic thriller 2084 and the brawn came from a group of United States paratroopers who partially funded this scientific horror production. Completed this year, 2084 is an eighty three minute peak in to the future where a West Nile type virus has run rampant and forced survivors to stay in their house. Tense, terse, and full of terror, 2084 is an excellent production from Kelly Blumetti and while many of the characters are very unlikeable, the film puts normal people in situations where they must make moral choices. The film ask viewers to do the same.
Clara (Betsy Baker) asks her daughter Sandy (Jaimi Paige) and viewers "when are you going to wise up" (2084)? Seventy-four years in to the future water is unsurprisingly short in supply and food is even scarcer. In order to...
- 6/25/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The last word on 2084 came earlier this month with a feature length trailer and now this picture, from directors Maurice Kelly and George Blumetti, has a second alternate trailer inside. This second trailer states that "all hope is lost," but that does not mean the future cannot be exciting or thrilling. This is what 2084 offers an imaginative take on a future where a viral pandemic has forced the population inside, for over twenty years! Trying circumstances will be acted out by Jaimi Page, Adam Gray-Hayward, Billy West and others. So, have a look at this latest trailer which is an exclusive for 28Dla, courtesy of producer Carlos Solis.
A recap of the synopsis:
"Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone,...
A recap of the synopsis:
"Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone,...
- 5/26/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
We've just been handed an all new HD trailer for post-apocalyptic thriller 2084 and I must say this little indie is looking better and better. I love the photography and sets and the acting is top notch.
2084 is co-written and co-directed by George Blumetti and Maurice Kelly and it stars Billy West, Betsy Baker, Time Winter (good name), Matthew Alan, Jaimi Paige, Claire Dodin, Chard Hayward, Adam Gray-Hayward, Hart Boykin, Gerald Castillo, and Tamiko Whitsett.
Synopsis:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
Trailer after the break.
Official website
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2084 is co-written and co-directed by George Blumetti and Maurice Kelly and it stars Billy West, Betsy Baker, Time Winter (good name), Matthew Alan, Jaimi Paige, Claire Dodin, Chard Hayward, Adam Gray-Hayward, Hart Boykin, Gerald Castillo, and Tamiko Whitsett.
Synopsis:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
Trailer after the break.
Official website
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- 5/3/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Check out the first look trailer for Lionsgate's "Peacock" starring Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Susan Sarandon, Josh Lucas, Bill Pullman, Keith Carradine, Jaimi Paige and Chris Carlson. The film sees release on DVD on April 20th. The suspense thriller is helmed by Michael Lander from the screenplayn by Ryan O Roy and Michael Lander. John Skillpa, a quiet bank clerk living in tiny Peacock, Nebraska, prefers to live an invisible life. Then, in a moment, everything changes. A train caboose runs off its tracks and crashes into John’s backyard and destroys more than the weathered planks of his wood fence. When neighbors descend on the scene, they discover John’s other personality, Emma, for the first time and mistakenly believe her to be John’s wife. This launches John into the glare of the spotlight and eventually shatters the delicate balance of his sanity.
- 3/26/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Here’s a whole new batch of images from Peacock, a new thriller which stars Ellen Page, Jaimi Paige, Cillian Murphy, Susan Sarandon, Bill Pulman, Josh Lucas, Keith Carradine and Graham Beckel. Peacock is directed by Michael Lander and is scheduled for release later on this year. These new photos (below – click to enlarge) come from the official website which has been launched here. You can see loads more photos and check out more info on the cast and crew.
From these images, the film looks beautifully shot and I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Synopsis: Cillian Murphy delivers a career defining performance as John Skillpa, a quiet bank clerk living in tiny Peacock, Nebraska, who prefers to live an invisible life. This might have to do with John’s secret: he has another personality no one knows about, a woman who each morning does his chores...
From these images, the film looks beautifully shot and I’m looking forward to seeing the finished product.
Synopsis: Cillian Murphy delivers a career defining performance as John Skillpa, a quiet bank clerk living in tiny Peacock, Nebraska, who prefers to live an invisible life. This might have to do with John’s secret: he has another personality no one knows about, a woman who each morning does his chores...
- 1/21/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A very cynical narrator states that "everyone is about to die" in this first teaser trailer for 2084. 2084 is a co-partnered film between George Blumetti and Maurice Kelly and this trailer gives a hint of a post-apocalyptic world of tomorrow. Devastated by a global virus the characters scavenge to stay alive in a diseased world. Have a look at some of the characters in the film from this first teaser, which stars Billy West, Betsy Baker, Time Winters, and Matthew Alan. Also, for those interested an interview with Maurice Kelly is available here:
Maurice Kelly Interview here at 28Dla
A synopsis for 2084 courtesy of Quiet Earth:
"Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up,...
Maurice Kelly Interview here at 28Dla
A synopsis for 2084 courtesy of Quiet Earth:
"Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up,...
- 12/31/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Updated: with higher quality video.
We've been following production on this indie Pa number for quite a while. We brought you the very first stills and poster and now Fangoria have premiered the first footage for the project.
Synopsis:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
2084 is co-written and co-directed by George Blumetti and Maurice Kelly and it stars Billy West, Betsy Baker, Time Winter (good name), Matthew Alan, Jaimi Paige, Claire Dodin, Chard Hayward, Adam Gray-Hayward, Hart Boykin, Gerald Castillo, and Tamiko Whitsett.
Because the video on Fangoria doesn't appear to be working, I'd also like to take a minute to urge...
We've been following production on this indie Pa number for quite a while. We brought you the very first stills and poster and now Fangoria have premiered the first footage for the project.
Synopsis:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
2084 is co-written and co-directed by George Blumetti and Maurice Kelly and it stars Billy West, Betsy Baker, Time Winter (good name), Matthew Alan, Jaimi Paige, Claire Dodin, Chard Hayward, Adam Gray-Hayward, Hart Boykin, Gerald Castillo, and Tamiko Whitsett.
Because the video on Fangoria doesn't appear to be working, I'd also like to take a minute to urge...
- 12/18/2009
- QuietEarth.us
The Kelly Blumetti Entertainment Group is supporting the futuristic film "2084," which has recently moved into post-production. The interesting premise involves the effects of a virus pandemic that keeps peoples in their homes for decades. Independent, and shot for a mere $55,000 the film comes from a collective of United States servicemen who found creative inspiration from their experiences in Iraq. Have a look at three stills from the films homepage and one exclusive picture from filming on set past the break.
Synopsis for "2084," here...
In 2084 a viral pandemic forces everyone to remain quarantined inside their apartments for decades, and the drama that unfolds over a tense, some would say brutal, five week period as they search for salvation and a way out (Kelly Blumetti).
Directors: George Blumetti, and Maurice Kelly.
Writers: George Blumetti, and Maurice Kelly.
Cast: Matthew Alan, Grady Lee Richmond, Betsy Baker, Billy West, and Jaimi Paige.
A weakened...
Synopsis for "2084," here...
In 2084 a viral pandemic forces everyone to remain quarantined inside their apartments for decades, and the drama that unfolds over a tense, some would say brutal, five week period as they search for salvation and a way out (Kelly Blumetti).
Directors: George Blumetti, and Maurice Kelly.
Writers: George Blumetti, and Maurice Kelly.
Cast: Matthew Alan, Grady Lee Richmond, Betsy Baker, Billy West, and Jaimi Paige.
A weakened...
- 5/30/2009
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
So decrees the first law of survival laid down by the powerful "Department of Virus Control," (Dvs) but are they here to help us, or keep us locked up inside and out of their way? No, I'm not privy to some plot spoiler for George Blumetti & Maurice Kelly's (Portal) new post-apocalyptic thriller 2084, I've just watched too many of these types of movies to trust that government organizations are always looking to help the huddled masses.
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
2084 stars Betsy Baker, Jaimi Paige, Matthew Alan, Grady Lee Richmond & Billy West and is currently in production. We've got some...
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
2084 stars Betsy Baker, Jaimi Paige, Matthew Alan, Grady Lee Richmond & Billy West and is currently in production. We've got some...
- 5/15/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Filmmaker George Blumetti just got in touch with Fango with a few new stills from his post-apocalytpic thriller, 2084. Written/Directed/Produced by Blumetti and Maurice Kelly, 2084 "is about a viral pandemic that forces everyone to remain indoors, quarantined inside their apartments for decades, and the drama that unfolds over a tense, some would say brutal, five week period as they search for salvation and a way out."
"By the law you must abide, stay inside"
Blumetti tells Fango, "The film was shot in Los Angeles with a Red One camera, [and was] was funded by a medic friend of ours and his unit buddies, all soldiers currently serving in Iraq. The footage of the newscasts that open the film contains some eerie similarities to the current swine flu pandemic affecting the world, to the point that some of the lines spoken by our newscasters were actually said word for word by real...
"By the law you must abide, stay inside"
Blumetti tells Fango, "The film was shot in Los Angeles with a Red One camera, [and was] was funded by a medic friend of ours and his unit buddies, all soldiers currently serving in Iraq. The footage of the newscasts that open the film contains some eerie similarities to the current swine flu pandemic affecting the world, to the point that some of the lines spoken by our newscasters were actually said word for word by real...
- 5/15/2009
- Fangoria
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